The results of the 2022 Baseball Hall of Fame vote were just announced on MLB Network, and the writers of the BBWAA have elected former Red Sox slugger David Ortiz to Cooperstown. This was essentially one of two realistic outcomes with more effective guesswork made possible by Ryan Thibodaux and his ballot-tracking team. Players needed 75 percent of the BBWAA vote for enshrinement. Ortiz will join Veterans Committee selections Minnie Miñoso, Tony Oliva, Jim Kaat, Gil Hodges, Bud Fowler, and Buck O’Neil in the 2022 class.
In Ortiz’s first year of eligibility, he received the highest ballot share at 77.