When you make the argument for some of the greatest shortstops of all time, you don’t often hear Omar Vizquel’s name tossed around out there. But if you want to get into the argument, the former Cleveland Indians shortstop is undoubtedly one of the best defensive catchers of all time.
Omar sat on the ballot for the first time last year, and we all had a good idea that he wouldn’t be a first-ballot entry. Not with how contentious the ballot was last year. Not when his teammate and arguably one of the greatest Cleveland Indians of all time, Jim Thome was also on the ballot.