I've previously stated my opinion on steroids and the backup of players on the Hall of Fame ballot so I'll spare those details again.
The most significant change for me this year is I have finally come around on Tim Raines and Alan Trammel (and the removal of Jeff Kent / addition of Curt Schilling). Raines has too many intangibles (that don't always show up in a box score) in addition to his numbers not to make it in. For Trammel, I see the comparisons to Barry Larkin and just don't quite understand how Larkin gets in so easily and how Trammel could never get enough traction.
For Kent, the more I think about it I feel that he was just a little to one dimensional for enshrinement. I am on the fence about him though, especially with the offensive numbers he put up as a second basemen.
With Schilling, I really struggled with if I would give my vote to him or Mike Mussina. When you weigh everything out, it is a flip of the coin for me so I gave it to the Red Sox with an impressive postseason resume. But, I could have just as easily voted for Mussina (and maybe should have). Regardless, there are not enough pitchers from the era in the Hall so I feel responsible to start voting for a few when possible.
My 2016 MLB Hall of Fame vote is as follows:
Jeff Bagwell
Barry Bonds
Roger Clemens
Ken Griffey Jr
Trevor Hoffman
Fred McGriff
Mike Piazza
Tim Raines
Curt Schilling
Alan Trammel
My guess at players with >=60% of the vote this year (1/3/16):
Griffey Jr 96%
Piazza 78%
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Raines 71%
Bagwell 67%
Hoffman 63%
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