11-09-2022, 09:07 PM
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Pete Sycks
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Originally Posted by yanks87
I don’t think Edgar Martinez belongs in. All the WAR fans will say otherwise, for me, it comes down to a very simple fact. He didn’t play the field. Baines, Warner, and all the rest that are deemed OVERRATED still played the field.
I think the hall has gotten soft, and I think there are years that there shouldn’t be inductions, for the sake of inductions. If you are going to be inducted as a DH, in my mind, you have to achieve one of the gold standards for hitters, 3000 hits or 500 homers. Since they don’t field, to be the best of the best, which is what the hall is supposed to be about, you’d have to achieve at least one of those milestones.
Was he good, yes, very good, yes, hall of fame, not in my mind.
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Martinez was a DH the last 9 years of his career, Baines was a DH the last 15 years. Tough to argue Baines played the field
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