The retirement of Albert Pujols and Miguel Cabrera left 500 home run hitters among active players. Which of the active players can achieve 500 home runs?
Major League Baseball’s official website MLB.com mentioned 13 active players who may join the 500 home run club someday on the 16th (Korea time).
Giancarlo Stanton (35), who is also No. 1 in homers, is the first player mentioned. Currently, he has 402 homers and 98 homers to reach 500.
Of course, it falls far short of the performance in its heyday, but the fact that the contract period is four years away increases the possibility of 500 home runs.
This is because Stanton still has the power to achieve 30 home runs in a season. He has recorded 35 home runs, 31 home runs and 24 home runs in the last three seasons, respectively.
However, this is subject to the precondition that Stanton should not suffer a major injury. Stanton is the representative of Major League Baseball, Yuri. Now, a major injury could mean retirement.
Mike Trout (33) came second. He ranked second with 368 home runs in total through last year. Trout still has the power to hit 40 home runs in a season.
Trout also needs to be wary of injuries. Trout has never played in more than 150 games since 2016. He played in only 82 games last year.
He has 132 homers left. Since he has seven seasons left on his contract, he is expected to achieve 500 homers easily if there is no major injury.
Aaron Judge (32), who hit 138 home runs in the last three seasons, was also mentioned, with Manny Machado (32) with 313 home runs and Bryce Harper (32) with 306 home runs.
Judge took the major league stage at the relatively late age of 24, but hit 52 home runs the following year, showing an explosive rise.
Since then, Judge has been unable to play in many games due to injury, and only had 27 homers and 27 homers and nine homers from the 2018 season to the 2020 season. The 2020 season is a shortened season.
However, Judge quickly narrowed the gap with his competitors, starting with 39 home runs in the 2021 season, recording 62 home runs in 2022 and 37 home runs last year.
Judge, who has 243 homers left with 257 homers, is expected to achieve 500 homers. However, Judge has to hit 30 homers a year on average during the contract period.
Of course, Judge is also the biggest enemy by injury. Judge had 37 home runs in just 106 games last year. This means that if Judge played in 150 games, he could have had 50 home runs.
Batters with less than 200 home runs were mentioned afterwards. Pete Alonso with 192 home runs, Rafael Devers with 172 home runs and Ronald Acuña Jr. with 161 home runs.
They also included Jordan Alvarez with 129 home runs, Juan Soto with 160 home runs, Fernando Tatis Jr. with 106 home runs and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. with 130 home runs.
Julio Rodriguez (24) has the fewest homers on the list. He is still in his early 20s, but he has only 60 homers in his career.
However, it seems that Rodriguez has noted that he has recorded 28 and 32 home runs in two seasons since his Major League debut in 2022.
On the other hand, Shohei Ohtani, 30, who recently signed a 10-year-700 million-dollar contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, is missing his name. Ohtani hit 171 home runs in total through last year.
If he hits about 33 home runs on average over the next 10 years, he can reach 500 home runs in total. He seems to have viewed it negatively.
BY: 토토사이트링크