Baseball Hall of Fame: Should Scott Rolen make it to Cooperstown?
By Jared Wolfe
The Baseball Hall of Fame announcement for 2018 is coming on January 24th. Here is the how I view Scott Rolen’s resume for enshrinement to Cooperstown.
The MLB Baseball Hall of Fame announcement is coming soon, and there are various high-quality first timers like Chipper Jones and Jim Thome that are near locks to make it in this year.
On the other hand, there are players who have been on the ballot for multiple years and have an issue with steroids such as Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa.
I could get into those discussions, but this is going to be about one of my favorite players of all time, Scott Rolen.
My bias is I watched him growing up on some of the best St. Louis Cardinals teams and be part of the 2006 World Series Championship team. Being a Cardinals fan, that elevates him to me, but I will attempt to make this as objective as possible, I just thought I would be fair to all who read this.
From, Scott Rolen won the rookie of the year award in 1997. He also won one World Series as mentioned in 2006 with the St. Louis Cardinals, as I said previously. He was a seven-time all-star and played for four different teams, but is mostly remembered for his time for the Phillies and Cardinals.
Most notably, he won eight gold gloves and known for his amazing play in the field at third base. In 2004, he also won the Silver Slugger Award.
None of that is a separator for Scott Rolen on making the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he has enough credentials for an eye test to keep looking deeper into his case for enshrinement.