Milestones that could fall in 2018
Pujols on the prowl
Angels designated hitter Albert Pujols is just 32 hits away from becoming the 32nd member of the 3,000 hit club, and he is 16 home runs away from tying Ken Griffey Jr. for sixth on the all-time home run list. He is 82 RBIs away from 2,000 and would climb as high as fifth on the all-time list with another 100-RBI season, passing Jimmie Foxx, Ty Cobb, Stan Musial, Lou Gehrig and Barry Bonds.
Eyeing 200-plus club
Astros right-hander Justin Verlander and John Lackey are each 12 wins away from 200 career wins, a feat accomplished by just 116 players in Major League history. Bartolo Colon and CC Sabathia, the active wins leaders, are 10 and 13 wins away from 250, respectively.
Beltre’s hit collection
With 100 or more hits, Adrian Beltre (who has recorded at least 106 hits in all but one season of his career) would pass Rod Carew, Rickey Henderson, Craig Biggio, Ichiro Suzuki (active), Dave Winfield, Alex Rodriguez, Tony Gwynn and Robin Yount to climb to 18th on the all-time list.
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Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel is just nine saves away from being just the 29th person in history to record 300 saves.
Twins first baseman Joe Mauer is 14 hits away from joining the 2,000-hit club. Rajai Davis is just six stolen bases away from being the 75th member of the 400 stolen base club.
Indians designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion is just two home runs away from 350 career home runs.
Pujols and Beltre need 13 and 19 doubles, respectively, to climb into the top 10 on the all-time doubles list.
Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia is six doubles away from 400 for his career.