As we segue from the Hall-of-Fame election to the soon arrival of pitchers and catchers, this is a good time to celebrate the active players who don’t have to do anything more for us to earn a ticket to Cooperstown.
By my count — and I admit to be a hardliner — there are six: Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander, Clayton Kershaw, Miguel Cabrera, Joey Votto and Zack Greinke. And quite possibly after this season, we’ll be able to add Jose Altuve to the “doesn’t have to do anything more” list.
Here are their cases:
