{"id":80668,"date":"2025-11-17T15:03:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/baseball-hall-of-fame-2026-beltran-and-jones-lead-the-ballot\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T15:03:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T19:03:05","slug":"baseball-hall-of-fame-2026-beltran-and-jones-lead-the-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/baseball-hall-of-fame-2026-beltran-and-jones-lead-the-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball Hall of Fame 2026: Beltr\u00e1n and Jones lead the ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"Cooperstown, New York \u2013 The Baseball Writers&#8217; Association of America (BBWAA) has revealed the official ballot for the 2026 Hall of Fame election. This includes a list of new candidates and returning veterans, promising an exciting vote.\n\n<h2>New Aspirants and Key Returns<\/h2>\n\nThe ballot for 2026 presents a combination of 12 new candidates and 15 former players who are being reconsidered, after having participated in the 2025 vote. The expectation is high, given the recent history of the BBWAA, which has selected three new members in each cycle, including notable figures such as Adri\u00e1n Beltr\u00e9, Joe Mauer, Ichiro Suzuki, and CC Sabathia, who were elected on their first attempt.\n\n<h2>Beltr\u00e1n and Jones: Figures with More Support<\/h2>\n\n<p>Among the returning players, Carlos Beltr\u00e1n and Andruw Jones stand out as the main contenders. Beltr\u00e1n, in his third appearance, obtained 70.3% of the votes in the previous election, falling just short of the required threshold. Jones, for his part, has shown a notable progression in the voting, reaching 66.2% in 2025 and still with two years of eligibility.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Debut Candidates to Follow<\/h2>\n\n\nThe debutante group is led by left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels, who is emerging as a strong option for future votes. His career statistics, including 163 wins, an ERA of 3.43, and 2,560 strikeouts, position him in a favorable comparison with other pitchers on the ballot, such as F\u00e9lix Hern\u00e1ndez.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ryan Braun<\/li><li>Shin-Soo Choo<\/li><li>Alex Gordon<\/li><li>Matt Kemp<\/li><li>Nick Markakis<\/li><li>Hunter Pence<\/li><li>Edwin Encarnaci\u00f3n<\/li><li>Howie Kendrick<\/li><li>Daniel Murphy<\/li><li>Gio Gonz\u00e1lez<\/li><li>Rick Porcello<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nIn addition to Hamels, several notable names appear on the ballot for the first time.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Returning Players<\/h2>\n\n\nOther players returning to the ballot include Alex Rodr\u00edguez, Manny Ram\u00edrez, Bob Abreu, Jimmy Rollins, Omar Vizquel, Dustin Pedroia, Mark Buehrle, Francisco Rodr\u00edguez, David Wright, and Torii Hunter.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Dates for the Election<\/h2>\n\n\nThe BBWAA voting results will be announced on January 20, 2026 at 6 p.m. ET, via a special broadcast on MLB Network. The elected players will be part of the Class of 2026, joining those selected by the Contemporary Baseball Era ballot, the results of which will be announced on December 7.\n\nThe induction ceremony will take place in Cooperstown, New York, on July 26, 2026.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooperstown, New York \u2013 The Baseball Writers&#8217; Association of America (BBWAA) has revealed the official ballot for the 2026 Hall of Fame election. This includes a list of new candidates and returning veterans, promising an exciting vote. New Aspirants and Key Returns The ballot for 2026 presents a combination of 12 new candidates and 15 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[7731,10268,10269,477],"class_list":{"0":"post-80668","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-bbwaa","9":"tag-carlos-beltran","10":"tag-cole-hamels","11":"tag-hall-of-fame"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}