hr king in '05

[kentx12]

As long as he stays healthy Bonds is my favorite to be HR king in '05.

Hopefully the roids will catch up with him before he can break Arons record and he will not be healthy. I go with Arod next year

[eftda]

As long as he stays healthy Bonds is my favorite to be HR king in '05.

Hopefully the roids will catch up with him before he can break Arons record and he will not be healthy. I go with Arod next year

Don't you think of anything else?

[irishdude103]

imo Dunn or Bonds will be the HR king

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No Beltre in any of these lists? He DID win the HR crown last year.

[SaintsOfTheDiamond]

No Beltre in any of these lists? He DID win the HR crown last year.

It's wishful thinking at best to think he'll crack the top 5 IMO.

[Absolutely Adequate]

Beltre's certainly got the ability, especially if he gets out of LA. People here are going to underrate him because of the lack of a track record. But he has the ability and I doubt this is a Brady Anderson-esque fluke.

You know, the more I think about it, the more Beltre seems like the right answer. He was in a mostly toothless lineup in a giant stadium and still managed to hit a ton. No matter what, he is bound to be in a better hitting situation next year. What could be worse? Detroit? The Mets? Neither seems likely.

Okay, my answer is Beltre.

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Not even in the top 5?! Maybe I'm biased because I have Beltre as a keeper, but I can't see how he'll drop so far out of contention for the top HR spot that other players who Beltre beat by 10-15 homers (A-Rod, Tex, etc.) last year are gonna somehow make up all that difference next year.

I don't expect Beltre to be HR King again next year, but I don't see how there's a credible argument that its "wishful thinking" that he'll be in the top 5. Unless of course you think Beltre's 48 HRs was a fluke. That would be some fluke then, eh?