The following article is part of my ongoing look at the candidates on the BBWAA 2016 Hall of Fame ballot. For a detailed introduction to this year's ballot, please see here. For an introduction to JAWS, see here.
Like fellow 1990 draft pick Andy Pettitte, '90 amateur free-agent signing Mariano Rivera and '92 first-rounder Derek Jeter—the other three members of the "Core Four"—Jorge Posada made his major league debut in '95, the year that the Yankees returned to the postseason for the first time since '81. But unlike the other three, Posada did not become a mainstay in 1996, the year that the team won its first World Series since '78.