The Hall of Fame released its eight-player Contemporary Baseball Era ballot and it includes some familiar -- and controversial -- names: Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling. Other players to be considered for the Class of 2023 include Albert Belle, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Dale Murphy and Rafael Palmeiro. Notably absent from the ballot: Sammy Sosa.
The 16-person committee, which consists of Hall of Fame players, baseball executives and veteran sportswriters, will vote on the players at the winter meetings on Dec. 4. A player must receive 12 votes to get elected.
Bonds, Clemens, Schilling and Sosa each appeared on the baseball writers ballot for the 10th and final time this past election cycle.