Will this be the year the doors to Cooperstown swing open to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and others with past PED ties? JEFF BAGWELL (seventh year on ballot)The Case For: Bagwell is simply one of the greatest first basemen to play the game. Prediction: 86 percent***TIM RAINES (10th and final year on ballot)The Case For: Raines is arguably the second-greatest leadoff hitter in history, behind only contemporary Rickey Henderson. A four-time stolen base champ, he retired with an 84.7 percent success rate, the best all-time (min. His career WAR of 80.7 ranks 26th all-time, with contemporaries (and recent Cooperstown inductees) Tom Glavine and John Smoltz among those he outranks.

Source: Washington Post January 17, 2017 15:39 UTC