CLEVELAND, Ohio Omar Vizquel took a big step toward baseball immortality Tuesday when the results of voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame were revealed for the class of 2020.

Derek Jeter and Larry Walker were the only two players selected by the Baseball Writers Association of America for this years class, but Vizquels vote total jumped nearly 10% over last years results. He was named on 52.6% of the 397 ballots cast after receiving 42.8% in 2019.

Vizquel totaled 37.0% of the vote in his first year of eligibility in 2018.

Several prominent national baseball writers went public with their support of Vizquels Hall of Fame credentials just prior to Tuesdays announcement, including Jayson Stark, who was selected to the Hall himself in 2019 as the J.G. Taylor Spink Award winner. Ken Rosenthal and Bob Nightengale also revealed ballots in favor of Vizquel.

Players must be named on 75% of ballots to gain entry to the Hall of Fame. If Vizquel continues to trend upward in the next few years, it might not be long before he joins Indians teammate Jim Thome in Cooperstown.

But predicting when Vizquel could get in is tricky. Voters are notoriously fickle and the ballot changes from year to year with high-profile players becoming newly-eligible and others reaching the end of their eligibility and therefore garnering a closer look. Vizquels total could plateau or regress next year when Mark Buehrle, Torii Hunter and Barry Zito compete for votes, among others.

So, when will the Hall call for Omar? Will it be next year? Some point before his eligibility runs out? Or not at all? Take the poll below and defend your response in the comments.

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