Convince me otherwise...

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by G1911

I for one am shocked that this has produced terrible choices! Closed door ballots of old friends are usually so objective.

I’m okay with this years ballot, personally I think Minoso should have gone in many years ago. The others are all very borderline, in my view I think they barely miss, so their election is not a problem. It doesn’t lower the standards of the hall like some others.

I think Allen is basically inevitable to get in at this point, and I would probably vote for him even with his short career.

I think with historical context, many of the players who got in this year meet the standard, to your point, not lowering it. Morris and Baines clearly lowered the HOF standard at their positions, by any measure.

One stat I'd love to see more is MEDIAN WAR for position. Baseball Reference lists average WAR for a HOFer at a position, but those are always skewed by a guy or two at the top (Ruth, Young, Cobb, etc.) So, I think median WAR would be more interesting than "average" in those cases.