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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Sammy Sosa

The former Cubs slugger will get the luxury of hiding behind Bonds and Clemens in the "Snubbed!" headlines for the next few years but he'll also be hurt by the same wave of anti-PED logic that will keep those two superior players on the outside looking in. And while Bonds and Clemens will likely get in once the voters take their pound of flesh, Sosa probably won't be able to count on those who reach the conclusion that "Bonds and ... more
Sammy Sosa

The former Cubs slugger will get the luxury of hiding behind Bonds and Clemens in the "Snubbed!" headlines for the next few years but he'll also be hurt by the same wave of anti-PED logic that will keep those two superior players on the outside looking in. And while Bonds and Clemens will likely get in once the voters take their pound of flesh, Sosa probably won't be able to count on those who reach the conclusion that "Bonds and Clemens would have been Hall of Famers anyway." Sosa has 609 career homers and is the only major leaguer with three seasons of more than 60, but he'll never be able to get past the dark cloud he created with his dramatically changed physical appearance, corked bat controversy and me-first attitude in the clubhouse. – KK

BLS vote: No
Will he get in this year: No
BBTF projection: 13.5 percent

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