Baseball HOF - Current Players

[John_DiFool]

@Jas09

One name that hasn’t been listed (not even in post #3!) is Jim Edmonds. He probably fell off too fast to build up the counting stats necessary, but he’s closer than a lot of people assume, especially when you factor in the defense and the position he played. More info here:

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=4999

Unfortunately for him his 2007 was awful, and this year has not been better. He’ll need a major resurgence with Cubs (God, forbid…) to get more than passing mention and first-ballot induction into the “Hall of Very Good”.

Already happening-.294/.391/.587 in 130 PAs with the Cubs so far.

[zamboniracer]

@Omniscient

Sosa hit a bunch of homers and got muscles, that’s pretty much it.

Lest we forget, even if Sammy’s muscles weren’t juiced, his bat certainly was.

[Justin_Bailey]

@zamboniracer

Lest we forget, even if Sammy’s muscles weren’t juiced, his bat certainly was.

Corked bats do not give a batter more power and a Mythbusters test showed they can actually make the ball travel a shorter distance.

Corked bat