Mets Hall of Fame Challenge

[Edgy MD]

From this year's Hall of Fame Ballot, guess the order in which these ex-Mets will finish in the BBWAA voting.

• Bobby Abreu, 2014 Mets


• Heath Bell, 2004–2006 Mets


• Jeff Kent, 1992–1996 Mets


• J.J. Putz, 2009 Mets


• Gary Sheffield, 2009 Mets


• José Valverde, 2014 Mets


• Billy Wagner, 2006–2009 Mets

Also, to make it a little more nuanced, guess which ex-Met players, if any, will be inducted, and guess each player's percentages of the total vote.



Winner gets a baseball book picked from a list I will publish at a later date.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Sheffield 34%

Kent 28%

Wagner 18%

Abreu 2%

Bell, Putz, Valverde 0 votes.

[Edgy MD]

The funny thing is that, if you had told me Bell was still active, I'd've believed you.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Wagner 30%

Sheffield 29%

Kent 32%

Abreu 9%

Bell, Putz, Valverde >1%

[MFS62]

Kent

Sheffield

Wagner

Abreu

The rest too low to consider.

Later

[seawolf17]

None of them are coming close.



Kent 25%

Wagner 21%

Sheffield 12%

Abreu 2%

Putz 0

Valverde 0

Bell 0

[LWFS]

Kent 22%

Country Time 19%

Sheffield 15%

Abreu 7%

Bell/Valverde/Putz <1%

[kcmets]

Kent 23%

Wagner 19%

Sheffield 9%

Abreu 2%

[Centerfield]

You people are lying. Jose Valverde was never a Met.

[Guest 41Forever]

Billy Wagner, 25

Jeff Kent, 22 percent

Gary Sheffield, 19 percent

Bobby Abreu, 4 percent

Heath Bell, 0 percent

J.J. Putz, 0 percent

José Valverde, 0 percent



I think Wagner gets a boost from Lee Smith going in, but he has a long way to go. Kent's still treading water. I think the trend toward posting ballots online means fewer writers will throw away a vote on someone like Bell or Putz.

[G-Fafif]

My one hunch is Abreu will top 5% after a spate of analytics-driven “you don't realize how good he was” articles, the kind of stuff that wouldn't have moved the needle even five years ago (especially on the more crowded ballots of the period).

[Edgy MD]

=Centerfield post_id=26883 time=1574285616 user_id=65]
You people are lying. Jose Valverde was never a Met.