2017 Hall of Fame ballot released"
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Jeff Bagwell (71.6%, 7th year)
Casey Blake
Barry Bonds (44.3%, 5th year)
Pat Burrell
Orlando Cabrera
Mike Cameron
Roger Clemens (45.2%, 5th year)
J.D. Drew
Carlos Guillen
Vladimir Guerrero
Trevor Hoffman (67.3%, 2nd year)
Derrek Lee
Edgar Martinez (43.4%, 8th year)
Fred McGriff (20.9%, 8th year)
Melvin Mora
Magglio Ordonez
Jorge Posada
Tim Raines (69.8%, 10th and final year)
Manny Ramirez
Edgar Renteria
Arthur Rhodes
Ivan Rodriguez
Freddy Sanchez
Curt Schilling (52.3%, 5th year)
Gary Sheffield (11.6%, 3rd year)
Lee Smith (34.1%, 15th and final year)
Sammy Sosa (7.0%, 5th year)
Matt Stairs
Jason Varitek
Billy Wagner (10.5%, 2nd year)
Tim Wakefield
Larry Walker (15.5%, 7th year)
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Still think it's dumb that voters are limited to 10 votes, but if I had a ballot I'd go with:
Bagwell
Bonds
Clemens
Guerrero
Hoffman
Martinez
Raines
Ramirez
Rodriguez
Wagner
I took Schilling off of my ballot from a year ago. I can't in good conscience vote for such a piece of shit.
Beyond that I don't care about punishing steroid guys - I've little doubt that all of them would have been amazing even without PEDs. I'd have voted for guys like Sosa and Sheffield but their vote totals are so low there's little reason to expect they'll come anywhere close. At least a guys like Bonds and Clemens could stay middle of the pack and possibly make a late charge as they approach the end of their eligibility.
Bagwell, Raines, and maybe Hoffman seem like good bets this year based on where their vote totals were at a year ago.