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The Hall of Very Good Mets

Baseball’s Hall of Very Good does not exist in any physical space, but any baseball fan online in the last decade or so should recognize it as a solid idea in the abstract. Annual Reddit posts on the subject generate consistent traffic. It often shows up in top comments on player retrospectives, especially around this time of year. There’s even a podcast named in its honor.

But despite fans’ general acceptance of its hypothetical existence, there are no clear indicators of what would constitute enshrinement in the Hall of Very Good. To be fair, none exist for the Hall of Fame, either, but nearly a century of practice has created useful standards and practices for potential inclusion in the Hall of Fame.