At least Cooperstown will have Derek Jeter this summer.
A year after the ex-Yankee reached a vote to become the second unanimously chosen player for the Baseball Hall of Fame, no player is expected to get enough votes for consecration when it is announced on Tuesday by the Writers Association of Baseball in America.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Curt Schilling had 75.1% of the votes counted by Ryan Thibodaux and counted on Twitter @Notmrtibbs.
And while that was enough for the 75% cut for registration, the percentages drop significantly after all votes are counted.
Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were the only others following more than 70 percent on Tuesday, both close to where they were a year ago, when they also fell far short.
If none of the three arrive on Tuesday, it will be the first time in eight years that no one will be elected to the Hall of Fame.
This was also the first year that Schilling, Bonds and Clemens were on the ballot. Nine players from that 2013 poll, including Larry Walker and Mike Piazza, finally entered.
For July this year, however, since last year’s inauguration ceremony was canceled due to the COVID pandemic, Jeter, Walker, Ted Simmons and the late union leader Marvin Miller are scheduled to be honored in upstate New York.
Next year will also be the last time in the vote for Schilling, Bonds and Clemens, although they are eligible to join veterans’ committees in the future. How it will affect unfortunate players remains to be seen.
Schilling may also have cost himself future votes with his reaction to the Capitol riots on January 6, adding to his list of controversial statements over the years.
In addition to 2022 being the last year of eligibility for Schilling, Bonds and Clemens, it will also be the first year for some other controversial figures – including Alex Rodriguez and David Ortiz.
Both Rodriguez and Ortiz, like Bonds and Clemens, have ties to PEDs. Rodriguez admitted to using them, while Ortiz denied it, but his name appeared in the Mitchell Report.
Rodriguez and Ortiz were more successful in rehabilitating their images. Each of them is on Fox Sports during the postseason, and Rodriguez also works for ESPN and tried to buy Mets this off-season, before losing to Steve Cohen.
Of the 25 first-year players on this year’s ballot, Mark Buehrle is the tallest with just 7.9 percent.
Scott Rolen is next on the line, behind Clemens and Bonds, with 62.1%, which would be a jump from the 35% he obtained a year ago.
Todd Helton, Billy Wagner, Gary Sheffield, Andruw Jones and Omar Vizquel were the only players left to receive more than 40 percent of the vote.
Former Yankee Nick Swisher and former Mets Michael Cuddyer and LaTroy Hawkins are also on the ballot for the first time this year, while former Yankees Andy Pettitte and Bobby Abreu and former Met Jeff Kent are among the rest.