we asked 55 MLB.com experts for their thoughts on several key points related to this year’s HOF candidates. (You can also check out our staff predictions onwho will be inducted.)
With a 3rd Cy Young under his belt, Justin Verlander can walk backwards into the Hall of Fame tomorrow. But the almost 40-year-old seems poised to run it back in 2023. Will his next contract be an historic one? Michael Ginnitti|2 years ago ...
This was Kenny Lofton's spot before Beltrán reached Hall eligibility on the 2023 ballot, receiving a respectable 46.5% of the vote in his debut before jumping to 57.1% the second time around. Lofton and Andruw Jones still have compelling arguments here, with Lofton's particularly acute given ...
Signing analysis: Despite the Giants’ need for another strong rotation arm, this probably isn't what most of their fans had in mind. Verlander will be inducted into the Hall of Fame one day, but he fell off a cliff rather quickly last season after missing the first few months with shoul...
Fame consideration. That's no empty talk. According to the new Bill James Handbook 2023, his production this season put him on the cusp of such consideration in the Hall of Fame Monitor system. And, given what we saw in 2022, he has a lot of production ahead of him to add to his ...
Yesterday, the Baseball Hall of Fame hadits inductions. Due to COVID protocols and the oft-delayed nature of the ceremony because of the pandemic, it happened in the middle of a weekday, with few games going on. And that, to be honest, is how it should usually be. Well, not the ...
He's one of 21 middle infielders with three 7-WAR seasons and all of the others are in the Hall of Fame except Alex Rodriguez, Chase Utley, Robinson Cano and the criminally underrated Bobby Grich -- a player, like Semien, who did everything well. Third base: Josh Jung, Texas Ranger...
Wilson, 30, came to the Soxjust under a year agoas part of theDylan Ceasetrade. He had put up some solid numbers in San Diego over the previous two seasons. He tossed 106 innings over 102 appearances in 2022 and 2023. He allowed 3.48 earned runs per nine. His 10.9% walk rate was ...
the club still has one of the highest-ceiling rotations in the majors. Reigning NL Cy Young award winner Sale leads the group coming off a season where he won the NL Triple Crown award and got his career back onto a potential Hall of Fame track after struggling to stay healthy with the...
Retired baseball pitcher Dave Stewart speaks to fans during the ceremony of the Oakland Athletics Hall of Fame for the Class of 2023. The ceremony was held before the start of the game between the Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants at ...