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Hall of Merit — A Look at Baseball's All-Time Best Thursday, December 05, 2019Mock Hall of Fame Ballot 2020IMPORTANT: Please read: This election should follow BBWAA rules, not Hall of Merit rules. However, we hope to see only players that each voter feels belong on their ballots. Leaving 1st-year candidates off your ballot is also frowned upon. IOW, we would like to see an absence of some of the silliness that permeates Hall of Fame voting by the writers. The election will end on Thursday, December 12, 2019 (1 PM EST). Results will be posted a short time later. Please don’t post any vote tallies on this thread. Here are some of the rules by the BBWAA that pertain to our electorate: 3. Eligible Candidates — Candidates to be eligible must meet the following requirements: 4. Method of Election 5. Voting — Voting shall be based upon the player’s record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played. Candidate bios can be found here. Here are the players, in alphabetical order. Submitting a ballot in alphabetical order will help make tallying ballots easier. Bobby Abreu |
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1. DL from MN Posted: December 05, 2019 at 10:36 AM (#5905860)Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Jeff Kent
Manny Ramirez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Jeff Kent
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Andy Pettitte
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Manny Ramirez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Andy Pettitte
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Jeff Kent
Andy Pettitte
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Jeff Kent
Andy Pettitte
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
2. Roger Clemens
3. Derek Jeter
4. Andy Pettitte
5. Manny Ramírez
6. Scott Rolen
7. Curt Schilling
8. Gary Sheffield
9. Sammy Sosa
10. Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Manny Ramírez
Curt Schilling
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
2 Roger Clemens
3 Todd Helton
4 Derek Jeter
5 Andruw Jones
6 Manny Ramirez
7 Scott Rolen
8 Curt Schilling
9 Larry Walker
10 Gary Sheffield
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Jeff Kent
Manny Ramirez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Andy Pettitte
Manny Ramirez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Jason Giambi
Derek Jeter
Jeff Kent
Manny Ramirez
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Jeff Kent
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Jeff Kent
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Manny Ramirez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Jeff Kent
Curt Schilling
Larry Walker
Clemens
Helton
Jeter
Jones
Ramirez
Rolen
Schilling
Sheffield
Walker
Clemens
Helton
Jeter
Jones
Ramirez
Rolen
Sheffield
Sosa
Walker
Kent, Pettitte, Schilling and Wagner if I could list more than ten
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Andy Pettitte
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Omar Vizquel
Billy Wagner
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Andy Pettitte
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Would think more about adding Billy Wagner if this counted.
Bonds
Clemens
Helton
Jeter
Jones
Kent
Rolen
Sheffield
Walker
Would add Manny, Schilling, Sosa, and Wagner to the ballot if more than 10. Also dislike the prohibition of strategic voting.
Bonds
Clemens
Helton
Jeter
Ramirez
Rolen
Schilling
Sheffield
Walker
Sosa and Andruw were the last cuts; I'm not as confident in their fielding numbers as would be ideal. I have big-Hall tendencies, so I would still give consideration to another few players beyond them as well if the max was lifted.
Clemens
Jeter
Ramirez
Rolen
Schilling
Sheffield
Sosa
Wagner
Walker
Would vote for more if allowed. If actually voting, I'd drop Jeter (he'll be elected anyway) and add someone else, probably Helton.
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Jeff Kent
Manny Ramirez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
On pure merit, there's a clear top-11 for me with Andy Pettitte being the 11th. There are more than that I'd be fine with making the Hall - I'd probably vote for 14 with an unlimited ballot - but the break between 11 and 12 for me is much clearer than the break between 10 and 11.
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Gary Sheffield
Billy Wagner
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Ramirez, Walker, Abreu, Helton, and Sheffield are probably median HOFers at their positions, though I prefer not to vote for them. Kent, Sosa, and Pettitte have legitimate cases. Wagner is better than the median HOF reliever.
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Jeff Kent
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Jeff Kent
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Andy Pettitte
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Clemens
Helton
Jeter
Jones
Kent
Ramirez
Rolen
Schilling
Walker
If I could go to 12, I'd add Sheffield and Sosa. I'm not big on Relief pitchers being a separate category, so Wagner falls flat for me.
Bobby Abreu
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Andy Pettitte
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
I would probably vote for these guys if the ballot wasn't limited to 10.
Todd Helton
Sammy Sosa
Andruw Jones
Jeff Kent
Jason Giambi
Billy Wagner
Jeff Kent
Andy Pettitte
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Larry Walker
Roger Clemens
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Todd Helton
Derek Jeter
Andruw Jones
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Larry Walker
If I could go 11, I’d include Manny Ramírez. Sammy Sosa is borderline after that, then a group including Jeff Kent, Jason Giambi, Andy Pettitte, Cliff Lee and Billy Wagner, but I don’t think I would vote for any of them.
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Jeff Kent
Manny Ramírez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Gary Sheffield
Sammy Sosa
Larry Walker
Easy to cut to 15, started getting hard around 12. I ultimately cut Jeter to get it down to 10 as if I were a real voter, I'd make that cut so he wouldn't get 100% and I wouldn't have to deal with people being insufferable.
Like that guy who cussed me out when I hollered loud enough for literally every person in SkyDome to hear me "Hey Jeter, what's it like being the 2nd best shortstop on your own team?!" and then Jeter immediately hit an HR like a complete ass. To heck with that guy, eh? And the Yankees won that game 8-7 What poppycock. Let's leave him off.
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