Early season stats and "on-pace-fors"

Every baseball season some players will have stretches where they far outperform their career norms. If it happens in July no one notices. If they are fortuitous enough to start the season on a hot streak it jumps out and leads to speculation of "what if he keeps it up?" Well, Aaron Gleeman of The Hardball Times did a column looking at some of the players who are tearing it up early this season. Interesting read. Here's a sample:

After walking just 46 times in 154 games last season, Derek Jeter has already drawn a league-leading dozen free passes in 14 games this year. That puts him on a pace for about 150 walks. Jeter has walked more than 75 times in a season just once in his career, way back in 1999.

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