Name: 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot: Who Should Be In?
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So, uh, let's take a look at some first time members on the ballot here and you know, when you look at it, there's, there's a funny, uh, Twitter handle of the hall of very good. It does seem like there's a lot of the hall of very good with Braun and Chu and Encarnacion, uh, Cole Hammels. I can't even all these names, none of them are getting in. I don't even know why I'm even going down this road, so. Uh, those are the names right there, some of them, and then Kendrick, Markakis, Daniel Murphy, Pence, Porcello, Kemp, no, no Hall of Famers are getting in, uh, from any of that. So let's go to some possibilities here. I think the one that's going to get in, I can give you my opinion, sure, but I do think Andrew Jones is gonna get voted in the Hall of Fame this year, so he will be one. It would be like. Yeah, I think he will. So that'll be the one, and I do think, you know, Dale Murphy will get in through the committee, so they'll have two Braves going in. They'll make it a whole Braves thing, you know, they, they're not stupid, they know how to do these things. Uh, let's, let's focus on Carlos Beltran, who had 2700 career hits, over 400 home runs. He's, uh, on the ballot here again and had he not had the, you know, cheating stuff with Houston, he'd be in already. I mean, I don't think there's any question about that. He's got the numbers to do it. But I think that that's why he was held back at least initially, and I do feel like he'll get in the Hall of Fame, but what do you think? Is this a time for him? I think this is the year for the, the reasons that you kind of laid out as well, right? There there's not a lot of other players that I think are are pulling for your vote and you start to look across, and I think it it allows these voters to maybe re-examine. A bit more of some of the guys that were on the fringes or, or that are close. I mean, when you look at from a war perspective, from an F4 perspective on Fangraf's side, 67, uh, with Carlos Beltran, but it's also the different ways he impacted the game, right? I mean, to be a switch hitter, uh, his legs were an impact at times, the defense was an impact at times. He could slug, you could hit for average. I mean, it's just one of the archetypes of players that you just, you dream of having and, um, doing it for as long as he did. I think the consistency. I, I feel like I was gonna ask you, do you, do you feel like it's really just because it's also 70B war as well when you look at it from that perspective. Yeah, he didn't win the MVP, but the accumulation there, is it really just the Astros thing you think that's holding him out at this course? Yes, yes, of course. So, so, yes, that's part of it, but the other part of it is that what is the, what is the lasting memory of that incident? It's not of him cheating and getting caught. It's, I, I think if I'm not mistaken, it's him being named the Mets manager and then not being the Mets manager, right? Like that, that's the, that's the last thing that happened to Carlos Beltran. So I think when people are trying to live in the moment, they say to themselves, yeah, I mean Beltran was a great player and it, it had, and by the way, had it just happened at that and that's it, and he retired and he like Brian McCanned it. Like, OK, like we just never hear about it again, and now we start evaluating, but the dude was named the manager of the Mets and then like resign, like had to resign, like quick after that. And, and I think that that's part of the equation. Do I think he's still a Hall of Famer? Do I think Altuve is? Do I think maybe Bregman or Correa will be? Yes, all of those guys. I'm, I'm fine with it. Uh, AJ Hinch, I mean, he's one of the best managers in baseball. He got another job and look what he did for Detroit. Like, I mean, come on, it's ridiculous already, but I do think. I do think that's what's holding him back.

2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot: Who Should Be In?

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