While the discussion of whether or not he’s a Hall of Famer will continue for at least the next five years, I was wondering if our readers had any thoughts about Schilling from a fantasy perspective. The strikeouts were huge — over 3,000 of them — and he did have three 20-win seasons with the Diamondbacks.

But when it comes to a borderline candidate such as Schilling, perhaps the postseason record breaks the tie in his favor. I’m on record as giving the thumbs-down to Mike Mussina’s candidacy. In doing so, I pointed out Mussina ranked behind three other right-handed starters of his era (Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez and Greg Maddux) and arguably behind Schilling and John Smoltz as well. Although Schilling has 54 fewer wins than Mussina, he also has a better ERA+ (127 versus 123), plus more strikeouts in fewer innings.