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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4304411, member: 1969"]
Santana was really good at his peak with the Minnesota Twins.   His 3 year peak period was basically on par with Degrom's (2018-2020).   Not sure you can say he was pitching on a much different level than peak Santana.   It was very close.

They each had 2 CY's + 1 3rd.   Their ERA+ (ERA adjusted to era, were very close with slight edge to Degrom).   Santana also led the league in ERA+ and strikeout rate in all 3 of those years -- Degrom did not.

Santana also won a gold glove during that run, but I generally feel the impact a pitcher makes with fielding is not too material -- unless you are a total butcher in the field.

The one clear outlier for Degrom is his outrageous start to 2021 which was out of the world and would have liked to see how it finished.   But ultimately it was only a 90 inning season -- a really special 90 innings.

Santana would go on to have 4 solid years after 2006 (two top 5 finishes, 3 all star appearances) to basically end his career at the age of 31.    And still he only got 2.4% of the vote.    Degrom right now is probably on par with where Santana was after 2007 or 2008, and Santana was solid for 2 or 3 years, but never special agian.

The Santana example was meant to show that even with dominant years, you need some longevity to get in the hall.   He wasn't even close.   I'm fairly certain Degrom will surpass Santana's career value, but he needs some fine seasons to get from 2.4% in to 75% in.

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