To be fair, Puckett's career was ended abruptly in his near-prime by his vision problems. Those were not normal end-of-career numbers. Puckett got something of a deserved mulligan.

I love the bit about DeGrom single handedly leading the Rangers to a WS title 😂😂🤙🏼

Andrew McCutchen won’t be first ballot, but I’d be surprised if he doesn’t make it in. He essentially exemplifies what the voters look for, even if he’ll retire right at about a 50 WAR

I love the number of subtle jokes in here. I may have to watch the video again to make sure I didn't miss any.

70 WAR is pretty consistent with making the HOF, so even I as a Mets fan kinda slept on Lindor, who is at 43 WAR entering his age 30 season. Carlos Correa is right behind him at 41 WAR entering his age 29 season. Both are pacing pretty well

I think without deGrom, the rangers wouldn’t have even made it to the postseason. He only had 5 starts but they won all 5 of them. And I think things would’ve turned out a lot differently if he didn’t make those very few starts

Just curious where would you put a guy like Corey Seager on this list? I feel like he truly can’t be too far off the “just be consistent the rest of your career and you’re in” tier

i gasped at degrom single handedly leading the rangers to the world series… like acuña.

Scherzer, Goldschmidt, Altuve, Verlander, Kershaw, Ohtani, Trout, Harper, Soto, Betts and Freeman are the no doubters IMO. There is a rather large list of potential HOFers that is too big to list but includes names like Arenado, Seager, Judge, Machado amongst others.

If Will Smith gets another World Series win in 2024 I think he should be a dark horse pick for the sheer fact that his presence is clearly the sole factor leading to championships

Nahhhh that Shaggy picture for Hader was foul 😂😂😂

Arenado is a good lock too when he’s done.

In no particular order, here's the players I believe are already HOFers right now: Mike Trout, Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Max Scherzer, Mookie Betts, Joey Votto, Paul Goldschmidt, Evan Longoria, Freddie Freeman, Manny Machado, Nolan Arenado, Craig Kimbrel, Kenley Jansen, and Aroldis Chapman. Players who're playing right now who aren't in HOF territory yet, but are REALLY close, are as follows in no particular order: Jose Altuve, Andrew McCutchen, Chris Sale, Josh Donaldson, Bryce Harper, Jose Ramirez, Jacob DeGrom, Giancarlo Stanton, Francisco Lindor, Marcus Semien, Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole, Carlos Correa, and Jason Hayward. Finally, players right now who aren't especially close to HOF territory yet, but are on a VERY good trajectory, are as follows in no particular order: Christian Yelich, Anthony Rizzo, Xander Bogaerts, Starling Marte, Justin Turner, Johnny Cueto, George Springer, Kevin Keirmaier, Carlos Santana, Alex Bregman, Shohei Ohtani, J.T. Realmuto, Anthony Rendon, Salvador Perez, Trea Turner, Corey Seager, Jose Abreu, Aaron Nola, D.J. LeMahieu, Matt Chapman, Yu Darvish, Trevor Story, Sonny Gray, J.D. Martinez, Madison Bumgarner, and Elvis Andrus. :)

Jacob DeGrom made 6 starts in 2023, none in the postseason. He's made 215 career starts, and in an era when SP wins aren't as easy to come by, there are several active SP with more wins than he has starts. No doubt dominant, but guy can't stay healthy. Snell is a case of 2 CY seasons and not much else. He's got more season with a 4+ ERA (3) than a sub-3 ERA (2). He's also never come terribly close to 200 IP in a single season, with a career high of 180.2 in 2018. Outside of his 2 CY seasons he's 36-41 with a 3.84 ERA over 632 innings across 128 starts. Doesn't scream HoF pitcher.

Maybe Corey Seager? If he wins another World Series mvp he would def be a lock

Your 3 pitchers + Miggie, Trout, Sabathia, Harper, Ohtani, Judge, Freeman

Sal Perez is a HOF’er and nobody mentions him other than serious baseball enthusiasts

Great Video

I wish Evan Longoria had it in him to have one more All Star caliber season.

Greinke won't get in first ballot but he should be in the hall. Ace level pitching and the best hitting pitcher for a time

What if the Yankees win the championship, and Stanton reaches 500 home runs but reaching 500 by hitting only about 20 a year hitting for an average of 220 Would that be enough? Asking because he’s my favorite player

Freeman and Altuve if they get 3000 hits by the end of their careers they will most likely (See Craig Biggio) get in first ballot (they are also the two most likely to make the mark and they are still years away)

Joey Votto to me is going to be an analitics guy. Analitically, he's got a good HoF case. I think he can make it, but it might take a few years to climb

Josh hader had me rolling

Votto doesn't have the traditional counting stats but he was elite as heck.

Is nobody going to stand up for Shaggy as a first-ballot lock?

Andrew mcutchen, prob not first ballot but I could see him sliding in!

JD Martinez should have gotten a mention here. If he can reach 400 home runs, which is not yet out of the question for him, I think he's got a case

A lot of people saying Judge is a HOFer right now… and I’m seriously confused. Maybe I shouldn’t be. Yankees fans going to Yankee. Nice video👍

Both Texas Rangers middle infielders have a good case as well. Also shoutout to Lindor and JRam.

Judge will be close to a lock as well if he strings together another 4-5 years of 120+ games, his peak production and absurd career OPS (.982!) are too good to ignore if he gets in the neighborhood of 450 bombs.

Seager will be a Hall of Famer

I’m afraid your arguments for the Hall for some of these players is invalid. Basing candidacy on past players stats vs candidate stats is short-sighted. HOF is not just mathematical unlike so many believe. Candidacy includes their impact on the sport and the era in which they played. Fringe candidates, like Mattingly, surely look to have been passed up, but in fact the voters at the time for that time didn’t fully agree. Personally I’d like less candidates and more stringent criteria to be considered. But that’s for a different discussion.

I am not diminishing Ohtani's ability, and you did say, "He needs a few more years", but it doesn't sound like you know that there is a minimum amount of time in order to be on the ballot. And Mr. Mamiko Tanaka is not eligible yet. A player must have been on a MLB roster for at least parts of 10 seasons. Obviously, they could go the Clemente route with him and wave that part of the eligibility. But right now he needs four more years to be considered.

Freeman Betts Ohtani Judge will be

If ohtani would make it to the first ballot?? Most definitely will.

Goldschmidt, trout, harper, Arenado, Verlander, Scherzer, Clayton Kershaw, salvador perez, joey votto, altuve machado Mookie betts, acuna, greinke, mccutchen, freeman, ohtani, tatis, Cole, degrom. Add extras i cant think of Stanton will never get back to where he was, will not hit 500 homeruns. Kimbrel will and jansen get in via alumni committee vote.

no bryce harper? i understand the inconsistency but he will retire with 500+ hrs n close to 3000 hits

We gotta see if votto comes back first ;(

I'm assuming the Acuna and Degrom singlehandedly leading their teams to WS titles was a joke, since both were on the IL and neither is technically credited as a WS champ 😂😂

Ohtani will be a lock once he reaches 10 years to become eligible.

I would say 25-30 are playing right now

I don’t like comparing Vet Committee inductees to anybody the BBWAA are voting on. Their standards are completely different.

Seager making the HoF too

jeff kent should be in the hall

I think if Stanton gets to 500 homers he’d get in the HOF

I think Otani is already a lock ngl. Itd be hard to vote against for what he can do and has done

Joey Votto!!!!

honeslty, I think Ohtani gets in first ballot right now.

what’s w the Twins disrespect??!???

Madbum?

Cutch has a good chance and I think if Stanton hits 500 hes a lock

8:27 who is Jason Kepler lmao

The sarcastic tone given for Old Hoss Radbourn was not well-deserved. I think it's safe to say his 1884 will never be reproduced (granted, the rules were very different), and he did get to 300 wins.

Zero. The answer is zero. Not a single player playing today is a hall of famer. They might be when their careers are over, but there are none currently playing. It's insanity to make predictions like this. I remember when Yasiel Puig was a "sure fire hall of famer" What happened to him? Same can be said with Ohtani, he is a freak of nature, an anomaly, but if you look at his numbers? No, he is not yet a hall of famer.

when you think about it MLB is better then ever

You almost can't use Harold Baines as the bar...because there's plenty of guys better than him who aren't in. You almost just have to throw him out when discussing hof potential because it's so ridiculous.

Jeen Carlos

Jacob degrom didnt do much of anything for the rangers, he certainly didn't lead them to the championship singlehandedly cuz that single arm couldn't do anything

Altuve not a 1st ballot hall of famer? Crazy

Put Scherzer in a Washington hat wtf lmfao

Aaron Judge is the best player in the league (just look at wRC+ and WAR over the last 2-3 years, no one comes close to Judge)

Freddie Freeman has already done enough were he to retire today. Ohtani should already be a hall of famer were he to retire?! That is one of the stupidest things I thing I've heard in baseball since...well...forever. Obviously the guy is great and if he stays healthy the odds are very high he makes it to coopestown some day but to imply he has already done enough is not based in reality. I knew the Ohtani ass kissing had gotten out of hand but this? Were talking a career .275 hitter so far with 171 bombs! The idea that he is already worthy is some of the stupidest claims I've ever heard. Yeah he has also gone 38/19 as a pitcher, 38 wins guys...Look out! Sorry folks but you could double those numbers and he still wouldn't be a lock, get real.

Shohei pitched at an MVP* level, not just all-star

You forgot Marcus Semien.

Josh Hader looking different ehh?

Hell no ohtani isn’t in yet. Fuck no. Fuck fuck no . Absolutely not. He’s got to do it several more years.

Corbin Carroll first ballot

"And single handidly led the Rangers to the world series"(6:22)... This line was a joke, right?

Bro, you lost all credibility when you said DeGrom single handedly lead the Rangers to the WS.

Answer: 0 Lol

Salvador Perez is a hof

Corey Seager was not mentioned at all…. That’s a true travesty, 2 time World Series MVP

Ohtani isn’t a hall of famer

Everyone needs to remember that ohtani has only played 6 seasons and has proven to not be able to stay healthy on the pitching side. First ballot already is crazy he has a lot to prove.

If Ohtani stopped playing right this moment, he wouldn't even make the ballot.

You can not possibly make a case for Ohtani as a HOF player if he retired now. He has only played 6 years.

The whole logic around Altuve not taking part is just so stupid. Like oh no runners ahead of him ever cheated to get on? Nobody behind him? The score wasn't effected so pitch mix wasn't? They didn't throw breaking balls in breaking ball counts because they kept getting smoked if not always hit. He benefitted. His average. His obp. Ops. RUNS especially RBI's is a damn team stat. I'm sorry your honor i was just in the bank when everybody was shooting. I got a split of the money but i didn't do anything inside the bank i just stood there and kept guard... 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

If Trouts career ended today, he might make it on his 4th year, if he makes it at all

if you'e gonna say the scandal affects Altuve's HOF resume you need to say the same about Mookie too. Mookie stole signs in 2018 hypocrite

Longoria?

HELL NO on Trout....numbers don't lie.

Kershaw is not a hall of famer what would he be in the hall of fame for most playoff chokes in mlb history

DeGrom single handedly got the Rangers to the World Series huh? Clearly you don’t know shit about baseball.