The new ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2026!
November 17, 2025
The new ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2026!
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Ryan Braun hahahah
I can’t wait until Omar Vizquel finally falls off the ballot.
Andruw and Beltran should get in this year, based on last year’s vote totals. Hoping for a big jump for Utley.
Will be interesting to see how voters handle Hamels – I never felt like he FELT like a HOFer, but he’s got better numbers than a lot of guys who are in and his 08 postseason could be a differentiator between him and guys like Felix and Buerhle.
Also good time to note – it’s Manny’s last year on the ballot. .312/.411/.585 career hitter with 555 regular season and an MLB record 29 postseason homers.
Didn’t A-Rod have a steroid scandal too?
It’s going to be interesting to see how Hamels does. I doubt he falls off but he likely would have to stay on the ballot until Greinke, Kershaw, Scherzer, and Verlander are all in to have a shot. Eventually the standards for starting pitchers getting into the HOF will have to change or no one is ever going in again after the four mentioned. I don’t know if Cole is the guy that changes how voters view this sort of thing though.
Don’t see any Shin Soo-Choo-ins here.
wym Hall of Fame? these are the guys that are still playing everyday right……right guys….. its still 2012 right?????
Clearly his CY Young is gonna carry Rick porcello to the HOF
Not surprised that there aren’t really any new big names this year since not many people voluntarily retired after the 2020 season
I would like 4 new HOF inductees for the Phillies please and thank you
That is one underwhelming ballot right there.
Can’t wait for us to be past the steroid era ballots.
Lots of Hall of Very Good in this photo
A massive year for the Hall of Very Good and a pretty big one for the Hall of Character Concerns
Oh god im old.
King Felix!
Fuck Ryan Braun
Really hope Abreu makes some big gains this year. If the voters are going to keep out the steroid guys, then the least they could do induct the players they overshadowed.
Abreu averaged 4.8 bWAR, 104 R, 172 H, 39 2B, 21 HR, 97 RBI, 28 SB, 106 BB, and .301/.406/.497/.903 for *12 seasons* but he doesn’t have “HOF vibes” because the steroid guys kept bumping him out of the All Star game and MVP top-10.
I know he isn’t gonna make it but goddamn Pedroia is a hall of famer to me.
Buehrle time
VOTE FELIX IN YOU COWARDS!
When was the last time we had a year with 0 inductees?
LFG FELIX 👑
Baseball Reference lists their potential HOF Ballot as 10+ years of service time and a 10+ on their Hall of Fame Monitor metric. Chris Davis, Matt Wieters, Kelvin Herrera, Jason Kipnis, Edinson Volquez, and Jeff Samardzija qualified but didn’t make the actual ballot
Getting into the hall of fame as a second baseman is so dang difficult
If only David Wright stayed healthy. He was my childhood hero 😭
Gees…maybe Buehrle? The man never shook off a sign and pitched like he was late for something. Always liked Hunter too…I don’t know.
It’s Abreu Appreciation SZN.
Nick Markakis…
God damn it.
Fuck I hate getting old.
Better than the alternative I suppose.
Felix Hernandez wasn’t first ballot?? Wow
lol at Nick Markakis. Not sure he even makes the Hall of really good…
While I have HoF crowds attention… how would Johan Santana get in after being unjustly dumped? Veterans committee?
Man, I know King Felix is probably a Hall of Very Good player, but I sure hope he makes it in somehow. He was so fucking electric in his prime
Buehlre should be a first ballot everyday of the week and twice on Sunday. Guy was electric.
Andruw Jones should probably get it
And Felix Hernandez while not having the best stats and a shorter career was the only thing making Seattle baseball watchable for like a decade
ETA: I think Hernandez should be in, I know Cole Hamels has very similar numbers but Seattle had nothing other than Hernandez. The thing I get hung up on Hamels is that whenever I think about his career he is always at best the second best starter on his team. In Philly he was overshadowed by Halladay and Lee and then in Texas by Darvish
Been a life long fan of Hunter Pence and Felix but I know they won’t get in 🙁
King Félix was one of the few bright lights in a long, dark slog of an era for the Mariners. No matter how every season ended he’ll always be remembered as a legend in Seattle. I hope he gets in, he deserves it.
Andruw Jones, common man he should be in the hall for sure
All of Ryan Braun’s votes should go to Matt Kemp
Fuck Beltran
How is Andruw Jones not in there already?
Pedroia shoulda gotten in after a long excellent career if it wasn’t for some asshole cutting it short
45 comments
Ryan Braun hahahah
I can’t wait until Omar Vizquel finally falls off the ballot.
Andruw and Beltran should get in this year, based on last year’s vote totals. Hoping for a big jump for Utley.
Will be interesting to see how voters handle Hamels – I never felt like he FELT like a HOFer, but he’s got better numbers than a lot of guys who are in and his 08 postseason could be a differentiator between him and guys like Felix and Buerhle.
Also good time to note – it’s Manny’s last year on the ballot. .312/.411/.585 career hitter with 555 regular season and an MLB record 29 postseason homers.
Didn’t A-Rod have a steroid scandal too?
It’s going to be interesting to see how Hamels does. I doubt he falls off but he likely would have to stay on the ballot until Greinke, Kershaw, Scherzer, and Verlander are all in to have a shot. Eventually the standards for starting pitchers getting into the HOF will have to change or no one is ever going in again after the four mentioned. I don’t know if Cole is the guy that changes how voters view this sort of thing though.
Don’t see any Shin Soo-Choo-ins here.
wym Hall of Fame? these are the guys that are still playing everyday right……right guys….. its still 2012 right?????
Clearly his CY Young is gonna carry Rick porcello to the HOF
Not surprised that there aren’t really any new big names this year since not many people voluntarily retired after the 2020 season
I would like 4 new HOF inductees for the Phillies please and thank you
That is one underwhelming ballot right there.
Can’t wait for us to be past the steroid era ballots.
Lots of Hall of Very Good in this photo
A massive year for the Hall of Very Good and a pretty big one for the Hall of Character Concerns
Oh god im old.
King Felix!
Fuck Ryan Braun
Really hope Abreu makes some big gains this year. If the voters are going to keep out the steroid guys, then the least they could do induct the players they overshadowed.
Abreu averaged 4.8 bWAR, 104 R, 172 H, 39 2B, 21 HR, 97 RBI, 28 SB, 106 BB, and .301/.406/.497/.903 for *12 seasons* but he doesn’t have “HOF vibes” because the steroid guys kept bumping him out of the All Star game and MVP top-10.
I know he isn’t gonna make it but goddamn Pedroia is a hall of famer to me.
Buehrle time
VOTE FELIX IN YOU COWARDS!
When was the last time we had a year with 0 inductees?
LFG FELIX 👑
Baseball Reference lists their potential HOF Ballot as 10+ years of service time and a 10+ on their Hall of Fame Monitor metric. Chris Davis, Matt Wieters, Kelvin Herrera, Jason Kipnis, Edinson Volquez, and Jeff Samardzija qualified but didn’t make the actual ballot
Getting into the hall of fame as a second baseman is so dang difficult
If only David Wright stayed healthy. He was my childhood hero 😭
Gees…maybe Buehrle? The man never shook off a sign and pitched like he was late for something. Always liked Hunter too…I don’t know.
It’s Abreu Appreciation SZN.
Nick Markakis…
God damn it.
Fuck I hate getting old.
Better than the alternative I suppose.
Felix Hernandez wasn’t first ballot?? Wow
lol at Nick Markakis. Not sure he even makes the Hall of really good…
While I have HoF crowds attention… how would Johan Santana get in after being unjustly dumped? Veterans committee?
Man, I know King Felix is probably a Hall of Very Good player, but I sure hope he makes it in somehow. He was so fucking electric in his prime
Buehlre should be a first ballot everyday of the week and twice on Sunday. Guy was electric.
Andruw Jones should probably get it
And Felix Hernandez while not having the best stats and a shorter career was the only thing making Seattle baseball watchable for like a decade
ETA: I think Hernandez should be in, I know Cole Hamels has very similar numbers but Seattle had nothing other than Hernandez. The thing I get hung up on Hamels is that whenever I think about his career he is always at best the second best starter on his team. In Philly he was overshadowed by Halladay and Lee and then in Texas by Darvish
Been a life long fan of Hunter Pence and Felix but I know they won’t get in 🙁
King Félix was one of the few bright lights in a long, dark slog of an era for the Mariners. No matter how every season ended he’ll always be remembered as a legend in Seattle. I hope he gets in, he deserves it.
Andruw Jones, common man he should be in the hall for sure
All of Ryan Braun’s votes should go to Matt Kemp
Fuck Beltran
How is Andruw Jones not in there already?
Pedroia shoulda gotten in after a long excellent career if it wasn’t for some asshole cutting it short
Fuck manny Machado