All those going on and on about no power in the lineup, how many home runs do you think is good for the team for the year???
For context
2004 - 222
2007 - 166
2013 - 178
2018 -202
2025 - 186 apparently we had lots more power then
2024 - 194
2023 - 182
There doesn’t seem to be a direct link to more home runs means you winning it all. But if we take 180 as a good target, this team could do this
Abreu - 30+ 2025 - 22 in 117 games
Roman - 25+ 2025 - 8 in 71 games as a rookie
Raffaela - 20+ 2025 - 16 2nd season
Duran - 20 2025 16 as lead off 2024 21
Yoshida - 10-15
Contreras - 20-25
Mayer - 15-20 2025 - 4 in 44 games as a rookie
Story - 25
Durbin - 10-15
Narváez - 20
Others - 5
Some of these may be up or down a little, and I know some of the naysayers keep saying those who had good years last year like story or narvaez will regress and those who were rookies or average last year will stay the same but they won’t. A lot of our guys are just starting and will improve this year. The point is that the the above numbers we could hit 200 home runs using the lower figures above, imo more importantly with Contreras and Mayer and Roman and durbin we will hit lots more doubles as well. If i am way off with some of these numbers it could be 180 same as previous years and more than 2 years when we won it all. And even more importantly we have significantly better pitching this year.
So I think the we don’t have any power argument is not a real one, just my opinion.
Also I think ward should make the team even just for extra innings at 2nd, need speed.
All those going on and on about no power in the lineup, how many home runs do you think is good for the team for the year???
For context
2004 - 222
2007 - 166
2013 - 178
2018 -202
2025 - 186 apparently we had lots more power then
2024 - 194
2023 - 182
There doesn’t seem to be a direct link to more home runs means you winning it all. But if we take 180 as a good target, this team could do this
Abreu - 30+ 2025 - 22 in 117 games
Roman - 25+ 2025 - 8 in 71 games as a rookie
Raffaela - 20+ 2025 - 16 2nd season
Duran - 20 2025 16 as lead off 2024 21
Yoshida - 10-15
Contreras - 20-25
Mayer - 15-20 2025 - 4 in 44 games as a rookie
Story - 25
Durbin - 10-15
Narváez - 20
Others - 5
Some of these may be up or down a little, and I know some of the naysayers keep saying those who had good years last year like story or narvaez will regress and those who were rookies or average last year will stay the same but they won’t. A lot of our guys are just starting and will improve this year. The point is that the the above numbers we could hit 200 home runs using the lower figures above, imo more importantly with Contreras and Mayer and Roman and durbin we will hit lots more doubles as well. If i am way off with some of these numbers it could be 180 same as previous years and more than 2 years when we won it all. And even more importantly we have significantly better pitching this year.
So I think the we don’t have any power argument is not a real one, just my opinion.
Also I think ward should make the team even just for extra innings at 2nd, need speed.