Jeff Passan
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309 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 31 Jul
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And so because of that, I think our ability to contextualize numbers better than we have in the past, that has carved a path for these guys who
aren't inner circle Hall of Famers, but who were excellent players to make the threshold.
And part of it, too, is that they're being compared with the low end of Hall of Famers.
And it's like I'm not going to call it a sin, but the sins of our past come back to haunt us.
You let in somebody who's down here as compared to up there, everybody who's down here is going to be compared to them.
And there are arguments that can be made that are compelling for just about anyone.
I think it depends how you define greatest baseball player of all time.
I would say Shohei Otani is unquestionably the most talented baseball player of all time.
But for me, greatness is a combination of talent and longevity.
And I think holding that longevity standard when we're talking about the best ever is an important thing.
I understand that longevity is not something that you can ever predict with someone.
You don't know how a guy's body is going to hold up.
You don't know if he's going to be able to play 20 years.
But the standard that's been set for greatness in the past is a combination of doing it for a really long time at a really high level.
And Ohtani's done it for upward of a decade now.
And that decade has been about as good as you can get.
And that's with all of the injuries.
That's with multiple elbow surgeries.
That's with the back and forth.
That's with spending six years in the purgatory of Anaheim and playing for a Los Angeles Angels team that never surrounded you with a whole lot.
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