Lose 10 pounds. Do more volunteer work. Pay off credit card debt. Hit 30 home runs?
Baseball players probably have different New Year’s resolutions than the rest of us common citizens. But the basic idea of setting an attainable goal for a new year still applies to the stars of America’s pastime. Plus, since baseball is the only sport of the Big Four with a season contained entirely within a calendar year, New Year’s resolutions seem all the more appropriate.
With all that in mind, here are some statistical goals for some key members of the New York Yankees as we move into 2014. They are meant to be reasonable in scope—no one’s asking Alfonso Soriano to launch 50 round-trippers—but also challenging and integral for the continued development of each individual’s career.