Baseball Hall of Fame 2013 ballot breakdown

Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Kaduk and Dave Brown of Big League Stew look at the 22 worthy players from the National Baseball Hall of Fame's 2013 class and assess their chances of being elected on this ballot. The inductees will be announced Wednesday.

BBTF projections come from BaseballThinkFactory.org and are based on 105 ballots that already have been revealed by their voters.

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Jeff Bagwell

The Astros first baseman has spent the past two seasons being the poster boy for the BBWAA's peculiar practice of keeping out a Hall of Fame-type player because he played during the steroid era (but not because there was any PED evidence against him). Bagwell's numbers have steadily climbed but he'll need at least one more season to reach the magic number of 75 percent. If there's a silver lining to this whole charade, it comes in the... more
Jeff Bagwell

The Astros first baseman has spent the past two seasons being the poster boy for the BBWAA's peculiar practice of keeping out a Hall of Fame-type player because he played during the steroid era (but not because there was any PED evidence against him). Bagwell's numbers have steadily climbed but he'll need at least one more season to reach the magic number of 75 percent. If there's a silver lining to this whole charade, it comes in the possibility that he could share his special day with Astros teammate Craig Biggio. – KK

BLS vote: Yes
Will he get in this year: No
BBTF projection: 62.9 percent

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