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Each MLB team’s current Hall of Famer

By Benjamin Chase

ANAHEIM, CA - APRIL 27: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first baseman Albert Pujols (5) and center fielder Mike Trout (27) head for the dugout after both scored on an Angels hit in the seventh inning of a game against the New York Yankees played on April 27, 2018 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
ANAHEIM, CA - APRIL 27: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim first baseman Albert Pujols (5) and center fielder Mike Trout (27) head for the dugout after both scored on an Angels hit in the seventh inning of a game against the New York Yankees played on April 27, 2018 at Angel Stadium of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA. (Photo by John Cordes/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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PHOENIX, AZ – MARCH 31: Charlie Blackmon #19 of the Colorado Rockies sits in the dugout prior to the MLB game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on March 31, 2018 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images) /

Colorado Rockies: Charlie Blackmon

Blackmon has developed in his level of superstardom seemingly in correlation with the length of his beard. The Rockies originally drafted Blackmon from Georgia Tech in the 2nd round of the 2008 draft. He made it to the majors in June of 2011 and was up for good in 2013.

Blackmon has possessed power and speed throughout his career, but he’s been developing his power to an impressive level, coming out of the gate in 2018 among the home run leaders after signing a new extension with the Rockies this offseason.

Many seemed caught off-guard by Blackmon’s power display in the Home Run Derby last July in Miami, but he’s been showing that same ability in batting cages for some time before being turned loose to unleash it in 2017. The result was a top-5 MVP finish where he helped to lead the Rockies to the postseason while leading the league in batting average, runs scored, hits, triples, and total bases, while also pounding out 35 doubles and 37 home runs, driving in 104 runs, and stealing 14 bases.

The biggest hindrance in Blackmon’s pursuit of the MLB Hall of Fame will be that he really didn’t have his first full season in the league until he was 27 years old. However, with impeccable conditioning and seeming new levels of hitting ability every year, Blackmon could have a very impressive resume when he’s all done.

Blackmon is signed through 2021 with 2 player options. We’ll split the player options and take him through his age-35 season in 2022 at the pace of his first four seasons on average. That would bring him to a solid point where he would need some good back-end seasons to his career to make the MLB Hall of Fame (~1,800 hits, ~300 home runs), and he could do those in another uniform. There’s also the Coors factor to play in – he could need bigger numbers in the end to overcome playing in Colorado.

Even with bigger requirements for Blackmon, he’s made a very good start to a possible MLB Hall of fame career.

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