The day is finally upon us! At 5 p.m. Central Time today the 2019 National Baseball Hall of Fame class will be announced, and, at least until next winter’s news cycle, debates over whether or not to enshrine players implicated in PED scandals or how to untangle the clutter of apples-to-oranges comparisons further down the ballot will subside.
Setting online discourse regarding Cooperstown aside for a moment, it appears that Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, and Edgar Martinez are all well-positioned to secure 75% support with Mike Mussina the only other candidate who stands a reasonable chance at induction according to Ryan Thibodaux’s invaluable ballot tracker.