Your 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame Selections

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The 2017 inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced Wednesday, January 18th.Which players from this year's ballot are deserving of a plaque in Cooperstown?

 

Player

2016 voting percentage

Years on ballot

Jeff Bagwell                                                                                                    71.6%

6

Barry Bonds

44.3%

4

Roger Clemens

45.2%

4

Trevor Hoffman

68.3%

1

Jeff Kent

16.6%

3

Edgar Martinez

43.4%

7

Fred McGriff

20.9%

9

Mike Mussina

43.0%

3

Tim Raines

69.8%

9

Curt Schilling

52.3%

4

Gary Sheffield

11.6%

2

Lee Smith

34.1%

14

Sammy Sosa

7.0%

4

Billy Wagner

10.5%

1

Larry Walker

15.5%

6

Ivan Rodriguez

   

Manny Ramirez

   

Vladimir Guerrero

   

Mike Cameron

   

J.D. Drew

   

Jorge Posada

   

Magglio Ordonez

   

Derrek Lee

   

Tim Wakefield

   

Edgar Renteria

   

Melvin Mora

   

Carlos Guillen

   

Casey Blake

   

Jason Varitek

   

Orlando Cabrera

   

Pat Burrell

   

Freddy Sanchez

   

Arthur Rhodes

   

Matt Stairs

   

 

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Bagwell appears likely for election this year with Raines and Hoffman possible. Clemens and Bonds may gain but still won't overcome the PED stigma with enough old school voters in the BBWAA.. Curt Schilling gets penalized for his personality.  Pudge and Manny should do well the first year on the ballot but neither is elected. Vlad and Posada get enough votes to stay on the ballot for next year.