Hanley Ramírez.
EL NUEVO DIARIO, NEW YORK.- The MLB announced this Monday that Venezuelan pitcher Félix Hernández is among the candidates to be part of the Major League Hall of Fame as a member of the 2025 ballot.
Including Hernández, the ballot is made up of 14 new baseball players who meet the requirement of having been retired for five years to be eligible for the Hall of Fame.
In addition to Hernández, the Venezuelan Carlos González and the Dominicans Hanley Ramírez and Fernando Rodney are included.
A 75% favorable vote from members of the Writers Association of America (BBWAA) is required for entry into the hall located in Cooperstown, New York.
Hernández pitched for 15 seasons with the Seattle Mariners, compiling a record of 169 wins and 136 losses in 419 games.
He achieved an earned run percentage of 3.42, totaling 2,729.2 innings, in which he scored 1,037 and struck out 2,524 batters.
Born in Valencia in 1986, Hernández won the Cy Young award in the 2010 season, with a record of 13-12. He led the American League in starts (34), ERA (2.27) and innings pitched (249.2).
Hernández was part of six editions of the All-Star Game and was tenth in the voting for the Most Valuable Player award for the 2014 campaign, when he led the American League in ERA (2.14).
In addition to the Latin Americans, the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot includes the Japanese Ichiro Suzuki and the American CC Sabathia, two of the favorites to be chosen in their first appearance on the ballot.
Also there are Dustin Pedroia, Adam Jones, Ian Kinsler, Russell Martin, Brian McCann, Troy Tulowitzki and Ben Zobrist.
Among the players who are repeating are the Curacao-born Andruw Jones and the Puerto Rican Carlos Beltrán, who achieved 61.6% and 57.1% in the last vote and who are looking for better results this time.
Also repeating on the ballot are the Dominicans Alex Rodríguez (34.8%) and Manny Ramírez (32.5%), associated with the use of prohibited substances, as well as the Venezuelans Omar Vizquel (17.7%), Bobby Abreu (14, 8%) and Francisco Rodríguez (7.8%).
Each of these players has a period of 10 years to remain on the ballot, as long as they achieve a minimum of 5% of the votes cast.
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