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FuzzyRussianHat · 01-22-2025, 12:59 PM

Marco Del Cid – Center Field – Cali Cyclones – 96.0% First Ballot

Marco Del Cid was a 6’1’’, 200 pound left-handed outfielder from Cartagena, Colombia; a major northern coastal city with around one million people in the metro area. Del Cid was an incredible contact hitter and a master at putting the ball in play and avoiding strikeouts. He also had a good eye for drawing walks and was a very dangerous baserunner with solid speed.

Del Cid’s gap power was fantastic with 33 doubles and 15 triples per his 162 game average. He also got you 26 home runs per 162, making him one of the more effective batters of his even without overwhelming power. Del Cid was especially potent against right-handed pitching with a career 1.017 OPS and 163 wRC+. Versus lefties, he had a 120 wRC+ and .832 OPS, which was still solid but nothing incredible.

Defensively, Del Cid primarily played left field and was considered a great gloveman there, winning four Gold Gloves. He played some center at the start of his career and struggled there without the required range. Del Cid had nice durability with 125+ games played in all 17 years of his career. He was also considered one of the true good guys of the game and was a team captain. Del Cid was renowned for his intelligence, leadership, and work ethic. He became very popular with fans and was one of the most universally respected men in clubhouses across the continent.

In the 2001 BSA Draft, Del Cid was picked 11^th overall by Cali, where he’d spend almost his entire pro career. He was a full-timer immediately and won 2002 Rookie of the Year with an impressive 6.7 WAR debut campaign with a career-best 32 home runs. For the next decade, he was consistently good for 4+ WAR and a batting average above .325. Del Cid would post an OPS above one in six different seasons.

In 2005, Del Cid won his first batting title with a .376 average and led in hits for the only time with 218. He also had his first of four seasons with the top on-base percentage. Without big home run power, Del Cid wasn’t typically in MVP conversations. He did win Silver Sluggers in 2003, 2005, and 2006 in center field, followed by left field wins in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Del Cid’s four Gold Glove wins came from 2007-10 upon moving to LF.

Cali saw some success early in Del Cid’s run, getting wild cards from 2002-04 and in 2007. Their deepest runs would be Bolivar League Championship Series defeats in 2004 and 2007. The Cyclones were generally mediocre for the next decade after that with their lone playoff appearance being a first round loss in 2015. Despite his popularity, Del Cid did get some blame as his playoff numbers were mediocre. He accepted the responsibility, posting 26 playoff starts for Cali with a .245/.264/.368 slash, 69 wRC+, and -0.1 WAR.

Del Cid fared better as a captain for Colombia in the World Baseball Championship from 2002-17. In 163 games and 153 starts, Del Cid had 155 hits, 77 runs, 24 doubles, 5 triples, 17 home runs, 64 RBI, 81 walks, 79 stolen bases, .278/.373/.430 slash, 130 wRC+, and 4.1 WAR. He had 20 steals in their 2010 runner-up finish against the United States, which is one of only 27 times in WBC history that a player stole 20+ bags in the event. Colombia also notably took third in 2006.

Cali signed Del Cid to an eight-year, $42,520,000 extension after the 2006 season. He led with 48 doubles in 2008 and had the best OBP in 2010, 2011, and 2013. 2010 was his finest season with league and career bests in batting average (.393), OBP (.453), OPS (1.131), wRC+ (190), and WAR (9.7). At the time, it was the 5^th-best average and 8^th-best OBP in a BSA season. Del Cid also had career bests in runs (111), hits (226), and steals (71) and he saw his lone cycle in a game against Bogota. Del Cid was third in MVP voting, his only time as a finalist.

Del Cid carried on leading the Cyclones even if they were underwhelming in the 2010s. Cali gave him a three-year, $33,300,000 extension after the 2014 season. He production dipped slightly, but he was still a solid starter even in his final years for Cali. In 2017, Del Cid became the 12^th member of the 3000 hit club and the 16^th to 1500 runs scored.

His Cali run had an unfortunate ending with a broken kneecap suffered in September 2017. The Cyclones didn’t re-sign him after that, but Del Cid still wanted to play. Santiago gave him a shot at two years and $14,600,000, but Del Cid struggled and was reduced to a part-time role with -0.6 WAR over 126 games and 52 starts in 2018. He retired that winter at age 39 and immediately had his #40 uniform retired by Cali.

Del Cid had 2515 games, 3072 hits, 1544 runs, 516 doubles, 233 triples, 402 home runs, 1491 RBI, 815 walks, 867 stolen bases, .341/.394/.584 slash, 154 wRC+, and 89.6 WAR. As of 2037, Del Cid ranks 62^nd in games, 20^th in runs, 17^th in hits, 13^th in doubles, 39^th in triples, 21^st in total bases (5260), 51^st in walks, and 59^th in WAR among position players.

Among BSA batters with 3000+ plate appearances, Del Cid ranks 34^th in batting average, 20^th in on-base percentage, 71^st in slugging, and his .978 OPS ranks 34^th. Among all world Hall of Famers as of 2037, Del Cid ranks 21^st in batting average and 49^th in OBP.

Few players were as reliably consistent at the plate, but Del Cid does fall outside of the true inner circle between the lack of home run power and his poor playoff stats. As a person though, Del Cid’s character is above reproach. He’s a Hall of Fame lock anyway you look at it and would headline most classes. With Beisbol Sudamerica’s loaded 2024 group, he had the second highest percentage with 96.0%.

Samuel Alves – Starting Pitcher – Recife Retrievers – 94.8% First Ballot

Samuel Alves was a 6’1’’, 190 pound right-handed pitcher from Anapolis, a city of around 400,000 people in central Brazil. Alves had good-to-great stuff and movement along with excellent control. He had a 97-99 mph fastball and a strong slider as his main two offerings, along with a curveball and changeup. Alves’ stamina was below average relative to most BSA aces with decent durability. He was good at holding runners and was below average defensively.

Alves was picked fourth overall by Recife in the 2004 BSA Draft and spent his entire 14-year pro career with the Retrievers. He was a full-timer right away and took second in Rookie of the Year voting in 2005. Alves had impressive efficiency right away despite not having as many innings as some contemporaries. 2006-14 had nine straight seasons above 4.5 WAR with four seasons above 6+.

Recife became a regular contender in 2009, ending an eight-year playoff drought. They had three straight berths from 2009-11, then had a nine year postseason streak from 2013-21. Alves helped the Retrievers become a winner and started to get his first awards consideration. In 2010, Alves would toss a no-hitter on April 7 with 12 strikeouts and two walks against Belo Horizonte. He led the Southern Cone League with 7.3 WAR, finishing third in Pitcher of the Year voting.

The Retrievers fell in the 2009 LCS to Salvador, but earned back-to-back Southern Cone pennants in 2010 over Fortaleza and in 2011 over Cordoba. Recife would fall in both Copa Sudamerica trips as Santa Cruz completed a three-peat in 2010, followed by a 2011 title for Valencia. Alves’ playoff stats were merely okay these years, but his overall production earned him a five-year, $46,800,000 extension after the 2011 campaign. He had a 3.95 ERA in the 2010 Baseball Grand Championship and a 2.57 ERA run in 2011 with the Retrievers in the middle of the standings both tries.

Alves had the ERA title at 2.31 in 2011, but did lose awards consideration as he missed six weeks to shoulder tendinitis. He took third in 2012 and 2013’s Pitcher of the Year voting, despite leading with 6.6 WAR in 2013. In 2014, Alves took the top honor with a league and career-best 1.88 ERA. Recife fell in both 2013 and 2014 in the LCS to Fortaleza, although Alves had a fairly solid showing both years.

A hamstring strain cost Alves more than half of the 2015 season, but he was back for the autumn. Recife finally won Copa Sudamerica, upsetting top seed Montevideo in the LCS and beating Callao for the overall title. Alves had a 3.60 ERA over 25 playoff innings and 16 strikeouts. He had an excellent 1.50 ERA over 36 innings with 47 strikeouts though in the Baseball Grand Championship. Recife would go 10-9 in a three-way tie for sixth.

His career playoff numbers were fairly average with 162.1 innings, 3.44 ERA, 8-6 record, 140 strikeouts, 28 walks, 106 ERA+, and 2.5 WAR. Recife’s playoff streak continued, but the deepest they got in the following three years was an LCS loss in 2017. Alves did have good BGC numbers with a 2.32 ERA over 77.2 innings, 97 strikeouts, and 2.6 WAR.

Alves did see very strong numbers as a regular for Brazil in the World Baseball Championship. From 2005-17, he had 180 innings with a 12-5 record, 2.80 ERA, 192 strikeouts, 24 walks, and 6.0 WAR. He ranks fifth in pitching WAR among Brazilians in the event. Their best finish with Alves was a third place in 2016, which had a 1.78 ERA over 25.1 innings. Brazil also won division titles in 2006 and 2014. These efforts helped Alves’ notoriety and popularity with Brazilian fans.

After the 2015 season heading towards age 34, Alves signed a five-year, $53,700,000 extension with Recife. He had a good 2016 and a decent 2017, although his velocity notably began to dip. Alves’ strong control kept him effective, but he had a further drop down to the 91-93 mph range by 2018. He posted below average results and retired that winter at age 36. The Retrievers quickly honored Alves and retired his #26 uniform.

Alves finished with a 193-110 record, 2.61 ERA, 2806.2 innings, 2745 strikeouts, 348 walks, 268/357 quality starts, 46 complete games, 14 shutouts, 138 ERA+, and 70.9 WAR. Because of a relatively low inning tally, Alves ranks fairly low in counting stats. As of 2037, he is 88^th in wins and misses the top 100 in innings or strikeouts. Alves does sit 75^th in WAR among position players and among all pitchers with 1000+ innings, Alves’ 0.97 WHIP is 66^th and his 1.12 BB/9 is 41st

Advanced stats like ERA+ (138) and FIP- (75) firmly place him as elite, even if the accumulations didn’t. Most voters gave him some credit for Recife’s sustained success and for his WBC efforts with Brazil. Add in two ERA titles and a Pitcher of the Year award, and Alves’s resume was plenty strong. At 94.8%, he capped off an impressive three-player Hall of Fame class in 2024 for Beisbol Sudamerica.

01-22-2025, 12:59 PM	#2000
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,335	2024 BSA Hall of Fame (Part 2) *Marco Del Cid – Center Field – Cali Cyclones – 96.0% First Ballot* Marco Del Cid was a 6’1’’, 200 pound left-handed outfielder from Cartagena, Colombia; a major northern coastal city with around one million people in the metro area. Del Cid was an incredible contact hitter and a master at putting the ball in play and avoiding strikeouts. He also had a good eye for drawing walks and was a very dangerous baserunner with solid speed. Del Cid’s gap power was fantastic with 33 doubles and 15 triples per his 162 game average. He also got you 26 home runs per 162, making him one of the more effective batters of his even without overwhelming power. Del Cid was especially potent against right-handed pitching with a career 1.017 OPS and 163 wRC+. Versus lefties, he had a 120 wRC+ and .832 OPS, which was still solid but nothing incredible. Defensively, Del Cid primarily played left field and was considered a great gloveman there, winning four Gold Gloves. He played some center at the start of his career and struggled there without the required range. Del Cid had nice durability with 125+ games played in all 17 years of his career. He was also considered one of the true good guys of the game and was a team captain. Del Cid was renowned for his intelligence, leadership, and work ethic. He became very popular with fans and was one of the most universally respected men in clubhouses across the continent. In the 2001 BSA Draft, Del Cid was picked 11^th overall by Cali, where he’d spend almost his entire pro career. He was a full-timer immediately and won 2002 Rookie of the Year with an impressive 6.7 WAR debut campaign with a career-best 32 home runs. For the next decade, he was consistently good for 4+ WAR and a batting average above .325. Del Cid would post an OPS above one in six different seasons. In 2005, Del Cid won his first batting title with a .376 average and led in hits for the only time with 218. He also had his first of four seasons with the top on-base percentage. Without big home run power, Del Cid wasn’t typically in MVP conversations. He did win Silver Sluggers in 2003, 2005, and 2006 in center field, followed by left field wins in 2008, 2009, and 2010. Del Cid’s four Gold Glove wins came from 2007-10 upon moving to LF. Cali saw some success early in Del Cid’s run, getting wild cards from 2002-04 and in 2007. Their deepest runs would be Bolivar League Championship Series defeats in 2004 and 2007. The Cyclones were generally mediocre for the next decade after that with their lone playoff appearance being a first round loss in 2015. Despite his popularity, Del Cid did get some blame as his playoff numbers were mediocre. He accepted the responsibility, posting 26 playoff starts for Cali with a .245/.264/.368 slash, 69 wRC+, and -0.1 WAR. Del Cid fared better as a captain for Colombia in the World Baseball Championship from 2002-17. In 163 games and 153 starts, Del Cid had 155 hits, 77 runs, 24 doubles, 5 triples, 17 home runs, 64 RBI, 81 walks, 79 stolen bases, .278/.373/.430 slash, 130 wRC+, and 4.1 WAR. He had 20 steals in their 2010 runner-up finish against the United States, which is one of only 27 times in WBC history that a player stole 20+ bags in the event. Colombia also notably took third in 2006. Cali signed Del Cid to an eight-year, $42,520,000 extension after the 2006 season. He led with 48 doubles in 2008 and had the best OBP in 2010, 2011, and 2013. 2010 was his finest season with league and career bests in batting average (.393), OBP (.453), OPS (1.131), wRC+ (190), and WAR (9.7). At the time, it was the 5^th-best average and 8^th-best OBP in a BSA season. Del Cid also had career bests in runs (111), hits (226), and steals (71) and he saw his lone cycle in a game against Bogota. Del Cid was third in MVP voting, his only time as a finalist. Del Cid carried on leading the Cyclones even if they were underwhelming in the 2010s. Cali gave him a three-year, $33,300,000 extension after the 2014 season. He production dipped slightly, but he was still a solid starter even in his final years for Cali. In 2017, Del Cid became the 12^th member of the 3000 hit club and the 16^th to 1500 runs scored. His Cali run had an unfortunate ending with a broken kneecap suffered in September 2017. The Cyclones didn’t re-sign him after that, but Del Cid still wanted to play. Santiago gave him a shot at two years and $14,600,000, but Del Cid struggled and was reduced to a part-time role with -0.6 WAR over 126 games and 52 starts in 2018. He retired that winter at age 39 and immediately had his #40 uniform retired by Cali. Del Cid had 2515 games, 3072 hits, 1544 runs, 516 doubles, 233 triples, 402 home runs, 1491 RBI, 815 walks, 867 stolen bases, .341/.394/.584 slash, 154 wRC+, and 89.6 WAR. As of 2037, Del Cid ranks 62^nd in games, 20^th in runs, 17^th in hits, 13^th in doubles, 39^th in triples, 21^st in total bases (5260), 51^st in walks, and 59^th in WAR among position players. Among BSA batters with 3000+ plate appearances, Del Cid ranks 34^th in batting average, 20^th in on-base percentage, 71^st in slugging, and his .978 OPS ranks 34^th. Among all world Hall of Famers as of 2037, Del Cid ranks 21^st in batting average and 49^th in OBP. Few players were as reliably consistent at the plate, but Del Cid does fall outside of the true inner circle between the lack of home run power and his poor playoff stats. As a person though, Del Cid’s character is above reproach. He’s a Hall of Fame lock anyway you look at it and would headline most classes. With Beisbol Sudamerica’s loaded 2024 group, he had the second highest percentage with 96.0%. Samuel Alves – Starting Pitcher – Recife Retrievers – 94.8% First Ballot Samuel Alves was a 6’1’’, 190 pound right-handed pitcher from Anapolis, a city of around 400,000 people in central Brazil. Alves had good-to-great stuff and movement along with excellent control. He had a 97-99 mph fastball and a strong slider as his main two offerings, along with a curveball and changeup. Alves’ stamina was below average relative to most BSA aces with decent durability. He was good at holding runners and was below average defensively. Alves was picked fourth overall by Recife in the 2004 BSA Draft and spent his entire 14-year pro career with the Retrievers. He was a full-timer right away and took second in Rookie of the Year voting in 2005. Alves had impressive efficiency right away despite not having as many innings as some contemporaries. 2006-14 had nine straight seasons above 4.5 WAR with four seasons above 6+. Recife became a regular contender in 2009, ending an eight-year playoff drought. They had three straight berths from 2009-11, then had a nine year postseason streak from 2013-21. Alves helped the Retrievers become a winner and started to get his first awards consideration. In 2010, Alves would toss a no-hitter on April 7 with 12 strikeouts and two walks against Belo Horizonte. He led the Southern Cone League with 7.3 WAR, finishing third in Pitcher of the Year voting. The Retrievers fell in the 2009 LCS to Salvador, but earned back-to-back Southern Cone pennants in 2010 over Fortaleza and in 2011 over Cordoba. Recife would fall in both Copa Sudamerica trips as Santa Cruz completed a three-peat in 2010, followed by a 2011 title for Valencia. Alves’ playoff stats were merely okay these years, but his overall production earned him a five-year, $46,800,000 extension after the 2011 campaign. He had a 3.95 ERA in the 2010 Baseball Grand Championship and a 2.57 ERA run in 2011 with the Retrievers in the middle of the standings both tries. Alves had the ERA title at 2.31 in 2011, but did lose awards consideration as he missed six weeks to shoulder tendinitis. He took third in 2012 and 2013’s Pitcher of the Year voting, despite leading with 6.6 WAR in 2013. In 2014, Alves took the top honor with a league and career-best 1.88 ERA. Recife fell in both 2013 and 2014 in the LCS to Fortaleza, although Alves had a fairly solid showing both years. A hamstring strain cost Alves more than half of the 2015 season, but he was back for the autumn. Recife finally won Copa Sudamerica, upsetting top seed Montevideo in the LCS and beating Callao for the overall title. Alves had a 3.60 ERA over 25 playoff innings and 16 strikeouts. He had an excellent 1.50 ERA over 36 innings with 47 strikeouts though in the Baseball Grand Championship. Recife would go 10-9 in a three-way tie for sixth. His career playoff numbers were fairly average with 162.1 innings, 3.44 ERA, 8-6 record, 140 strikeouts, 28 walks, 106 ERA+, and 2.5 WAR. Recife’s playoff streak continued, but the deepest they got in the following three years was an LCS loss in 2017. Alves did have good BGC numbers with a 2.32 ERA over 77.2 innings, 97 strikeouts, and 2.6 WAR. Alves did see very strong numbers as a regular for Brazil in the World Baseball Championship. From 2005-17, he had 180 innings with a 12-5 record, 2.80 ERA, 192 strikeouts, 24 walks, and 6.0 WAR. He ranks fifth in pitching WAR among Brazilians in the event. Their best finish with Alves was a third place in 2016, which had a 1.78 ERA over 25.1 innings. Brazil also won division titles in 2006 and 2014. These efforts helped Alves’ notoriety and popularity with Brazilian fans. After the 2015 season heading towards age 34, Alves signed a five-year, $53,700,000 extension with Recife. He had a good 2016 and a decent 2017, although his velocity notably began to dip. Alves’ strong control kept him effective, but he had a further drop down to the 91-93 mph range by 2018. He posted below average results and retired that winter at age 36. The Retrievers quickly honored Alves and retired his #26 uniform. Alves finished with a 193-110 record, 2.61 ERA, 2806.2 innings, 2745 strikeouts, 348 walks, 268/357 quality starts, 46 complete games, 14 shutouts, 138 ERA+, and 70.9 WAR. Because of a relatively low inning tally, Alves ranks fairly low in counting stats. As of 2037, he is 88^th in wins and misses the top 100 in innings or strikeouts. Alves does sit 75^th in WAR among position players and among all pitchers with 1000+ innings, Alves’ 0.97 WHIP is 66^th and his 1.12 BB/9 is 41st Advanced stats like ERA+ (138) and FIP- (75) firmly place him as elite, even if the accumulations didn’t. Most voters gave him some credit for Recife’s sustained success and for his WBC efforts with Brazil. Add in two ERA titles and a Pitcher of the Year award, and Alves’s resume was plenty strong. At 94.8%, he capped off an impressive three-player Hall of Fame class in 2024 for Beisbol Sudamerica. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports The Level Playing Field: Alternate MLB History From 1884-Onward Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)