The 2026 Contemporary Baseball Era ballot has been revealed
November 3, 2025
The 2026 Contemporary Baseball Era ballot has been revealed
37 comments
St. Fernando getting it would be perfect
Extreme lol at no Schilling
Just do it, the discourse about him being in will fade faster than the discourse about him not being in.
Delgado getting in would ease the sting of this weekend
This looks so interesting. The Bonds and Clemens verdict could change a lot for future candidates
Ooooh this’ll be fun lol
I feel like Rose understandably got much more attention, but if they put Joe Jackson in it’s really a travesty Bonds isn’t in. Nothing could be more damaging to the integrity of the sport than conspiring with the mafia to throw the World Series, and that’s really the only argument I see against Bonds.
That said, I think Bonds had a much better chance with Writers than the VC. Many of the voters are pitchers he faced/hitters affected by the blight of steroids.
This is going to be SPICY
Is that the guy who played Survivor against Jonathan Penner?
Sheffield should go in for his batting stance alone.
On a more serious note: 509 dingers is 27th best of all time.
How does Lou Whitaker not even make the ballot?!
19 year career all with one team forming a double play tandem with HOFer Alan Trammell. 75.1 bWAR for those who like WAR and 2369 hits, 1386 runs, and 1084 RBI for those who like counting stats. Rookie of the Year, World Series Champion, 5x All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, 4x Silver Slugger. He’s flat out a Hall of Famer, let alone being worthy of this ballot.
Still no Kenny Lofton…
Beltran and Ortiz being in the HoF but not Bonds and Clemens would be completely discrediting.
Donnie Baseball please and thank you.
Why is Sheffield in a Tigers hat? Seems like the wrong choice here.
Get poor Donnie Baseball a consolation prize!
Where is Sweet Lou Whitaker?
A huge factor will be who is on the committee to vote.
You’ve got the two steroid guys + Sheffield who all probably don’t get in. You’ve got Valenzuela, who numbers-wise probably has the weakest argument of the bunch, but is extremely famous (though Maris didn’t make it in last time, who has a similarish case)
You’ve once again got Donnie and Dale. They’ve been passed over multiple times but I don’t think the hall of fame is any worse off for including them. Feels like with the amount of chances they get, they’ll get in eventually, might as well unclog and get them in.
Then you have Jeff Kent who has the highest WAR of this group outside of the steroid guys. He was prickly but has the most homers ever by a 2B record and an MVP.
Delgado has a lot of home runs and RBI, doesn’t really have the hardware, but also don’t recall him being linked to steroids. He was a one and done on the ballot unlike everyone else in this group.
My guess is Murphy and Kent make it, and possibly Mattingly.
Weird to think that if the Jays got two more outs, Mattingly might have both a ring and induction in the same year. It wouldn’t surprise me to hear his name being called in December
Keith Hernandez not being in the HoF is a travesty
I’m of no mind personally on Bonds and Clemens getting in. What I will say, however, is excluding them from the Hall while inducting people like David Ortiz and Bud Selig is interesting to say the least
Raise Hell, vote Dale
Dale Murphy is a hall of famer, damnit
Delgado, Dale, and Gary are three players I definitely think should get some consideration.
I will never understand the Don Mattingly situation.
There are tons of “what if” players that would’ve had slam dunk hof careers if not for injuries. Why is his case treated as so special?
Bonds and Clemens are such a funny case because baseball writers wanted to put in Roger but they knew they couldn’t without putting in Bonds too lol
Will this committee say eff it and put them both in I wonder
Gods, Delgado deserves to be there!
Brother why wont anyone put Thurman Munson
if Jeff Kent makes it but Bonds dosent, they should just shut the hall down.
It’s always interesting to see which guys get picked for this ballot. So many guys to choose from in that 1980s-present window.
Kevin Appier, Kevin Brown, David Cone, Will Clark, Chuck Finley, Orel Hershiser, Mark McGwire, John Olerud, Rafael Palmeiro, Bret Saberhagen, Sammy Sosa, Dave Stieb, Robin Ventura, David Wells, and Lou Whitaker just to name a few.
No Stieb
No Whitaker
Relitigating some cases that will absolutely not get in
What the fuck are we doing here
Still confused me how David Cone never got more consideration. He fell off the ballot quickly, despite being a 5x All Star and 5x World Series Champion, CY Young winner, multiple years as a strike out leader, and a perfect game.
Keith Hernandez needs to get in
I have a soft spot for Dale Murphy since that one poster came in and talked about him and his Hall of Fame chances. Iirc, he was Murphy’s nephew.
Honestly? Put the whole group in.
Fernando is such an interesting case. His stats are not enough, but few players had as much of a positive impact on baseball as sport.
The history of baseball is incomplete without the story of Fernando
37 comments
St. Fernando getting it would be perfect
Extreme lol at no Schilling
Just do it, the discourse about him being in will fade faster than the discourse about him not being in.
Delgado getting in would ease the sting of this weekend
This looks so interesting. The Bonds and Clemens verdict could change a lot for future candidates
Ooooh this’ll be fun lol
I feel like Rose understandably got much more attention, but if they put Joe Jackson in it’s really a travesty Bonds isn’t in. Nothing could be more damaging to the integrity of the sport than conspiring with the mafia to throw the World Series, and that’s really the only argument I see against Bonds.
That said, I think Bonds had a much better chance with Writers than the VC. Many of the voters are pitchers he faced/hitters affected by the blight of steroids.
This is going to be SPICY
Is that the guy who played Survivor against Jonathan Penner?
Sheffield should go in for his batting stance alone.
On a more serious note: 509 dingers is 27th best of all time.
How does Lou Whitaker not even make the ballot?!
19 year career all with one team forming a double play tandem with HOFer Alan Trammell. 75.1 bWAR for those who like WAR and 2369 hits, 1386 runs, and 1084 RBI for those who like counting stats. Rookie of the Year, World Series Champion, 5x All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, 4x Silver Slugger. He’s flat out a Hall of Famer, let alone being worthy of this ballot.
Still no Kenny Lofton…
Beltran and Ortiz being in the HoF but not Bonds and Clemens would be completely discrediting.
Donnie Baseball please and thank you.
Why is Sheffield in a Tigers hat? Seems like the wrong choice here.
Get poor Donnie Baseball a consolation prize!
Where is Sweet Lou Whitaker?
A huge factor will be who is on the committee to vote.
You’ve got the two steroid guys + Sheffield who all probably don’t get in. You’ve got Valenzuela, who numbers-wise probably has the weakest argument of the bunch, but is extremely famous (though Maris didn’t make it in last time, who has a similarish case)
You’ve once again got Donnie and Dale. They’ve been passed over multiple times but I don’t think the hall of fame is any worse off for including them. Feels like with the amount of chances they get, they’ll get in eventually, might as well unclog and get them in.
Then you have Jeff Kent who has the highest WAR of this group outside of the steroid guys. He was prickly but has the most homers ever by a 2B record and an MVP.
Delgado has a lot of home runs and RBI, doesn’t really have the hardware, but also don’t recall him being linked to steroids. He was a one and done on the ballot unlike everyone else in this group.
My guess is Murphy and Kent make it, and possibly Mattingly.
Weird to think that if the Jays got two more outs, Mattingly might have both a ring and induction in the same year. It wouldn’t surprise me to hear his name being called in December
Keith Hernandez not being in the HoF is a travesty
I’m of no mind personally on Bonds and Clemens getting in. What I will say, however, is excluding them from the Hall while inducting people like David Ortiz and Bud Selig is interesting to say the least
Raise Hell, vote Dale
Dale Murphy is a hall of famer, damnit
Delgado, Dale, and Gary are three players I definitely think should get some consideration.
I will never understand the Don Mattingly situation.
There are tons of “what if” players that would’ve had slam dunk hof careers if not for injuries. Why is his case treated as so special?
Bonds and Clemens are such a funny case because baseball writers wanted to put in Roger but they knew they couldn’t without putting in Bonds too lol
Will this committee say eff it and put them both in I wonder
Gods, Delgado deserves to be there!
Brother why wont anyone put Thurman Munson
if Jeff Kent makes it but Bonds dosent, they should just shut the hall down.
It’s always interesting to see which guys get picked for this ballot. So many guys to choose from in that 1980s-present window.
Kevin Appier, Kevin Brown, David Cone, Will Clark, Chuck Finley, Orel Hershiser, Mark McGwire, John Olerud, Rafael Palmeiro, Bret Saberhagen, Sammy Sosa, Dave Stieb, Robin Ventura, David Wells, and Lou Whitaker just to name a few.
No Stieb
No Whitaker
Relitigating some cases that will absolutely not get in
What the fuck are we doing here
Still confused me how David Cone never got more consideration. He fell off the ballot quickly, despite being a 5x All Star and 5x World Series Champion, CY Young winner, multiple years as a strike out leader, and a perfect game.
Keith Hernandez needs to get in
I have a soft spot for Dale Murphy since that one poster came in and talked about him and his Hall of Fame chances. Iirc, he was Murphy’s nephew.
Honestly? Put the whole group in.
Fernando is such an interesting case. His stats are not enough, but few players had as much of a positive impact on baseball as sport.
The history of baseball is incomplete without the story of Fernando
Fuck Bonds and Clemens. I hope they never get in.