While Miguel Tejada is a former MVP in Major League Baseball, he is also known as a PED user, a label that has kept PED users out of the Hall of Fame.

Forgetting that, Tejada is a man with a 46.9 bWAR and a multi-time Silver Slugger Award winner, and retired with close to 2,500 Hits. The Dominican has numbers that are very good, but realistically were not Hall of Fame level, regardless of his PED use. Still, this is a former MVP, an accolade that can not be taken away.

Michael Young was a seven time All Star, a former Batting Champion and a two time leader in Hits, but his relatively low bWAR, largely due to poor defensive numbers could easily take him out of the equation for those who follow the SABR stats. Young was a very good player who had well over 2,000 Hits and retired with a .300 Batting Average but he will struggle to make it past the first year on the ballot.

Lance Berkman was the third “Killer B” of the Houston Astros, though it was his Comeback Player of the Year season with St. Louis (that also netted him his only World Series Ring) that he might hold most dear. 

Berkman’s overall Hall of Fame candidacy is an interesting one as he is a six-time All-Star, finished in the Top Ten in MVP voting six times, and put up very good power numbers with 366 Home Runs, 1,234 RBIs, and a .934 OPS. His overall numbers, complete with a 52.0 bWAR, are good, but with poor defensive numbers, a relatively low profile amongst most fans, and what is still likely to be a loaded ballot, Berkman will have more trouble than he should to get into Cooperstown.

“The Greek God of Walks”, Kevin Youkilis is also a “God” at Fenway as the popular infielder is a two time World Series Champion as a member of the Red Sox. Youkilis finished as high as third in MVP voting (2008) and he was a three time All Star as well as a one time Gold Glove winner.