KANSAS CITY -- Carlos Beltrán is knocking at the door of Cooperstown. A steady increase in votes for the National Baseball Hall of Fame has the former Royal and longtime center fielder as close as ...

Carlos Beltran was a close call as the Baseball Hall of Fame inductions were announced on Tuesday. Beltran fell about five percent shy of induction.

Also newly eligible next year are Matt Kemp, the runner-up to Braun for that MVP, as well as 2016 Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello and longtime Kansas City Royals standout Alex Gordon.

Carlos Beltran is knocking on the door of the Baseball Hall of Fame, but he won't be admitted ... to finish fourth in National League All-Star voting — his highest rank of his career.

Former Kansas City Royals outfielder Carlos Beltran fell just short in his bid to enter the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Beltran, 47, missed Hall of Fame enshrinement after receiving 277 votes ...

But will he strike out Tuesday, in his final appearance on the Baseball Hall of ... Has it hit you yet that Carlos Beltrán is going to make it to the Hall of Fame? That’s happening.

It now appears it's a question of when, not if, Carlos Beltrán will be voted into the Hall of Fame. In fact ... Wagner were elected in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America ...