Will there be a Moose call to the Hall? (plus organizational rankings)

If Jim Palmer is a Hall of Famer, then former Orioles right-hander Mike Mussina should be in the Hall as well, in my opinion.

Palmer: 268 wins, 125 ERA+, 1.180 WHIP, three Cy Young Awards
Mussina: 270 wins, 123 ERA+, 1.192 WHIP, zero Cy Young Awards

Palmer was an eight-time 20-game winner to just once for Mussina. But Palmer also got more chances for wins, pitching in four-man rotations. He made 38 or more starts five times. Mussina made 36 starts once and made 34 in a season three times.

But Palmer still won more games per start. By my math, Palmer averaged 0.514 wins per every career start to 0.504 for Mussina.

I don't put Mussina on Palmer's level, but it is probably closer than most might think. Plus, Mussina did pitch in the so-called "steroid era" facing who knows how many hitters that used performance-enhancing drugs to try and beat him.

When elected to the Hall of Fame in 1990, Palmer got 92.6 percent of the vote, which is the 24th-most all-time. Mussina last year got 43.0 percent of the vote, well short of the 75.0 percent to gain election. In the latest voting announced last night, Mussina's voting percentage increased to 51.8.

Ranking by percentage of the vote the four Hall of Famers that played the majority or all of their careers with the Orioles:

98.5 percent - Cal Ripken Jr., elected in 2007
92.6 percent - Jim Palmer, elected in 1990
92.0 percent - Brooks Robinson, elected in 1983
85.3 percent - Eddie Murray, elected in 2003

Frank Robinson, who played 10 years with Cincinnati and six in Baltimore, got 89.2 percent and was elected in 1982. Manager Earl Weaver was elected in 1996.

Ripken's voting percentage is the fourth-most all-time behind Ken Griffey Jr., who got 99.3 percent last year, Tom Seaver, who got 98.8 percent in 1992, and Nolan Ryan, who got 98.8 percent in 1999.

Tim Raines, Jeff Bagwell and Ivan Rodriguez were elected to the Hall of Fame last night.

Mussina didn't join Palmer as a Hall of Famer Wednesday night, but with his voting percentage trending up, it appears that his day will come.

The O's farm: In his latest major league farm system rankings, ESPN's Keith Law rated the Orioles' farm system No. 25 out of the 30 teams in baseball, ahead of only the Diamondbacks, Marlins, Mariners, Angels and Royals. The Orioles were No. 27 on this list last year.

You can see the rankings here (insider subscription required). The teams ranked 21 through 30 were released yesterday in a three-part release of all big league club's systems.

Baseball America has not released its new organizational rankings, but the Orioles were No. 27 on their list released last February.

I have said often that the organization rankings to me greatly reflect the number of players a club has that are considered elite prospects - those that are ranked in national top 100 lists.

In February 2014, Baseball America ranked the Orioles at No. 12 on their list. At the time, coming off the 2013 season, three Orioles prospects ranked in the top 100, with Dylan Bundy at No. 15, Kevin Gausman at No. 20 and Eduardo Rodriguez at No. 65. That is three among the first 65 and two among the top 20. That trio led the O's to the No. 12 ranking just a few years ago. These lists are cyclical - a snapshot in time - and the Orioles certainly can climb in the ratings over the next few years.

Here was the top 10 Orioles prospects list at the end of 2013:

Dylan Bundy
Kevin Gausman
Eduardo Rodriguez
Hunter Harvey
Jonathan Schoop
Tim Berry
Henry Urrutia
Mike Wright
Michael Ohlman
Chance Sisco

Was No. 25 a fair ranking for the Orioles right now?

The joy of getting that call to the Hall:

I have no words, best call ever! A dream that came true today! So thankful! Thank you thank you God bless you all #Pudge7HOF pic.twitter.com/Od0bNONZjv

-- Ivan Pudge Rodriguez (@Pudge_Rodriguez) January 18, 2017