It is the Hall of Fame argument time of year! I will once again and throw my foil hat on and jump into the fray.
CC a Hall of Famer? Yes. I think there needs to be an establishment of the GOLDEN NUMBERS of Hall induction. CC being one of 14 pitchers with 250 wins and 3000 K's makes it a no brainer for me. When you think about the pre-Yankee days, he was an absolute monster. First ballot all the way.
Ichiro is a no brainer for me, he was truly a generational hitter, we won't see the likes of that plate discipline for a while, if ever again.
SINCE THE DOOR IS OPEN, I will once again go back to my Golden Number theory for hall induction. As the game continues to go to specialized roles, there has to be some bench mark for HOF inductions, or a LOT of good players are going to make it in. I know that there are plenty that are already a bunch of polarizing players in the hall, but my biggest pet peeve is players like Edgar Martinez, in my mind, a WAR induction only. Good player, yup, great hitter, yup, hall of famer? NOPE. It's a moot point, but a DH going into the Hall should have 3000 hits or 500 home runs. They should not be judged the same way field players for eligibility. Edgar had a .309/2247/309 (BA/Hits/HR) line. David Ortiz is more worthy of the hall with a .286/2472/541 line because of those 541 home runs. Edgar never should have gone in.
For closers, what is the golden number for saves? 400? If that is the case then there are going to be a bunch going into the hall, is John Franco a hall of famer? Kenley Jansen has 447 saves, 20 more than Wagner, is he a first ballot guy?!! There is a part of me that wonders why it is not acceptable that on some years, there may be only one induction, or none?! Crazy talk, I know, but like I said, it is that time of year.
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