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Colorado Rockies: My 2020 Mock Hall of Fame ballot

By Noah Yingling

17 Jun 2001: Larry Walker #33 of the Colorado Rockies at bat during the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Rockies defeated the Reds 4-2.Mandatory Credit: Mark Lyons /Allsport
17 Jun 2001: Larry Walker #33 of the Colorado Rockies at bat during the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Wrigley Field in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Rockies defeated the Reds 4-2.Mandatory Credit: Mark Lyons /Allsport /
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SEATTLE, WA – JULY 22: Bobby Abreu #53 of the New York Mets heads home to score on an RBI triple off the bat of Travis d’Arnaud in the second inning against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field on July 22, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
SEATTLE, WA – JULY 22: Bobby Abreu #53 of the New York Mets heads home to score on an RBI triple off the bat of Travis d’Arnaud in the second inning against the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field on July 22, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images) /

Andruw Jones

By offense only, Andruw Jones is not a Hall of Famer to me as he only had four full seasons with an OPS+ of 120 or more (he had two more seasons but he only played 77 and 107 games in them).

However, his overall defense, WAR, and postseason play put him over the top for me. Eight seasons with a bWAR of 4.9 or more and 65 bDRS from 2003 through the rest of his career. In the postseason in his career, he played in 76 games and he hit .273/.363/.433. That puts him over.

Bobby Abreu

Abreu will have a tough time staying on the ballot on his first ballot this year but I think that, at bare minimum, he deserves a second look.

Career bWAR of 60.0, seven seasons with a bWAR of 5.2 or above, and nine full seasons with an OPS+ of 126 or higher deserves at least a second look. At least in the last half of his career, he was not a great defender but he played well in the limited postseason experience he had (20 games, .284/.392/.418 slash line).

There it is: my nine player ballot. But let’s look at some of the omissions.

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