Ian Kinsler retires

[MMC]

Click to read more...

 

[BigMac1212]

I don't know if Ian is Cooperstown-bound, but he did really well while in the Majors.

Have fun, Mr. Kinsler. Enjoy retirement and your new life in the Padres front office.

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

I don't know if Ian is Cooperstown-bound, but he did really well while in the Majors.

Have fun, Mr. Kinsler. Enjoy retirement and your new life in the Padres front office.

Hall of Very Good. Really good career for himself but definitely not Hall worthy.

 

[Neutrinos]

Hall of Very Good. Really good career for himself but definitely not Hall worthy.

From 2007 - 2016, he was a 50.9 WAR player

I wouldn't elect him, but that's an impressive decade

 

[BigBadBruins7708]

From 2007 - 2016, he was a 50.9 WAR player

I wouldn't elect him, but that's an impressive decade

True.

For 2B I'd have him behind Pedroia (MVP, ROY, 3 WS, 4x GG, SS) for his contemporaries...and I dont have Pedroia as a HOFer either.

 

[SixStrings]

He had a very good career. Enjoy your retirement Kins!

 

[Unholy Diver]

1 hit short of 2000, should have come back for the first week of the season to get over the hump

 

[rangerssharks414]

Happy retirement. He was an underrated player during his time.

 

[Neutrinos]

1 hit short of 2000, should have come back for the first week of the season to get over the hump

Just 7 steals shy of joining the 250 home run/250 stolen base club

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Hall of Very Good. Really good career for himself but definitely not Hall worthy.

If Harold Baines is in, its all fair game isn't it?

 

[Ricelund]

Great player. Loved him while he was in Detroit and it was clear that he was very well-liked by the team. It's still hard to believe Dombrowski was able to unload (most of) the Prince Fielder contract in exchange for Kinsler.

 

[Voight]

Beltre & Hamilton gets most of the attention for those early 2010's Rangers teams, but Kinsler was a big part of that as well.

 

[MS]

Hall of Very Good. Really good career for himself but definitely not Hall worthy.

Interestingly, he has a higher career WAR than 6 of the 12 players inducted since 2018.

 

[Buzz Gunderson]

If Harold Baines is in, its all fair game isn't it?

Harold Baines being in is a joke. But Kinsler is nowhere near a HOF player. Larry Walker is more deserving than either guy.