A dive into Ryan Lewis' 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot and a discussion on the cases of Omar Vizquel, CC Sabathia and Manny Ramirez.

The Baseball Writers Association of America has released the ballot for the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame voting, so we are doing polls on the players on the list. Today is shortstop Omar Vizquel.

Manny Ramirez received 34.3% of the votes, and Omar Vizquel pulled in 17.8%. Ramirez has one year left on the ballot. Vizquel ...

Thank heaven for bum knees. If old Omar had merely passed his physical last winter, he'd be a Seattle Mariner now. At the time, the nixed trade looked like bad news to all but Omar's legion of ...

The only player lower than him was Omar Vizquel, another elite defensive shortstop who has been waiting a bit longer than Rollins, as this is his eighth time on the ballot. This will be the former ...

Three of my votes, perhaps viewed as stubborn support, went to Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez and Omar Vizquel. My other holdover was Carlos Beltran, who should already be in Cooperstown.

CC Sabathia 342, (86.8), Billy Wagner 325 (82.5), Carlos Beltran 277, (70.3) , Andruw Jones 261 (66.2), Chase Utley 157 (39.8), Alex Rodríguez 146 (37.1) , Manny Ramirez 135 (34.3), Andy Pettitte 110 ...

Manny Ramirez and Omar Vizquel. This was my first Hall of Fame ballot. Writers gain a vote after being in the BBWAA for 10 consecutive years. It was the cause of a lot of back-and-forth.

Manny Ramirez 135 (34.3), Andy Pettitte 110 (27.9), Felix Hernandez 81 (20.6), Bobby Abreu 77 (19.5), Jimmy Rollins 71 (18), Omar Vizquel 70 (17.8), Dustin Pedroia 47 (11.9), Mark Buehrle 45 (11.4 ...