Who should get in the 2026 HoF?

[Terry Yake]

The problem is not the process - any process you choose will see the same thing.

The problem is in convincing the voting body - any voting body - that certain players belong and other players do not. Unless you move to some kind of objective standards (what a nightmare that will be), or impose selection by a designated individual (lol), then you have the persistent problem of subjective decisions made by large groups of disparate individuals.

the process can definitely be improved from what it is now

but at the end of the day, the baseball HOF is not to be taken seriously when guys like bonds and clemens aren't in while the likes of harold baines and jack morris are. not to mention all of frankie frisch's boys

 

[SoupNazi]

Even if he wasn't, he's not a Hall of Famer.

This. There are plenty of detestable people in the HoF, and Omar was a magician with the glove, but I wouldn't put him in. And I say this as a Cleveland fan whom he dazzled for years.

 

[Voight]

i agree, but then perhaps its time to fix the voting process so that you don't have guys who belong in the hall falling off the ballot after a year and borderline guys getting in instead

Or guys like Harold Baines, who only got in via a committee that his former team owner and manager were on. That was a very HHOF esque move.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

i agree, but then perhaps its time to fix the voting process so that you don't have guys who belong in the hall falling off the ballot after a year and borderline guys getting in instead

It should be a binary ballot instead of max 10, and if you're gonna have a max 10, then the <5% and you're done rule needs to change, like give everyone at least 3 years to get that 5% or something.

 

[frisco]

Realistically Beltran may have already been in if it wasn't for the Stros cheating scandal. Ultimately, he may end being punished more than anybody out of that group if he never gets in the hall while on ballot (unlikely, but who knows).

Carlos Beltran is a convicted cheater and the ringleader for the entire Astro sign-stealing debacle. He does not deserve to go to the Hall.

My Best-Carey