Sorry but Arenado is not close to Schmidt or Brett by any stretch of the imagination. Arenado is currently the best fielding 3B in baseball. HOF consideration requires 10 years of service. Hence my noting he needs another half-decade to determine his career trajectory. MLB is littered with really good players who weren't HOFers. Eric Chavez won 6 GG. Another GG and Arenado is his equal. Schmidt won 10 GG.

The current and previous PED eras eviscerated offensive production benchmarks. Schmidt led the NL in HR for 8 years. He was a 3-time MVP and completed his career with 1,595 RBI and 548 HR. Bonds, A-Rod, Sosa, McGwire, and on and on all "juiced" their way to gaudy stats. Hank Aaron never had a 50-HR season but look how many players benefitted from PEDs. Blackmon is just another exhibit. Altuve's 24 HR exceeded his HR production of his first 4 full years combined. 6-8 HR to 24? It's a wink-and-a-nod in MLB. Just like Olympic sports, NFL, etc. State of the game.