3 HOFer lineups today?

Peter_Spaeth · #1 09-01-2024, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rats60

It is a good thing most HOF voters don't care about WAR. Otherwise Buster Posey 44.8 WAR and Yadi Molina 42.1 WAR wouldn't be future Hall of Famers.

The standard is lower for catchers, as you know.

Posey and Molina rank 14th and 22nd by JAWS according to Baseball Reference. Stanton is currently the 38th ranked right fielder.

clydepepper · #2 09-03-2024, 11:41 AM

Though this season has put all possible in jeopardy, The Braves (and I'm NOT just going by last year's performances) have a chance to get several in...though not especially on the first ballot.

If...and it's a long shot after surgeries on BOTH knees...Acuna can stay healthy the rest of his career, he should get in...he's still young.

Michael Harris, Austin Riley, Matt Olson and Ozzie Albies could be All-Stars almost every year.

Some of their pitchers also have an outside chance...long term.

Again...this is just a hopeful projection...but it could happen...just not if there are more seasons like 2024.

packs · #3 09-03-2024, 01:30 PM

Stanton still needs 75 homers and he's 35 in a few months. I don't know that he has it in him. even if he hit 25 homers a year for the next three seasons and retired at 38, he'll probably finish with less than 2,000 career hits and will have a lower career average than Killebrew.

Don't see a HOFer there. Would be surprised to see a 500 homer guy too.

I also think his days are seriously numbered if the Yankees do find a way to re-sign Soto. Assuming their outfield next season lines up as Soto in left, with Chisholm back in the outfield splitting time in center and right with Dominguez, or one of them moves to right permanently, I can't imagine there's much incentive not to DH Judge.

Mike D. · #4 09-03-2024, 06:57 PM

Only tangentially related, but I was looking at the list of active career HR leaders (Stanton is #1 at 427). There are only 3 active players with as many as 350 career home runs (Stanton, Trout, Goldschmidt).

Doesn't that feel...low? There's only 12 total with over 300 career home runs. Are we in a serious lull in terms of active career HR leaders, after the retirement of Pujols and Cabrera?

Seven · #5 09-03-2024, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike D.

Only tangentially related, but I was looking at the list of active career HR leaders (Stanton is #1 at 427). There are only 3 active players with as many as 350 career home runs (Stanton, Trout, Goldschmidt).

Doesn't that feel...low? There's only 12 total with over 300 career home runs. Are we in a serious lull in terms of active career HR leaders, after the retirement of Pujols and Cabrera?

I think we lost a lot of names in recent years that hit that threshold, due to retirement but there are certainly many waiting in the wings.

Betts, Suarez, Ozuna and Schwarber will all get to the 300 mark. Olson, JRam and Lindor are right behind them as well, barring any sort of major career ending injury.

The more we go down the list, the harder it is to predict, but I would wager, Ohtani, Seager, Soto, Alvarez and Vlad Jr, barring major injury will eventually arrive at that mark as well.

packs · #6 09-03-2024, 07:20 PM

Cruz also retired last season. He got all the way up to 464.

Peter_Spaeth · #7 09-03-2024, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Seven

I think we lost a lot of names in recent years that hit that threshold, due to retirement but there are certainly many waiting in the wings.

Betts, Suarez, Ozuna and Schwarber will all get to the 300 mark. Olson, JRam and Lindor are right behind them as well, barring any sort of major career ending injury.

The more we go down the list, the harder it is to predict, but I would wager, Ohtani, Seager, Soto, Alvarez and Vlad Jr, barring major injury will eventually arrive at that mark as well.

I think these things ebb and flow. Certainly no shortage of HR in baseball. Lots of guys with shots at 400 to 450.

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