I’m going to skip Brian McCann. He wasn’t a bad player, pretty similar numbers to fellow catcher Russell Martin, but Martin was a Blue Jay.
McCann played 15 seasons in the MLB, with the Braves, Yankees, Astros and back with the Braves. In 1755 games he had a .262/.337/.452 line with 282 home runs and a 32.0 bWAR.
He made seven All-Star teams, won six Silver Sluggers, and got MVP votes twice (21st and 24th in voting).
Brian had one season with a bWAR over 5. and only one other with a value over 4.
And he appeared in the playoffs eight times, picking up one World Series ring (tainted) with the Astros. In 39 games he hit .172/.252/.297.
I’m going to try to overcome my dislike of Dustin Pedroia. He played 14 seasons for the Red Sox, hit .299/.365/.439 with 140 home runs and a 51.9 bWAR.
He won the Rookie of the Year in 2007 and the MVP in 2008. He got MVP votes twice more (finishing seventh and ninth), made four All-Star teams, won four Gold Gloves and had one Silver Slugger.
He had bWARs over 5.0 six times, topping out at 8.0 in 2011 when he hit .307/.387/.474 with 21 home runs and 26 steals. He also had a 7.0 bWAR in 2008.
Dustin made the playoffs in six seasons and has two World Series rings. He hit .233/.313/.374 in the playoffs.
He had a very high peak, but as I said, although he had 14 seasons in the MLB, three of them (his first and last two) added only 40 games to his total. He was basically out of baseball at 34. His career ended with a takeout slide by Manny Machado.
I figure there are enough Boston writers on the BBWAA that Dustin has no worries about being a one-and-done. Without the injury, he’d likely have a good chance to make the Hall, but then there are a hundred guys like that.