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Stars can be all over the diamond when the Contemporary York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers meet up within the World Series.
The Yankees and Dodgers will seemingly possess a combined 20 players on their World Series rosters who had been named an All-Well-known particular person within the future in their careers. That is additionally no longer including a pair of All-Stars who’re currently on every team’s respective 40-man rosters, equivalent to Clayton Kershaw, Tyler Glasnow and DJ LeMahieu.
Additionally, the series will additionally embody the seemingly winners of the AL and NL MVP awards. Aaron Pick and Shohei Ohtani are reach locks to to find the discontinue particular person honor in their respective leagues, which might perhaps perhaps well be the significant time since 2012 that the MVPs from every league went head-to-head in a World Series.
That begs the question: With so considerable neatly-known particular person vitality, will this year’s World Series discontinue up featuring doubtlessly the most Hall of Fame players ever?
That is known as a stretch, as the 1932 World Series featured 13 players who damage up in Cooperstown.
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On the opposite hand, this year’s World Series might perhaps perhaps well discontinue up having doubtlessly the most Hall of Fame players within the Divisional Skills (since 1969). The 1996 World Series between the Yankees and Atlanta Braves had nine players who later became enshrined in Cooperstown (Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Wade Boggs, Tim Raines, Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Greg Maddux, Fred McGriff, John Smoltz). The 2019 World Series between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals additionally appears to be a probable menace to agonize that fable.
But as the 2024 World Series is determined to originate, let’s take a detect on the players on every roster who both seemingly already enjoy Hall of Famer credentials or are on the poke to doing so. We are going to enlist the attend of Baseball Reference’s Hall Track bag (100 blueprint a correct likelihood, whereas one thing over 130 blueprint a digital lock) and the plot in which a long way they are from the moderate bWAR for Hall of Famers (62.6 for situation players, 64.4 for pitchers) for this instruct.
Ogle you in Cooperstown Clayton Kershaw Profession bWAR: seventy nine.4
Track bag: 211
Kershaw received’t be pitching on this year’s Fall Classic as a result of a toe damage. Even supposing he has already acknowledged he plans to pitch but again in 2025, the 36-year-archaic Kershaw will almost undoubtedly produce the Hall of Fame. With three Cy Youngs, an MVP and a World Series to find, he’s second-best among tantalizing pitchers.
Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw on Shohei Ohtani’s greatness, damage rehab & extra Doubtless, if no longer obvious, to produce the Hall of Fame Mookie Betts Profession bWAR: 69.6
Track bag: 116
Betts has already made his be conscious as one in every of the appropriate players of his generation. Since 2016, he’s been named an All-Well-known particular person in every season with the exception of the COVID year. He received the AL MVP Award and a World Series title with the Boston Crimson Sox in 2018. He received one other World Series title with the Dodgers in 2020.
As he just no longer too lengthy within the past became 32 earlier in October, it’s straightforward to obtain that Betts can comprise extra in his occupation. If he posts his 162-game moderate bWAR for the subsequent five seasons, he’d possess a occupation bWAR of 110.6 by 2030.
David Ortiz presents Dodgers’ Mookie Betts a pep discuss amid postseason struggles Freddie Freeman Profession bWAR: 60.7
Track bag: 123
Freeman, within the meantime, has the best Track bag among all hitters and tantalizing players within the World Series. The 35-year-archaic already has a World Series to find, capturing the title with the Braves in 2021. His eight All-Well-known particular person appearances and 2020 NL MVP possess additional pushed his case, alongside his longevity, as he’s inside striking distance of the moderate bWAR among situation players.
Aaron Pick Profession bWAR: 52.2
Track bag: 116
Comparable to Betts, Pick has been a perennial All-Well-known particular person since his Necessary League call-up. He’ll seemingly to find his second AL MVP in November. While his postseason numbers received’t be the attach Yankees fans desire them to be, Pick’s odd-season dominance makes him a reach lock for the Hall of Fame. At 32, Pick restful seemingly has some top seasons left in him to add to his résumé.
Shohei Ohtani Profession bWAR: 43.8
Track bag: 86
Ohtani currently falls attempting the sting in bWAR and Track bag among Hall of Famers. On the opposite hand, his peak can be unmatched in baseball history. He’ll seemingly to find his third MVP in November after one other terrific year, one all over which he didn’t pitch.
With Ohtani seemingly taking the mound but again in 2025, his bWAR by 2030 can be 100.8 if he posts his 162-game moderate in bWAR between hitting and pitching over the subsequent five seasons. That would vault him into doable GOAT plot, if he’s already no longer there.
Shohei Ohtani joins ‘MLB on FOX’ crew to chat about Dodgers advancing to World Series Gerrit Cole Profession bWAR: 43.3
Track bag: 120
Cole has the best Track bag among any Yankees player and any tantalizing pitcher on this year’s World Series. Comparable to Freeman, Cole’s bWAR might perhaps perhaps well tumble a bit rapid when put next to the moderate Hall of Famer at their respective situation. On the opposite hand, Cole has been a consistent candidate for AL Cy Young since 2018 and received the award for the significant time last season. Brooding about that he’s attach up solid numbers into his 30s, it’s life like to obtain that Cole might perhaps perhaps well rep to the moderate bWAR for a Hall of Fame pitcher sooner than his occupation is over.
One thing catastrophic would want to occur to no longer produce it Juan Soto Profession bWAR: 36.4
Track bag: 52
If, for whatever reason, Soto’s occupation ended sooner than Friday’s Recreation 1, it could maybe well even be tricky to obtain him making the Hall of Fame. Soto, who turns 26, has already achieved a lot in his occupation since his call-up with the Nationals in 2018, being named an All-Well-known particular person four conditions and winning a title with his first ballclub in 2019. But he does now not possess the height argument that Ohtani has to hang him, failing to to find an MVP up to now in his occupation.
Serene, Soto has already achieved issues that easiest icons like Ted Williams possess achieved this early in his young occupation. As he’s been among the game’s most inspiring hitters since 2019, Soto seemingly excellent wants a pair of extra All-Well-known particular person years to change steady into a Hall of Fame lock. A dominant World Series efficiency might perhaps perhaps well undoubtedly attend, too.
Toss-up Giancarlo Stanton Profession bWAR: 44.7
Track bag: 82
Stanton might perhaps be the very best player whose Hall of Fame chances are legitimately on the road within the World Series. He’s been prominent up to now this postseason, hitting .294 with five residence runs in nine games. His four homers in opposition to the Cleveland Guardians helped him to find ALCS MVP.
But as Stanton turns 35 correct after the discontinue of the World Series, he’s clearly on the again nine of his occupation. His bWAR has been no longer up to 1 in every of the past three seasons, making it no longer going he reaches the moderate Hall of Famer threshold in that metric. If Stanton can certify his plot as a postseason hero within the Bronx and to find World Series MVP, it received’t topic what he does from right here on out.
Serene has (moderately a pair of) time to produce his case Will Smith Profession bWAR: 18.5
Track bag: 18
Smith received’t be on accelerate to produce the Hall of Fame on the second. But at excellent 29, Smith has already achieved a correct deal of issues in his MLB occupation. He’s been named an All-Well-known particular person in every of the last two seasons and has hit as a minimum 20 residence runs in three of the last four years. If he can possess a stellar second on this year’s World Series and proceed to be a productive catcher for a Dodgers team that is positioned to to find titles beyond this season, Smith might perhaps perhaps well stop up in Cooperstown.
Jazz Chisholm Jr. Profession bWAR: 8.9
Track bag: 3
Chisholm hasn’t achieved considerable at this point in his occupation, being named an All-Well-known particular person excellent as soon as. On the opposite hand, he’s excellent 26 and after a pair of seasons that can be characterised as underwhelming brooding about his doable with the Miami Marlins, Chisholm became solid for the Yankees after being traded in July. He hit 11 homers with a .825 OPS over 46 odd-season games.
Chisholm hasn’t been ready to protect up that success into the postseason (.147 batting moderate). Comparable to Smith, even supposing, Chisholm has the different to rectify within the World Series and might perhaps perhaps well possess to be ready to play a key characteristic for title-contending Yankees teams within the foreseeable future.
Jazz Chisholm helped the Yankees to find the AL pennant after being traded to Contemporary York in July. He hit 24 homers with 73 RBIs in 2024 in his time between the Marlins and Yankees. (Describe by Lauren Leigh Bacho/MLB Photos through Getty Photography)
Prolonged pictures Anthony Rizzo Profession bWAR: 39.8
Track bag: 42
Rizzo became key to the Cubs’ World Series to find in 2016 and might perhaps perhaps well attend the Yankees spoil their title drought within the subsequent week. However the three-time All-Well-known particular person will seemingly tumble attempting Cooperstown consideration as the 35-year-archaic’s play took a noticeable dip this season.
Walker Buehler Profession bWAR: 12.2
Track bag: 28
If we made this checklist in 2020, Buehler might perhaps perhaps well want been incorporated within the identical portion as Soto. He became a 26-year-archaic who became already among the appropriate pitchers within the league in just his third season. But accidents possess very a lot impacted Buehler since 2022, seemingly derailing his course to the Hall. He’s pitched in just 28 odd-season games over the last three seasons, posting a 5.38 ERA in 2024. Doubtless a solid World Series efficiency can rep Buehler’s Hall of Fame possibilities again within the image.
Max Muncy Profession bWAR: 23
Track bag: 23
Muncy is a accepted among Dodgers fans, serving as a glue portion for Los Angeles since 2018. But he additionally became a late bloomer, and with easiest two All-Well-known particular person appearances to his title at 34, Muncy would desire a lot to occur in expose to surge his Hall of Fame possibilities.
Teoscar Hernández Profession bWAR: 17.1
Track bag: 15
Hernández might perhaps perhaps well want had the appropriate season of his occupation in his first year with the Dodgers. He’s additionally been among the appropriate vitality correct-handed hitters in baseball for the reason that turn of the decade. On the opposite hand, Hernández excellent became 32 last week and easiest has two All-Well-known particular person appearances in his occupation. He’s additionally at 192 residence runs for his occupation, making 500 an no longer going proposition.
Teoscar Hernández crushes solo residence breeze in Dodgers’ 2-0 to find over Padres Marcus Stroman Profession bWAR: 22.5
Track bag: 9
Stroman has a pair of All-Well-known particular person nods, nonetheless he hasn’t been stellar out of doors these two seasons. The 33-year-archaic had a 4.31 ERA this season and has but to pitch this postseason.
Carlos Rodón Profession bWAR: 14
Track bag: 13
After a injurious first season in The Bronx, Rodón obtained again heading within the steady route in 2024. But he didn’t match the stage he pitched at in 2021 and 2022, when he became an All-Well-known particular person who threw a pair of sub-3.00 ERA seasons. He turns 32 this offseason and hasn’t had any prominent years beyond these seasons, so it’s straightforward to deduct that Rodón doubtlessly received’t be a Hall of Famer.
Tyler Glasnow Profession bWAR: 9
Track bag: 9
When healthy, Glasnow’s been among the appropriate pitchers in baseball all over the last few years. That is been the exclaim with him, even supposing. Glasnow threw 134 innings this season, which became a occupation-excessive, sooner than he became shut down in September.
Is it too early to originate thinking about it? Yoshinobu Yamamoto Profession bWAR: 1.7
Track bag: 1
Yamamoto might perhaps perhaps well want the best Hall of Fame upside of any heaps of player who’s no longer within the significant three tiers. The 26-year-archaic had a solid rookie season, going 7-2 with a 3.00 ERA over the odd season. On the opposite hand, he pitched excellent 90 innings, as a shoulder damage sidelined him for a pair of months. Serene, there is a causes why Yamamoto received the wonderful contract for a pitcher in MLB history when he signed with the Dodgers last offseason. If Yamamoto anchors their rotation to a World Series to find as a rookie, that can be one approach to rapidly boost your Hall of Fame résumé.
Have to you count Kershaw, eight players are within the significant three courses of this checklist, falling one attempting the fable living for most Hall of Famers in a World Series within the divisional generation. So, as well to Stanton seemingly having to give a hang to his Hall of Fame odds, one more particular person will wish to give a hang to their Hall of Fame possibilities within the future in expose for this year’s World Series to test the be conscious living in 1996.
Regardless, it’s obvious that this year’s Fall Classic might perhaps perhaps well possess icons all over the attach.
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