2018 Topps Baseball Forum

Who are you voting for in 2018?  You get up to 10 votes on the BBWAA ballot.  Here's a list in order by Baseball-Reference's Hall of Fame Career Standards (HOFS):

Over 50 points: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Chipper Jones, Manny Ramirez, Gary Sheffield, Vladimir Guerrero, Larry Walker, Jim Thome, Mike Mussina, Sammy Sosa, Jeff Kent, Edgar Martinez.

20-49 points: Fred McGriff, Curt Schilling, Johnny Damon, Omar Vizquel, Scott Rolen, Jamie Moyer, Johan Santana, Carlos Lee, Andruw Jones, Chris Carpenter, Billy Wagner, Carlos Zambrano, Hideki Matsui, Kevin Millwood, Aubrey Huff.

Less than 20 points: Trevor Hoffman, Orlando Hudson, Livan Hernandez, Jack Wilson, Adam Kennedy, Scott Podsednik, Kerry Wood, Ben Sheets, Brad Lidge, Francisco Cordero, Brian Fuentes, Jeff Suppan, Jason Isringhausen, Guillermo Mota, Carl Pavano, Miguel Batista.

Chipper Jones

Vladimir Guerrero

Jim Thome

Chris Carpenter

Trevor Hoffman

That's the only 5 I would vote for.

Chipper Jones, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, Larry Walker, Jamie Moyer, Edgar Martinez, Gary Sheffield, Jim Thome

My favorite topic for distraction...hoorah!  I feel like we're getting to the point where more than 10 are deserving of consideration.  And if Barry or Roger ever get over the hump, boy do the floodgates open.

Glad you sent it, as I had no idea we were so reliever heavy this year.  Izzy and Wagner and Hoffman, oh my!

Here we go, in no particular order...

Mussina....Thome....E-Mart...Chipper....McGriff...Hoffman...Sheffield...and while I hate to do it I can't deny the career of Schilling.

I would hope that Walker, Carpenter, Moyer, Wagner, Rolen, Vizquel, Walker and Guerrero get enough love that I can consider them more deeply next year.

--Kent

1. Chipper Jones
2. Gary Sheffield
3. Vladimir Guerrero
4. Jim Thome
5. Curt Schilling
6. Omar Vizquel
7. Trevor Hoffman

Bonds, Sosa, & Clemens, since I have room on the ballot.

1. Chipper Jones
2. Jim Thome
3. Edgar Martinez
4. Fred McGriff
5. Trevor Hoffman
6. Larry Walker
7. Mike Mussina
8. Billy Wagner
9. Vladimir Guerrero
10. Manny Ramirez

1.Jones 2. Walker 3. Thome 4. Martinez 5. Kent 6. Vizquel 7. McGriff 8. Hoffman 9. Damon 10. Pete Rose (Sheffield)

Till there is a blanket statement on how to address the PED users, I would not vote for any.  If one gets in, then all the others have to get in if their numbers dictate inclusion. That means McGwire, Sosa, Palmeiro, Clemens, etc. Unfortunately some are already in and others will get in too.

1. Pavano, because I gotta settle all family business before I think about the other nine.

The rest: Bonds, Clemens, Thome, Sheffield, Hoffman, Chipper, Sosa, Manny, Edgar

OK, I'l play. 

Bonds, Clemens, C. Jones, Hoffman, Guerrero, Thome, Ramirez, Sosa.

And maybe Kerry Wood, just for kicks. I don't rule out Mussina later. 

Edit: Maybe Martinez. And maybe probably Schilling. I'm on the edge on those two. I'm a little surprised at the love Moyer and Carpenter are getting. They just don't seem that close, although I love Jamie Moyer. (I'm kidding about Wood, of course.)

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I'm curious as to how the points are determined, and why Hoffman has so few...Not so say he's first ballot, but I'd say he's statistically more deserving than some of the players in the second group.