Here is it, our first look at the 2026 Hall of Fame ballot out in the wild (via David Borges on Facebook):

Game on!!!

The 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot as announced moments ago by @baseballhall.org (baseballhall.org/news/2026-bb...). Results will be announced Jan. 20th. Game on!

Wake up Tracker Team (@shutthedore.bsky.social, @tonycal.bsky.social)! It's Confirmed First-Time Voter Friday! Congrats Eric! We needed more puns during HOF season.

So it begins

Hall of Fame lobby meetup with members of the @notmrtibbs.com Ballot Tracker team @shutthedore.bsky.social (left), @tonycal.bsky.social (second from right) — both paying tribute to one of today’s inductees, Billy Wagner — plus a friend of theirs

And finally, BBWAA Batch 26: Ballot #331, Gordon Wittenmyer Ballot #332, Masashi Yamazaki Ballot #333, Robert Kuenster (+Pettitte, -Abreu) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch 25: Ballot #328, David Wilhelm Ballot #329, Bill Windler Ballot #330, Tom Withers Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch 24: Ballot #324, Tom Timmermann Ballot #325, John Tomase Ballot #326, Robert Tracy (+Pettitte, Rollins, Wright) Ballot #327, Howard Ulman (-Andruw) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch 23: Ballot #320, Claire Smith Ballot #321, Clark Spencer Ballot #322, Arnie Stapleton Ballot #323, Gregory Strong (+Manny, Utley, -Wright) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #22 316: Jorge Rojas (-Wright) 317: Todd Rosiak 318: Bob Sansevere (-Utley) 319: Mark Saxon (-Vizquel; +Beltrán, +Pettitte, +Wagner) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #21 312: Ray Ratto 313: Christian Red (-Beltrán) 314: Patrick Reusse (+Beltrán) 315: Marla Ridenour Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #20 308: Robert Parent (+Beltrán, +Rollins) 309: Alex Pavlovic (+Pettitte) 310: Terry Pluto (+Jones, +KRod; -Wright) 311: Shaun Powell (-Beltrán, +Manny) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #19 304: Charles Odum 305: Hideki Okuda (+Beltrán, +Manny) 306: Drew Olson (-Abreu) 307: Joe Ostermeier (-Abreu, -Rollins) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #18 300: Paul Newberry 301: Masa Niwa 302: John Niyo (+Beltrán, +Utley) 303: Sheldon Ocker (+Abreu) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch 17: Ballot #296, Carrie Muskat Ballot #297, Gene Myers (+Utley) Ballot #298, Katsushi Nagao (-Abreu, Buehrle, KRod) Ballot #299, Lavelle E. Neal III (+Beltrán) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #16 292: Hal McCoy (+Pettitte; -Rollins) 293: Larry Millson (+Utley) 294: Patrick Mooney 295: Terence Moore Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #15 288: Tim Kurkjian 289: Paul Ladewski 290: Gil LeBreton (-Beltrán, -Jones) 291: Sean McClelland (+Beltrán) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch 14: Ballot #284, Jim Ingraham (+KRod, +Utley) Ballot #285, Tom Keegan Ballot #286, Fred Kerber (+Utley) Ballot #287, Keizo Konishi Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #13 280: John Hickey (+Abreu, +Pettitte, +ARod) 281: Hirokazu Higuchi (+Wagner) 282: Alan Hoskins (+Beltrán, +Manny) 283: Mike Imrem Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #12 276: Chris Haft (+Jones, +Vizquel; -KRod, -Utley) 277: Paul Hagen 278: Jim Henneman (+Pettitte, +Utley) 279: Manolo Hernandez-Douen (+Jones, -Manny) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #11 272: Kyle Glaser 273: Brian Golden 274: Rick Gosselin 275: Teddy Greenstein (+Beltrán, +Pettitte) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch 10: Ballot #268, Larry Fine (+Beltrán, Andruw, Pettitte, KRod, Rollins) Ballot #269, Mike Fitzpatrick (+Abreu, KRod, Wright) Ballot #270, Dennis Georgatos (+Abreu, -JRoll, Utley, Wright) Ballot #271, Toni Ginnetti (-Vizquel) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch 9: Ballot #264, John Erardi (+Abreu, Utley) Ballot #265, Jack Etkin (+Beltrán) Ballot #266, Bill Evans Ballot #267, Howard Fendrich Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch 8: Ballot #260, Chuck Dybdal Ballot #261, Jorge Ebro (+Abreu, -Hunter, Utley) Ballot #262, Bob Elliott (-Rollins) Ballot #263, Chris Elsberry (+Beltrán, ARod, Vizquel) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #7 256: Steve Dilbeck (+Wagber, +KRod) 257: Ryan Divish (+Manny; -Utley) 258: Schuyler Dixon (+KRod) 259: Todd Dybas Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch 6: Ballot #252, Glen Crevier (+ARod, -Wagner) Ballot #253, Guy Curtright (+Beltrán, Manny, ARod) Ballot #254, Dave Daniel (+Beltrán, Andruw, Wagner) Ballot #255, Tony DeMarco (+Utley) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #5 248: Joe Christensen (+Pettitte) 249: Bob Cohn 250: Ron Cook 251: Brian Costa (+Wagner; -Pettitte, -Wright) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #4 244: Dennis Brackin (+Pettitte) 245: John Canzano (-Beltrán, -Vizquel) 246: Pat Caputo (-Vizquel) 247: Bill Center (+Beltrán) Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch 3: Ballot #240, Rob Biertempfel Ballot #241, John Black (+Manny, -Andruw) Ballot #242, Ronald Blum Ballot #243, Hal Bodley Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

BBWAA Batch #2 236: Andrew Baggarly 237: David Barron 238: Michael Bauman 239: Mike Berardino Tracker: tracker.fyi

BBWAA Batch #1: 232: Eduardo Almada (+Abreu) 233: John Altavilla (+Beltrán) 234: David Ammenheuser (+Vizquel) 235: Ben Badler Tracker: tracker.fyi BBWAA: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo...

Happy opening week! To celebrate, we’re going to post all remaining ballots from the 2025 election. Ballot #228, anonymous Ballot #229, Rick Morrissey (chicago.suntimes.com/sports/2025/...) Ballot #230, Bob Hunter (+Beltrán) Ballot #231, Jeff Blair Tracker: tracker.fyi

Just added ballot #333 to the Tracker, which brings us to 84.5% of ballots known and a new record! (Previous best: 84.4% in 2020.)

The BBWAA has released all of the ballots that voters allowed to be published. There will be over 100 ballots new to the Tracker: bbwaa.com/25-hof-ballo... Record public ballot percent? Not quite, but very close.

Closing my coverage of the 2025 Hall of Fame election cycle with my annual look into the crystal ball. Guaranteed 64% accurate!* *guarantee void on the Internet

Some more ballots: 224: Dennis Maffezzoli (Utley +21) 225: Paul Hoynes: www.cleveland.com/guardians/20... 226: Anonymous 227: Jesse Rogers (Jones +11, Utley +22, - Beltrán drop to +25) Tracker: tracker.fyi

The next batch of four post-announcement ballots revealed, all in Tracker: 220: Dan Connolly 221: Bob Klapisch (www.nj.com/yankees/2025...) 222: Howie Kussoy (Pettitte (+25), Utley (+20), Wright (+8) adds, Manny (-3), ARod (-2) drops) 223: Ed Petruska (Pettitte (+26) and Wagner (+12) adds

My annual Hall of Fame column. www.masnsports.com/blog/my-2025...

My 26th @baseballhall.org ballot: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner.

@notmrtibbs.com OK, now that the Hall Class of 2025 has been announced, here's how my ballot looked: Felix Hernandez, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rodriguez, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki, Billy Wagner.

Thought we were done? Not so fast! 13 ballots have been added to the Tracker since the announcement, and we expect to add many many more on 2/4. Here’s the first 3: 217: Jim Alexander 218: Scott Miller 219: Mark Zuckerman (10x Wagner voter): www.masnsports.com/blog/my-2025... Tracker: tracker.fyi

new @fangraphs.com: coattails, closers, and conversations about standards: my deep dive into the 2025 Hall of Fame voting results for all 28 candidates

New from me: 5 Things We Learned from the 2025 Hall of Fame election. Ichiro's run at unanimity CC gets a bigger pct. than Bob Gibson Wagner's closing time Beltran and Andruw on deck Pettitte, Utley surge And the 90 percent club www.nytimes.com/athletic/607...

Billy Wagner, Ichiro Suzuki, and CC Sabathia…..Hall of Famers! HUGE congratulations to them all!

Congratulations to Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner!

Billy Wagner receiving The Call, from @ortizkicks.bsky.social: x.com/OrtizKicks/s...

Ballot #216 is from Tom Verducci, just revealed live on MLB Network In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #215 is from John Harper. Andy Pettitte gains a vote and moves to +24. Harper has voted for Billy Wagner all ten years he has appeared on the ballot (our seventh voter to do so) In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #214 is from Anthony McCarron, revealed moments ago on SNY’s Baseball Night in New York. Pedroia, Félix, CC, and Ichiro join six holdovers, with no adds or drops for returning candidates. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi