Overview
- Eight-player ballot features Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela.
- Vote results will be announced live on MLB Network on Dec. 7, with the committee roster to be revealed ahead of the meeting.
- Any inductees will be enshrined on July 26, 2026 in Cooperstown alongside BBWAA selections, whose results are due Jan. 20.
- Valenzuela, a six-time All-Star and the 1981 NL Rookie of the Year and Cy Young winner, received 6.2% and 3.8% on BBWAA ballots in 2003 and 2004 and died in October 2024.
- The Contemporary Era Committee convenes every three years, and under updated rules candidates getting fewer than five votes skip the next cycle; the 2022 panel unanimously elected Fred McGriff.