Trevor Hoffman will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame tomorrow, along with Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero and Jim Thome. Jack Morris, and Alan Trammell will also be enshrined after being elected from the Modern Era ballot.
Hoffman’s “Similar Pitchers,” according to baseball-reference.com, include Lee Smith, Francisco Rodriguez, and Mariano Rivera. Smith and F-Rod have not been honored in this way as of this time, but Rivera is likely a first-ballot slam dunk for the 2019 class.
Hoffman joins Andre Dawson, Tim Raines, and Mike Piazza as Miami Marlins members of the Hall of Fame, although none of them spent a significant amount of their prime with the team.