Author: Martin Gallegos
Published on: 2023-01-24 17:34:12
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Abreu appeared on 60 of the 389 submitted ballots (15.4 percent), while RodrÃguez received 42 votes (10.8 percent) and Hunter 27 votes (6.9 percent), exceeding the threshold of 5 percent needed to remain eligible next year. The trio of former Angels were among the 16 players who will remain on the ballot in 2024, with Scott Rolen the lone player elected. Rolen will be joined in the Class of 2023 by Fred McGriff, who was a unanimous selection by the 16-member Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee in December. They will be enshrined on July 25 in Cooperstown.
RodrÃguez electrified the baseball world as a 20-year-old rookie in 2002, when he dominated hitters out of the bullpen throughout the postseason with a high-90s fastball and nasty curveball en route to the Angels winning the World Series.
Of his 16 years…