"Make it make sense! Toronto Blue Jays legend Carlos Delgado missed the cut for the Hall of Fame by just a few votes. He was eligible for Cooperstown by way of the Era's Committee and Delgado got nine total votes for 56.3% of the ballots, just three votes shy of induction. Another former Blue Jay, Jeff Kent, did get in receiving 87.5% of the vote."
"Being connected to steroids seemed to play a major role in this years voting. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemes and Gary Sheffield were also among those on the ballot and all three of them, along with Fernando Valenzuela, received less than five votes each. Those three players were heavily connected to steroid use, while Valenzuela was just in an unfortunate spot on this ballot. Valenzuela was a very good player but just didn't quite reach HOF numbers."
"The other three absolutely did have HOF numbers. Bonds is the all time leader in career and single season home runs. Roger Clemens has seven Cy Young awards, the most in MLB history. Sheffield reached 500 home runs, one of the bench marks that used to mean automatic induction. But that clearly no longer is the case and in fact the only player that was inducted was Jeff Kent, a player who was one of the most outspoken against PED use during his playing days."
Carlos Delgado received nine votes (56.3%) from the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee and missed induction by three votes. Jeff Kent was elected with 87.5% of the vote. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Gary Sheffield each received fewer than five votes, and those players have strong ties to steroid allegations. Fernando Valenzuela also received minimal support despite being a very good player who fell short of traditional Hall of Fame benchmarks. Carlos Delgado is noted as one of the premier sluggers without steroid connections and will be eligible again when the committee reconvenes in three years.
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