Although A-Rod will live on in baseball lore forever, the “Rod” name is the current king.
When he launched a home run in the fourth inning of the Seattle Mariners 6-3 away defeat to the Cincinnati Reds on Monday, Julio Rodriguez added another chapter to MLB history. According to MLB.com, J-Rod’s 411-foot homer made him the first player to have 25 home runs and 25 stolen bases in each of his first two seasons.
With 25 games remaining in the season, he has hit 25 home runs and swiped 36 bases. Rodrguez blasted 28 home runs and swiped 25 bases in his first season.
When the 22-year-old slugger recorded 18 hits in five games, the most in that stretch in over 100 years, he was voted the American League Player of the Month for August. In four games in 1925, Milt Stock of the Brooklyn Robins (now the Los Angeles Dodgers) had 16 hits. With 45 hits, 10 doubles, 30 RBI, 11 stolen bases, and a batting average of.429 in the previous month, Rodriguez topped the AL. The Mariners went 12-1 during his run, which helped them tie the Houston Astros for first place in the AL West.
Rodrguez claimed, “I was recognized, but it was a team effort.” “I’m not the only one. We must work together to succeed. I think that’s what makes our team so awesome. Everyone seems to be consuming what we all have going on, and it’s not just one guy, in my opinion.
In front of the Seattle supporters, he also set a record with 41 home runs in the first round of this year’s Home Run Derby.