Will Alfonso Soriano be a HOFer?

[shayscards79]

For me, the batting average and fielding are the biggest minuses.

I don't ever think that lack of rings should ever count against a baseball player.

 

[All The Hype]

The new era of baseball writers are numbers snobs - it's going hard for Soriano to merit strong consideration with their standards escalating whenever each new stat is 'formulated.'

Maybe 20 years ago, the sheer numbers would have brought Soriano to the cusp of the Hall of Fame - likely however, he is going to be another Fred McGriff.

By the time his career is over, Soriano might be docked for his on-base percentage, his base running, his fielding, his WAR, etc.

His war sucks. Guys like larry walker dwarf him.

But with 2-4 seasons left in the tank and still producing at a high level, I think it's going to be hard to leave him out if he finishes with 2500 H, 500 HR and 300 SB. No clean player with 500 homeruns has ever been left out of the HOF...and unless I'm mistaken, I think the general consensus is that scrawny little Alfonso Soriano has not been a PED user. Yes, I'm assuming he will still play 3+ years and continue to collect around 150 hits and hit around 30 homers per year, but he has shown he can do it the last two years so until he shows us he can't produce at that level anymore, why not?

For me, the batting average and fielding are the biggest minuses.

I don't ever think that lack of rings should ever count against a baseball player.

I agree regarding the rings...winning in baseball is so reliant on the rest of the team that it's really not fair to hold that against a single player. Look at Mike Trout for example--guy has been the best all around player in baseball in each of his first two seasons and his team has finished 3rd and missed the playoffs both seasons. Now, Trout still has a long way to go before we start talking HOF, but if this trend continued his entire career, would he not be a HOFer simply because the rest of his team could never help him get a ring? I don't think so.