Bert Blyleven had finally made the Hall of Fame, as has Robbie Alomar. (That said, even with all the years of enlightening more people, it's still sad he got "only" 79 percent, while Alomar zoomed past him, in his second year of eligibility to 90 percent. The biggest "issue" with Alomar is his career negative dWAR. Not sure whether it's more him being overrated by us all these years or more an issue with dWAR.
That said, per complete ballot information at Baseball-Reference.com's home page, it's clear the steroid era's fallout is looming large.
Jeff Bagwell failed to break 50 percent.
Rafael Palmeiro barely broke 10 percent.
Mark McGwire fell back below 20 percent.
Other interestings?
Barry Larkin moved up more than 10 percentage points. He may be there next year.
Jack Morris may have plateaued. (I hope.)
Edgar Martinez may have plateaued, but it's too early to tell.
3 comments:
bagwell has not been linked to steroids!
Oh I think he has!
IIRC, he was never listed in the Mitchell report or elsewhere. And, as I've noted before in various posts, I don't think he "used."
That said, some individuals have linked him, sure. On the pitching side, I've seen allegations about Pedro Martinez, ffs.
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