He is widely considered to be the best all-round catcher in the game and can match the strongest hitters for power and average. Mark Mcgwire, St Louis Baseball's great modern slugger resumes with 554 career home runs to his name. This should be no problem if he stays healthy - he hit a record 70 home runs in 1998. Jeff Kent, San Francisco 2000 was a year of welcome recognition for Kent. Chipper Jones, Atlanta First pick overall in the 1990 free-agent draft, Jones still has many good years ahead of him.
Most experts think so.
He is considered to be the best all-round player in the game and is only 25. Vladimir Guerrero, Montreal An amazing young talent. Cincinnati Another one chasing Hank Aaron's home run record, Griffey is some way behind McGwire but has more good years ahead of him. Always an exellent fielder, he will be looking to regain the batting form that made him such a high profile transfer from Seattle to Cincinnati last year. The omens are good.