Right. Without steroids, Arod was going to be a major leaguer. There are approximately 11 million examples of guys without the talent to be big league players taking steroids and still being bad at baseball. There are fewer examples of people being marginally good at baseball becoming better - but not all-time great - with the aid of steroids. Arod started on third base with athletic/baseball talent and then added on with the PEDs.
I hope he hits 45 homers and the Yankees finish last. I hope he hits another 45 next season and again, the team finishes last. I hope the bonus payment thing becomes the messiest tabloid circus ever, I hope the stress of it has Hal Steinbrenner throw his hands up in frustration, say fuck it, and sell the team to Dolan (the Knicks owner). Then, I hope Derek Jeter takes the front office reins and becomes the new Isiah Thomas, being so thoroughly awful that his post-career terriblness erases all memory of how good he was as a player...and then I hope Arod gets elected to the HOF because he damn sure was one of the best players I ever saw, juice or no juice.