There will be those who immediately feel odd about this, somehow feel like Giancarlo Stanton isn't a Hall of Famer. But if the New York Yankees slugger continues on his current track, and not even for all that much longer, he's almost a no-doubt selection. It all comes down to one magic number: 500.

New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone says Giancarlo Stanton is nearing a return to the outfield for the first time in nearly two years.

Aaron Judge is limited to being the Yankees’ designated hitter right now, as he works his way back from a right flexor tendon strain. The only way to get Stanton’s bat in the lineup is for him to play the outfield,