Barry Bonds, Jeff Kent up for Hall of Fame election on 2025 Contemporary Era ballot

Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent have another shot at Cooperstown Bonds and Kent one of the greatest duos in franchise history are both on this year s eight-player Contemporary Baseball Era participant ballot and will have another shot at being voted into the Hall of Fame Related Articles What s ahead for SF Giants after hiring new manager Vitello SF Giants Bailey Webb named Gold Glove Award winners We re all super excited Webb praises new SF Giants manager Vitello How Posey landed on Vitello as SF Giants new manager New SF Giants manager Tony Vitello indoctrinated into company s beliefs years ago ready for the challenge The -person era committee will meet on Dec during MLB s winter meetings in Orlando Florida and the results will be released at p m PST on MLB Setup Candidates must receive at least percent of the vote for polling This year s ballot also includes Roger Clemens Don Mattingly Dale Murphy Carlos Delgado Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela Along with Bonds and Kent broadcaster Duane Kuiper is once again on the ballot for the Ford C Frick Award Bonds the all-time and single-season home run leader was on the last contemporary era ballot in December and received fewer than four votes well short of the needed for poll This came after Bonds fell short of being elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America in January he was named on percent of the ballots during his th and final year of consideration Kent the NL MVP who owns the record for largest part homers hit by a second baseman also spent seasons on the ballot and fell short of referendum peaking at receiving of the vote in his final year Bonds without question boasts one of the best r sum s in baseball history one that features seven MVPs eight Gold Glove Awards Silver Slugger Awards and All-Star selections Despite his accomplishments Bonds and various other superstars have been held out of the Hall of Fame due to their links to performance-enhancing drugs There have been no shortage of writers who have invoked the Hall of Fame s Character Clause which states that players shall be chosen on the basis of playing ability sportsmanship character their contribution to the teams on which they played and to baseball in general Bonds has denied knowingly using PEDs Each era committee meets once every three years and the next contemporary era ballot will be in December The Hall of Fame reported last March that any candidate who doesn t receive at least five votes won t be eligible for that committee s ballot in the next three-year cycle If a candidate fails to receive at least five votes in multiple appearances on a committee ballot that candidate will be barred from future ballots