HOF Tracker suggests Beltran, Jones could be in 2026 class

Key Highlights

• 16, 206 voter ballots had been tallied, an estimated 48% of the expected total.
• With 75% of the votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America voters needed, only Beltran and Jones were in position to make the July stage. Beltran, the outfielder from Puerto Rico, played 20 seasons with Kansas City, Houston, San Francisco, Saint Louis, New York Mets, New York Yankees and Texas.
• He had a career average of .279 with 2,725 hits, 435 home runs and 1,587 RBIs.
• He was a nine-time All-Star, won three Golden Goves and two Silver Slugger Awards, and was the American League Rookie of the Year in 1999.
• He won the Roberto Clemente Man of the Year Award in 2012. Beltran won a World Series with the Astros in 2017, but was implicated in their sign stealing scandal, costing him a managerial job with the Mets in 2020. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhile candidates deemed controversial can see late or unrevealed ballots break against them, Beltran has been named on 89.8% of the votes revealed so far, giving him a large cushion toward induction. Jones, an outfielder from Curacao, played 17 seasons with Atlanta, Texas, Los Angeles, the Yankees and the Chicago White Sox.