Astros Crawfish Boil: January 26th, 2022

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In a move that was fully expected, David Ortiz has officially been named to the Hall of Fame (MLB Trade Rumors)

But the bigger conversation is about the big names that have fallen off the ballot due to personal morality clauses of BBWA writers (MLB.com)

This crowdsourced ballot looks a little more like how things should actually be (FanGraphs)

I have to say that Roger Clemens took his denial of immortality pretty well (Twitter - Roger Clemens)

Billy Wagner got a little closer in the needed vote totals, though he still fell short by almost 25% (Astros.com)

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