2026 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released...

[posty 2,822]

The fifteen returning from the last ballot:

Carlos Beltrán -- 4th -- 70.3%
Andruw Jones -- 9th -- 66.2%
Chase Utley -- 3rd -- 39.8%
Félix Hernández -- 2nd -- 20.6%
Andy Pettitte -- 8th -- 27.9%
Alex Rodriguez -- 5th -- 37.1%
Manny Ramirez -- 10th -- 34.3%
Bobby Abreu -- 7th -- 19.5%
Jimmy Rollins -- 5th -- 18%
Omar Vizquel -- 9th -- 17.8%
Dustin Pedroia -- 2nd -- 11.9%
Mark Buehrle -- 6th -- 11.4%
Francisco Rodríguez -- 4th -- 10.2%
David Wright -- 3rd -- 8.1%
Torii Hunter -- 6th -- 5.1%

Twelve newcomers to the ballot:

Cole Hamels

Ryan Braun

Shin-Soo Choo

Alex Gordon

Matt Kemp

Nick Markakis

Hunter Pence

Edwin Encarnación

Howie Kendrick

Daniel Murphy

Gio Gonzalez

Rick Porcello

[thegeneral 3,648]

15 minutes ago, posty said:

The fifteen returning from the last ballot:

Carlos Beltrán -- 4th -- 70.3%
Andruw Jones -- 9th -- 66.2%
Chase Utley -- 3rd -- 39.8%
Félix Hernández -- 2nd -- 20.6%
Andy Pettitte -- 8th -- 27.9%
Alex Rodriguez -- 5th -- 37.1%
Manny Ramirez -- 10th -- 34.3%
Bobby Abreu -- 7th -- 19.5%
Jimmy Rollins -- 5th -- 18%
Omar Vizquel -- 9th -- 17.8%
Dustin Pedroia -- 2nd -- 11.9%
Mark Buehrle -- 6th -- 11.4%
Francisco Rodríguez -- 4th -- 10.2%
David Wright -- 3rd -- 8.1%
Torii Hunter -- 6th -- 5.1%

Twelve newcomers to the ballot:

Cole Hamels

Ryan Braun

Shin-Soo Choo

Alex Gordon

Matt Kemp

Nick Markakis

Hunter Pence

Edwin Encarnación

Howie Kendrick

Daniel Murphy

Gio Gonzalez

Rick Porcello

Pretty lean classes here.  None of the new guys should sniff the hall. Maybe Cole Hamels. Removing the steroid guys (I’d put them in but that’s a whole other thing) I’d say Andruw Jones and Felix should be in.

Without looking at numbers and doing any actual research I’d have thought Omar V  was higher.

On a side note have met Hunter Pence a few times through work. Awesome dude! 

[WhiteWonder 2,937]

talk about a ton of blah.  Beltran and Jones should make it over any of the new names aside from maybe Hamels when you include his postseason success. 

Gio Gonzalez? 

[HellToupee 2,271]

This is the hall of pretty good class

[thegeneral 3,648]

38 minutes ago, HellToupee said:

This is the hall of pretty good class

That’s being generous. Not even Rick Porcello’s Mom <insert everyone banged her joke here> is thinking he gets a vote!