The Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2018 will be announced in January with a select few finalists earning their bronze likenesses in Cooperstown. What about the ones who don't make the cut?

With the steroid-era players littering the ballot lists yet struggling to make their way in, there is no shortage of big names whose numbers suggest greatness but whose perceived transgressions — or something else entirely — have prevented their enshrinement. Here, we list the best retired players who are eligible for enshrinement but are not in the Hall of Fame.