MLB: Players propose new Hall of Fame voting system after ‘fiasco’

The 2022 election of the Hall of Fame of MLB It was undoubtedly the most controversial in a long time, not only because of the names that there were and their problematic background, but because there is a lot of dissonance between what they think the voting journalists of the BBWAA and what the vast majority of fans, media and players expected, being that they left out Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa and Curt Schilling in your last year of eligibility.

The players mainly expressed their annoyance at the omission of Bonds and Clemens, who despite being linked to steroids and banned substances, many agree that the Hall of Fame is incomplete without these two, with the Cubs player of Chicago, Ian Happ, proposing a new voting system on his social networks.

What if players with 10 or more years of MLB service also vote for the Hall of Fame?

The truth is that never in recent history has the voting system for Cooperstown been so questioned, with even its president, Josh Rawitch, mentioning that they would explore changing the voting mechanics for the Hall of Fame from the next election in 2023.

Gabriel Delgado

I started as a rookie at Al Bat in early 2018 and am in my third season covering Major League Baseball as a web reporter. I’m a fan of the San Francisco Giants, number one defender of Barry Bonds, and hater of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Fernando Tatis Jr., Juan Soto and Ronald Acuña are the future of baseball, Mike Trout is overrated, and the Astros deserved to have the World Series taken from them for their cheating. Besides baseball, I also enjoy football, flag football, basketball, and just about any other game that involves a ball or ball. I’m also an amateur musician, a penniless gamer and very nerdy. Graduated in journalism from the University of Guadalajara, I graduated in 2017. Born in the world capital of shrimp, Escuinapa, Sinaloa. I lived for a while in Australia; I survived giant spiders, tasmanian devils and fought a kangaroo and didn’t die trying.

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