Something amazing is happening when it comes to Mariners great Edgar Martinez’s Hall of Fame chances.
A groundswell. A sea change. A transformation.
“I definitely think there’s a movement going on,” said Ryan Thibodaux, whose Hall of Fame ballot tracker has become the go-to source for voting trends.
I didn’t see this coming, frankly. Even last year, when Edgar jumped from 27 percent to 43.4 percent, I thought the chance of him making the leap to the 75 percent necessary for enshrinement was slim. Not with, at the time, just three years left on the ballot (two after this year) before his eligibility expires and he would move on to the next avenue to Cooperstown, the veterans’ committee.