The Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced the results of the 2023 Hall of Fame voting on Tuesday evening. The big news for Colorado Rockies fans was once again Todd Helton, whose eligibility for induction by the writers reached its midway point in his fifth year on the ballot. He finished with 72.2% of all Hall of Fame votes in 2023, just 2.8% short of induction. Eleven votes would have raised Helton to the 75% threshold.
After electing David Ortiz as the lone inductee on last year’s ballot, Scott Rolen gained the necessary 75% of the BBWAA vote (76.