All the crotchety gatekeepers of the Baseball Hall of Fame had a rough go of it on Tuesday night.

With the announcement that Scott Rolen was the only player of this year’s selection process to be inducted into Cooperstown, the complaints could be heard from every corner of the internet.

Here’s the song of the gatekeepers who preferred Rolen not get in: “It’s not the Hall of Very Good!”

No, it’s not, and to pretend that Rolen was merely “very good” is ignorant.

If it was the Hall of Very Good, Robin Ventura would be in there, Jeff Kent wouldn’t have come nearly 30% of the votes short in his final year on the ballot, and guys like Bobby Abreu and Torii Hunter, who each received less than 16% of the vote, would be shoe-ins.

What if we broke it down like this: If David Wright never suffered spinal stenosis that forced him to play in his last All-Star Game at 30, would he have been a Hall of Famer?

Of course. He was an elite defensive third baseman and a top-20 hitter almost every season.

And his numbers were nearly identical to Rolen’s, except Rolen was at the top of his game for 14 seasons, not 10.

If Nolan Arenado’s career ended today, would he be a Hall of Famer? Not quite, but his numbers are nearly identical to Rolen’s through his age 31 season, and with a few more strong years, Arenado should punch his ticket to Cooperstown with a similar resume.

So why are some people so upset that Rolen, an eight-time Gold Glove Award winner at third base and a seven-time All-Star who finished with a career .281 average and .855 OPS, is going to Cooperstown?

Here’s a guess: some folks just don’t care for well-rounded players.

The guys who played great defense and hit really well aren’t as exciting to the guys who simply do one thing at an all-worldly level.

Some would rather celebrate the pure power of Jim Thome or the dazzling glove work of Ozzie Smith.

That’s fine. Nothing wrong with that. Thome and Smith got in. So did Frank Thomas, David Ortiz, Edgar Martinez and a handful of others who were amongst the best hitters of all-time, yet offered little on the defensive side.

But as we’ve evolved in the sport, we’ve realized how important the two-way player really is.

Teams are winning with pitching and defense. Making contact matters. Moving runners matters. Running the bases intelligently matters.

We now have a way to measure players in a way we never did before, and that’s why guys like Rolen are getting in, and why Todd Helton, a three-time Gold Glove winner at first base who finished with a career .953 OPS, 12th-best of all-time (min. 2,000 games), and Carlos Beltran, an elite center fielder who had power and speed, are sure to be right behind Rolen in the coming years.

Helton, in his fifth year on the ballot, received 72.2% of the vote, a sure sign that he’ll be named a Hall of Famer as soon as next year.

Beltran, in his first year on the ballot, received 46.5% of the vote, another sure sign that he’ll hear his name called sometime soon, despite his ties to the 2017 Astros’ sign-stealing scandal.

Helton and Beltran were often the most feared hitters in their lineups and were just as good on defense.

One could make the argument Andruw Jones deserves entry for the same reason, though Jones couldn’t stay on the field in his 30s, leading to him getting 58.1% of the vote in his sixth year on the ballot.

Chances are, Helton, Jones and Beltran will get in at some point.

Billy Wagner, who received 68.1% of the vote in his eighth year, is on the verge, and Gary Sheffield, with 55% of the vote in his ninth year, is in danger of falling just short.

Two players who have a steep hill to climb are Alex Rodriguez, who received 35.7% of the vote in his second year, and Manny Ramirez, who received 33.2% in his seventh year.

Guys who were busted for steroids and/or admitted to using them simply aren’t getting in, not via the writers’ vote and not via the veterans committee.

Bottom line, the Hall of Fame is a place to celebrate players worthy of being celebrated, and too many prefer not celebrate those who blatantly and meaningfully cheated, even if the sport has been ripe with controversy throughout its history.

Just don’t say it’s becoming the Hall of Very Good merely because the writers, just like front office executives, are finally recognizing that players who are masterful on defense are worthy of celebration, too.

Here’s the final tally from Tuesday:

Scott Rolen 297 (76.3%), Todd Helton 281 (72.2), Billy Wagner 265 (68.1), Andruw Jones 226 (58.1), Gary Sheffield 214 (55.0), Carlos Beltrán 181 (46.5), Jeff Kent 181 (46.5), Álex Rodríguez 139 (35.7), Manny Ramírez 129 (33.2), Omar Vizquel 76 (19.5), Andy Pettitte 66 (17.0), Bobby Abreu 60 (15.4), Jimmy Rollins 50 (12.9), Mark Buehrle 42 (10.8), Francisco Rodríguez 42 (10.8), Torii Hunter 27 (6.9),  Bronson Arroyo 1 (0.3), R.A. Dickey 1 (0.3), John Lackey 1 (0.3), Mike Napoli 1 (0.3), Huston Street 1 (0.3), Matt Cain 0, Jacoby Ellsbury 0, Andre Ethier 0, J.J. Hardy 0, Jhonny Peralta 0, Jered Weaver 0, Jayson Werth 0.