Stanton making HOF case with 450th career HR

BALTIMORE -- Giancarlo Stanton hopes his 450th location tally won't beryllium the past milestone helium celebrates earlier calling it a career.

"It's a bully circular number," the New York Yankees slugger said Saturday nighttime aft hitting a three-run thrust successful a 6-1 triumph implicit the Baltimore Orioles. "It's chill to spot the names I'm catching and tying and going above."

Stanton deed No. 450 successful his 1,719th vocation game. Only Babe Ruth, Mark McGwire, Alex Rodriguez and Harmon Killebrew were quicker to 450.

If the 35-year-old Stanton continues his slugging ways, past possibly helium volition scope 500 and beryllium recognized with a plaque successful Cooperstown.

"He's inactive going successful what's a Hall of Fame career," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "It's a large number, 450, and it came with a three-run changeable successful the first. I consciousness similar he's got a batch left, a batch much to go."

That agelong shot disconnected Tomoyuki Sugano sent the Yankees connected their mode to an important victory. The leaders successful the AL wild-card contention present basal conscionable 2 games down the AL East-leading Toronto Blue Jays with 7 games near successful the regular season.

"Most important, it helped america win," Stanton said of his opposite-field thrust to right.

Stanton didn't commencement the play until July 2 due to the fact that of elbow injuries. Since his return, he's deed 21 homers.

Asked to picture Stanton arsenic a hitter, Boone replied, "The antheral is dangerous. A unicorn. It's truthful unsocial however helium does it, truthful unsocial however routinely hard helium hits the baseball. Just a truly chill time for him and america arsenic his teammates."

Rest assured, determination volition beryllium a batch much celebrating if Stanton reaches the adjacent milestone.

"I'm a batch of swings distant from 500," helium said. "Of people you deliberation astir it, and you recognize that if you carnivore down that I'm susceptible of doing it."

And the Hall of Fame? After being told of Boone's assessment, Stanton said: "It's chill to hear. I'm inactive rolling. That's for you guys to statement about. I conscionable travel successful each time and bash what I can."