He's absolutely in the conversation. His baseball-reference page is sexy. MVP, GG, 6 All-stars, Top 10 MVP voting in 6 seasons. Career .303/.416/.573/.937(!) slash line. If he can finish strong over the next 3 seasons and get the old school HR and RBI totals up a bit I'd think he'd be a strong contender. Especially because there's not a lot of HoF contenders coming down the pipes. Miggy Cabs, Pujols, and Verlander will retire a year or two before him and be first ballot. After that it's pretty thin with Trout still playing for a decade.
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