When the Baseball Hall of Fame announces its 2022 induction class on Tuesday, there’s a good chance that David Ortiz will be a part of it, making him a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
Of the 176 ballots made public by the members of the Baseball Writers Association of America as of Saturday evening, Ortiz has received a vote on 83.5 percent of them, via Ryan Thibodeau (@NotMrTibbs on Twitter). That puts Ortiz on pace to clear the 75 percent threshold needed to make the Hall of Fame, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a slam dunk to make it.