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Don Mattingly is set to learn his Hall of Fame fate on Sunday night.

That’s when the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee will unveil its class of 2026 from a ballot of eight former players who are no longer eligible for the more traditional pathway of being voted in by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA).

Mattingly is joined on the ballot by Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Gary Sheffield, Dale Murphy, Jeff Kent, Fernando Valenzuela and Carlos Delgado.

Although Mattingly never came close to receiving the requisite 75% of votes during his 15 years on the BBWAA ballot — he maxed out at 28.2% in 2001 during his first year of eligibility — the former Yankees captain will be considered again Sunday by a much smaller group.

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