{"id":20863,"date":"2023-11-23T04:08:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=20863"},"modified":"2023-11-20T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T22:01:47","slug":"2024-hall-of-fame-ballot-the-newcomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/2024-hall-of-fame-ballot-the-newcomers\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Hall Of Fame Ballot \u2013 The Newcomers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Monday, the BBWAA released their ballot for the Hall of Fame class of 2023, with the results of the vote are due to be revealed on January 23rd, and induction taking place July 21st.\u00a0 With Scott Rolen as the sole electee last year, the new ballot contains fourteen holdovers along with twelve newcomers.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, we looked at the returning candidates. \u00a0Today, it\u2019s time to look at the newcomers and who see may be thankful come January.<\/p>\n

Jose Bautista<\/strong><\/p>\n

The long-time Blue Jays slugger will likely get enough consideration to stick around on the ballot, but has no real chance at induction.<\/p>\n

Adri\u00e1n Beltr\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beltr\u00e9 finished his career with 3166 hits, 477 home runs, and 5 Gold Gloves at third base.\u00a0 He is the closest thing to a shoo-in we’ve seen in years.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Bartolo Colon<\/strong><\/p>\n

The all-time wins leader, with 247, among Latin American pitchers, Colon will end up on the outside looking in, thanks to a 4.12 career ERA and a PED suspension in 2012.<\/p>\n

Adri\u00e1n Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first overall pick of the 2000 draft, Gonz\u00e1lez put together a very fine career.\u00a0 Just not one that will get him to Cooperstown.<\/p>\n

Matt Holliday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Again, Holliday had a very fine career, although he will get dinged for part of that career taking place in Colorado, but I don’t see him getting in.<\/p>\n

Victor Martinez<\/strong><\/p>\n

If he spent his entire career playing against the White Sox, he would be a first ballot, all-time great.\u00a0 Unfortunately, he had to play against the other teams as well, which means he has to “settle” for having a very good career, but not a Hall of Fame career.<\/p>\n

Joe Mauer<\/strong><\/p>\n

One MVP award, three Gold Gloves, and three batting titles, as a catcher, make me think Mauer will eventually find his way to Cooperstown, but he may need to wait a while.<\/p>\n

Brandon Phillips<\/strong><\/p>\n

A very good player who has no chance at getting elected.<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Reyes<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another good player who I would be surprised to see back on the ballot next year.<\/p>\n

James Shields<\/strong><\/p>\n

Having watched his seasons with the White Sox, I will just say no and move on.<\/p>\n

Chase Utley<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t foresee another go-around for Mr. Utley on this ballot.<\/p>\n

David Wright<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Mets all-time hits leader, injuries limited him at the end of his career and robbed him of any shot he might have had of making it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, the BBWAA released their ballot for the Hall of Fame class of 2023, with the results of the vote are due to be revealed on January 23rd, and induction taking place July 21st.\u00a0 With Scott Rolen as the sole electee last year, the new ballot contains fourteen holdovers along with twelve newcomers. Yesterday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[6205,592,2469,2933,119,6234,2388,6004,2501,5693,44,5652,5202,6110,5095,5989,261,79,59,2606,49],"class_list":["post-20863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baseball","tag-adrian-beltre","tag-adrian-gonzalez","tag-bartolo-colon","tag-bbwaa","tag-blue-jays","tag-brandon-phillips","tag-chase-utley","tag-david-wright","tag-draft","tag-gold-glove","tag-hof","tag-james-shields","tag-joe-mauer","tag-jose-bautista","tag-jose-reyes","tag-matt-holliday","tag-mets","tag-mvp","tag-peds","tag-victor-martinez","tag-white-sox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20865,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20863\/revisions\/20865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}