Mlb hof tracker

[bn2cardz]

I know it is early but I thought it would be nice to start the conversation about people's opinions on this years HOF vote.

Here is a very ellaborate tracker to use.
https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?...E2Lu5P1f92OW8o

With only 21 ballots in the tracker so far the front runners seem to be Ivan Rodriguez, Jeff Bagwell, and Tim Raines. They each have been listed on 18 ballots for an 86%.

Tim Raines on his last ballot needed to gain an extra 21 ballots from last year. This year he has already gained 2 votes (voted for by people that didn't vote for him last year). Jeff Bagwell needs an extra 14, but has only gained 1 so far.

Bonds and Clemens are above 80% currently, but they had to gain more than 130 votes and only have gained 1 each thus far. So I don't think they will make up the ground this year.

[bn2cardz]

Now with 24 ballots made public Tim Raines has picked up another vote new vote.

It appears that there is a last year push to get Tim Raines in this year.

Currently Raines and Bagwell sit at 88%. Ivan Rodriguez is at 83%.

[bn2cardz]

37 Ballots public still show Raines and Bagwell are the front runners this year both having been listed on 33 ballots (89%). Pudge Rodriquez is trailing by 3 votes (81%) and Trevor Hoffman is sitting at 29 votes (78%).

Even though Hoffman is above the threshold currently, he has not gained a vote this year (having gained 4 new votes, but losing votes on 4 other ballots).

Raines has already gained 4 votes from people that didn't vote for him last year. Making a good case that he could finally make the HOF in this his 10th year on the ballot.

If Pudge makes it in could it open the door to other alleged (but not proven) PED users?

[packs]

Pudge to me is an obvious cheater. He literally shrunk by the time he got to the Yankees and had previously played on infamous Rangers teams with Canseco, Palmeiro, and Juan Gonzalez, all cheaters.

Vlad I think is a definitive HOFer but I would suspect absent milestones he'll need to wait a few years. However, he was infinitely better than Jim Rice or Andre Dawson and they're both in.

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by packs

Pudge to me is an obvious cheater. He literally shrunk by the time he got to the Yankees and had previously played on infamous Rangers teams with Canseco, Palmeiro, and Juan Gonzalez, all cheaters.

Vlad I think is a definitive HOFer but I would suspect absent milestones he'll need to wait a few years. However, he was infinitely better than Jim Rice or Andre Dawson and they're both in.

Vlad has already reached his minimum votes to stay on the ballot. He currently sits at 70% with 26 votes. I am sure he will make it in eventually.

When Piazza made it in I think it opened the door for Bagwell because the only PED suspicion was based on body mass and stats of being PED users.
Pudge has a little more going against him as being listed in Canseco's book and then the "God only knows" answer (instead of a definitive no) when asked if he would be listed in the report.

[nat]

Vlad's career ended up not being as great as we thought it was going to be when he was half way through, but I still think I'd vote for him, and he'll get in before too long. Being a fun and interesting player doesn't make him a better one, but it will help him get elected.