To me, definitely, Urbina is a lock. Calderone- 600 home runs? The others?

Thanks for the invite. First three to me are locks, others I think bear mention.

• Urbina: decorated SP, numbers support his inclusion, #5 all time in shutouts
• E Lee: 3-time MVP with 500 HR, 250 SB and plus defense in LF
• Lewis: 6-time Gold Glover, 2 rings, 350 HR and almost 800 SB (#2 all time in + plays in RF)
• Stoops: MVP and 3-time Gold Glover, nearly had 500 HR and 150 SB, plus defender in CF, LF, 1B
• Tatum: 350-350 HR/SB guy who was a premium defender at an up-the-middle position (2B)
• Adams: was discussed last time around, #2 all time in SB, though not a special hitter or defender

I wouldn't recommend Calderone as a lock. 600 HR doesn't move the needle in HBD. He's 223 behind the world leader, and still almost 100 HR outside our top five. OK to suggest him, but wouldn't "lock" a guy who was unplayable in the field (-44 at 1B) and is in the bottom half of our candidates by OPS. (A .336 career OBP from a DH kind of stinks.)

So, I am also not in favor of lock status for Calderone. He basically ONLY hit home runs. His .888 OPS as a DH is just... meh. For comparison, Ron Lewis has an .870 OPS - and won 6 gold gloves (1 LF, 4 RF, and 1 1B) and stole 800 bases! That's a much, much more interesting player to me. Calderone had one great season, s52, and that was his only ASG appearance. He just wasn't a standout player most of the time.

Love Jimmie Urbina. Lock for sure. And same for Eugene Lee. I will drill down on some of the lesser candidates in a bit... to me, of those, Stoops is the most intriguing. But we def have some interesting options this time around.

Just did a quick look at who the various Committee members have voted for/expressed interest in this season, and this is where we stand:

• BigDogs: Locks = Lewis + Urbina. Interested in Calderone + Lewis.
• Seventy: Locks = Urbina + Calderone
• Bruins: Locks = Urbina, J. Lee + Lewis. Probably interested in others but need to do a little more digging first.
• jc44: ???
• pimp: Locks = Urbina + E. Lee
• stick: ???
• stephen: Locks = Urbina, E. Lee + Lewis. Also interested in Stoops, Tatum + Adams.

TL;DR: Everyone who has submitted a vote has Urbina as a lock, so that one feels like a no brainer. Lewis (3 lock votes) and E. Lee (2 lock votes) are the next most popular with a handful of other names mentioned.

So I guess my question is: how many is too many locks? Do we go with Urbina, Lewis + E. Lee all as locks or just Urbina and one other? And who should the other be if that's the case?

I would happily vote Lewis as a lock. I think he's a rockstar of a player (Galaxy World Series winner, too!) Urbina, Lewis and Lee are a great class, and we can pump Stoops, Calderone and Adams as players to look at closely. Just want to get this moving so we're not too late in the cycle.

Yea since today is the last day id day we go with those three as locks and recommend the others.

Go ahead and make the announcement, Pimp. I like those three, too.