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Appreciating the Astros on an Unfairly Crowded Hall Ballot

We are less than a week away from learning who the Baseball Writers Association of America will elect to be the Hall of Fame Class of 2019. The last few years have represented a historic time in the Hall’s history, with the BBWAA electing sixteen new Hall of Famers in the five cycles since their 2013 shutout.

In spite of that, it’s hard to argue that this year’s thirty-five-person ballot isn’t still packed full of strong candidates. Nineteen of them have over 50 WAR; twenty-two score a 98 or higher on Bill James’ Hall of Fame Monitor test (where 100 or higher represents a likely Hall of Famer).