On Tuesday, the results of the BBWAA ballot for the Hall of Fame class of 2023 were released. The lone player who got the necessary 75-percent was Scott Rolen, who will join Veterans Committee pick Fred McGriff in this year’s class.
They were very nearly joined by a third person, with Todd Helton finishing agonizingly short with 72.2-percent of possible votes. A player needed 292 of 389 votes to reach the threshold, and Helton got 281, falling just 11 short. Considering that he’s that close on only his fifth year on the ballot, it seems likely that if typical trends hold, he’ll receive a bump in votes and eventually get in.