Dodgers News: Andre Ethier One and Done on MLB Hall of Fame Ballot

The Baseball Writers Affiliation of America positioned their votes late final yr for the 2023 class of the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame, and the outcomes of these votes had been introduced on Tuesday. The large information was that Scott Rolen was the one participant elected by the BBWAA, so he and Fred McGriff (who was elected by the veterans committee last month) will make up the 2023 class this summer time.

Slightly additional down the notability listing had been two former Dodgers who obtained zero votes and can drop off the poll, Andre Ethier and Jayson Werth.

Werth was a third-generation Dodger, along with his uncle Dick Schofield and grandfather Different Dick Schofield each having briefly performed with Los Angeles. Werth’s time in LA was equally quick, though his 721 plate appearances in Dodger blue give him bragging rights at Thanksgiving dinner as probably the most within the household. Nonetheless, Werth’s 2004-05 time in Los Angeles is mainly a footnote in his profession, which peaked throughout his time with the Phillies.

Ethier, after all, spent his entire career with LA, taking part in 12 seasons from 2006-17. He was a two-time All-Star and gained a Silver Slugger and a Gold Glove, however he’s sort of a textbook instance of , stable participant who shall be beloved by the fans of his team however was by no means actually anybody’s concept of a Corridor of Famer.

Werth and Ethier additionally teamed up, late of their careers, for one of many all-time greatest baseball GIFs. Ethier hit a fly ball to proper and Werth camped below it … besides he wasn’t below it.