Colorado Rockies: My (hypothetical) Hall of Fame ballot

Todd Helton of the Colorado Rockies — Later this week, the BBWAA’s vote for the Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced, and later today, FanSided’s Baseball Hall of Fame results will be announced. For FanSided’s results, the expert(s) (aka site editors) for each site were included, meaning that two of us here at Rox Pile had a vote (Kevin Henry and I).

The rules of the ballot are the same as the real ones: the same players, the same 10-player limit, and the same 75 percent threshold must be achieved for the group to “induct” a player into the Hall of Fame.

Last year, only one player was inducted in FanSided Mock Hall of Fame ballot: Derek Jeter. However, he was not unanimous, as he missed that title by one vote, as it was in the real, BBWAA vote when one lone writer did not put him on the ballot. In reality, former Colorado Rockies outfielder Larry Walker also made it in on his 10th and final ballot, becoming the first former Colorado Rockies player to be inducted.

In the 2020 mock voting, Walker wasn’t even second or third in the voting as Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens held that title, but both fell just short of our mock induction. Walker got 69 percent on the 42 votes cast. However, both Kevin Henry and I voted for Walker and Todd Helton. You can check out last year’s results and some of our reasonings here.

Since last year, I have changed my mind a bit on the players on the ballot but, perhaps, not in the way you’d expect. So, let me tell you who I voted for this year and why.

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