As Phil Hughes worked his way up the New York Yankees system, the hype machine that surrounded him seemed to grow annually.  He did not live up to it, and his career was riddled with inconsistencies, though that did not mean that Hughes did not exhibit flashes of brilliance.

With probably a better Hall of Fame resume than you may realize, Matt Holliday went to seven All-Star Games, was a four-time Silver Slugger, and has over 2,000 Hits and 300 Home Runs.

The Dominican Republic has produced a plethora of excellent Shortstops, and Jose Reyes is one of the many that they provided.

The career of Jose Bautista is a fascinating one.  After years of obscurity, a switch in his batting stance took him from journeyman to All-Star and to someone we deemed worthy of discussion.

Seriously, it came out of nowhere.  At 29, with his fifth team (Toronto), it clicked.  Bautista would be an All-Star for the first time, and he shot up from 13 to 54 Home Runs and would win the American League Home Run Title.  He earned his second HR strap the year after (43), and this was year two of six straight All-Star Games.  The power hitter would collect two more 35-plus homer years for the Blue Jays, and he and his bat flip took them to the playoffs in both 2015 and 2016.

Bautista finished in the top six in MVP voting four times and was a Silver Slugger three times.

His run with Toronto made him relevant and allowed him to become a player who would smack 344 Home Runs. 

Roghned Odur won’t consider Jose Bautista for the Baseball Hall of Fame, but others just might!