Carlos Beltran returns to this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame ballot as a virtual lock for induction next summer and former Met Daniel Murphy is among the dozen new candidates, a group that also includes PED-tainted slugger Ryan Braun.

Beltran narrowly missed making the cut for the Class of 2025 in his third year of eligibility, earning 277 of the necessary 296 votes for election, or 70.3% of the required 75% threshold. While Beltran’s involvement with the 2017 Astros' cheating scandal forced him to resign as Mets manager before making it to spring training, the nine-time All-Star was selected for the franchise’s Hall of Fame last week and should cruise into Cooperstown come January. Andruw Jones has a decent shot to join Beltran as well after pulling in 261 votes, or 66.2% of the elector

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