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I'd like another 10 rWAR or so.
Catchers aren't appreciated enough, in general. But he has a lot going for him in regards to the Hall.
If he can get another 3 rWAR year this year, 2 next year, 2 in 2020, and then string together some 1-2 rWAR years over the following years, then yes.
If he ended his career today, no, he'd be short.
I'm not meaning WAR as the all inclusive stat. It's just a good, quick snapshot.
Technically, he's still a catcher (played most of his career there), but I don't know that he belongs above Brian Downing and Gabby Hartnett at this moment as a catcher all-time. He's at least near them.
In the end, he probably ends around Ted Simmons, and if he played long enough, near Fisk.
He won't be passing up Bench, Carter, Pudge, Berra. But that's not meaning he can't be a Hall of Famer either.
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