The standards won ' t be lowered that much , hopefully . Posada had a great career but to me he ' s nowhere near the group of catchers currently in the Hall . Of course there are a few guys who are in on questionable resumes , but those are mostly all decades past . Getting in as a catcher has only gotten more difficult . I think it ' s crazy that Pudge wouldn ' t be a first balloter , but you ' re probably right . Such is the nature of entering the Hall as a catcher . Posada is entirely outclassed statistically by just about every catcher in after the 60 s . Specifically thinking of guys like Bench , Carter , Piazza , Berra , and Fisk . The standards of admission would have to be reduced quite a bit for catchers that aren ' t in that historical toptier to be admitted .