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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Julio Franco

Even though we see his name for the first time on this ballot, there's still a small part of us that thinks we'll see the 54-year-old Franco somewhere in a big-league camp next month. The ageless wonder with the distinct batting stance spent 23 seasons in the bigs and became the oldest player to hit a home run when he clubbed one for the 2007 Mets at the age of 48. But endurance alone does not make a Hall of Fame career, so Franco ... more
Julio Franco

Even though we see his name for the first time on this ballot, there's still a small part of us that thinks we'll see the 54-year-old Franco somewhere in a big-league camp next month. The ageless wonder with the distinct batting stance spent 23 seasons in the bigs and became the oldest player to hit a home run when he clubbed one for the 2007 Mets at the age of 48. But endurance alone does not make a Hall of Fame career, so Franco will likely find himself among the "one-and-done" crew when he falls short of 5 percent this vote. – KK

BLS vote: No
Will he get in this year: No
BBTF projection: 1.0 percent

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