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1) Absolutely love and honor Adrian Beltre here. Well deserved for great years (top 10 in MVP voting 6 times) and career numbers (including 5 gold gloves on top of the offense).
2) Todd Helton and Joe Mauer? I can't get behind either of them. So watered down and just above average over long, uninspiring careers. Joe Mauer never had 100 RBI in a season! He had 1 season with 96 and no others above 85! The last 10 years of Helton's career was horribly average at best.
The case for Helton and Mauer now make Mattingly's case look better (and I don't think he deserves it, TBH). But if they're in, he should be. It also has me now starting to wonder if the HOF is worthless that they honor a guy like Todd Helton but anyone in the steroid era is blackballed. I mean, Barry Bonds played 22 years. If you erased the last 11 and only included his first 11 with Pitt, SF and no steroid allegations.....he's better than Helton or Mauer.
2) Todd Helton and Joe Mauer? I can't get behind either of them. So watered down and just above average over long, uninspiring careers. Joe Mauer never had 100 RBI in a season! He had 1 season with 96 and no others above 85! The last 10 years of Helton's career was horribly average at best.
The case for Helton and Mauer now make Mattingly's case look better (and I don't think he deserves it, TBH). But if they're in, he should be. It also has me now starting to wonder if the HOF is worthless that they honor a guy like Todd Helton but anyone in the steroid era is blackballed. I mean, Barry Bonds played 22 years. If you erased the last 11 and only included his first 11 with Pitt, SF and no steroid allegations.....he's better than Helton or Mauer.