On Tuesday, January 24th, the world is going to find out who will be elected into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame.
This year’s election features some familiar faces who used to play in Toronto like Scott Rolen, Jeff Kent, Omar Vizquel, Mark Buehrle, RA Dickey and Jayson Werth.
Then there’s the rest of the field that includes Todd Helton, Billy Wagner, Andruw Jones, Gary Sheffield, Álex Rodríguez, Manny Ramírez, Andy Pettitte, Jimmy Rollins, Bobby Abreu, Torii Hunter, Francisco Rodríguez, John Lackey, Bronson Arroyo, Carlos Beltrán , Matt Cain, Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Napoli, Jered Weaver, JJ Hardy, Andre Ethier and Jhonny Peralta.
We were fortunate enough to chat with a whole slew of current and former Blue Jays players and pick their brains a little bit. If they had the chance, who would they vote in?
Let’s take a look at their answers below, each player’s Blue Jays tenures are listed in parenthesis. Thank you to all of the players who chose to participate!
Torii Hunter, Andy Pettitte, Manny Ramírez, Álex Rodríguez
Mark Buehrle, Jacoby Ellsbury, Torii Hunter, Andrew Jones, Jimmy Rollins, Gary Sheffield, Billy Wagner
Carlos Beltrán, Andrew Jones, Manny Ramírez, Scott Rolen, Billy Wagner
Andy Pettitte, Billy Wagner
Carlos Beltrán, Todd Helton, Andrew Jones, Omar Vizquel
Andrew Jones, Andy Pettitte, Manny Ramírez, Francisco Rodríguez, Scott Rolen
Carlos Beltrán, Todd Helton, Jeff Kent, Andrew Jones, Scott Rolen, Gary Sheffield, Billy Wagner
Carlos Beltrán, Andy Pettitte, Manny Ramírez, Scott Rolen, Omar Vizquel
Todd Helton, Scott Rolen, Gary Sheffield
Carlos Beltrán, Andre Ethier, Todd Helton, Torii Hunter, Andrew Jones, Andy Pettitte, Manny Ramírez, Scott Rolen, Jimmy Rollins, Gary Sheffield
Wow, we have an Andre Ethier vote! On this, Lukes said, “loved him as a player but he’s one of the nicest human beings I’ve ever met. For the last few offseasons I have hung Christmas lights as a job and I hung them at his house.”
Todd Helton, Torii Hunter, Andrew Jones, Alex Rodríguez, Scott Rolen, Gary Sheffield, Billy Wagner
Todd Helton, Scott Rolen, Billy Wagner
Todd Helton, Torii Hunter, Álex Rodríguez, Jimmy Rollins, Huston Street. “Barry Bonds also needs to be on the ballot as a write-in“, Ruwe says.
This article will be updated as more players send us their votes.