What makes an MLB Hall of Famer? If you want the textbook criteria outlined by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, they're here.
To sum up: A player needs to have participated in at least 10 seasons and have been retired for at least five years. But as we all know, it's far more nuanced than that.
Induction into Cooperstown depends upon a smorgasbord of statistical accomplishments, historical significance, a lack of disqualifying scandals and, ultimately, the whim of BBWAA voters.
It's a subjective exercise, which means this will be a subjective look at the current players who could end up with a HOF plaque.