Henrique Gonçalves

Oh dear God! After the nuns and monks story in the beginning, I’ll never hear “got monked” and not think about SOMETHING ELSE!!! It’s horrible 😂🫣

After reading it now, I’m very curious if Felix grows enough in 2 years to “pull” Pettitte with him towards election. Next year seems key as Posey is the only big name. 2028 will have Pujols and Yadi (and Cano)

Im glad he does! I’d want to hear from you after the election every single year

3 per hour and we can beat it!

What’s the all time record for ballots pre announcement?

I’m very curious to read it!

Any guess how many more ballots between now and announcement? I remember it’s always around ~200-210, but with 35 new voters, could it be almost 250?

He explained it… he only does that in the last year of eligibility. Must be his magnanimous “gift”.

Which must totally explain why he already voted for Pettitte and dropped BIG PED USERS Pedroia and Wright…

Do you have a guess of how many more ballots should be revealed?

This is perfect! If it’s not too much to ask, I think posting one of these at either the beginning or end of the day would be awesome

Gotcha! That’s really nice, thanks Adam!

I love the flip rate table! Quick Q - it doesn’t account for the first-time ballots already revealed, right? So in theory beltran and jones have a bit extra cushion due to the great numbers among 1st years?

These Eldridge rumors to me smell like the Lincecum-for-Alex Rios one in 06-07ish. I don’t think there’s a trade I’d make where the other team would accept it too. Maybe Joe Ryan? Maybe…? But he’s off the table per the Twins. Healthy Hunter Greene for sure, but such a big “if”

Where does Pettitte rank there? He still had 10ish good years post-2000. I’m very surprised by Buehrle at 12. I guess the really long and solid career does that, but still didn’t expect it. I never saw him as close to Hamels, much less to Felix and Pettitte.

Btw AMAZING spreadsheet! So easy and pleasant to read!

I view Pettitte/Felix as HoFers, then Buehrle/Hamels as HofVeryGoods, but either way, I think there are ways to split the 4. Then I’d vote for the top 1-3 if I found all 4 deserving of the HoF until it begins to clear up.

It’s been a popeleasure! Thanks for making this journey popessible!

Happy I could be one of those for the 1st time since bingeing the previous 157 eps (sorry I know I said that on Spotify already but I’m just ecstatic I caught up haha)

Maybe it’s a dumb question, but I’m curious. How do you know someone is a 1st time voter if they don’t share their ballot? Does the BBWAA disclose who new voters are or do they announce it individually?

Is 217 the Tracker record?

Gotcha, thanks! Damn I had no idea of any of that… well, for our sake, hope they don’t feel obligated anymore indeed.

Does the Elias Sports Bureau forbid them from disclosing even post-announcement?

That’s perfect! I love Iguazu falls. Both the Brazilian and Argentinian side are wonderful, and feel like 2 very different things to me. Glad you enjoyed it! Def worth spending 5-7 days in Rio another time! Hope you can make it

Whoaaahhh I’m from Rio! Where in Brazil did you go? Hope you loved it

Not sure where to ask this… how’s this year’s number of ballots announced tracking compared to previous years? In other words, are we getting more, same, or less ballots being made available year over year? Do you guys keep track of that? Personally, I’m always curious about it

What’s the meaning of the raw flip %? Couldn’t figure it out

Oh that’s just dumb! I don’t get it at all. I don’t mind someone not voting for 10 if they truly don’t think there are 10 HoFers on the ballot. But not with dumb excuses like that

I’m almost sure that means next year he votes for Felix (similar argument to Andruw, just an even shorter peak) and maybe Rollins. Prob not for Pedroia and the others

Interesting… I had no idea that was possible

Could he have submitted a private/anonymous ballot last year? I assume they’re treated the same as a no ballot, just curious