On Wednesday, Chipper Jones, Vlad Guerrero, Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman were all elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame via the 2018 Baseball Writers Association of America ballot. They'll be inducted in Cooperstown on July 29 alongside the pair of Modern Baseball Era Committee honorees Jack Morris and Alan Trammell, who were elected in December.
In the five cycles since the infamous 2013 shutout, the writers have elected 16 players, surpassing the 1951–55 and '52–56 totals of 13 honorees for the most in a five-year span. Beyond that, there's much more to digest with regards to the results, starting with near-miss candidate Edgar Martinez.