Every Hall of Fame class these days brings new challenges, new controversies and new members to Cooperstown. Next year probably will be no different. In the class of 2017, we will debate one of the greatest right-handed hitters of all time, but one of the faces of the steroid era. On next year's ballot, there will be one of the best catchers ever, another catcher with five rings and an outfielder who was signed out of the Dominican Republic after coming to the tryout on a bike while wearing spikes that didn't match, with one of his spikes so big that he had to jam an extra sock into the toe to make it fit.
2017 HOF ballot
