Buster already HOF-worthy?

[obxyankeefan]

I tend to agree, but did you read the link? They say if he stopped today he has like a 25-30% chance already.

I skimmed it. One thing I did not see in there is the fact that if he stopped today he would have 9 years of service in MLB. You have to have 10 years to get on the ballot. I believe there is a way to get on the ballot without ten years, but don't know what it is.

 

[msgkings322]

I skimmed it. One thing I did not see in there is the fact that if he stopped today he would have 9 years of service in MLB. You have to have 10 years to get on the ballot. I believe there is a way to get on the ballot without ten years, but don't know what it is.

OK fair enough. Then one more year of even 5 WAR and he's probably in. It's a good read if you are a stat geek.

 

[calsnowskier]

I skimmed it. One thing I did not see in there is the fact that if he stopped today he would have 9 years of service in MLB. You have to have 10 years to get on the ballot. I believe there is a way to get on the ballot without ten years, but don't know what it is.

Damn it. Where is the useful rating???

 

[msgkings322]

Damn it. Where is the useful rating???

Try winner like I just did

 

[calsnowskier]

Try winner like I just did

I guess that is the next best option. But useful is good for when a really good point is made that I was not aware of before (10-year requirement for ballot)...

 

[msgkings322]

I guess that is the next best option. But useful is good for when a really good point is made that I was not aware of before (10-year requirement for ballot)...

I agree, and we need a button for "I agree" when it's something bad. You don't want to "like" a post like that.

 

[SF11704]

I agree that Buster is a very solid HOF candidate but as someone mentioned earlier .... an injury can put a spin on it all.

IMHO Buster is clearly on an HOF track .... but an injury could really change things. I actually think that the 'type' on injury could/would be the influencing factor. If Buster went down with a career-ending injury ... he would be a shoe-in. His overall performance to this point in time is stellar.

But ... if he wound up with one of those injuries that linger and also significantly hurt his performance ... that could/would have a much different effect. Things like that have the tendency of taking something very very good and smoothing it out so it looks ... just OK.

To this day I'm very grateful and somewhat surprised that he recovered as well as he did from that collision with Scott Cousins.