Former Texas Rangers players Carlos Beltran, Mike Napoli and R.A. Dickey are among fourteen newcomers to the BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot this year, per an announcement earlier today.
The other eleven players on the ballot are:
Bronson Arroyo
Matt Cain
Jacoby Ellsbury
Andre Ethier
J.J. Hardy
John Lackey
Jhonny Peralta
Francisco Rodriguez
Huston Street
Jered Weaver
Jayson Werth
Beltran, who was acquired by the Texas Rangers at the trade deadline in 2016 from the New York Yankees in exchange for Dillon Tate, Erik Swanson and Nick Green, is the only one of this group who would seem to have a strong Hall of Fame case.