{"id":197,"date":"2011-09-20T18:39:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-21T01:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2011-09-20T18:42:16","modified_gmt":"2011-09-21T01:42:16","slug":"new-home-run-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"New Home Run King"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_198\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-198\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-198\" title=\"alex_rodriguez_1291981c\" src=\"http:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/alex_rodriguez_1291981c-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/alex_rodriguez_1291981c-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dreamteambaseball.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/alex_rodriguez_1291981c.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kings third baseman Alex Rodriguez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>No player has hit more home runs in his DTBL career than Kings third baseman Alex Rodriguez.\u00a0 On Saturday afternoon, Rodriguez hit his 586th home run while on a DTBL roster, moving him one ahead of Barry Bonds.\u00a0 He needs just 14 more home runs to become the first player to reach 600.<\/p>\n<p>Although it has been an injury-plagued and mostly disappointing season for ARod, it has been full of impressive DTBL accomplishments.\u00a0 If he can pick up another five RBIs in the final week, he will also become the league&#8217;s all-time leader in that category, passing Manny Ramirez.\u00a0 He already has the lead in runs scored too, but only 13 ahead of his Yankees teammate Derek Jeter.\u00a0 In addition to that, Rodriguez was the Most Valuable Player in the DTBL All-Star Game back in July.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, Rodriguez is the Kings franchise leader in home runs, runs batted in, runs scored, and even stolen bases.\u00a0 He was drafted by the Kings with the first pick of the 1997 draft, a pick the Kings acquired by trading away Roger Clemens.\u00a0 Sadly, both players have since had their legacies tainted, but that is another story for another time.\u00a0 Rodriguez has spent all 15 years of his career with the Kings.\u00a0 He was a critical piece of their four consecutive titles from 2001-2004.\u00a0 In those four seasons, he hit 52, 57, 47 and 36 home runs.\u00a0 Probably his best season came in 2007 though when he hit 54 home runs, drove in an incredible 156 and scored 143 runs.<\/p>\n<p>2011 figures to be the worst statistical season of his career, likely setting single season lows in home runs (16), RBIs (60), runs (65) and stolen bases (4).\u00a0 Once considered the clear cut #1 player to have on your fantasy baseball team, that is certainly no longer the case.\u00a0 In particular, a variety of injuries have slowed him down the last couple seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, most of the Yankees record breaking attention this week has been on Mariano Rivera for setting the MLB career save record (602), passing Trevor Hoffman.\u00a0 Rivera set the DTBL career mark in that category earlier this year, passing Hoffman on that list as well.<\/p>\n<p>With a week to go in the season, can the Naturals catch the Jackalope?\u00a0 It&#8217;s not looking likely, as the Jackalope lead has remained fairly constant in recent days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No player has hit more home runs in his DTBL career than Kings third baseman Alex Rodriguez.\u00a0 On Saturday afternoon, Rodriguez hit his 586th home run while on a DTBL roster, moving him one ahead of Barry Bonds.\u00a0 He needs just 14 more home runs to become the first player to reach 600. 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