One step closer. Derek Jeter has been a “future Hall of Famer” since the middle of his playing career, but the fantasy is beginning to feel real after Monday’s 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot reveal.
The iconic Yankees shortstop turned Marlins CEO is perhaps the only MLB player guaranteed to be inducted next summer.
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Jeter retired in 2014 after parts of 20 seasons in pinstripes. A five-time World Series champion—1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, not 2003 haha, and 2009—who has played more playoff games than anybody else, he posted a .