These current stars have borderline Hall of Fame cases already. Will they get elected one day?
Editor’s Note: This is the first of three stories we’ll be rolling out on the active players with interesting Hall of Fame cases. We’ll cover outfielders on Monday and designated hitters and pitchers on Tuesday.
The Baseball Hall of Fame is meant to appreciate the best to ever play the sport. The primary discussion among fans surrounding Cooperstown, however, centers on the borderline cases—the guys who deserve to be enshrined in the minds of some and who simply rise to the Hall of Very Good in the minds of others.