GermanSoxFan Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) 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, 2019 by GermanSoxFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Abreu Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarComing25 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) I'd put Greinke on the fringe case list Votto as well Edited July 24, 2019 by OmarComing25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanSoxFan Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Scherzer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GermanSoxFan Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 I completely forgot about Felix Hernandez, I‘d put him into the fringe category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) 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, 2019 by SoxAce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 (edited) 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, 2019 by flavum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Parkman Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 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) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan99 Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 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). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Mark Posted July 26, 2019 Share Posted July 26, 2019 Mike Stanton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiSox1917 Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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