BRONX, N.Y. — The 2021 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot features eight players with ties to the New York Yankees. Among the first-year eligibles on the ballot are 2009 World Series members, Nick Swisher and A.J. Burnett. Yet, short of a drastic shift in opinions regarding alleged PED users such as Roger Clemens and Gary Sheffield, it’s not likely the Yankees will have a player enshrined in Cooperstown for a third consecutive year.
So, when is the next best chance for a former Yankee to attain baseball immortality?
2022
It’s a ways off but if next year’s in-person induction also gets nixed by the coronavirus, we could theoretically have Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez sharing the stage in 2022.