Jeff Kent Rips MLB HOF Voting Process
Scott Rolen was the only player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this term and Jeff Kent is NOT happy about it. Understandably so given Kent’s resume over the course of 17 years at the MLB level. Let’s just say Kent isn’t thrilled about being snubbed again.
“The voting over the years has been too much of a head-scratching embarrassment,” Kent told Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle.
“Baseball is losing a couple generations of great players that were the best in their era because a couple non-voting stat folks keep comparing those players to players already voted in from generations past and are influencing the votes. It’s unfair to the best players in their own era and those already voted in, in my opinion.”
I personally think Kent should be in. Kent is a career .290 hitter along with 377 homers. His 377 homers are the most ever for a second baseman. It’s hard to hit for that high of an average. Kent was easily one of if not the best second baseman to play in his era too. Winning the Silver Slugger four different times is no easy task. Kent was the model for what teams wanted at that position.
Jeff Kent received 46.5% of the vote in his 10th year of eligibility. That’s well below the 75% needed for induction. He will get another shot in 2025 when the contemporary era committee meets to discuss candidates for the class of 2026. Until Barry Bonds gets in it’s hard to take this process seriously anyway.
