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Milestones Yankees Players Are Approaching

Every season milestones are reached by many players and while some milestones are more significant than others, they’re all important to a baseball player’s career. With the departures of Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira and Carlos Beltran, there aren’t many players on the Yankees reaching huge milestones, but still, there are some milestones to be crossed. Here are some milestones Yankees players can pass in 2017:

Starlin Castro

Stat: Home Runs

Milestone: 100

Actual: 83

Projected Date: 9/22/2017 at Rogers Centre

Stat: Runs Batted In

Milestone: 500

Actual: 433

Projected Date: 10/01/2017 at Yankee Stadium

Jacoby Ellsbury

Stat: Home Runs

Milestone: 100

Actual: 97

Projected Date: 6/1/2017 at Rogers Centre

Stat: Runs Batted In

Milestone: 500

Actual: 473

Projected Date: 7/3/2017 at Yankee Stadium

Brett Gardner

Stat: Hits

Milestone: 1000

Actual: 950

Projected Date: 6/12/2017 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Didi Gregorius

Stat: Hits

Milestone: 500

Actual: 451

Projected Date: 6/9/2017 at Yankee Stadium

Stat: Doubles

Milestone: 100

Actual: 81

Projected Date: 8/12/2017 at Yankee Stadium

Stat: Games

Milestone: 500

Actual: 499

Projected Date: 4/4/2017 at Tropicana Field

Matt Holliday

Stat: Hits

Milestone: 2000

Actual: 1995

Projected Date: 4/12/1995 at Yankee Stadium

Stat: Home Runs

Milestone: 300

Actual: 295

Projected Date: 5/18/2017 at Kauffman Stadium

Dellin Betances

Stat: Strikeouts

Milestone: 500

Actual: 404

Projected Date: 9/8/2017 at Globe Life Park in Arlington

Aroldis Chapman

Stat: Saves

Milestone: 200

Actual: 182

Projected Date: 7/15/2017 at Fenway Park

Note: Projected to pass eight players on the all-time saves list, including Rafael Soriano and Joakim Soria (Currently 50th)

CC Sabathia

Stat: Games Started

Milestone: 500

Actual: 482

Projected Date: 7/23/2017 at Safeco Field

Note: Projected to pass nine players on the all-time games started list, including Mark Buehrle and Old Hoss Radbourn (Currently 51st)

Stat: Strikeouts

Milestone: 2800

Actual: 2726

Projected Date: 6/26/2017 at Guaranteed Rate Field (White Sox)

Note: Projected to pass five players on the all-time strikeouts list, including Cy Young and Mike Mussina (Currently 22nd)

Masahiro Tanaka

Stat: Innings Pitched

Milestone: 500

Current: 490

Projected Date: 4/13/2017 at Yankee Stadium

Stat: Strikeouts

Milestone: 500

Actual: 445

Projected Date: 6/4/2017 at Rogers Centre

Stat: Games Started

Milestone: 100

Actual: 75

Projected Date: 9/6/2017 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards

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