Eric Chalek
@eric-chalek.bsky.social
I turn Negro Leagues, NPB, KBO, etc data into major league equivalencies (MLEs) to answer baseball What Ifs. Read/download at horsehidedragnet.Wordpress.com. And I love cats. And Mexican food.
Don’t think you r wrong! If he were eligible this year instead of 2028, he’d prolly be a first-ballot guy. More a question of how quickly the BBWAA can clear out the top of the returnees and create space where it has fewer electoral priorities.
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Don’t think you r wrong! If he were eligible this year instead of 2028, he’d prolly be a first-ballot guy. More a question of how quickly the BBWAA can clear out the top of the returnees and create space where it has fewer electoral priorities.
I’m wondering whether Yadi will make it in year 1.
If Posey, Utley and Felix are still in 2028 ballot, he won’t. In 2029 he won’t due to Miggy, Votto, Grienke. I think 2030.
If Posey, Utley and Felix are still in 2028 ballot, he won’t. In 2029 he won’t due to Miggy, Votto, Grienke. I think 2030.
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I’m wondering whether Yadi will make it in year 1.
If Posey, Utley and Felix are still in 2028 ballot, he won’t. In 2029 he won’t due to Miggy, Votto, Grienke. I think 2030.
If Posey, Utley and Felix are still in 2028 ballot, he won’t. In 2029 he won’t due to Miggy, Votto, Grienke. I think 2030.
Ya but…There’s like 17,000 CFs in the Hall. Third base is a weird tweener position, and careers have a shorter trajectory than in CF (where guys go to the corners all the time). Having Kirby’s career at 3B is more impressive than in CF. IMO.
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January 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Ya but…There’s like 17,000 CFs in the Hall. Third base is a weird tweener position, and careers have a shorter trajectory than in CF (where guys go to the corners all the time). Having Kirby’s career at 3B is more impressive than in CF. IMO.
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Even better odds for players at certain PA or IP threshold. The more u get the more likely u get a plaque. Then again, the better u r at baseball, the more playing time u get, natch.
January 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Even better odds for players at certain PA or IP threshold. The more u get the more likely u get a plaque. Then again, the better u r at baseball, the more playing time u get, natch.
I had to double check the Tracker to be sure it wasn’t Shaughnessey doing his click-bait best/worst. It wasn’t, and we can all rest easier.
January 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I had to double check the Tracker to be sure it wasn’t Shaughnessey doing his click-bait best/worst. It wasn’t, and we can all rest easier.
Kinda amazing how Beltran has gained steam as more ballots have revealed. At first he didn’t seem to get a lot of bumps, but it’s turned into a full stampede. Fingers crossed for him at 6:00 PM.
January 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Kinda amazing how Beltran has gained steam as more ballots have revealed. At first he didn’t seem to get a lot of bumps, but it’s turned into a full stampede. Fingers crossed for him at 6:00 PM.
Let’s see…
Edmonds: Yes
Bernie: Maybe
Nathan: Not close
Pap: No
Damon: No
Berkman: Prolly
T Hudson: Yes
Oswalt: Prolly
Salmon: Not close
John and Julio: Neither is close
Mattingly: Not close
L Gonzalez: Prolly
Nomar: No
Yankee fans can now commence screes re [name] is Yes but Don M isn’t close???
Edmonds: Yes
Bernie: Maybe
Nathan: Not close
Pap: No
Damon: No
Berkman: Prolly
T Hudson: Yes
Oswalt: Prolly
Salmon: Not close
John and Julio: Neither is close
Mattingly: Not close
L Gonzalez: Prolly
Nomar: No
Yankee fans can now commence screes re [name] is Yes but Don M isn’t close???
January 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Let’s see…
Edmonds: Yes
Bernie: Maybe
Nathan: Not close
Pap: No
Damon: No
Berkman: Prolly
T Hudson: Yes
Oswalt: Prolly
Salmon: Not close
John and Julio: Neither is close
Mattingly: Not close
L Gonzalez: Prolly
Nomar: No
Yankee fans can now commence screes re [name] is Yes but Don M isn’t close???
Edmonds: Yes
Bernie: Maybe
Nathan: Not close
Pap: No
Damon: No
Berkman: Prolly
T Hudson: Yes
Oswalt: Prolly
Salmon: Not close
John and Julio: Neither is close
Mattingly: Not close
L Gonzalez: Prolly
Nomar: No
Yankee fans can now commence screes re [name] is Yes but Don M isn’t close???
So they r Kosher? Or at least not mystery meat?
January 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So they r Kosher? Or at least not mystery meat?
Almost as bad as the breakup of the Jefferson Starship.
January 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Almost as bad as the breakup of the Jefferson Starship.
As Dirty Harry put it, “A man’s gotta know his limitations.”
January 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
As Dirty Harry put it, “A man’s gotta know his limitations.”
This is me in Mexican restaurants. Started taking Spanish 2.5 years ago, and I know deep inside that every time I do this, I’ve misconjugated something, and I’ve told the staffer that I’d like to order the chef’s hat on a plate of horse hairs with a side of cat’s blood salsa.
January 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
This is me in Mexican restaurants. Started taking Spanish 2.5 years ago, and I know deep inside that every time I do this, I’ve misconjugated something, and I’ve told the staffer that I’d like to order the chef’s hat on a plate of horse hairs with a side of cat’s blood salsa.
I have one word for this bit of Sasaki news, and it’s hyphenated: Woooooooo-Hoooooo!
January 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I have one word for this bit of Sasaki news, and it’s hyphenated: Woooooooo-Hoooooo!
Couple that might make 3K or more:
G Scales (lotsa PRWL)
Dihigo
Moises Camacho
Espino (2383 summer H on Ref+1824 LMP)
J Sommers (1614 on Ref+1073 LMP)
Teolindo Acosta (2700 MiL H)
Jethroe
Matias Carillo
Willie Wells
Dandridge
Jack Pierce?
G Scales (lotsa PRWL)
Dihigo
Moises Camacho
Espino (2383 summer H on Ref+1824 LMP)
J Sommers (1614 on Ref+1073 LMP)
Teolindo Acosta (2700 MiL H)
Jethroe
Matias Carillo
Willie Wells
Dandridge
Jack Pierce?
January 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Couple that might make 3K or more:
G Scales (lotsa PRWL)
Dihigo
Moises Camacho
Espino (2383 summer H on Ref+1824 LMP)
J Sommers (1614 on Ref+1073 LMP)
Teolindo Acosta (2700 MiL H)
Jethroe
Matias Carillo
Willie Wells
Dandridge
Jack Pierce?
G Scales (lotsa PRWL)
Dihigo
Moises Camacho
Espino (2383 summer H on Ref+1824 LMP)
J Sommers (1614 on Ref+1073 LMP)
Teolindo Acosta (2700 MiL H)
Jethroe
Matias Carillo
Willie Wells
Dandridge
Jack Pierce?
What! No estados de Mexico y Panama?
January 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
What! No estados de Mexico y Panama?
I hear “superutility player,” and I think Tony Phillips and Ben Zonrist were magical beasts who once roamed the Earth giving the platoon advantage to their team every night of the year.
January 7, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I hear “superutility player,” and I think Tony Phillips and Ben Zonrist were magical beasts who once roamed the Earth giving the platoon advantage to their team every night of the year.
Sasaki is in the Asian MLE spreadsheet on my site, horsehidedragnet.wordpress.com. I think Kim is too
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January 5, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Sasaki is in the Asian MLE spreadsheet on my site, horsehidedragnet.wordpress.com. I think Kim is too
That’s Hall of Famer, Sherry Robertson. Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer, Sherry Robertson.
January 2, 2025 at 3:13 AM
That’s Hall of Famer, Sherry Robertson. Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer, Sherry Robertson.
El Gamo Dominicano=The Dominican Fallow Deer.
[googles around a few minutes]
B/c, of course, the fallow deer is the common Eurasian deer species, as we all know…. ;)
[googles around a few minutes]
B/c, of course, the fallow deer is the common Eurasian deer species, as we all know…. ;)
December 30, 2024 at 2:40 AM
El Gamo Dominicano=The Dominican Fallow Deer.
[googles around a few minutes]
B/c, of course, the fallow deer is the common Eurasian deer species, as we all know…. ;)
[googles around a few minutes]
B/c, of course, the fallow deer is the common Eurasian deer species, as we all know…. ;)
I prefer Wright to Donaldson as a Hall case. Weight is juuuust above my line, and Donaldson is below.
December 30, 2024 at 2:27 AM
I prefer Wright to Donaldson as a Hall case. Weight is juuuust above my line, and Donaldson is below.