Now that Alex Rodriguez has reached the 600 home run milestone, online wagering fans wonder if he will get to the all-time home run record of 762 that is held by Barry Bonds. The New York Yankees are one of the most popular teams for gamblers who are wagering online and A-Rod is still a great player. He may be able to reach the home run record within five years.
Online wagering odds favor the Yankees on almost a daily basis in baseball betting. New York has a powerful lineup and Rodriguez is a large part of it. He should get plenty of chances in the next few years to hit home runs. He is the youngest player ever to each the 600 home run mark. The attention on A-Rod reaching 600 was high but the public doesn’t follow home runs like they used to because of the steroid use that went on during the 1990’s and 2000’s. In the past 12 years eight players reached the 500 home run mark and steroids are a likely reason. A-Rod admitted that he used them in the past and many other top home runs hitters used them as well. A-Rod is only the seventh player to reach the 600 home run mark. Whether he will reach the all-time record of Bonds is in question although most people who are wagering online believe he will.
Looking at the facts there is no question that steroids played a huge part in the increase in home runs. From 1901 to 1995 there were only 19 times that players had 50 home runs or more in a season. From 1996 to 2007 it happened 22 times. Steroids were the main reason that home runs went up that much. Since Major League Baseball decided to care about drug testing the numbers have gone down in the past couple of seasons. Now that MLB is testing for steroids it makes the question of whether or not A-Rod will break the all-time home run mark worth considering. Rodriguez hit 54 home runs in 2007 but he hit just 35 in 2008 and 30 last season. He is on pace for only 26 this year. He can still reach the record if he averages 20 home runs per season through 2017 but it is no longer a given he will get there. The odds are that he probably will but it is definitely not the guarantee it looked like a couple of years ago.