How Many Home Runs Will Bonds Hit This Year?

Writing by admin on Thursday, 16 of August , 2007 at 4:37 pm

Now that Barry Bonds has broken Hank Aaron’s MLB record of 755 home runs, the last frontier is Sadaharu Oh’s world record of 868. However, Bonds suggested recently that he doesn’t foresee himself playing in 2008.

Then again, after he missed most of 2005, people wondered if Bonds would even catch Aaron. But he’s enjoyed a relatively healthy campaign, playing in 103 of San Francisco’s first 118 games (sometimes as a pinch hitter) and clubbing 24 home runs. At that rate, he would finish the year with 33 dingers.

The remainder of the season is bound to play out a little differently. The Giants have a lot of National League West matchups from here on in; the Padres have given up the fewest homers in the majors at 80, and the Dodgers are the fourth-stingiest team at 95. Without delving too deeply into park factors, let’s chalk up 30 home runs for Bonds in 2007.

Category: MLB Baseball

• Add this post to Del.icio.us - Digg

No comments yet.

You must be logged in to post a comment.