Reynaldo Rivera, RHP
Rivera begins a theme of this year's candidates and inductees - they are all borderline HOF, none are clearly past the line. Rivera was a two-time all-star and one-time World Champion and spent most of his career with the Mets, with 14 straight years of 3-4 WAR (except one year of 2.2). He was originally drafted with the 53rd overall pick by the Mets out of St Marys, though he was born in Venezuela.
Career Stats: 3762.7 IP, 769 BB, 1046 K, 3.33 FIP, 95 FIP-, 58.6 WAR, 57 JAWS
Juan Sánchez, CF
Sanchez was on a clear path to the HOF early in his career but provided almost no value in his 30s. He was also born in Venezuela but signed as a scouting discovery in 1913. He won an MVP, 5 gold gloves, one silver slugger, and one AL Division Series MVP. He went to 5 all-star games.
Career Stats: 6135 PA, 1652 H, 323 SB, .353 wOBA, 111 wRC+, 155.9 ZR, 42.5 WAR, 38.8 JAWS
Rory Shew, SS
Shew won two gold gloves, a silver slugger, an AL Championship Series MVP, and went to one all-star game. He was drafted 6th overall in 1912 out of UC Santa Barbara and missed quite a lot of time due to injury throughout his career. Despite missing so many games every year, he still managed to put up 8 seasons of 3-6 WAR.
Career Stats: 8091 PA, 1994 H, 291 SB, .322 wOBA, 99 wRC+, 169.2 ZR, 44.3 WAR, 38.3 JAWS
Jimmy Canales, SS
Canales has more hardware in his trophy case than some others this year but never had enough of a peak or a long enough career to make it into the HOF. He was drafted 6th overall in 1919 out of Mississippi State and won Rookie of the Year in 1920. He one won gold glove and one silver slugger and also attended 5 all-star games. He was World Champ with the Padres in 1928.
Career Stats: 7140 PA, 2031 H, 264 SB, .350 wOBA, 109 wRC+, 99.0 ZR, .350 wOBA, 109 wRC+, 37.9 WAR, 35.6 JAWS
Scott Taylor, C
Taylor had a very good career for a catcher - just behind Hall of Famers Josh Fowler and Luke McCaffrey. He went to three all-star games and won two silver slugger awards. He was drafted 18th overall in 1915 out of TCU.
Career Stats: 6059 PA, 1497 H, .338 wOBA, 101 wRC+, 8.3 ZR, 31.5 WAR, 27.5 JAWS