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The results of the 74th annual BBWAA Hall of Fame election are in, and four players will be enshrined in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 29 as part of the Class of 2018: Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Trevor Hoffman. Tune in live to MLB Network’s Hall of Fame special, part of a simulcast on MLB.com, for full coverage of the next class of inductees.

Right-hander Yu Darvish is “increasingly likely” to come to a decision prior to the end of the week on which team he signs with, a source told MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi.

In his first year of eligibility, Braves legend Chipper Jones was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Vladimir Guerrero, one of the most electrifying and unconventional hitters of his generation, was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday after drawing 92.9 percent of the vote from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America electorate, clearing the 75-percent threshold required for election. Guerrero will join Chipper Jones, Jim Thome, Trevor Hoffman, Alan Trammell and Jack Morris in the Class of 2018, which will be formally inducted on July 29 in Cooperstown, N.Y.

As Spring Training rapidly approaches, MLB.com’s Phil Rogers examines five teams that could win this offseason with a move or two.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown in 1936, and that year the Baseball Writers’ Association of America elected the first five players — Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson. That is the royal class, the best of the best, the group of players meant to represent what this new Hall of Fame was all about.

Lorenzo Cain, who is hands-down the best center-field option on the free-agent market, has been attached to several teams this offseason. Mark Feinsand breaks it down.

As every St. Louis fan knows, the Cardinals had an unexpected breakout season from a power-hitting righty outfielder in 2017. This is a player who was born in 1988, entered the professional ranks in 2006 and put up impressive stats at several levels of the Minors around a variety of injuries, finally managing to stick in the bigs in the year he turned 29.

Thirteen MLB.com reporters were among those eligible to cast ballots in the 2018 Hall of Fame vote conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Here’s a look at how they voted.