In my ongoing series of profiling candidates for the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame class, I already noted that this cycle might be the best chance for Carlos Beltrán to make it into the Hall . Fellow center fielder Andruw Jones might be in a similar situation, only there's much more urgency to Jones' case.

This is Jones' ninth year on the ballot out of a maximum of 10 tries. Between the 2019 and 2023 ballots, Jones' vote percentage skyrocketed upward, but the gains the last two years were more modest and might be concerning for Jones advocates.

Here's a look at the nine years and his percentages of the vote, in order, keeping in mind he needs 75% to get in:

2018 : 7.3%

2019 : 7.5%

2020 : 19.4%

2021 : 33.9%

2022 : 41.4%

2023 : 58.1%

2024 : 61.6%

2025 : 66.2%

If Jones add

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