2024 MLB Thread; RIP Willie Mays & Pete Rose. Dodgers win #8!

[johnnyredstorm]

Mo shouldn’t be the only unanimous HOFer. But whatever. Pedroia should also have the same amount of votes as Utley.

 

[CP1708]

Ichiro in but Andruw Jones not is a complete joke.

 

[g-time]

In terms of WAR Utley is 14th all time for 2nd basemen and well ahead of Pretoria on that list. Think the votes are about right for now

 

[rolaholic]

 

[g-time]

Think he gets in next year. The only new guys added to the list next season are Cole Hamels and Ryan Braun. Think Jones and Beltran are going to be the headliners.

 

[rolaholic]

 

[essential1]

Not a one should get in.

Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltran locks next year.

 

[g-time]

Yea, Jones and Beltran will be the headliners next year.

 

[danger style]

I ain know C CP1708 had a vote

 

[HIM]

Damn shame. Greatest hitter of all time. Wonder who didn't vote for him

 

[CP1708]

#6 all time in singles. Over 2,500. Almost 700 of them are infield singles.

#386 all time in extra base hits. 575.

More infield singles than extra base hits.

Most overrated hitter in history, period.

 

[HIM]

Looking ahead, I'm wondering if the Dodgers are passing on Pete to go after Vlad Jr.

 

[dmbrhs]

Full-on Yankees bias. They HATED Griffey, and punished him for it. That's where those three non-votes came from. You know it DESTROYS them that Jeter got that one no vote from a Boston voter in retaliation for Rivera being unanimous the year before.

 

[dmbrhs]

#6 all time in singles. Over 2,500. Almost 700 of them are infield singles.

#386 all time in extra base hits. 575.

More infield singles than extra base hits.

Most overrated hitter in history, period.

#1 in making baseball weirdos think that getting on base is a bad thing.

 

[CP1708]

#1 in making baseball weirdos think that getting on base is a bad thing.

You are soooooooo right.......

He's 588th in On Base %

Five. Hundred. Eighty. Eighth.

99.7 tho.

 

[CP1708]

Looking ahead, I'm wondering if the Dodgers are passing on Pete to go after Vlad Jr.

It's the Dodgers.

They'll get both. Throw in Lindor and Bichette just for you questioning them.

 

[johnnyredstorm]

Next year’s class is atrocious. Maybe Hamels eventually? Year after isn’t great either. I suspect Beltran and Andruw next year with King Felix, K-Rod, Utley and Pedroia having a shot the year after.

 

[g-time]

It’s Jones and Beltran next year for sure.

Looking at the results/percentages, Utley more than likely in 2027.

We may start seeing Arod’s votes take a bump up with the next few ballots not having great names.

Felix should take a significant bump with that too. I don’t see Hamels taking any of his votes.

2028 is Pujols year for sure. Which may push Arod further back a year if he makes that jump. And Yadier Molina may actually be a legit candidate based off his defense.

2029 will be Miguel Cabrera and and possibly Zack Grienke who may take away votes from some pitchers.

I think next year we see some names fall off like Tori Hunter, David Right, K-Rod, and Mark Buerhle, who all had either barely 10% or fewer votes this year.

 

[getback]

Damn shame. Greatest hitter of all time. Wonder who didn't vote for him

Ichiro?

 

[CP1708]

Ichiro?

Don't get Him'd. He just typin.

 

[finessence]

Congrats to Ichiro and Billy Wagner, very well deserved

Legit pisses me off

 

[johnnyredstorm]

I don’t think you can put A-Rod, Manny or Petite in out of fairness to the others who have been shafted and removed from ballots. Baseball needs to do some kind of special exception/asterisk/honor for everyone that contributed to baseball during those years. Steroid era rejuvenated baseball and juice or not, those guys still performed at the highest level.

 

[g-time]

They already put a steroid user in though. And chances are some others might be in already as well.

 

[dontsteponmyshoes]

Seems like they forgave everyone in the roids era except Barry. They didn't like him before he started either tho.