Monday was the official start of Hall of Fame season, with the ballot for this year’s candidates being released. In recent years, the ballot has been defined by how crowded it’s gotten, but that should lessen a bit this year as the new class is not all that strong. The top first-year names this time around are Mark Buerhle, Tim Hudson and Torii Hunter. Buerhle is probably better than he gets credit for and is a mildly interesting case, but at the end of the day there probably aren’t any new Hall of Famers joining the ballot this year.
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