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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
As my collection is geared in part to the HOF, I never tire of the subject. Here is a list, by rookie year, of players not yet eligible but who would seem to have a chance as well as my assessment. I've arbitrarily cut this off in 2014 because anyone after that seems too new. Additions welcome as well as thoughts.
1995 Beltran (likely)
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Beltran will be an interesting case study. Will the writers punish him for being a cheat like they have punished Bonds and Clemens? Although he wasn't formally punished, he was the only player named in the report on the Astros cheating scandal. Beltran lied about his involvement and eventually lost the job as Mets manager because of it.
He's also been rumored to be a steroid user like so many others.
Even ignoring all that, is he really a "likely" HOF candidate? 435 homers and 119 OPS+ with 1 top-5 MVP finish. I would argue that Jim Edmonds, who was a better player than Beltran, should get in before Beltran, but he's not getting in anytime soon.