Trekgeekscott
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The 2024 BBWAA ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be unveiled today. Returning names will include Todd Helton (6th year on the ballot), Billy Wagner (9th), Andruw Jones (7th), Gary Sheffield (10th and final), Alex Rodriguez (3rd), Manny Ramirez (8th), Omar Vizquel (7th), Andy Pettitte (6th), and Bobby Abreu (5th). Helton and Wagner each earned more than two-thirds of the vote on the previous ballot, and each has a solid chance to earn the necessary 75% of the vote this time around. Meanwhile, Sheffield will hope to jump from 55% to 75% in his final year on the ballot. Newcomers to the ballot will include Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Chase Utley, David Wright, Bartolo Colon, Matt Holliday, and José Bautista. Beltré is a likely Hall of Famer and has a chance to enter on his first ballot. Mauer and Utley aren’t as likely to reach the threshold for enshrinement right away, but they will hope to begin drumming up support for an eventual election. Finally, Wright, Colon, Holliday, and Bautista are long shots to enter the Hall, but with their various accolades and career accomplishments, they should earn enough support to remain on the ballot. Adrian Beltre yes. The rest. At least not right now. Now I think all the steroid era guys like Mcgwire, Bonds, Clemens, Sosa, Palmeiro, Ramirez, and ARoid etc should get more consideration. Sheffield included. Because they were the biggest stars in the sport at the time. And MLB looked the other way, egregiously, knowing full well there was massive abuse going on....and it took an act of congress to get MLB to take action on it. As for Mauer...which I am sure some people think should be a shoe in. I think he lingers on the ballot for a long time and doesn't end up making it.
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