Eligible for the 2023 Baseball HOF: Who you got?

[aTotal360]

Sheesh...

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[CochiseCowbell]

Is there some unwritten rule of Cooperstown that someone MUST be inducted from every eligible year?

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

No

 

[BigBully]

Pete Rose.... It's time.

 

[dorndawg]

I imagine Beltran eventually gets in, certainly not a 1st Ballot HOFer. Can't really see anyone else on that list making it.

 

[ronpolk]

Not a super impressive list. I do think Carlos Beltran and Francisco Rodriguez deserve to be in the hall of fame. Not sure if they deserve first ballot or not.

Some of those guys though are just people who had a couple good years. Mike Napoli?

 

[SirBarksalot]

Zero 1st ballots. All questionable

 

[8dog]

If Andre Ethier doesnt get in, we riot.

 

[kired]

Those guys couldn't get voted into an all-star game, much less the HOF

 

[patdog]

Nope. He knew the consequences when he made his choice.

 

[Cooterpoot]

Without Pete Rose and the roid crew, I can't take them seriously. The people that vote are a lot of sorry *** media fools. The Hall of Fame is dead to me.

 

[curseddawgs]

Beltran maybe but it’s unlikely and that’s not even considering his role in the Astros scandal

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Bob Uecker

 

[PBRME]

Without Pete Rose and the roid crew, I can't take them seriously. The people that vote are a lot of sorry *** media fools. The Hall of Fame is dead to me.

I agree. It’s a sham that Pete Rose and the poster boy steroid users are banned when there’s people currently elected that have ties to drug trafficking, steroids, cocaine, speed, and who knows what else. If the same standards were applied to all hofers we’d lose at least half of them.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

I agree. It’s a sham that Pete Rose and the poster boy steroid users are banned when there’s people currently elected that have ties to drug trafficking, steroids, cocaine, speed, and who knows what else. If the same standards were applied to all hofers we’d lose at least half of them.

The opinion by the status quo is 17em... They knew what they did was wrong.

"The wages off sin is death"

Guess that's going to just be tough for the rest of us to overcome in the end.

 

[dorndawg]

I'm not disputing anything you say, I'm merely curious: who in the baseball HOF has ties to drug trafficking?

 

[Ghostman]

None are worthy, but 1 is Werthy.

 

[SpeckTaker]

Only 1. Dion

 

[The Peeper]

Definitely none of this crew deserves a "head"

 

[johnson86-1]

Not a super impressive list. I do think Carlos Beltran and Francisco Rodriguez deserve to be in the hall of fame. Not sure if they deserve first ballot or not.

Some of those guys though are just people who had a couple good years. Mike Napoli?

I don't even recognize most of those players. Carlos Beltran I recognize and I recognize the name Jacoby Ellsbury (I am guessing he had some big plays in playoffs against the yankees and that's why I recognize him?). I'm not a baseball fan, so not really surprising that I don't recognize some of them, but I recognize names like Mike Trout or Bryce Harper (I'm guessing just from sixpack) and Ohtani just because of the buzz around pitching and hitting. You'd think people having hall of fame careers would at least have some name recognition outside of the sport.

 

[Dawgg]

Nope. He knew the consequences when he made his choice.

The rule on ineligible players being blocked from the Hall of Fame was added 2 years AFTER Pete Rose was banned from baseball (pretty much specifically targeting him as the reason for the rule). Being blocked from the Hall of Fame wasn't a known consequence at the time.

 

[Dawgg]

Not a super impressive list. I do think Carlos Beltran and Francisco Rodriguez deserve to be in the hall of fame. Not sure if they deserve first ballot or not.

Some of those guys though are just people who had a couple good years. Mike Napoli?

Yeah, Napoli was my son's favorite player when he was with the Rangers, but I mean... Ruth, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Mantle.... Napoli?

 

[ronpolk]

I don't even recognize most of those players. Carlos Beltran I recognize and I recognize the name Jacoby Ellsbury (I am guessing he had some big plays in playoffs against the yankees and that's why I recognize him?). I'm not a baseball fan, so not really surprising that I don't recognize some of them, but I recognize names like Mike Trout or Bryce Harper (I'm guessing just from sixpack) and Ohtani just because of the buzz around pitching and hitting. You'd think people having hall of fame careers would at least have some name recognition outside of the sport.

Very fair point. I remember most of the names but honestly forgot about most of them, which at a baseline is reason enough to not be HOF worthy.

Carlos Beltran is HOF worthy (1st ballot is questionable). His career numbers are .279 BA, 435 home runs, 1,587 RBIs, 2,725 hits and an OPS of .837. Over a 20 year career those are good numbers.

 

[columbiadawg2]

That group has to help those current guys just below the threshold get a little bump.

 

[PooPopsBaldHead]

Napoli deserves his own 17ing wing in some Hall of Fame, somewhere. The man partied harder than Mantle, Namath, Chamberlain, Gronk, Ovechkin, and Tiger Woods combined. He was a legend in the Dallas party scene and took it to the next level in Boston.

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Hall of Famer in my book.

 

[notoriousD_O_G]

It's time to put Andruw Jones in.

 

[AROB44]

Rafael Palmeiro!

Palmeiro and Alex Rodriguez are the only Hall-eligible player with at least 3,000 hits and 500 homers who are not enshrined.

Player	Career hits	Career home runs
Hank Aaron	3,771	755
Alex Rodriguez	3,115	696
Albert Pujols	3,308	681
Willie Mays	3,293	660
Rafael Palmeiro	3,020	569
Eddie Murray	3,255	504
Miguel Cabrera	3,000	502

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[PBRME]

I'm not disputing anything you say, I'm merely curious: who in the baseball HOF has ties to drug trafficking?

https://1045theteam.com/new-york-writer-voter-says-mlb-covered-up-for-big-papi/

 

[mcdawg22]

Sheesh...

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[DawgInThe256]

To the Veterans Committee

 

[shotgunDawg]

Bad year. Beltran is the only HOFer on this list & he's a slam dunk unless sign stealing eliminates him

 

[shotgunDawg]

I imagine Beltran eventually gets in, certainly not a 1st Ballot HOFer. Can't really see anyone else on that list making it.

70 lifetime WAR is pretty significant. He's got a first ballot chance unless the writers punish him for the sign stealing for a few years

 

[Dawgg]

Hall of Famer in my book.

You’re right. I retract my previous statement due to a preponderance of this new evidence.

 

[She Mate Me]

Those guys couldn't get voted into an all-star game, much less the HOF

Beltran was a 9 time All Star and Rookie of the Year.

2,700+ hits and a 70 WAR.

In other words, he's a sure thing.