Hall of Fame Welcomes New Inductees, Many Big Names Still Await Recognition

Beltré, Helton, and Mauer join the Hall of Fame, while players like Freehan, Palmeiro, and Rodriguez remain on the outside. Current players like Kershaw, Trout, and Judge are building strong cases for future induction.

• Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer have been elected as the newest Hall of Famers by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, joining manager Jim Leyland in the Class of 2024.
• Despite these new additions, many big names remain outside the Hall's Plaque Gallery, including Bill Freehan, Rafael Palmeiro, Lou Whitaker, Dick Allen, Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Carlos Beltrán, Shoeless Joe Jackson, Hal McRae, Roger Clemens, Johan Santana, Dan Quisenberry, and Billy Wagner.
• Two of the three new electees for the Class of 2024, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer, spent the entirety of their Major League careers with the Rockies and Twins respectively, joining the exclusive group of Hall of Famers who played for only one American or National League team.
• Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer, Mike Trout, Justin Verlander, Zack Greinke, Joey Votto, Nolan Arenado, Manny Machado, Paul Goldschmidt, Freddie Freeman, Mookie Betts, Jose Altuve, Bryce Harper, Pete Alonso, Gerrit Cole, Aaron Judge, Francisco Lindor, and Juan Soto are all currently building intriguing Hall of Fame cases.
• Players such as Shohei Ohtani, Bo Bichette, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Corbin Carroll, Evan Carter, Wyatt Langford, Mike Trout, David Wright, Pete Alonso, Ryan Zimmerman, Stephen Strasburg, and others could potentially join the Hall of Fame in the future.

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