Can Derek Jeter Beat Pete Rose If So What Year. Can Miguel Cabrera Do So To If So What Year

Having now won a World Series, is Justin Verlander guaranteed to make the Hall of Fame?

Guaranteed? No, in either an absolute sense or one of merely strong confidence. No one is guaranteed the Hall. The voting writers are a mercurial lot, many prone to petty vendettas for imagined reasons.Moving on from that, while it is a nice achievement that Verlander has enjoyed a championship, know that World Series titles play an insignificant role in Hall elections. Winning is — pay attention and do get this right for the rest of your lives — a TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENT. Some players serve a stronger role than others, but it is the team that wins games, berths, postseason series, the trophy.Those players who are honored by election to the Hall’s rolls got there because they were great players, and if a title or two came their way, that may have added some polish to their resumes, but was never the necessary final plank.There is one exception to this: primary Yankees players who do NOT win a title get penalized, because expectations for the franchise are set so high. And here, the posterboy is Don Mattingly. Squint enough and Donnie could look like Hall material, but a lifelong Yankee without a title? That’s a level of historical failure which makes voters blanch. If he DID have a ring, that might (might!) have vaulted him in; but no ring, no plaque.

How many probable baseball Hall of Famers are playing right now and who are they (as of opening day 2019)?

I’m sure I’ll miss a few, but unquestionable future Hall of Famers playing now would include Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera, Zack Greinke, Clayton Kershaw, Justin Verlander, CC Sabathia and Max Scherzer.There are many other players who have a chance to get there, but the group I listed above are ones that I am virtually certain will make the Hall of Fame someday, unless they do something stupid like Pete Rose did or get caught taking steroids (and even then they would probably make it eventually). Mookie is young enough he could still not make it due to injury, but even if he was just an average (2 WAR/year) player for the rest of a normal career, he’d still make it. Trout is young too, but his ticket is punched the day he steps on the field for his 10th season and makes himself eligible.Robinson Cano will make it if people forgive his recent drug test suspension, because he has the numbers. Jon Lester is two or three decent seasons away, and I expect he will get them, but he is 35 now. Ian Kinsler has a shot if he can play well for a couple more seasons; his career WAR total suggests he belongs, but he’s not been perceived as that sort of player and doesn’t quite have the career numbers yet. Dustin Pedroia is the same way; he’s two years younger than Kinsler but he’s not been healthy—the Red Sox actually had to rent Kinsler last year because Pedroia was hurt.Chris Sale is a Hall of Famer if he tops 200 career wins. He’s 30 now and has 103, so it’s iffy.