Overview
- The eight-player slate includes Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Gary Sheffield, Don Mattingly, Jeff Kent, Dale Murphy, Carlos Delgado and Fernando Valenzuela.
- Results will be announced live on MLB Network at 7:30 p.m. ET on Dec. 7 during the Winter Meetings.
- Any candidate receiving at least 12 of 16 votes (75 percent) will be elected and enshrined in July 2026 alongside any BBWAA inductees.
- The committee process evaluates players whose primary impact came after 1980 and offers a route for those not elected by BBWAA voters.
- Fan outlets such as Pinstripe Alley are running surveys that mirror the committee’s three-vote cap to gauge support for the former Yankees on the ballot.