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My guess is he won't be a first balloter (which is one thing) and don't think he's first ballot worthy (which is another thing).

As time passes, being first or fifth year HOFer makes little to no difference. No one claims that Robin Yount is better than Joe DiMaggio. In the moment drama and scandal over who is first ballot and who isn't is manufactured ESPN crap. If you see an all-time team of players who weren't elected in the first ballot, you'd see how silly is the first ballot drama. DiMaggio, Anson, Foxx, Alexander could kick some some Tony Gwynn, Robin Yount, Nolan Ryan first ballot ass.