Read a brief piece the THT about Buehrle's no-hitter, and the writer mentioned something I'd already been thinking about--Buehrle is possibly on track for 300 wins. He's 30, and has 133 career wins. He's on a pace to end up with 18 to 20 wins this year, which would give him 140 to 142 for his career. If he can pitch effectively another 10 years (till he's 40, which several pitchers have managed to do in recent years) and average 15 wins a year (which he basically has done so far, if you leave out his rookie year, when he only had 3 starts), he'd be at 290 to 292 wins. And if he's still effective at age 40 and only 8 or 10 wins away from 300, he'd almost certainly come back at age 41.
It's odd; I've never thought of him as a potential 300 game winner, or HoFer (and if he wins 300 games, he'll surely get in) but if you look at the numbers, it's certainly possible. Understand that of course, he most likely won't last till he's 40, or still be effective even if he's still hanging around (and even if he does last that long and is effective, he still might not average 15 wins a year), but it's possible.
