MLB.com has a short article theorizing that Maddux has an outside chance of winning 400 games (only Walther Johnson and Cy Young have passed this mark)...I'm not making this up. One can read the article by clicking here.
I agree with the article that he would need to pitch at least 5 more years...and if he averaged 10-12 wins a season than he would reach the mark. But that would require him pitching until the age of 47. That's possible but I don't know how likely that would be.
I think a more realistic goal would be passing Warren Spahn. Spahn won 363 games. That is the the most for a pitcher that has pitched in the modern era (Post-WWII). So if Maddux were to pass that number it would still be very impressive (and more achievable).
Nonetheless...to even be talking about a pitcher with a chance to win 400 games is unfathomable in this day of age of 5-man rotations, pitch counts and jacked-up hitters. It truly is unbelievable.
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