The Baseball Hall of Fame Throws a Shutout

There will be no new 2021 Hall of Famers for Major League Baseball. (Curt Schilling would have made it—and his playing career is clearly of Hall of Fame caliber—but he's a collossal dipshit.) None of the "Veterans Committees" met because of the COVID-19 pandemic, so the 2021 induction ceremony will honor the 2020 inductees (along with the broadcasters and writers, who get particular awards).

Here is a tabulation of the 2021 ballot's winners and losers. As usual, I have been following things very closely on the Hall of Fame tracker, so I already had a very good idea of what was going to transpire (with very good estimates of final vote percentages). Now we also have the precise voting outcomes.

Scott Rolen, Todd Helton, Bill Wagner, Andruw Jones, and Gary Sheffield all mae very large strides.

Players who will debut on the ballot in 2022 include Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz.

Update (1/27/21): Here is Jay Jaffe's roundup of how each candidate performed in the voting, as well as their prospects for future enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.

Update (1/27/21): Dan Haren has a fantastic sense of humor. Also check out his Twitter handle, which is an homage to the speed of his "fastball". I love it! (Tip of the cap to Jay Jaffe.)

Update (2/01/21): Here are Jay Jaffe's forecasts of the Hall of Fame voting for the next few years.