Great list Peter.
Let's not forget though, if Harold Baines can get in, frankly all of these guys should too and more!
If Harold Baines is In, I Retire From Caring About the Baseball Hall of Fame
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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 (downgraded to maybe)
1997 Beltre (lock)
1999 Sabathia (likely)
2000 Cabrera (lock)
2001 Utley (unlikely)
2001 Ichiro (lock)
2001 Pujols (lock)
2002 Greinke (likely)
2002 Votto (likely)
2002 Mauer (likely)
2003 Cano (unlikely)
2004 Molina (likely)
2005 Cruz (unlikely)
2005 Verlander (lock)
2008 Scherzer (lock)
2008 Kershaw (lock)
2010 Posey (likely)
2010 Stanton (too soon to tell)
2011 Altuve (likely)
2011 Freeman (too soon to tell)
2011 Trout (lock)
2011 Goldschmidt (unlikely)
2012 Harper (likely)
2013 Arenado (too soon to tell)
2013 Machado (too soon to tell)
2013 Cole (too soon to tell)
2014 Betts (too soon to tell)
2014 DeGrom (too soon to tell)
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