2026 HOF

[nate82]

 Not even worth posting a link.  While I love Andruw Jones.  I am not sure he is HOF worthy.  Beltran the same.

[Frisbee Slider]

Jones is a 10x gold glove winner with a 7-year peak WAR that compares favorably to many HoF center fielders.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/jaws_CF.shtml

Beltran was 9x All Star and compares favorably to Jones.

[owbc]

I'm glad to see both of them get in. Also happy to see Felix Hernandez make a big jump. 

Ryan Braun (3.5%) falls off the ballot after failing to reach the 5% threshold. His career 47.2 bWAR, ROY, and MVP would have made for an interesting borderline case, but a PED admission is an automatic disqualification in the eyes of most voters. 

 

 

[CheeseheadInQC]

I doubt he makes it, but since given his rise this year it is conceivable, how would they justify keeping Bonds and Clemens out if Pettitte ends up getting elected next year?

[LouisEly]

Beltran had 435 HRs and a career OPS of .837; for a CF, that's really good.  Career bWAR of 70.

Yes, there's some longevity involved, but he was a 2.2 bWAR player and had an .850 OPS as a 39-year-old.  He wasn't just hanging on in mediocrity.

[markedman5]

Thought this was interesting 

 

[nate82]

13 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Thought this was interesting 

 

It’s because he didn’t change his middle name to Diego.