When will Nomar make the Hall of Fame

[NOMAR22]

Why such a low projection on his hit total?

Maybe because he gets injured to much? I don't think he has a chance to make it the way his career is going. He would need to hit 325 HRS,Avg of .310 or more,2,500 hits,450 2B,1,250 runs to even have a chance.

But hey if some wacky people think Johan Olerud has chance, Nomar has a great chance.lol

[RedSoxVT92]

Maybe because he gets injured to much? I don't think he has a chance to make it the way his career is going. He would need to hit 325 HRS,Avg of .310 or more,2,500 hits,450 2B,1,250 runs to even have a chance.

But hey if some wacky people think Johan Olerud has chance, Nomar has a great chance.lol

The reason for this is because those threads were from 2003.Those predictions were from around 3 years ago. Nomar now has a slimer chance unless he gets healthy and really produces. It will be harder to get in now. But he could have 9 or 10 more years ahead of him. (If hes healthy) But even at that it will be tough.

[Brad Harris]

Nomar has no shot at the Hall now. I was skeptical of his chances in 2003, but now...? He's blown any realistic chance he has.

You're now looking at a first baseman who can't hit well enough to be one of the best in the league and who will be playing half his games in a pitcher's park this year, a guy in his thirties who has a history of major injuries and who doesn't have the first-half stats on which he needs to build. In other words, any case he makes is 99% uphill from where he's at and this isn't the age to start building your resume, it's the age at which one should be cementing it.

Nomar's window of opportunity has slammed shut.

[chrismarullo]

I doubt he'll play much more as a SS.

[ElHalo]

Better question: Who, three years ago, would have said that Jeter was a stone lock for the Hall and Nomar was a no way? Even as a Yankee fan I didn't think that would be the case.

[BoSox Rule]

Damn. This just goes to show how much can change. Who knew Nomar wouldn't a lock at that point in time? A shortstop with a .900 OPS.

[Cougar]

You know, Nomar's had a few down years, but he's still a shortstop with superb power numbers and a .320 career BA.

He's got 191 HR and 1395 hits going into 2006. He's still only 32 years old. Imagine he stumbles through 5 years as a pretty ordinary player (say .280, 12, 60), maybe a part timer at the end.

He finishes with 2000+ hits, 250-odd HR, and a BA well above .320. Will you keep a guy like that out of the Hall -- if he played the majority of his career at SS. Not to mention the ROY, the two batting titles, etc.

Nomar's Hall journey is much more uphill than it once was, but it's not quite as bleak as we're painting it to be.