A rather mundane MLB offseason has baseball fans craving the regular season more than ever. With the regular season less than 80 days away, let’s take a look at some player milestones that could occur in 2018.
Player milestones provide some of the best moments during an MLB season. Sometimes these milestones lead to the whole team celebrating on the field, and other times players celebrate it in a more calm manner.
Milestones are a big part of sports because it’s an accumulation of a player’s career achievements. And when a player achieves a specific milestone, the whole MLB community embraces the success.
In 2017, MLB saw multiple milestones reached, including Albert Pujols hitting his 600th home run, Adrian Beltre collecting his 3,000th hit and Clayton Kershaw recording his 2,000th strikeout.
These player accomplishments mean even more in baseball because of how important numbers are in the sport. Especially in today’s game, where baseball has really seen a shift in the analytics of the game.
Whenever players are compared, statistics become a big discussion on who is the better player. So not only are these milestones important to the player themselves but also for the player’s impact on the game. These individual accomplishments can also play a very strong role in if he makes the hall of fame.
As we inch slowly toward the start of the 2018 season, let’s take a gander at some milestones that a few individual players could reach this season.