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40 sats \ 18 replies \ @Undisciplined 6 Apr \ on: Aaron Judge sets record for most homers through 1000 games Stacker_Sports
Did he start older than Bonds?
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32 sats \ 17 replies \ @grayruby OP 6 Apr
Yes. Judge was 24 when he debuted and Bonds was 21. Bonds played until he was 42. Seems unlikely Judge plays until 45.
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69 sats \ 5 replies \ @Jer 9 Apr
Bonds had okay “80’s” power for his first 4 years too, which is insane. Hit 16, 25, 24 and 19 in his first 4 years. Bonilla was the real “power threat” on those awesome Pirates teams.
The Pirates are dead. Long live the Pirates.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 9 Apr
I was so happy when the Pirates had that mini resurgence for a few years when Russel Martin played for them and they made playoffs 3 years in a row. PNC is a such a beautiful stadium and I love the yellow and black.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 9 Apr
I remember him as a great all around player, but no one was talking about him with Griffey, Sosa, or McGwire as a premier power hitter.
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64 sats \ 2 replies \ @Jer 9 Apr
Peak Griffey remains the greatest player I have personally ever seen. He was the first player I followed, vs. team fandom.
Cause you don’t have enough sports on your plate: check out the 90 NLCS on YouTube. Pirates vs. Reds. So good.
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 9 Apr
Griffey was my favorite player, too. I was so sure he would be the one to catch Aaron.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 9 Apr
Trout in his prime was pretty amazing.
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40 sats \ 10 replies \ @Undisciplined 6 Apr
Why so old as a rookie? It's hard to believe he wasn't good enough.
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62 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jer 9 Apr
Hard to believe 31 teams picked a player before he was picked.
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33 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 9 Apr
Nikola Jokic 41st overall. Tom Brady 199th.
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35 sats \ 7 replies \ @grayruby OP 6 Apr
He was drafted very late out of high school so he opted to go to college. He played college ball for 3 years before being drafted in the late first round by the Yankees. He missed his entire first minor league season due to a muscle tear.
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40 sats \ 6 replies \ @Undisciplined 6 Apr
Do you think anyone currently playing has a shot at the HR record?
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73 sats \ 2 replies \ @chrisliss 7 Apr
no one who's older than 22. Acuna got hurt, Trout got hurt, Judge is way too old, Stanton got hurt. Would have to be from the new crop of young players.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby OP 7 Apr
There are a bunch of young stars that could be perennial 30 homer guys but I don’t see any of them racking up the 50-60 homer seasons you need to offset down years and injury plagued seasons over a 20 plus year span.
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34 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby OP 6 Apr
No. Judge would be the only one with even an outside shot.
Maybe if torpedo bats and other new bat designs add 10 homers to power hitters stats a year but too early to tell.
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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 6 Apr
That's kind of surprising, since Bonds started before the HR era took off and wasn't even a power hitter for the first chunk of his career.
It's hard to beat longevity, I guess.
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