Some things appear clear when it comes to Baseball Hall of Fame voting. The PED guys aren’t going to get in, or at least the hitters, and the rubric for starting pitchers has to be reconstructed on the fly. What we do not know is which active MLB players will be making the Hall of Fame. There are some guys who are “Retire today and walk in” locks, like the just-retired Clayton Kershaw. What about the fringe cases? The young guys? Once upon a time, Tim Lincecum seemed primed to make the Hall of Fame, after all. Two Cy Youngs by 25, essentially done as a viable MLB pitcher by 28.
With all that in mind, we have landed on the current MLB players we think will make the Baseball Hall of Fame. We didn’t want to get too wild with it in terms of quantity. Baseball is never as awash with future Hall of Famers as one might think. Here are our projections, from the virtual guarantees to the bolder calls.