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Originally Posted by sreader3
I don't necessarily disagree about Wainwright Peter but I don't think there is a single active pitcher beyond the Top 4 who has any chance to meet traditional HOF standards. So we are facing the "Hall of Hitters" in the next quarter century unless they elevate more Jim Kaats from the eras committees.
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As you say I think there will be new standards used to judge pitchers from, say, DeGrom on. Maybe the key metric will be games where the pitcher made it to the 4th inning before the manager went to the committee of castoffs and journeymen. I still can't get over Dave Roberts in the 2021 playoffs, who could not wait to yank Max Scherzer, a lock HOFer still seeming to be in his prime, in favor of some mediocre middle reliever. The new baseball I guess.
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