From the Ringer:
There’s nothing wrong with recent decades surpassing the overall average, of course, and if present-day candidates like Edgar Martínez—who, according to ballot tracker
Ryan Thibodaux, has appeared on 86 percent of the 86 ballots released thus far, in the process gaining 13 votes from those who omitted his name a year ago—receive a plaque, the Hall won’t lose any of its luster.