Alex Rodriguez has no shortage of confidence.
The New York Yankees third baseman is ready to return after a year-long suspension, and he’s got grand plans for re-entry into Major League Baseball. The polarizing star has been training with another controversial figure in Barry Bonds.
Bonds, of course, is the all-time leader in home runs, and Rodriguez recently told Bonds he’s coming for him.
“He was funny,” Bonds told the San Francisco Chronicle. “He said, ‘I want to take your record.’ I said, ‘That’s OK. If that’s what you want to do, we’ve got a lot of work to do.’ I was excited he wanted to do it.”
Here’s the thing, though. Bonds holds the record with 762 career round-trippers. Rodriguez has 564 home runs. That’s a gap of 108 homers. To put that in some sort of perspective, Rodriguez has just seven home runs since the start of the 2013 season. At 39 years old, he’s got some work to do.
There’s also no certainty Rodriguez will even have a job when the season starts. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said in November that Rodriguez will have to win his job back.
Rodriguez still has three years and $64 million left on his contract.
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