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Originally Posted by Palaaemon
Birdwatcher,
I am curious, what records (positive and negative) are looking to be likely to be broken this year? Also, does it appear that anyone will be hitting important milestones this year? Thanks!
Have a Great night my friend.
Palaaemon
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Hey Palaaemon,
Sorry- been away from the forums for a few days.
I'll take a closer look in the next few days but my sense at the moment is that very few records are in danger this season. Although 2-time league MVP Justin Vargas and young rising star Matt Van der Heyden are both on pace to easily break the single season runs scored record. And Denver first baseman Brett Taranto is currently just slightly ahead of the pace needed to set a new single season hits record with 246.
As for milestones, well, I will be reporting soon on a veteran player who reached 2,000 hits recently and at least one other player should reach that mark before long. The great Nate Bennett is 10 homers away from 450 and certainly should get there before season's end (well, upon closer inspection he is on pace to hit about 9 more this season so maybe, maybe not) and his teammate Jesus Hernandez, who is currently tied for 2nd in the MGL in homers this season, needs just 4 to get to 350 on his career. Another great third baseman named Jesus- Casiano- is 3 shy of 350. And Boston captain Cody Kane needs 3 more to get to 300.
The often underrated Curtis Horah, likely the greatest defensive player of his generation, is 18 runs shy of 1,000 runs scored in his career and Seattle second baseman Mike Robinette needs 24 to reach that mark.
With 20 more RBI, Jesus Casiano will reach 1,500.
Veteran Columbus outfielder Leo Gavilla will reach 350 stolen bases with 9 more, San Antonio's Norm Howard is 5 away from 300, and a few other players are single digits short of 250.
On the pitching side, Baltimore's veteran starting pitcher Jesse Hartong, who is 8-4 this year, needs just 2 more wins to join Jake Harris, Cheol-han Lee, and Jason Wilson in the 200 win club. (Jacksonville's Reece Vaughan would be the next in line to reach 200 but at age 35 he has suffered a torn rotator cuff and is expected to be out at least for the next 14 months.)
Washington veteran starter Colby Muir is 21 K's short of the 2000 mark. Only 4 other pitchers have reached that level so far.
The long dominating reliever Jamel McNeil is 21 saves short of reaching 300 for his career but he only has 1 save to go along with a 5.40 ERA this season so he will need to rebound if he is to get to 300. (He is also 49 games shy of reaching 1,100 appearances in his career.)