Tim Hudson is on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for the second year, this year. Like last year when he received 5.2-percent of the vote, it will be a close-call to see if he will get the 5-percent of the vote needed to stay on the writer’s ballot again next season.
Determining whether Tim Hudson belongs in the Hall of Fame after a 17-year career as a starting pitcher depends primarily on one’s perspective on the Hall of Fame itself. For the camp of the Hall being a pantheon of the elite of the elite – the “Small Hall” contingent – then on the surface, no, Hudson wouldn’t garner serious consideration.