Posted by MikeT23 on 6/29/2016 1:47:00 PM (view original):
Do you think you have to break records to benefit from being PED-enhanced stronger?
Say his hitting was more Molina-like. Are you sure he gets in? Or are we having the same discussion about Pudge?
I'm taking it from a perception thing related to the voters. what I have read is that they resented McGuire, Sosa, and the rest of them because their PED use allowed them to demolish records that were long standing ones.
I Rod didn't break any records outside of some longevity records or the number of gold gloves he won. I'm sure his hitting is important but if he hit .275/.320/.420 instead of his actual career splints, I'm sure he'd still be considered. So yeah I think he will make it in. I think that any perceived benefit from his possible PED use will be ignored because he didn't hit 500 HRs.
Molina has 8 GGs. Only Bench and I Rod have more. He's 33. his splits are decent but not at the level of Bench or I Rod. But if he hits 10 GGs, which he is bound to do, as long as he doesn't regress too much I think he makes it too.