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Watch more top videos, highlights, and B/R original content ... First-time eligible candidates in 2026 include Cole Hamels, Rick Porcello and Gio Gonzalez. The best returning pitcher next ...

Next year, another forner Phillies pitcher is on the ballot for the first-time. Cole Hamels highlights the first-time eligibles for 2026. While Wagner's election was in his final year on the ballot, ...

We'll review some of the top options below. Hamels probably presents the best case among the newcomers, but he certainly won't be a first-ballot selection. The four-time All-Star has a World ...

Before Andrew Painter, there was Cole Hamels. Two decades ago, Hamels arrived in spring training as the Phillies’ Next Big ...

There will be no such intrigue a year from now. GO DEEPER Ichiro, Sabathia and Wagner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame Left-hander Cole Hamels and outfielder Ryan Braun headline the class eligible ...

That'll carry some weight with some voters. Hamels also got Cy Young votes in four different seasons, topping out at fifth. In parts of 15 seasons, he went 163-122 with a 3.43 ERA (123 ERA+), 1. ...

Longtime left-handed pitcher Cole Hamels has the best career WAR (59) among the players scheduled to debut next year and Ryan Braun (47.1%) was an MVP winner, but neither of them has the ...

The biggest names entering their first years of eligibility are Cole Hamels and Ryan Braun. Those two players are likely the only ones with any sort of realistic shot at making the Hall of Fame.

The top name on the potential 2026 ballot is lefthander Cole Hamels, who won 163 games in a 15-year career. Other notable first-timers include Ryan Braun, Shin-Soo Choo, Edwin Encarnación ...

And next year should work in his favor because there probably won’t be any first-ballot inductees. Cole Hamels and Ryan Braun are expected to headline the newcomers. “He’s going to be the closest to ...