July 24, 20196 yr I am bored and was thinking about which players, who are playing today are headed to Cooperstown. To make this a bit less speculative I only counted players with at least 5 years of major league service time and came up with this list. Pujols Sabathia Trout Verlander Sale Cabrera Posey Kershaw are pretty much locks IMO Fringe cases include: Bumgarner Cano Lester Altuve Machado Arenado Can you come up with any more names? Edited July 24, 20196 yr by GermanSoxFan
July 24, 20196 yr Yoan Moncada Just kidding (mostly), but good list. I agree with all of them and can't really think of anyone else with 5+ years of experience
July 24, 20196 yr I'd put Greinke on the fringe case list Votto as well Edited July 24, 20196 yr by OmarComing25
July 24, 20196 yr Author 11 minutes ago, OmarComing25 said: I'd put Greinke on the fringe case list Votto as well Good call, especially Votto. I'd even argue he should becloser to a lock. A career .423 OBP is just incredible and his 151+ OPS is better than Cabreras.
July 24, 20196 yr Author I completely forgot about Felix Hernandez, I‘d put him into the fringe category.
July 24, 20196 yr Kris Bryant is off to a hell of a start (I know you said 5 years, but this is his 5th season so just throwing him a bone). Edited July 24, 20196 yr by SoxAce
July 24, 20196 yr Harper started so young. He's got an MVP under his belt. He'll probably get in. Same for Giancarlo Stanton. I think when it's all said and done, Mookie Betts and Paul Goldschmidt will have good cases. Yadier Molina is well regarded. Andrew McCutchen may have a shot. David Price, Craig Kimbrel, Aroldis Chapman...also a shot (no pun intended) Edited July 24, 20196 yr by flavum
July 26, 20196 yr Sale is more of the fringe case for me. He's way too inconsistent. He's dominant for a year or two amd then surrounds it with 2-3 years of disappointment. He's only had two truly exceptional seasons in his career(2014 and 2017)
July 26, 20196 yr 44 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: Sale is more of the fringe case for me. He's way too inconsistent. He's dominant for a year or two amd then surrounds it with 2-3 years of disappointment. He's only had two truly exceptional seasons in his career(2014 and 2017) Horrible take. He hasn't been inconsistent at all. Top 6 in Cy Young voting every year between 2012-2018. His peripherals have been terrific every year of his career (and they are still really good this year).
August 8, 20196 yr First Ballot Locks: Pujols, Miggy, Trout, Verlander, Kershaw Very Good Chance: Sale, Greinke, Hamels, Scherzer, Votto, Sabathia, Yadier, Cano Toss-Up (Depends on Next 5 seasons): Goldschmidt, Stanton, Altuve, Machado, Freeman, Bumgarner, Rizzo, DeGrom, Strasburg Fringe: Pedroia, Posey, Lester, McCutchen Just Missed: Felix, Kinsler, Price, Braun, Longoria Young but looking good: Bryant, Mookie, Lindor, Harper, Yelich
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