Daniel Murphy, a Mets postseason hero and one of many prime second basemen of his period, is up for Corridor of Fame consideration for the primary time.
Murphy is among the many 12 first-time entries on the 2026 poll, which the Baseball Writers’ Affiliation of America (BBWAA) unveiled Monday.
Matt Kemp, Ryan Braun and Cole Hamels are among the many others.
Murphy batted .296 with 138 residence runs and a .796 OPS over 12 MLB seasons from 2008-2020.
He spent his first seven seasons with the Mets and immortalized himself in franchise lore by hitting seven residence runs throughout their run to the 2015 World Collection. Murphy was the 2015 NLCS MVP.
The next season, Murphy completed second in Nationwide League MVP voting as a member of the Washington Nationals by batting .347 with 25 residence runs, 104 RBI and a .985 OPS, all of which marked profession highs.
Murphy was a three-time All-Star and a two-time Silver Slugger.
The poll’s different first-time additions embody slugger Edwin Encarnacion, who had a quick stint with the Yankees, and right-hander Rick Porcello, who spent his closing season with the Mets.
Howie Kendrick, Alex Gordon, Gio Gonzalez, Shin-Soo Choo, Nick Markakis and Hunter Pence spherical out the listing of first-timers.
Murphy shouldn’t be, nevertheless, essentially the most high-profile former Met on the poll. That may be Carlos Beltrán, who fell simply in need of induction in 2025 by receiving 70.3% of the vote.
A candidate should seem on 75% of ballots to be elected, and every will get 10 years of eligibility.
Beltrán is showing on the poll for a fourth time and is taken into account the most definitely particular person to be inducted subsequent yr. He’s one in every of 5 gamers ever with no less than 500 doubles, 400 residence runs and 300 stolen bases.
Andruw Jones, who obtained 66.2% of the vote in 2025, can also be a powerful contender in his ninth yr on the poll.
This needs to be an intriguing yr for former Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte, who obtained 27.9% of the vote in 2025 however was that poll’s largest riser with a 14.4% enhance from 2024.
His candidacy has obtained renewed consideration in his eighth yr of eligibility following the first-ballot induction of former teammate CC Sabathia in July.
Pettitte was 256-153 with a 3.85 ERA and a 117 ERA+, in comparison with Sabathia’s 251-161 file, 3.74 ERA and 116 ERA+, although Sabathia is one in every of solely 4 lefties to file no less than 3,000 strikeouts.
Pettitte admitted to utilizing human development hormone (HGH) in 2002 and 2004 in makes an attempt to recuperate from accidents. MLB didn’t take a look at for the substance on the time, nor was it banned.
Alex Rodriguez, who appeared on 37.1% of the ballots in 2025, is now in his fifth yr of eligibility. The previous Yankees star served a season-long suspension in 2014 for his violation of MLB’s performance-enhancing medicine coverage.
The outcomes of this yr’s vote are set to be revealed on Jan. 20.
In a separate vote by the Corridor’s modern period committee, Yankees nice Don Mattingly is up for consideration, as are Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield, Fernando Valenzuela, Carlos Delgado and Jeff Kent.
