These eight players are on early tracks to Cooperstown. Will they get there when their careers are over?
We’re less than a week away from the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023 being revealed, so this seems like a good time to take stock of the active players who could be enshrined one day. Last year I focused on the players with borderline cases and broke them up by their position group: infielders, outfielders and pitchers/DHs. This time around, I’ll examine the most likely future candidates by their ages.
This first chapter will cover the players who will not have played their age-30 seasons by the end of this year, while tomorrow we’ll deal with the older guys.