At age 29, Dave Dodd has a lot of accolades already to his name. He is a 4-time All Star, 3-time Gold Glover, 2 time MVP and a Triple Crown Winner. He has also played in 2 World Series and has 3, 20+ game hit streaks to his name. On July 20th in St. Louis he added his name to a list only 16 names long as he joined the 300 HR club. He is the youngest member by 3 years and 200 days, next to Manny Copriviza who sits with 412 HR. He teammate and the only person he is behind on the Jersey Shore HR list, Mike Bryant, hit his 300th, 3 weeks after his 33rd birthday. That just shows where he is ranks all time, and it's looking pretty good.
His 300th HR came on a warm down in St. Louis in a game that Jersey would eventually lose 7-6. 2nd year flame thrower John Allan had just taken the mound after Mike Bryant's solo HR off of Dae-hyun Mae sent him to the showers. Dodd met Allan's fastball with a deep blast to straight away CF which easily cleared the 10 foot wall, 405 feet away from home plate. The shot was estimated at 431 feet and for a short while gave the D-Bags a tie with St. Louis at 6 apiece. To go with Dodd's 300th HR, he is rapidly approaching 1500 hits and 1000 RBI, both which should be reached next season and probably before his 30th birthday.
Dodd, who signed a 4 year contract in 2019, has his contract expire next year and if anyone had to guess it will probably be one of the richest the BSA has ever seen, at least from a positional player. With Mike Bryant's 26M dollar option next year is the last on his contract, there should be money to keep Dodd in Jersey Shore, but regardless he is on pace to be one of the best sluggers the BSA has ever seen.
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