We’d as nicely begin speaking about this now. As early as subsequent Tuesday, it’s no less than potential that Carlos Beltran will earn the 75 p.c of the vote essential to realize entrance to the Corridor of Fame. And when that occurs — if not now, then some 12 months quickly — it’s going to be a most fascinating factor to observe how Mets followers react.
As of Tuesday, the Cooperstown-tracking service dutifully performed by the nice Ryan Thibodaux (@notmrtibbs.com on Bluesky) projected two digital shoo-ins for induction with 37.8 p.c of the voting physique revealing their ballots: Ichiro Suzuki (one hundred pc thus far) and ex-Yankee CC Sabathia (92.6 p.c).
Billy Wagner, who closed for the Mets along with 4 different groups, additionally seems like a reasonably good guess to be honored this summer time in his ultimate look on the poll; he sits at 84.5 p.c (after falling simply shy, at 73.8 p.c, final 12 months).
Beltran, for now, is the one different identify sitting north of the cutline, at 79.1 p.c, with Andruw Jones resting simply south, at 74.3 p.c. Beltran completed at 57.1 p.c final 12 months, and the way in which this stuff usually go, we are able to surmise two issues:
