Hall of Fame ballots have been sent out, which means its that time of year where we obsess about the Hall of Fame voting, and who will get voted in/should get voted in/shouldn’t get voted in.
Veteran shortstop and former Texas Ranger Omar Vizquel is on the ballot for the fourth time this year, and he’s seen a significant gain in support since his first appearance. Vizquel got 37.0% of the vote in 2018, his first year on the ballot, crept up slightly to 42.8% in 2019, and then last year made it to 52.6%. Of the holdovers, only Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds — all of whom are in their next-to-last year on the ballot — got a higher percentage of the vote last year.