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To the topic at hand, if Realmuto is somehow able to put up his average of 3.5 WAR for the next seven or so seasons, he might get in. Catchers are the hardest position, to make it to the Hall IMO, because of the durability issues all of them run into.
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All that said, he was a star when I was a kid, I feel like the 70s are largely underrepresented and I wouldn't cry foul if he made it in a side door to Cooperstown. |
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Jorge Posada gets no respect. While never failing a test I think there was something artificial about both Piazza and Pudge's careers and they were the only better catchers than Posada during his career. He was certainly better than 9 out of 10 catchers and he fell below 5% on his first ballot.
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The thing that really hurt Posada is that he didn't play a full season until his age 27 season. Before his age 30 season, he played in only 443 big league games.
The fact that based on that and being a catcher he's even in the conversation of something like the Hall of Fame is really impressive. By comparison, Rodriguez debuted at 19 and had played 1,371 games by his age 30 season. Piazza debuted at 23 and had played 840 games by his age 30 season.
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Yes. If you compare his stats to Rizzuto. Otherwise not yet.
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I think the "suspected" thing is kind of garbage. You can make a circumstantial accusation against most any player...hard to prove a negative.
Heck, not going to go near saying Posada used, but a guy who suddenly became an above-average regular at 27, played until he was 40, and played with guys like Giambi, Sheffield, and Pettitte? See how easy it is to "suspect" someone?
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As for Posada, this Sox fan would pick him for his team every time and twice on Sundays, but not a HOFer.
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In my memory, the reasons were stuff like "big muscles and pimpley backs" but I may have missed some more compelling stuff.
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posada should have gotten more respect and consideration. But to me he was bordeline HOFer
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There are lots of guys who probably aren't Hall of Famers, but a few years on the ballot may allow for further appreciation of their careers.
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People can throw around all of the advanced stats they want, but the difference here with Posada is that we 'all' saw him play his entire career. Watching countless Yankees games on Channel 11, not once did I think of him as a Hall of Famer. The thought never entered my mind. Various other players, like Jeter, yup, but not Posada.
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