The longtime Phillies second baseman had an extremely high peak - from 2005-10 he averaged 7.56 bWAR per year - and ended his career 15th all time in bWAR among second basemen, between Craig Biggio and Jackie Robinson. Aside from Beltre, who seems like a lock to be elected on the first ballot, the player most likely to eventually get in is Chase Utley. It is a really interesting group of first time eligibles.
The ballot includes former Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre for the first (and, most likely, last) time.Īlong with Beltre, the players who are on the ballot for the first time are: The 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot has been released.
