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Originally Posted by mrreality68
+1 Agreed
Congrats and FYI
next years line up of new candidates is the WORST I have ever seen
2026 Hall of Fame ballot newcomers
Cole Hamels
Ryan Braun
Alex Gordon
Shin-Soo Choo
Edwin Encarnacion
Howie Kendrick
Nick Markakis
Hunter Pence
Gio Gonzalez
Matt Kemp
Jason Kipnis
Daniel Murphy
Rick Porcello
Matt Wieters
Jeff Samardzija
Kelvin Herrera
Edinson Volquez
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Wow, that's rough. Hamels has some nice analytics and a couple postseason MVP's, but not nearly enough traditional stats. Braun suffers from the same issue that other guys a lot better than him, have. Encarnacion was a late bloomer who had some really good offensive years in his 30's...some other pretty good players, but nobody that really warrants a 2nd look.
I'd be mildly surprised if anybody outside of Hamels and maybe Braun, even gets on a 2nd ballot.