re: Mark Buehrle: HOF or no?

No , technically it’s a no hitter plus no batters reaching base.

I’d probably not vote him in, but he doesn’t deserve an automatic no. Starters weren’t pulled as early as they are now but he didnt pitch in the old iron man era either. 300 wins is not a practical metric for any pitcher that has started their career the last ten years, yet his last season was 8 years ago so he is in the range of things slowly shifting.

Also going against him is that he wasn’t the high 90’s fastball, high 80’s wipeout slider guy. He had some serious talent but his pitches themselves weren’t top percentile necessarily so that doesn’t help his case. I like watching pitchers that don’t have to just overpower everyone.