Among active players, the next man on the list of career hits is Robinson Cano with 2,631. Canó had a strong season for the New York Mets in the abbreviated 2020 campaign, but missed the entire 2021 season while serving a drug suspension. Cano turns 40 in October.
Among the players closest to his prime, the 31-year-old Jose Altuve (1,783 hits) might have a chance, but the Houston Astros star hasn’t even hit 170 in a season since 2017. That was also the last time he played more than 146 games, and Altuve just made the list. of injured with a hamstring. issue.
Part of what helped Cabrera reach the milestone was that he made it to the major leagues at age 20. The same thing happened with the Tampa Bay star. wander frank last year. He has 103 hits in his first 85 games, but even if Franco does have a Hall of Fame career, obviously it will be a while before he has a chance to threaten a milestone like 3,000 hits.
The outlook is a little better for a power mark like 500 home runs. nelson cross he’s 451, and while he’s off to a slow start this year, don’t count out the 41-year-old Washington Nationals slugger. When the 2008 season ended, Cruz was 28 years old and had only 22 career home runs of his own, so the fact that he is so close to 500 shows how well he has continued to hit them into old age.
For pitchers, the 300-win plateau feels like a pipe dream these days, and even strikeout milestones aren’t a sure thing, as top starters don’t throw as many innings as they once did. Max Scherzer of the Mets and justin verlander of the Astros, however, have already surpassed 3,000 strikeouts. Scherzer, 37, is the younger of the two. He struck out 236 last year for the Dodgers, and now has 3,043 in his career.
It may be too much to ask for Scherzer to hit 4,000, which only four pitchers have done, but 3,500 could be realistic, and that would put him in the top 10 all-time.
Scherzer’s Journey Home
Mets ace Max Scherzer he is pitching in his hometown, starting a three-game series in St. Louis.
Scherzer is trying to become the first four-game winner in the majors. In his first season with New York since he signed a three-year, $130 million deal, he is 3-0 with a 2.50 ERA, 12 strikeouts and one walk in 11 innings.
Scherzer is 3-2 with a 2.04 ERA in six career starts at Busch Stadium, striking out 59 in 39⅔ innings.
In his first year under command Buck Showalterthe Mets have opened the season by winning five straight series, matching a franchise record set in 2018.
Check for the Kwan of the Guardians
The Cleveland Guardians will see how the rookie is unleashed steven kwan feels, a day after he was pulled from a game due to a strained right hamstring.
Manager francona terry he said Kwan’s removal from a 10-2 loss at Yankee Stadium was “like a preventative thing” and that the outfielder was day-to-day.
Kwan felt cramps in his hamstring after flying in the third inning. Kwan, 24, crashed into the outfield wall Saturday while chasing a ball and jerked but remained in the game. Francona said before Sunday’s game that Kwan was “a little beat up” but good enough to play.
The 5-foot-9 spark is hitting .341 with a .456 on-base percentage through the first 14 games of his career.
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