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192 ballots revealed/~48.5% known:
Rolen - 79.7%
Helton - 79.2%
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Wagner - 72.4%
Jones - 67.7%
Sheffield - 62.5%
Beltrán - 55.2%
Kent - 51.6%
A-Rod - 39.6%
Ramírez - 37.0%
Abreu - 18.8%
Pettitte - 17.2%
Rollins - 12.0%
Buehrle - 10.4%
K-Rod - 9.4%
Vizquel - 8.3%
Hunter - 3.1%
I don't think Helton deserves to be in the Hall and shouldn't ever pace higher than a good number of guys on that list. Here are two players:
Player A: played 1B, 54.9 fWAR, .414 OBP, 1.14 BB/K, 369 HR, 37 SB, .953 OPS, 132 wRC+
Player B: played OF, 54.8 fWAR, .400 OBP, 1.42, 287 HR, 109 SB, .902 OPS, 136 wRC+
These two were very, very similar hitters with almost identical fWAR.
Player A is Todd Helton, Player B is Brian Giles.
Helton is likely going to the Hall, Brian Giles was one and done on the ballot.
Since it is the Hall of Fame, and not the Hall of Top Statistics, Helton gets a boost for basically being Mr. Lifetime Rockie. That's not my opinion, I just think because he's one of the last one-team Lifers you'll see, writers still love old traditions. Helton would be hall of very good like Giles, but because the Rockies have nobody with the C in the Hall yet, Helton will be the first and probably only one for a long while.
Forever Fredi
Problem with that is multiple people have retired after Helton and been one clubbers too
David Wright, Joe Mauer, Yadi, Matt Cain, King Felix (yeah he signed with other teams but never made the bigs) Ryan Zimmerman, Andre Ethier, Glenn PErkins, Dustin PEdroia, John Danks, Ryan Braun, Alex Gordon, Chris Tillman, Buster Posey, and Kyle Seager. Multiple of those guys are legit hall of famers, Posey and Yadi for example. And likely greats to join that like Wainwright, Kershaw, Trout (though Trout may finally go at some point) and Wainwright.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
203 ballots revealed/~51.3% known:
Rolen - 80.3%
Helton - 78.3%
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Wagner - 71.9%
Jones - 66.5%
Sheffield - 63.1%
Beltrán - 53.7%
Kent - 50.7%
A-Rod - 38.9%
Ramírez - 36.9%
Abreu - 18.2%
Pettitte - 16.7%
Rollins - 11.8%
Buehrle - 9.9%
K-Rod - 9.4%
Vizquel - 8.4%
Hunter - 3.0%
It’s pretty remarkable how much of an afterthought Manny Ramirez has become. His peak is right up there with the best RH hitters ever. At the time, he was probably the most famous player on the 2024 curse breaking Red Sox teams. He was also on the cover of the best MLB video game ever.
His is a pretty convincing case why steroid shunning is effective.
Andruw Jones ended up getting 58% of the vote. Have to think now that he's made it this far, he will definitely get in within the next few years