Johan Santana’s Hall of Fame case

Source: www.amazinavenue.com --- Thursday, December 28, 2017
Santana hasn’t been getting many votes, but the argument could be made that he deserves to be enshrined in Cooperstown. The BBWAA voting process for the 2018 Baseball Hall of Fame induction has been underway for over a month now, and there’s a number of former Mets on this year’s ballot with interesting Hall of Fame cases. Gary Sheffield and Billy Wagner are on the ballot, and there’s an argument to be made for both of them to be voted in. Jason Isringhausen is on the ballot, too, but he’ll probably be lucky to recieve a vote. And while I could sit here and write a satiating article about Livan Hernandez all day long, the former Met on the ballot most worth discussing right now is Johan Santana . This is Santana’s first appearance on the Hall of Fame ballot, having last appeared in the big leagues in 2012. Unfortunately, the former Mets ace hasn’t been getting much love from the voters so far. According to Ryan Thibodaux , who does a fantastic job tracking all public Hall of Fame ballots every year, Santana has only received two votes out of 118 public ballots submitted as of this writing, which is a measly 1.7%. Players need at least 75% of the vote in order to be inducted into Cooperstown and need to receive at least 5% in order to stay on the ballot for the next year. There’s a very good chance that Santana, one of the most iconic pitchers of his time, falls off the ballot in his first year. That would be a real shame. To be ...

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