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do you think he can hit 40 more and pass Johnny Bench on that "list of seven"?

82birds wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:48 pm do you think he can hit 40 more and pass Johnny Bench on that "list of seven"?

N/A should be able to reach 400 for his career.
Will probably need 2.5 seasons after the conclusion of this one.
He is currently sitting on 350, meaning he needs 50.
Hopefully 47 or 48 of those will come for another team.

Melville wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 18:06 pm

82birds wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:48 pm do you think he can hit 40 more and pass Johnny Bench on that "list of seven"?

N/A should be able to reach 400 for his career.
Will probably need 2.5 seasons after the conclusion of this one.
He is currently sitting on 350, meaning he needs 50.
Hopefully 47 or 48 of those will come for another team.

Sounds about right on timeline but your projections do have him averaging about 15-20hrs per year and he still has an above average glove. Not elite but could do worse.

Insert Gorman and maybe you get around 25hr’s w/worse defense and likely less overall run production from all the K’s, which seems like a wash.

Melville wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 18:06 pm

82birds wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:48 pm do you think he can hit 40 more and pass Johnny Bench on that "list of seven"?

N/A should be able to reach 400 for his career.
Will probably need 2.5 seasons after the conclusion of this one.
He is currently sitting on 350, meaning he needs 50.
Hopefully 47 or 48 of those will come for another team.

We aren't shipping millions to another team. He's staying.

thetank2 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 20:28 pm

Melville wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 18:06 pm

82birds wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:48 pm do you think he can hit 40 more and pass Johnny Bench on that "list of seven"?

N/A should be able to reach 400 for his career.
Will probably need 2.5 seasons after the conclusion of this one.
He is currently sitting on 350, meaning he needs 50.
Hopefully 47 or 48 of those will come for another team.

We aren't shipping millions to another team. He's staying.

No doubt about it. I’d change my stance if I thought they’d go out and get an elite replacement. Internal options don’t seem any better.

82birds wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:48 pm do you think he can hit 40 more and pass Johnny Bench on that "list of seven"?

“List of seven” not aware of that

swatski wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 21:20 pm

82birds wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:48 pm do you think he can hit 40 more and pass Johnny Bench on that "list of seven"?

“List of seven” not aware of that

“ Entering Thursday, only six MLB players had hit at least 350 home runs while also earning at least 10 Gold Gloves -- Johnny Bench, Mike Schmidt, Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr., Andruw Jones and Al Kaline. Of those six, five are in the Hall of Fame.”

https://www.mlb.com/news/nolan-arenado- ... icle-share

Bench finished with 389 career HRs.

thetank2 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 20:28 pm

Melville wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 18:06 pm

82birds wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:48 pm do you think he can hit 40 more and pass Johnny Bench on that "list of seven"?

N/A should be able to reach 400 for his career.
Will probably need 2.5 seasons after the conclusion of this one.
He is currently sitting on 350, meaning he needs 50.
Hopefully 47 or 48 of those will come for another team.

We aren't shipping millions to another team. He's staying.

Agreed. No reason to trade him you won’t get squat back.

Alex Reyes Cy Young wrote: ↑21 Jun 2025 05:30 am

thetank2 wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 20:28 pm

Melville wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 18:06 pm

82birds wrote: ↑20 Jun 2025 17:48 pm do you think he can hit 40 more and pass Johnny Bench on that "list of seven"?

N/A should be able to reach 400 for his career.
Will probably need 2.5 seasons after the conclusion of this one.
He is currently sitting on 350, meaning he needs 50.
Hopefully 47 or 48 of those will come for another team.

We aren't shipping millions to another team. He's staying.

Agreed. No reason to trade him you won’t get squat back.

Meanwhile, he's clutch for us. Keep him. Gorman keeps failing.