Hall, Hall, the NL's Here ...

Monday, July 28 2008 @ 02:07 PM EDT

Who among current active players will end up in the Hall of Fame? Let’s take a quick look-see and dive into the conversation of worthiness. We started with the American League; now let’s move on to the senior circuit …

Again, this list is compiled on quick scan of active rosters, and keep in mind that I have absolutely no inclination to suggest that more than a small percentage of those listed actually will make it to the Hall. And I have almost certainly missed at least one possible/probable candidate. So jump in with your virtual two cents ...

Pretty much the same notes as before:

• Players I think are absolute slam dunks re indicated with an asterisk (*). There are just six (6) such players currently on an NL roster.
• I did not include managers, umpires or executives, but feel free to "nominate" someone for this list if you feel so inclined.
• Players with minimal service time are not listed here under "The Fred Lynn Rule." (Sorry, Justin Upton ...)
• There are two lines listed, those players I think could have a legitimate shot and those who I considered for about two seconds then didn't include in the first group -- these are tagged as "Missing the Cut."
• Just one team has no players on either line, not even missing the cut. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2008 Washington Nationals! 
• Two teams had more than any others did on those two lines combined: NYM (thanks to the media influence, in part) with eight and LAD (same thing?) with seven.
• Teams are listed in current order of NL divisional standings.

NL EAST

• NYM: Pedro Martinez*, Johan Santana, Billy Wagner, Carlos Delgado, David Wright, Carlos Beltran
  Missing the cut: Jose Reyes, Moises Alou
• PHI: Tom Gordon, Jamie Moyer, Ryan Howard, Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins
  Missing the cut: Pat Burrell
• FLA: Luis Gonzalez
  Missing the cut: Hanley Ramirez
• ATL: Tom Glavine*, John Smoltz. Chipper Jones*, Mark Teixeira
  Missing the cut: Mike Hampton, Tim Hudson
• WAS: NONE

NL CENTRAL

• CHC: Derrek Lee, Aramis Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, Jim Edmonds
  Missing the cut: Carlos Zambrano
• MIL: Eric Gagne, CC Sabathia, Ben Sheets, Prince Fielder, Ryan Braun
• STL: Jason Isringhausen, Troy Glaus, Albert Pujols*
  Missing the cut: Mark Mulder, Rick Ankiel
• CIN: Ken Griffey Jr.*, Adam Dunn
• HOU: Roy Oswalt, Lance Berkman, Miguel Tejada, Carlos Lee
  Missing the cut: Darin Erstad
• PIT: Jason Bay

NL WEST

• ARI: Randy Johnson*, Brandon Webb
  Missing the cut: Dan Haren, Orlando Hudson
• LAD: Nomar Garciaparra, Jeff Kent, Andruw Jones
  Missing the cut: Derek Lowe, Brad Penny, Jason Schmidt, Rafael Furcal
• COL: Todd Helton, Matt Holliday
• SFG: Omar Vizquel, Barry Zito
  Missing the cut: Rich Aurilia
• SDP: Greg Maddux*, Trevor Hoffman*, Jake Peavy, Brian Giles

So again, Bauxites, over to you ... who's missing?

The NL has eight *’d players ("mortal locks"), where the AL had seven, but it seems to me – again, this is just an impression – that the NL has an even higher number of playersI (as a “Big Hall” guy) wanted to asterisk.

Anyway, who's listed improperly or at least should/shouldn't "make the cut"? Your call!

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