In this Five-Tool Newsletter, we look at this year’s BBWAA HOF ballot before the results are announced next week.
Mark Buehrle’s gradual peak encompasses all but two of his 16 seasons.
It seems that longevity gets overlooked when it comes to the Hall of Fame. Plenty of guys who play for years past their peaks are dismissively referred to as compilers, especially if their best years were less impressive than those of players with high peaks but shorter careers. That is the case for many of the players getting votes in this year’s BBWAA Hall of Fame election.