Career cumulative through 2009:
BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
.305 .390 .576 .965 147
BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+
.270 .341 .506 .847 123 2010
.276 .362 .461 .823 119 2011
.272 .353 .430 .783 112 2012
.271 .354 .429 .783 115 2013 through 8/27
For the fourth consecutive season Rodriguez has been consistently good but far from great. So why the vendetta by Major Baseball League (MBL) commissioner Allen Huber "Bud" Selig?
More to the usual point of the hysteria of the steroid zealots: home run rate.
Career through 2009:
| AB | HR | AB/HR | |
| 8,304 | 583 | 0.0702 | |
| 533 | 30 | 0.0563 | 2010 |
| 373 | 16 | 0.0429 | 2011 |
| 463 | 18 | 0.0389 | 2012 |
| 70 | 3 | 0.0429 | 2013 |
Rodriguez is clearly no longer a big time home run threat. His third HR in 2013 on August 26 was number 650 in his career. That's ten behind Willie Mays. Rodriguez has over a month to hit those ten HR and catch Mays. Who thinks that he can do that? Ten HR in a month is not that big a deal but as a player ages he loses his youthful abilities. Rodriguez still has the power but he lacks the knack.
Teammate Derek Jeter, 13 months older, has also dropped precipitously since 2009 when his OPS+ was 125 (121 cumulative career through 2009), although Jeter inexplicably rebounded in 2012 and led the American Conference in plate appearances, at bats and hits.
2010 90
2011 100
2012 114
2013 65
Reasonable milestones that Rodriguez could reach in 2014:
- 2,000 Runs (1,908 currently)
- 2,000 RBI (1,957 currently)
- 3,000 Hits (2,920 currently)
- 661 HR to pass Mays (650 currently)
Wouldn't the MBL be better off with that happening rather than a pointless punishment for offenses that have embarrassed and humiliated Rodriguez and made him an object of ridicule by both the public and many of his fellow players?
Is Alex Rodriguez such a threat to truth, justice and the American way? Obviously not. Somebody tell Selig.
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