[zork1974]

He's a lock. Did anyone mention the strikeouts? Over 3000 and 16th on the all-time list.

Plus, if Mariano is the best reliever of all time due to his playoff performances, Smoltz is a shoe-in with the most wins in postseason history by a starting pitcher.

I think the more important question is this. Who else is going to retire this season? As we all know, sometimes the competition determines how the voting goes.

By the way, some of the earlier posts seemed to question Maddux (maybe it was just the way the posts came across). As sbfinley stated, "but seriously if Maddux isn't unanimous.... remove their vote." Guys, he's one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Maddux had better best Seaver at 98.84%. I can't fathom why anyone wouldn't vote for him.