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twinsfan -> RE: MLB General Information PT 4 (5/16/2016 3:51:01 PM)
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ORIGINAL: SoMnFan
I remember when Matt was a cool dude ...
OK, should Carlos Beltran be a HOFer?
Looking at his stats, he's borderline. Baseball-reference likes him:
Hall of Fame Monitor Batting - 112 (137), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 48 (94), Average HOFer ≈ 50
So he is a likely HOFer. His standards are just below an average HOFer. That should solidly put him in. Not everyone can be an above-average HOFer. You need just as many below-average HOFers as above-average HOFers in the HOF.
Other pluses, he has played for NY teams a good chunk of his career. A majority of his best years were split between KC and NYM. Will probably be associated with the Mets when it's all said and done, although I associate him with the Royals - probably because that's where he came up and we play the Royals so many times each season.
Negative - was he ever considered the best player on his team, other than when he was on a bad KC team? Was he a leader on the Mets? Was he more feared than Carlos Delgado?
Carlos Delgado did not sniff the HOF. Beltran is obviously the better all-around talent, with solid defense and speed in his prime.
He has around 2,500 hits and now has 400 HR. Being an 8-time All-Star is rather impressive (but not extraordinarily so) for the traditional voters.
Overall he has been an unappreciated player throughout most of his career. He's sort of the Bert Blyleven of position players, but not quite as good as Bert. It's odd that Beltran has kind of stayed under the radar considering all his time in NY.
The SABR community will like him, from what I can tell, and I think he may have a chance to get in eventually. Those types of voters will become more and more common. I put his likelihood of eventual enshrinement at about 65%.
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