Gary Sheffield, future HOF'er?

[Jack of Arcades]

B-Ref's comps for Sheff are interesting. 1 HOFer, a few who will get in, and a few borderline ones.

HOFers: Snider
Future HOFers: Griffey, Bagwell, Thomas
Borderline: Rice, Walker, Murphy, Bob Johnson, Ellis Burks.

[Jack of Arcades]

Rice is hurt by the fact that

1) His best season was still not as good as 5 of Sheffield's
2) He sucked after 33.

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Biggio will get in as well as Bagwell, with one more good season after this one.

[Jack of Arcades]

Biggio's been a lock since 1999.

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Rice is hurt by the fact that

1) His best season was still not as good as 5 of Sheffield's
2) He sucked after 33.

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I think that Sheffield is a lock if he gets to 2500H/500HR.

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Biggio's been a lock since 1999.

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Because he's a 2B?

[Jack of Arcades]

Because he's the 5th best 2B of all time.

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Who's ahead of him?

I count 5 better, probably.

1) Hornsby
2) Morgan
3) Collins
4) Alomar
5) Sandberg

You think that Biggio is better than which of the last two?

[Jack of Arcades]

Both.

1) Rogers Horsnby
2) Joe Morgan
3) Eddie Collins
4) Nap Lajoie
5) Craig Biggio

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I forgot about Lajoie. Ok I will give you him, but I don't think that Biggio is better than Alomar or Sandberg. He's certainly not as good defensively as either of them was.

And Lajoie was awful defensively.