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In our first look at former Yankees on the 2025 BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot, we focused on players who don't really stand a chance at election. Here we'll dig into a batch of players whose chances are much better. In fact, at least one of these players is virtually guaranteed to be heading to Cooperstown this summer. The common thread for this group is that they're all outfielders who earned Gold Gloves at some point in their career. Between the four of them, they account for 24 of the awards given to the best fielders at each position for a given season. But these guys didn't just flash the leather. Each of them could impress spectators in various ways and all are worthy of consideration for baseball's highest honor. For each player, their JAWS (Jaffe Average WAR Score, developed by Jay Jaffe) value is given along with the average Hall of Famer's JAWS at the player's position. JAWS is a Hall of Fame rating system based on WAR that incorporates both career an...

We're in the thick of Hall of Fame season and the results of the 2025 BBWAA election will be announced in just a few weeks. This year's ballot is bursting with former Yankees - 11 of them, to be exact - which means we've got some work to do over here at Jimmy Sez. To start things off, we'll take a look at some of the debutants on the ballot, specifically those that are likely to get less than the 5% of votes needed to stay on the ballot next year. Don't get it twisted, each of these guys were multiple-time All-Stars that had extended runs of high quality play. They just weren't good enough for long enough to truly be considered Hall of Fame material. For each player, their JAWS (Jaffe Average WAR Score, developed by Jay Jaffe) value is given along with the average Hall of Famer's JAWS at the player's position. JAWS is a Hall of Fame rating system based on WAR that incorporates both career and peak value. If you're interested in learning more about t...

Here we are, the thrilling conclusion of our 2024 Hall of Fame coverage at Jimmy Sez. In our last installment we covered some of the more controversial characters on this year's BBWAA ballot, and this crop of players will be no different. Steroids? Sign-stealing scandals? Obesity? It's all here. The players below all joined the Yankees at a ripe old age, which allowed me to use another 80's TV show in the title. No one from this group will get elected this year, but the two most controversial candidates will continue to have their cases pondered, whether via the BBWAA or a Veterans Commitee in the future. For each player, their JAWS (Jaffe Average WAR Score, developed by Jay Jaffe) value is given along with the average Hall of Famer's JAWS at the player's position. JAWS is a Hall of Fame rating system based on WAR that incorporates both career and peak value. If you're interested in learning more about this, click here . Bartolo Colon - Starting Pitcher, JAWS:...

Our Hall of Fame coverage here at Jimmy Sez continues with our first look at the recently released BBWAA ballot for 2024 . The list includes eight former Yankees, and most of them have garnered enough support from the electorate to settle in for a nice, long stay on the ballot. That's certainly the case with the first four candidates we'll dig in to, who were put into a group simply because their first or last initial allows me to reference an 80's TV show in the title of this post. Only one player from this group has an outside chance to gain election this year, but it wouldn't be surprising to see all of them in the Hall of Fame eventually. Even if it's through the back door via a Veterans Committee vote further down the road. For each player, their JAWS (Jaffe Average WAR Score, developed by Jay Jaffe) value is given along with the average Hall of Famer's JAWS at the player's position. JAWS is a Hall of Fame rating system based on WAR that incorporates ...