The results of the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee voting were released at the Winter Meetings. Two Atlanta Braves legends waited patiently to see if they would make it into the MLB Hall of Fame.
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield, and Fernando Valenzuela comprised the ballot. This committee focuses on players whose primary contributions to the game have come since 1980. Candidates have to receive votes on 75% of the ballots cast by the 16-member committee to become part of the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Class.