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Taking a look at A-Rod’s 30 (so far) home run season

It's About The Money | September 9, 2015

Related Topics: Home run, Spring training, Justin Verlander, Heat map, Four-seam fastball

Guess what? The guy who was going to be cut during Spring Training, because nearly every baseball writer on the planet had him buried before he even showed up in Tampa and proclaimed that he couldn’t possibly play baseball at a high level after a 162-game steroid suspension hit his 30th home run of the season last night.

I know, can you believe it?

Here are all 30 of his home runs in spray chart form:

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Here’s his home run heat map:

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Here’s his first home run of the season, which was hit on April 9 against the Blue Jays:

Here’s his 3000th hit which was on June 19 and off a 95 mph fastball from Justin Verlander:

Here’s #30 which tied last night’s game.

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