Before Andrew Painter, there was Cole Hamels. Two decades ago, Hamels arrived in spring training as the Phillies’ Next Big Thing. A first-round draft pick from a San Diego high school, he was a ...

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The leading 2025 vote-getters who will return to the 2026 ballot are Carlos Beltran (70.3%), Andruw Jones (66.2%) and Chase Utley (39.8%), along a handful of other holdovers. In addition to Hamels and ...

There will be no such intrigue a year from now. GO DEEPER Ichiro, Sabathia and Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Left-hander Cole Hamels and outfielder Ryan Braun headline the class eligible ...

After Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, attention turns to the ballot for 2026.

It is a weak crop of talent that will be debuting on the ballot in 2026, but Cole Hamels stands head and shoulders above the rest and could serve as the lone Hall of Fame representative from that ...

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That'll carry some weight with some voters. Hamels also got Cy Young votes in four different seasons, topping out at fifth. In parts of 15 seasons, he went 163-122 with a 3.43 ERA (123 ERA+), 1. ...

Also newly eligible next year are Matt Kemp, the runner-up to Braun for that MVP, as well as 2016 Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello and longtime Kansas City Royals standout Alex Gordon.

Longtime left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels has the best career WAR (59) among the players scheduled to debut next year and Ryan Braun (47.1%) was an MVP winner, but neither of them has the ...