We finish at 245 pre-results ballots. Thank you for following!

Ballot #245 is from Anthony McCarron, via SNY’s Baseball Night in NY. He votes again for his seven holdovers, with no changes. Carlos Beltrán ends the pre portion of the program at 89.8%, Andruw Jones at 83.3%. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #244 is from John Harper, live on SNY’s Baseball Night in New York. He selects Beltrán, Jones, and Pettitte. No adds or drops for returning candidates and no first-timers selected In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

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Ballot #243 is from Bob Nightengale. He again votes for his three holdovers - Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones, and Omar Vizquel - with no adds, drops, or first-timers selected. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #242 is from Tom Verducci, revealed moments ago on MLB Network’s pre-announcement special. After voting for Wagner, CC, Ichiro and Beltrán last year, he adds Jones (+16), Rollins (+17), and Utley (+26) Current %: Beltrán 89.7 Jones 83.1 Utley 69.4 Rollins 27.3 In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #241 is from John Shea. Holdovers Andruw Jones and Jimmy Rollins get carried over and are joined by Andy Pettitte (now +37) and Chase Utley (+25). Shea's column on his ballot will be published in the coming days at the San Francisco Standard. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #240 is from Ryan Fagan. Félix gains again for his 50th add (net +49). Hamels gets a vote & is at 31.7%. This is the 3rd time (1st since ‘18) with 240 pre ballots. Félix now t-9th ever in full cycle net gain & 2nd pre-announce. His column: theanalyst.com/articles/bas... Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #238 is from Jon Meoli, our 37th first-time voter. He selects ten candidates. Beltrán remains perfect here, while Jones is at 91.9%, Utley 83.8%, Félix 75.7% and Pettitte 70.7% Meoli’s column: www.thebanner.com/sports/oriol... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #237 is from Tom Haudricourt. Four of his holdover make it back to his 2026 ballot, but Pedroia is dropped and falls to net +21. Carlos Beltrán inches closer to 90%. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #236 is from Ben Reiter. Bobby Abreu (+19), Mark Buehrle (+13), and Cole Hamels (31.4%) join seven holdovers. This is the most common 10-player ballot, submitted now 8 times. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #235 is from Troy Renck. Chase Utley joins holdovers Beltrán, Jones, and Rollins. He moves to +24 and sits at 68.5% overall in his third year of eligibility. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #234 is from Randy Miller. Beltrán (+13) and Pettitte (+36) both gain votes, however, Andruw Jones suffers his first drop and falls back to +15. He sits at 82.5% In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #232 is from the 2026 BBWAA Career Excellence Award winner Paul Hoynes. Along with 7 holdovers, Hoynes adds Hamels in his first year of eligibility along with Félix (+47) and Rollins (+16). Via the Cleveland Baseball Talk Pod: www.cleveland.com/guardians/20... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #231 is from a voter who wishes to remain anonymous. As always, we are unable to report on adds or drops, if any, on anonymous ballots. Beltrán and Jones are at 76.9% with anonymous voters. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #230 is from Joe Posnanski. Six of his seven holdovers earn his vote once again, with Wright (net +14) losing a vote. Hamels climbs to 31.3% while each of Abreu (+18), Pedroia (+22), and Pettitte (+35) gain support Via JoeBlogs: www.joeposnanski.com/p/its-hall-o... Tracker: tracker.fyi

With 229 ballots/~54.0% known: Beltrán 89.5% Andruw 82.5% - Utley 68.1% Pettitte 56.8% Félix 55.5% A-Rod 43.2% Manny 40.6% Abreu 38.9% Hamels 31.0% Pedroia 26.2% Rollins 25.8% Buehrle 23.1% Wright 19.7% Vizquel 12.2% K-Rod 11.4% Torii 6.1% - Braun 2.6% EE 0.9% Choo/Markakis/Pence/Porcello 0.4%

Ballot #229 is from Marc Lancaster. Each of the top three vote-getters earn his vote once again. Current tracking for these three candidates: Beltrán 89.5%, Jones 82.5%, Utley 68.1% In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #228 is from Pete Caldera. No adds or drops for returning candidates and no first-year candidates selected on his four-player ballot. Caldera's column: www.northjersey.com/story/sports... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #227 is from Joel Sherman. Holdovers Beltrán and Utley receive his vote, with no adds, drops, or first-timers. This is the second Beltrán/Utley of the cycle. His piece: nypost.com/2026/01/20/s... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #226 is from Brian Lewis. Last year, he voted for the 3 inductees. This year, he votes for Beltrán (+12), Hamels (31.4%), Jones (+16), Andy (+34), Manny (+8), A-Rod (+10), J-Roll (+15), & Utley (+23). Via NY Post, below Heyman’s column: nypost.com/2026/01/20/s... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #225 is from George A. King III. Six holdovers earn his vote once again. No adds, drops, or first-year candidates selected Via NY Post (below Heyman’s column): nypost.com/2026/01/20/s... Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #224 is from Jon Heyman. With 8 holdovers following CC and Ichiro’s elections, he adds Dustin Pedroia, who moves to +21 overall in his second year. Hunter is tracking at 6.25%, 8 away from estimated safe. Wright clears 20%. His column: nypost.com/2026/01/20/s... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Less than 24 hours to go until the results of this year's Baseball Hall of Fame election are revealed. If trends with public voters hold, we'll be welcoming two new members: Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones. My latest projections with 223 ballots in @notmrtibbs.com's Tracker.

Ballot #223 is from Bob Sherwin. No adds, drops or first-year candidates on Sherwin's ballot of four holdovers: Beltrán, Pedroia, Pettitte and Vizquel. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #221 is from Nick Groke. No adds or drops for returning candidates and no first-year candidates selected. This is Abreu's second ever appearance on a ballot of 3 or fewer. Groke's explanatory thread: bsky.app/profile/nick... Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #220 is from Brendan Prunty, via his annual Twitter rundown. He keeps his seven holdovers and adds first-timer Hamels (31.8%), second-timer Félix (+46), and fifth-timer Rollins (+14), noting Wright as next. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #219 is from Jeff Sanders. He again checks the box for ten candidates, adding Abreu (+16), Pettitte (+33), and Rollins (+13) to his seven holdovers In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #218 is from John Perrotto. Ryan Braun has his sixth vote (2.8%) but is currently tracking below the 5% needed to secure an appearance on next year's ballot. Gaining Perrotto's vote this year are Pettitte (+32), Utley (+21) and Abreu (+15). In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #217 is from Paul Sullivan. Pitchers Cole Hamels (31.8% in his first year) and Félix Hernández (+45, tying 2020 Sheffield for 4th-largest pre-results net gain) and 2026 hopeful Andruw Jones (+15) join holdovers Beltrán & Buehrle. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #216 is from Ken Rosenthal. Six new additions join four holdovers. Buehrle (+12), King Félix (+44), Pedroia (+20), Pettitte (+31), Wright (+15), and first-year candidate Hamels all earn votes Rosenthal’s column: www.nytimes.com/athletic/698... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #215 is from Marc Topkin. After voting to elect Billy Wagner (for the tenth time) along with Ichiro and CC Sabathia in their first year of eligibility, he includes Beltrán (+11) and Jones (+14) with no holdovers returning Via TB Times: www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/... Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #214 is from John Romano, part of the Tampa Bay Times group. He adds Jones & Wright to 7 holdovers. Jones is +13 after missing by 35 votes while Wright is +14 in his third year. The TB Times group, below Marc Topkin’s column: www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #213 comes via the Tampa Bay Times' group reveal and is from Eduardo A. Encina. He adds Abreu who improves to +14. First-year candidate Hamels is the other new vote to join four holdovers. TB Times group (below Topkin's column): www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #212 is from a voter who wishes to remain anonymous. Leading vote-getters Beltrán and Jones are selected, the tenth time this exact ballot has been cast. Among anonymous voters: Beltrán 9/12 Jones 9/12 Abreu, Félix, Pettitte, Utley 6/12 Manny, A-Rod, Buehrle 4/12 Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #211 is from Steve Politi. Utley (+20) & Wright (+13) gain. Hamels (31.3%) gets a vote. "I had room on my ballot, and so I’m tipping my cap to the Jersey guy on a tremendous career,” Politi notes, putting Rick Porcello on board. His column: www.nj.com/yankees/2026... Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #210 is from Matt Breen. He adds Félix Hernández (now net +43) and Andy Pettitte, who becomes the second candidate at +30 this cycle and is now tied for 20th on our all-time pre-results net gain leaderboard. Hamels also picks up Breen’s vote. In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #209 is from a voter who wishes to remain anonymous. Two players - Manny and A-Rod receive votes. This is the fourth 2-player ballot this cycle containing these two names, and the 11th such ballot in history. There were 5 in 2023 and 2 in 2024 In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #208 is from first-time voter Kyle Hightower. He checks the boxes of the two candidates currently above the 75% election threshold. Among the 36 first-timers to reveal their ballots so far, Beltrán is 36/36 (100%) and Andruw is 33-for-36 (91.7%). In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #206 is from Rob Parker, who was elected to the Black Sportwriters Hall of Fame yesterday. With no holdovers, he becomes the fourth voter to submit a blank ballot this cycle. Via the Inside the Parker podcast: t.co/yEcBaWX10r In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #205 is from a voter who wishes to remain anonymous. We cannot report adds or drops if any on anonymous ballots. A 3-player ballot is the smallest public ballot that Abreu has ever appeared on and ties the smallest for Félix. Beltrán drops below 90%; Andruw below 84%. Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #204 is from Tyler Kepner. No adds, drops or first-year selections. With more than half the ballots still remaining, David Wright has his 40th vote (received 32 all of last cycle). Pettitte has 119 (110 last year). Kepner's column: www.nytimes.com/athletic/696... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #203 is from Sean McAdam. 8 years after being ballot #162 & pushing Andruw from 4.97% to 5.55% in the Tracker Andruw’s first year, he casts his 9th Andruw & 4th Beltrán vote, the 8th ballot overall with just the top 2. His column: www.masslive.com/redsox/2026/... Coming Soon to the Tracker

Ballot #202 is from Scott Lauber. The ten-time Billy Wagner voter casts his 11th Hall of Fame ballot. Four holdovers are joined by Dustin Pedroia, who climbs to +19 Lauber’s column: www.inquirer.com/phillies/hal... Coming soon to the Tracker

Ballot #201 is from Marcus Hayes. He checks the box of ten position players and no pitchers. After an 0/173 run, Ryan Braun has his fifth Hall of Fame vote. Both Hunter (+4) and Pedroia (+18) gain ground In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

With 200 ballots in the Tracker (tracker.fyi) 6 different types of ballots have been cast 4 or more times: 7x: current top 9 + Buehrle 7x: Beltrán, Jones 5x: Beltrán, Jones, Andy 4x: Beltrán, Jones, Andy, Utley 4x: Beltrán, Jones, Utley 4x: Beltrán, Félix, Jones All twins: bit.ly/ballot-twins-26

Ballot #200 is from Ken Davidoff. He adds both Pedroia (+17) & Wright (+12), the sixth voter to publicly do so, & votes for Hames, who’s at 32%. Thru 200, Beltrán’s 90%, Andruw 85%, Utley 69%. 4 others are at/over 40.0%. Reveal around ~5:00: www.onnj.com/videos/101-l... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

And finally from Newsday Sports, ballot #199 is from Roger Rubin. No adds or drops for returning candidates and no first-year candidates selected on his 2-player ballot. Newsday's group reveal: www.newsday.com/sports/baseb... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi

Ballot #198 is from Anthony Rieber. All five of his holdovers retain his vote, with no adds, drops, or first-timers. Pettitte ties Félix for fourth overall at 116 votes/58.6%. From the Newsday group reveal: www.newsday.com/sports/baseb... In the Tracker: tracker.fyi