Alex Rodriguez can easily reach these milestones in 2013:
- 2,000 RBI: needs 50
- 3,000 Hits: needs 99.
More difficult but possible would be 2,000 runs; Rodriguez needs 102, which he has not achieved since 2008.
These are huge accomplishments. Most teams would relish having a player reach even one of these. To have a player reach two in the same season would be special. Three would be extra special. Plus, Rodriguez is 53 home runs short of 700. The career record (762 by Barry Bonds), which once seemed inevitable, now seems unreachable for Rodriguez but 700 should still be possible and another huge accomplishment. And after that: chasing Babe Ruth at 714.
Rodriguez could reach both 2,000 runs and 700 home runs in 2014. That would give his team two consecutive seasons in which it could milk special individual accomplishments for additional revenue. If he falls short on home runs then it simply slips to 2015.
Only Hank Aaron has achieved all four milestones. Rodriguez could put his name right after Aaron.
So how stupid would it be for the Yankees to send Rodriguez to another team? Rodriguez is due these salaries:
2013: $28 million
2014: $25 million
2015: $21 million
2016: $20 million
2017: $20 million.
Big bucks but could the Yankees still make money with those extra revenue generators that such events would generate? Beats me but somebody including a very high Yankee decision maker should make darn sure to find out.
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