Could five players make the Hall of Fame this year?

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It's Hall of Fame season in baseball, and with that comes all sorts of opinions and analysis. Including this: One projection says five new players could be voted in this year, the most by BBWAA voters since the historic 1936 class, which was the first. Nathaniel Rakich created a model for using public ballots to project what the final results will be and this year he says Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, Trevor Hoffman, Ivan Rodriguez and Vladimir Guerrero will get in. You can read all about his process and see his results at The Hardball Times. But he's also joining on this week's podcast to talk all things Hall of Fame. This week's show also features talk about our Hall of Fame coverage so far and the public response, Alex Rodriguez allegedly not returning to baseball in 2017 and Edwin Encarnacion's interesting clause in his contract with the Cleveland Indians. [Music: "If U C My Enemies" by Rubblebucket]