The 2016 Hall of Fame ballot has officially been mailed to voters. This year the Hall of Fame trimmed its voting group requiring voters to have been active BBWAA members within the last ten years. … [Read more...]
Are There 40 Future Hall of Famers Playing Today?
August 12, 2015 by
The record for the most Hall of Famers appearing in a MLB single season is 53. This happened in 1928, 1929, and 1930. However, not all of the best players were playing in Major League Baseball at the … [Read more...]
Episode 45: Jim Callis
August 6, 2015 by
This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Jim Callis. Jim is a senior writer at MLB.com and MLBpipeline.com. He offered some scouting reports on the top prospects moved at the trade … [Read more...]
The Worst Seasons by a Hall of Fame Position Player (by age)
July 21, 2015 by
A lot of time is spent, rightfully so, on the greatness of Hall of Fame players. When you look at the greatest individual seasons ever produced almost all of them are by players who eventually made … [Read more...]
My 2015 All-Star Selections
July 7, 2015 by
The full All-Star rosters officially were revealed last night. Here's what my rosters would look like. I kept within the rules of the All-Star game itself. Every MLB team had to be represented, each … [Read more...]
Episode 44: Tommy John
July 1, 2015 by
On this episode of the Replacement Level Podcast Tommy John joined me to discuss his twenty six year playing career, and the surgery that now bares his name. Tommy detailed his approach to pitching, … [Read more...]
Episode 43: Kiley McDaniel
February 19, 2015 by
This episode of the Replacement Level Podcast features Kiley McDaniel. Kiley is the lead prospect analyst for Fangraphs. He joined me to talk about his top 200 prospect list, explained his evaluation … [Read more...]
2015 Hall of Fame Results
January 9, 2015 by
On Tuesday the BBWAA Hall of Fame voting results were announced. For the first time since 1955 four players (Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz, and Craig Biggio) received the necessary 75% of … [Read more...]
12 Ways to Fix the Hall of Fame
December 16, 2014 by
The Baseball Hall of Fame is broken. Here are twelve ways to improve the voting process. 1) Fire the BBWAA. That sounds harsh as there are many BBWAA voters who spend a lot of time on their ballot, … [Read more...]
