OC Register: Adrian Beltre, Bartolo Colon among newcomers to Hall of Fame ballot

[AngelsWin.com]

Gold Glove third baseman Adrian Beltre, who began his career with the Dodgers, and Bartolo Colon, who won a Cy Young Award with the Angels, are among the 12 newcomers to the 2024 Hall of Fame ballot, which was released on Monday.

First baseman Adrian Gonzalez, who spent most of his career with the Padres and Dodgers, and second baseman Chase Utley, who finished his career with the Dodgers, are also first-year candidates.

Among the 14 holdovers on the ballot are former Angels outfielders Bobby Abreu and Torii Hunter and right-hander Francisco Rodriguez, and former Dodgers outfielders Manny Ramirez, Gary Sheffield and Andruw Jones and shortstop Jimmy Rollins.

Jones, who was named on 58.1% of the ballots last year, received the most votes of any of the players with Angels or Dodgers ties. Sheffield (55% last year) is in his 10th and final year on the ballot. A player needs 75% to be elected. In order to remain on the ballot in any of the 10 years, a player must receive at least 5% of the vote.

First baseman Todd Helton (72.2%) and reliever Billy Wagner (68.1%) were also named on more than half of the ballots last year, falling 11 and 27 votes shy, respectively, of being elected.

Other holdovers include steroids-tainted Alex Rodríguez (139 votes, 35.7%) and Manny Ramírez (129, 33.2%) along with outfielder Carlos Beltrán (181, 46.5%), shortstop Omar Vizquel (76, 19.5%), pitcher Andy Pettitte (66, 17%) and pitcher Mark Buehrle (42, 10.8%).

The other top newcomers include outfielder Matt Holliday, catcher Joe Mauer and third baseman David Wright.

Beltré, a four-time All-Star and five-time Gold Glove winner, hit .286 with 477 homers and 1,707 RBIs for the Dodgers (1998-2004), Seattle Mariners (2005-09), Boston Red Sox (2010) and Texas Rangers (2011-18). His 2,759 games at third base are second to Brooks Robinson’s 2,870 and his 636 doubles are 11th on the career list.

Colon had a 247-188 career record with a 4.12 ERA and a 1.31 WHIP while pitching for 11 teams across 21 seasons. During his career, which began in 1997, the four-time All-Star appeared in 565 games and collected double-digit victories in 13 separate seasons, finishing in the top six in Cy Young voting four times.

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About 400 baseball writers who have been members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America for at least 10 consecutive years will cast ballots, due by Dec. 31. The results will be announced on Jan. 23. Anyone elected will be inducted on July 21 along with anyone chosen Dec. 3 by the hall’s contemporary era committee for managers, executives and umpires.

The complete ballot: Bobby Abreu, José Bautista, Carlos Beltrán, Adrián Beltré, Mark Buehrle, Bartolo Colon, Adrián González, Todd Helton, Matt Holliday, Torii Hunter, Andruw Jones, Victor Martinez, Joe Mauer, Andy Pettitte, Brandon Phillips, Manny Ramírez, José Reyes, Álex Rodríguez, Francisco Rodríguez, Jimmy Rollins, Gary Sheffield, James Shields, Chase Utley, Omar Vizquel, Billy Wagner, David Wright.

Former managers Jim Leyland, Lou Piniella, Cito Gaston and Davey Johnson are among eight men on the committee ballot along with umpires Joe West and Ed Montague, former National League President Bill White and former general manager Hank Peters.

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[oldguy]

Not signing Beltre was the start of the Angels downfall.  It lead to acquiring Wells (losing Juan Rivera and Napoli), Pujols (which gave us an awkward 4 first-basemen when combined with Kendrys , Trumbo, and CJ Cron in Milb), Hamilton, and CJ (nuff said), getting rid of Torii (who dared to challenge Albert), trading Kendrys, etc...

All of this because Arte thought it was wise to make Beltre a "take it or leave it" offer, which Adrian simply used as his negotiations floor.

So yeah, Adrian's numbers place him in the HOF, but he shouldn't get in due to the perpetual damage he placed upon the Halos.  ZERO SUM!!!

[Stradling]

Bobby Abreu is a HOFer.  I will die on that hill.  

[Dgar24]

1 hour ago, oldguy said:

Not signing Beltre was the start of the Angels downfall.  It lead to acquiring Wells (losing Juan Rivera and Napoli), Pujols (which gave us an awkward 4 first-basemen when combined with Kendrys , Trumbo, and CJ Cron in Milb), Hamilton, and CJ (nuff said), getting rid of Torii (who dared to challenge Albert), trading Kendrys, etc...

All of this because Arte thought it was wise to make Beltre a "take it or leave it" offer, which Adrian simply used as his negotiations floor.

So yeah, Adrian's numbers place him in the HOF, but he shouldn't get in due to the perpetual damage he placed upon the Halos.  ZERO SUM!!!

Old guy, I’m new to the board just wanted to say I’ve been living with this pain for so long. This was Arte’s biggest mistake that lead to the train wreck we have become.

Having said that I actually believe this off season there are opportunities with Wash. at the helm to start turning things around. Build are young players, change practice behaviors , anctually start playing with some passion  and bring a long missing positive influence to the organization.

[stormngt]

KRod deserves to be in.  He is 4th in career saves and holds the single season record.

Every reliever with more saves is already in Hall.  War, ERA+ similiar to Wagner.  But Krod holds a record.

[HaloBronco]

On 11/23/2023 at 7:52 AM, Stradling said:

Bobby Abreu is a HOFer.  I will die on that hill.  

Bobby Grich should be a HOFer. I will die on that hill…….