Other eras had (I recognize these are far from 1:1) 1981, 1994, war, so I think it’s not uncommon to have such a disruption over a career,
It’ll be extra problematic for starting pitchers (already disrespected enough for IP totals) and guys called up late because of service time shenanigans though.
It seems the main way we dealt with the strikes was the committees putting McGriff and Baines in, neither selection was super popular with the advanced stars crowd.
The extra weirdness of 2020 was that guys like Altuve and McCutchen had negative WAR.
Can see that the committee was going for players with big, accumulated stats who may have reached milestones but were unfortunately stopped due to stoppages and have connections to the voters. Just saying I think McGriff belongs clearly no matter the advanced metrics while Baines selection was bad.
What are the ways that you are envisioning 2020 affecting candidacies?
Also, are you suggesting that you think McGriff and Baines only got elected because the voters consciously gave them extra credit due to 1994 re: 3k hits and 500 bombs?
Jerry very explicitly said he felt guilty his role in the strikes cost Baines 3000 hits/400 HR. And he was on the committee that elected him (but no conflict of interest though)
McGriff was a very good player but there was a reason it took so long to be elected to HOF. If I had a vote I would have allowed him in yrs ago he's the best of the very good players but not great, Again The HOF wasn't put together for very good players, It's supposed to be the greatest players,
There are definitely going to be some borderline candidates that get 5%-ed and solid candidates that linger for years because they fall just short of milestones
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It’ll be extra problematic for starting pitchers (already disrespected enough for IP totals) and guys called up late because of service time shenanigans though.
The extra weirdness of 2020 was that guys like Altuve and McCutchen had negative WAR.
What are the ways that you are envisioning 2020 affecting candidacies?
Also, are you suggesting that you think McGriff and Baines only got elected because the voters consciously gave them extra credit due to 1994 re: 3k hits and 500 bombs?