Baseball HOF - Active Players

[Mike A. S.]

If all these players retired today and were eligible for the Hall of Fame and you got to fill a ballot (up to 5 players), who would be the 5 players you voted for?

 

[Chewbaccer]

I think Trout has to play a couple more seasons before he's eligible, but if he gets 10 years of service time, he'll probably be the second unanimous player(I still say it's a joke that the first ever unanimously elected player was a closer).

These are the active HOF locks IMO:

Max Scherzer
Clayton Kershaw
Mike Trout
Albert Pujols
Justin Verlander
Miguel Cabrera
CC Sabathia

There's several others that have a shot too.

 

[Mike A. S.]

I think Trout has to play a couple more seasons before he's eligible, but if he gets 10 years of service time, he'll probably be the second unanimous player(I still say it's a joke that the first ever unanimously elected player was a closer).

These are the active HOF locks IMO:

Max Scherzer
Clayton Kershaw
Mike Trout
Albert Pujols
Justin Verlander
Miguel Cabrera
CC Sabathia

There's several others that have a shot too.

It was actually harder than I expected to only choose 5. My fifth slot was a debate between Kershaw and Scherzer. I think they both deserve it, but if it comes down to just one or the other than it's a tough debate.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

there are 6... HOFers but if I had to exclude SOMEONE out of the 6 I would exclude Verlander…

But verlander deserves and will make the HOF too...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

It was actually harder than I expected to only choose 5. My fifth slot was a debate between Kershaw and Scherzer. I think they both deserve it, but if it comes down to just one or the other than it's a tough debate.

Was going to comment on how Kershaw is the easy pick of the 3 pitchers and then it was hard to decide between Verlander and Scherzer...

But then I realized you are a tigers fan... so You have SOME Blinders on for Verlander...

 

[MilkSpiller22]

The top 3 has to be

Trout, Pujols and Kershaw...

 

[Chewbaccer]

The top 3 has to be

Trout, Pujols and Kershaw...

Pujols, Cabrera and CC. If Trout's career ended today, he wouldn't be eligible.

 

[Mike A. S.]

Was going to comment on how Kershaw is the easy pick of the 3 pitchers and then it was hard to decide between Verlander and Scherzer...

But then I realized you are a tigers fan... so You have SOME Blinders on for Verlander...

Haha, that could indeed be the reason! I thought Miggy, Pujols, Trout and JV were the easy choices. But as I said before I think Kershaw and Scherzer both easily do deserve the HOF. Just hard to decide if I could only pick one.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Pujols, Cabrera and CC. If Trout's career ended today, he wouldn't be eligible.

is there a 10 season rule??

 

[MilkSpiller22]

Only player on the list who doesn't even belong on the list is Madison Bumgarner


His gets overvalued simply because of that one postseason run...

take away that ONE month from his resume, and he is not even a top 100 SP of all time...

 

[Chewbaccer]

Only player on the list who doesn't even belong on the list is Madison Bumgarner


His gets overvalued simply because of that one postseason run...

take away that ONE month from his resume, and he is not even a top 100 SP of all time...

It was more than just one postseason run. I don't think he's a HOFer, but if Jack Morris is in, MadBum is better than Jack Morris, and that includes the postseason.

 

[Gopherfan84]

is there a 10 season rule??

Yeah. You have to play at least 10 seasons to get on the ballot. That's why you see some names on the ballot every year that have no chance at making the HOF, because they made the 10 year threshold.

 

[MilkSpiller22]

It was more than just one postseason run. I don't think he's a HOFer, but if Jack Morris is in, MadBum is better than Jack Morris, and that includes the postseason.

is he better than Morris?? sure his overall stats are better... But Bummy doesn't have the longevity of Morris... Also, Morris did better in the CY voting than Bummy…

and Morris had 2 seasons of 20+ wins, compared to bummy's 0... I would easily say Morris had the better CY resume than Bummy…

All bummy had was one month...


and Morris had some pretty good post season numbers too...

 

[Voltaire26]

is he better than Morris?? sure his overall stats are better... But Bummy doesn't have the longevity of Morris... Also, Morris did better in the CY voting than Bummy…

and Morris had 2 seasons of 20+ wins, compared to bummy's 0... I would easily say Morris had the better CY resume than Bummy…

All bummy had was one month...


and Morris had some pretty good post season numbers too...

Morris is a border line HOF ... Lou Whitaker is a easy Hall of Famer, he should have been voted in, in his 2nd year of eligibility at the same time with Alan Trammell. 19 years together at the Keystone!!

 

[Chewbaccer]

is he better than Morris?? sure his overall stats are better... But Bummy doesn't have the longevity of Morris... Also, Morris did better in the CY voting than Bummy…

and Morris had 2 seasons of 20+ wins, compared to bummy's 0... I would easily say Morris had the better CY resume than Bummy…

All bummy had was one month...


and Morris had some pretty good post season numbers too...

Bummy? That's cute.

All he had was one month? The numbers say otherwise, but considering you used Bummy, it;s safe to assume you're not smart enough to comprehend what you read, or have any sort of original thought.

 

[VikingFan2k2]

It was more than just one postseason run. I don't think he's a HOFer, but if Jack Morris is in, MadBum is better than Jack Morris, and that includes the postseason.

A little too young to remember Game 7 in 91'? Or did you just block it from your memory?

 

[Chewbaccer]

A little too young to remember Game 7 in 91'? Or did you just block it from your memory?

I was born in 91. And Morris was great, but the overall career postseason numbers favor MadBum.

 

[VikingFan2k2]

I was born in 91. And Morris was great, but the overall career postseason numbers favor MadBum.

Ok. As tough as it might be for a Braves fan, you have to watch that whole game, because Smoltz was just as good through his 8 innings. It's a game in which everyone was drained from beating each other up. I was 8 years old and I still was intensely into it.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Ok. As tough as it might be for a Braves fan, you have to watch that whole game, because Smoltz was just as good through his 8 innings. It's a game in which everyone was drained from beating each other up. I was 8 years old and I still was intensely into it.

I've watched a replay of the game on MLB Network. Great pitching all around in that game, but when it was 20 something years after the fact and you already know the outcome, it takes the intensity out of it.

 

[Pure Steel]

I've watched a replay of the game on MLB Network. Great pitching all around in that game, but when it was 20 something years after the fact and you already know the outcome, it takes the intensity out of it.

Turn the 1996 WS off after game 2......