Once again thank you to @NotMrTibbs@ShutTheDore@tonycal93 for their help tracking.
Congrats to Jones and Beltran.
Utley with tremendous progress this year. In 2027 we go for the whole thing. See you guys next year.
Top 5 players (by WAR) joining the ballot next year:
Buster Posey (45.0)
Brett Gardner (44.3)
Jon Lester (43.4)
Ryan Zimmerman (40.1)
Kyle Seager (37.0)
Not the strongest class.
Top 5 players (by WAR) joining the ballot next year:
Buster Posey (45.0)
Brett Gardner (44.3)
Jon Lester (43.4)
Ryan Zimmerman (40.1)
Kyle Seager (37.0)
Not the strongest class.
FINAL RESULTS 2026:
425 total ballots
Update on our @2008Philz
Utley 251/425 (59.1%)
Rollins 108/425 (25.4%)
Hamels 101/425 (23.8%)
Utley jumps from 39.8% to 59.1% in Year 3
Rollins jumps from 18.0% to 25.4% in Year 5
Hamels with 23.8% in Year 1
242 ballots in. This represents approximately 57.1% of total ballots.
Update on our @2008Philz
Utley 168/242 (69.4%)
Rollins 66/242 (27.3%)
Hamels 76/242 (31.4%)
Positive momentum for Utley in last few hours.
He would need 82.4% on remaining ballots to get in this year.
230 ballots in. This represents approximately 54.2% of total ballots.
Update on our @2008Philz
Utley 157/230 (68.3%)
Rollins 59/230 (25.7%)
Hamels 73/230 (31.5%)
Final results will be released later tonight. What a year it has been for Utley.
216 ballots in. This represents approximately 50.9% of total ballots.
Update on our @2008Philz
Utley 147/216 (68.1%)
Rollins 54/216 (25.0%)
Hamels 68/216 (31.5%)
Results are released tomorrow. Hoping for above 60% for Utley.
206 ballots in. This represents approximately 48.6% of total ballots.
Update on our @2008Philz
Utley 141/206 (68.4%)
Rollins 50/206 (24.3%)
Hamels 64/206 (31.1%)
Utley has slipped a little bit. Still great numbers for year 3 though.
2 updates in one day? Why not.
200 ballots in so far. This represents approximately 47.2% of total ballots.
Utley 138/200 (69.0%)
Rollins 48/200 (24.0%)
Hamels 64/200 (32.0%)
Slight dip for Utley from the previous report. He needs 80.4% on remaining ballots
191 ballots in. This represents approximately 45.0% of total ballots.
Update on our @2008Philz
Utley 133/191 (69.6%)
Rollins 47/191 (24.6%)
Hamels 61/191 (31.9%)
Utley needs 79.4% on remaining ballots to get in this year.
Starting to believe we have a chance this year.
186 ballots in so far. This represents approximately 43.9% of total ballots.
Update on our @2008Philz
Utley 128/186 (68.8%)
Rollins 44/186 (23.7%)
Hamels 60/186 (32.3%)
Utley needs 79.8% on remaining ballots to get in this year.
181 ballots in so far. This represents approximately 42.7% of total ballots.
Update on our @2008Philz
Utley 124/181 (68.5%)
Rollins 42/181 (23.2%)
Hamels 59/181 (32.6%)
Utley is on fire. Needs 79.8% on remaining ballots to get in. A long shot this year, but not impossible.
158 ballots in so far. This represents approximately 37.3% of total ballots.
Update on our @2008Philz:
Utley 105/158 (66.5%)
Rollins 38/158 (24.1%)
Hamels 51/158 (32.3%)
Ballot releases are slowing down. Don’t know how many more we’ll get before full results are released 1/20
Utley sits at 66.2% with approximately 35.6% of the vote in.
I would expect him to finish in the 50s hopefully 60s according to the past two years. He has seen a lower voter percentage with the anonymous voters that don’t publicly release their vote in the past.
However, it appears the induction of Jeff Kent has provided voters with a data point that they are clearly not ignoring.
HOFer Jeff Kent (55.4 career WAR) has made it much easier for Chase Utley (64.6 career WAR) to receive votes.