NEW YORK -- We're inching closer to Spring Training. Here's the latest Inbox.
What do you think the chances are of Mariano Rivera being a unanimous Hall of Famer this year and Derek Jeter next year?
-- Ebe A., Jersey City, N.J.
In my opinion, those should be two of the easiest boxes for a voter to check, though eight decades of results do not exactly inspire confidence that either will sweep into Cooperstown. Ken Griffey Jr. appeared on 437 of 440 ballots cast by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America in 2016, and his 99.