Astros Crawfish Boil

Astros Crawfish Boil: January 26th, 2022

My lack of surprise at the HoF voting being revealed as a popularity contest among baseball writers who take themselves way too seriously is palpable

By CKuno Jan 26, 2022, 8:45am CST

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In a move that was fully expected, David Ortiz has officially been named to the Hall of Fame (MLB Trade Rumors)
But the bigger conversation is about the big names that have fallen off the ballot due to personal morality clauses of BBWA writers (MLB.com)
This crowdsourced ballot looks a little more like how things should actually be (FanGraphs)
I have to say that Roger Clemens took his denial of immortality pretty well (Twitter - Roger Clemens)
Billy Wagner got a little closer in the needed vote totals, though he still fell short by almost 25% (Astros.com)
Wags does have the support of Jeff Bagwell though (Twitter - Mark Berman)
This time of year always brings up mentions of Pete Rose, but it’s important to remember that Rose dug his own grave when it came to his suspension (Twitter - T.J. Quinn)
Carlos Beltran goes on the ballot next year and it will be the first test of how involvement in the sign stealing scandal will interfere with players’ chances (Sporting News)
It appears as though significant progress was made at the latest round of CBA negotiations (MLB.com)
Here’s a rundown of specifics from the most recent meetings (MLB Trade Rumors)
Here are the results from the Athletic’s fan survey on the direction of the Astros (The Athletic, $$$)