Soto Surpasses 200 Career Homers at age 25: What Next, and Who Did He Pass?

    'Tis the season of Juan Soto, the winter of his maxing out his free agency, and making a lot of moolah. He is still young and very high up on most of the charts. I wish he would join, or re-join the Washington Nationals. If he joined my second favorite team, the Chicago White Sox, that would be grand.

    

    Not the Dodgers, not the Braves. No, no, and others no. Not the Phillies. Heavens, how many Hall of Fame Nats need to go there? 

    Today I was trying to remember a case when a great player waited to sign till near the end of the off-season, like deep into February. Was it Barry Bonds? Alex Rodriguez? I said Manny Ramirez. I don't know. I told a friend that talks baseball with me that I would Google it. I will. 

    Maybe now.

    Here is Soto's recent achievements by the end of 2024, the Yankees came up short against Los Doyers. It was a year. Kershaw did not play; he was hurt.

    Here is the near 200 club, all time.

    

371.	Buddy Bell (18)	201	10009	R	HR Log
	Juan Soto (7, 25)	201	4088	L	HR Log
	Gene Tenace (15)	201	5527	R	HR Log
374.	Rafael Devers (8, 27)	200	4215	L	HR Log
	Bill Freehan (15)	200	6900	R	HR Log
	Oscar Gamble (17)	200	5197	L	HR Log
	Josh Hamilton (9)	200	4350	L	HR Log
	Adam Lind (12)	200	5029	L	HR Log
	Don Mincher (13)	200	4726	L	HR Log
	Corey Seager (10, 30)	200	4442	L	HR Log
381.	César Cedeño (17)	199	8133	R	HR Log
	Jackie Jensen (11)	199	6080	R	HR Log
	Juan Uribe (16)	199	6715	R	HR Log
384.	Eric Hosmer (13)	198	6977	L	HR Log
	Barry Larkin+ (19)	198	9057	R	HR Log
	Justin Turner (16, 39)	198	6311	R	HR Log
	Rondell White (15)	198	5852	R	HR Log
388.	Michael Cuddyer (15)	197	6102	R	HR Log
	Dave Henderson (14)	197	5677	R	HR Log
	Dick McAuliffe (16)	197	7162	L	HR Log
391.	Cody Bellinger (8, 28)	196	4109	L	HR Log
	Cliff Johnson (15)	196	4603	R	HR Log
	Justin Smoak (11)	196	4750	B	HR Log
	Ken Williams (14)	196	5625	L	HR Log

    How much more will Justin Turner play after age 39? Former Dodger. Bellinger (age 28) is special. Seager, too. Age 30. Devers got pop. He's only 27. I would guess each of those four will be around till 2034, you think? Where will we be?

    I hope to talk about them later. Cuz, baseball is special. It may not be the most exciting, but it brings a special thing to us. Like Ohtani. Amazing prowess.

    Soto and Ohtani together? With Betts? Oy ve.

    Josh Hamilton on this list. A man of travails and hopes. I hope he is okay. Mincher and Tenace look like players before my time. I know about Ken Williams. I think. The later commentator? The Hawk?