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Details of Arodlis Chapman's $13.3 million, 1-year contract with the Boston Red Sox for 2026

Aroldis Chapman contract details

The Independent UK

MLB reinstates Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson, making them Hall of Fame eligible

Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson were reinstated by baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, making both eligible for the sport’s Hall of Fame after their careers were tarnished by sports gambling scandals

The Independent UK

Voter who passed on Ichiro for Hall of Fame still a mystery after 321 of 394 ballots released

The Hall of Fame voter who declined to select Ichiro Suzuki remains a mystery

The Independent UK

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SI:AM | One Vote Doesn’t Spoil Ichiro Suzuki’s Hall of Fame Election

The fact that there has only been one unanimous selection in the history of BBWAA voting renders the distinction almost meaningless.

Sports Illustrated

The lone voter who left Ichiro off their Hall of Fame ballot needs to reveal themselves

Bring back public shame.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Two Former MLB Stars Narrowly Missed Hall of Fame Induction in 2025 Class

Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones just missed out this year.

Sports Illustrated

Billy Wagner’s Whiffs Should Help Him Cinch Election to the Hall of Fame

The left-handed flamethrower is by some measures the hardest pitcher to make contact off of in MLB history. In his final year of BBWAA eligibility, his election may come down to the wire.

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The Baseball Hall of Fame’s Forgotten Position Has Some Hope—Just Not in 2025

Second basemen Ian Kinsler, Chase Utley and Dustin Pedroia each possess impressive credentials that could see them enshrined in Cooperstown one day, though they’re far from locks.

Sports Illustrated

Andruw Jones’s Hall of Fame Case Comes Down to His Historic Peak

He was one of the best players ever through his age-30 season. Then his production cratered, he was arrested for domestic battery and his MLB career was over.

Sports Illustrated

CC Sabathia Is the Best Hope to End a Long Hall of Fame Dry Spell for Starting Pitchers

The southpaw excelled as one of the game's last volume winners, combining a dominant peak with impressive career statistics compiled over 19 MLB seasons.

Sports Illustrated

Dave Parker And Dick Allen Elected To Baseball Hall Of Fame

Dave Parker and Dick Allen voted into the Hall of Fame. Induction ceremony on July 27. Stay updated with AP MLB for more baseball news.

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Latin Times

MLB Hall of Fame 2024: Six Latino Players Vie for Coveted Spot in Cooperstown

Any players elected will be inducted during the MLB's Hall of Fame Weekend on Sunday, July 21

The Independent UK

Gerry Fraley wins BBWAA Career Excellence Award, top honor for baseball writers

The late Gerry Fraley has been honored with the BBWAA Career Excellence Award

Chicago Sun-Times

Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Chase Utley among newcomers on Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

Todd Helton, who fell 11 votes short this year in ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, and Billy Wagner, who was 27 shy, are among 14 holdovers.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Alanna Rizzo’s embarrassing rant about Jake Mintz doing his job was as ignorant as it was inexcusable

This was an awful, insulting segment.

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Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Winners and Losers

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Tom Verducci’s 2023 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

New inductee Scott Rolen is one of four players who received Verducci’s vote.

Tribune News Service

Ron Cook: Here's why I submitted another blank ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame

The Baseball Writers Association of America will reveal its voting results Tuesday night for the 2023 Hall of Fame class. There is a good chance that, for the second time in three years, no player will get the necessary 75% of the votes to be inducted. In 2022, only David…

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Another Baseball Hall of Fame ballot means another debate about whether cheaters deserve entrance

Last month in San Diego, the Contemporary Era committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame met to consider candidates overlooked by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

Sports Illustrated

Here’s Who We Would Vote for to Make the Baseball Hall of Fame

Emma Baccellieri and Matt Martell reveal their hypothetical BBWAA ballots.

Sports Illustrated

Using Gradual Peak to Evaluate Hall of Fame Candidates

It seems that longevity gets overlooked when it comes to the Hall of Fame. Plenty of guys who play for years past their peaks are dismissively referred to as compilers, especially if their best years were less impressive than those of players with high peaks but shorter careers. That is…

Sports Illustrated

Jeff Kent Is in Danger of Being Snubbed From the Hall of Fame

In his final year of eligibility, the all-time leader in home runs for second basemen deserves to be enshrined.

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