Beltran Exonerates 'Sign Scandal'? Gets 70.3% In HOF Vote

Beltran Exonerates 'Sign Scandal'? Gets 70.3% In HOF Vote

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The results of the Hall of Fame vote in 2025 were released.

The American Baseball Journalists Association (BBWAA) released the results of the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame vote conducted by members for more than 10 years on the 22nd (Korea time).

394 people, or 98.5% of the total 400 members, participated in the vote, and Suzuki Ichiro (99.7%), CC Sabathia (86.8%), and Billy Wagner (82.5%) exceeded the standard of 75% and headed to Cooperstown.

The rest of the vote was interesting, too. The most notable was Carlos Beltran's good performance. He garnered 70.3 percent of the vote in his third attempt, surpassing his chance to enter the Hall of Fame.

Beltran won the 1999 Rookie of the Year, nine All-Stars, three Gold Gloves, two Silver Sluggers and the Roberto Clemente Award, and the 2017 World Series championship, and it is true that he is inferior to the Hall of Fame.

However, he left an indelible stain on his career. It was revealed later that he stole an opponent's catcher's signature and delivered it to the batter by tapping the trash can at the Houston Astros in 2017, the only team that won the World Series.
The investigation also revealed that Beltran, the team's veteran designated hitter at the time, led the move. As a result, he took over as manager of the New York Mets but was dismissed without playing a game.

Beltran also has some aspects to it. As the secretariat received a promise not to discipline players in exchange for testimonies during the investigation, the names of all active players were omitted from the investigation report. Beltran and Alex Cora, the bench coach at the time, were the only ones whose real names came out in the report.

Of course, the two may not have led everything, but it is true that they cannot be free from responsibility.

Nevertheless, the two exonerated themselves. Cora resigned as manager of the Boston Red Sox in the aftermath and returned to the team a year later. The poll confirmed that Beltran was also exonerated.

In addition, Andrew Jones took a step closer to Cooperstown with 66.2% of the vote in the eighth vote.

Chase Utley gave his forecast with 39.8 percent of the vote in the second round, while Alex Rodriguez (37.1 percent) and Manny Ramirez (34.3 percent) remained in the 30 percent range. Rodriguez was in his fourth year and Ramirez was in his ninth year. 메이저사이트

Among the first candidates named, Felix Hernandez remained on the list, with 20.6% and Dustin Pedroia 11.9%. Ian Kinsler, Russell Martin, Brian McCann, Troy Tulowitzki, Curtis Granderson, Adam Jones, Carlos Gonzalez, Hanley Ramirez, Fernando Rodney and Ben Jovrist were removed from the first year's list, failing to exceed 5%.

With the presence of Ichiro and Sabathia, a total of 62 players entered the BBWAA voting in the first year as candidates. It is the 11th time that more than three players have been selected in a single year.

An average of 6.77 people per vote were selected in the poll, which can select up to 10 people. 24.9 percent of the voters chose all 10.