Former Dodgers 2nd baseman Jeff Kent, that invested the last 4 years of his job with Los Angeles from 2005-08, handed over the Hall of Fame tally recently after getting 46.5% of the enact his 10th and also last year of qualification. If Kent is mosting likely to make the Hall currently, it will certainly depend on the professionals board, which, under its existing configuration, can elect on Kent in 2025.
Kent, that has one of the most crowning achievement and also RBIs by a 2nd baseman in big league background, was not delighted with the outcomes of the ballot, and also he allowed his sensations be understood in a message discussion reported by Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.
“The voting over the years has been too much of a head-scratching embarrassment,” Kent stated by means of message. “Baseball is shedding a pair generations of fantastic gamers that were the very best in their period due to the fact that a pair non-voting stat individuals maintain contrasting those gamers to gamers currently enacted from generations previous and also are affecting the ballots. It’s unjust to the very best gamers in their very own period and also those currently enacted, in my viewpoint.
“Steroids clouded the whole system, too, and with the reduction of eligibility years, to clear the ballot deck, I got caught up in it all, I guess.”
Kent has some assets, although the “stat folks” he whines around have actually typically been one of the most likely to choose gamers that were deserving on the area no matter of their luggage. It’s difficult to state precisely what Kent’s factor is, due to the fact that “how does this guy stack up to guys who are already in the Hall?” appears like a rather sensible strategy to ballot.
While it’s not likely any kind of voters simply consider Wins Above Replacement when determining whom to choose, Kent’s job battle– 55.4 on Baseball-Reference, 56 on FanGraphs– is ideal in the borderline variety for theHall of Fame His 377 crowning achievement are one of the most ever before momentarily baseman, however the number itself isn’t frustrating. If Kent had actually been an initial baseman, he would certainly have been one-and-done on the tally. And while he obtains credit scores for playing a harder placement than very first base, for a great deal of individuals he does not obtain sufficient credit scores to be chosen.
Kent would not be the most awful gamer in the Hall of Fame, for certain, however it’s not an offensive disaster that he lost out. Chances are he’ll be chosen at some time by the professionals board, and also whatever will certainly be all right.
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