Yankees on the 2021 BBWAA HoF Ballot - Champions Club
After cancelling the usual induction festivities this past summer due to the pandemic, the National Baseball Hall of Fame is looking to add to a class headlined by Derek Jeter with the newly released ballot for 2021 . On a ballot with 25 players, there are no slam dunks this year, but eight of them spent at least one season with the Yankees during their career. The results of this year's election will be released on January 26, 2021 but we'll take a look at each former Yankee's case well before then. As always, a player needs at least 75% of the close to 400-member electorate to vote for them in order to gain election. The first group we'll take a look at here all won at least one World Series as a member of the Yankees. Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte each have a body of work that matches up favorably to other Hall of Fame pitchers, if not for the major controversy that surrounded their careers. A.J. Burnett and Nick Swisher were certainly useful players that made si...