Lost among the focus on the controversial names that fell off the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot this week, is that Tim Hudson’s time is up too.
The former Braves right-hander received 12 votes among the 394 total ballots, a three-percent return that put him under the five percent needed to stay in contention for next year. Hudson barely made it to the 2022 vote, appearing on 5.2 percent of ballots a year ago.
While Cooperstown may not be in his future, Hudson should at least present an intriguing case once his candidacy falls into the hands of the Era Committees — and potentially with different understandings of what we think a starting pitcher’s HOF resume looks like going forward, but more on that later.