The Baseball Hall of Fame announces its 2017 class on Wednesday and Texas Rangers legend Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez’s legacy hangs in the balance.
The 14-time All-Star catcher is still hovering 3.1 percentage points above the 75 percent threshold needed for induction as of Monday afternoon with 215 known ballots, according to Ryan Thibodaux’s ballot tracker. This is Rodriguez’s first year on the ballot.
But less than half of the roughly 450 votes are known, so there’s still a chance for a big Rangers let down. If Rodriguez falls short, he’s still poised to get in eventually, perhaps a year from now.