Covering the 2017 class for the Baseball Hall of Fame

— -- The announcement of who will gain entry into the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be made Jan. 18, when the results of the voting by eligible members of the Baseball Writers Association of America will be publicly announced. The induction ceremony to enshrine those honored will take place on July 30, 2017, in Cooperstown, New York.

Who will get in, who will be dropped, and who will be left saying "wait 'til next year" and their next shot?

Class of 2017 overview

• Schoenfield: Reviewing all 34, which Hall of Fame hopefuls made us say 'wow'?

• Crasnick: Does character count in Cooperstown? Hall of Famers weigh in

• Doolittle: Can October glory put players over the Hall of Fame hump?

• Schoenfield: Putting the fame in the Hall of Fame

• Szymborski: How to fix the broken Hall of Fame vote

• Schoenfield: Who will be the next Hall of Famer for each MLB team?

Individual cases for Cooperstown

• Schoenfield: Is Ivan Rodriguez the greatest catcher ever?

• Simon: The legend of Vladimir Guerrero goes way beyond his numbers

• Doolittle: Edgar, Moose and Vlad: Making the case for three borderline Hall of Famers

• MLB Insiders Roundtable: What does Hoffman need from voters? Mo magic

PEDs and the Hall of Fame

• Stark and Kurkjian: Manny being Manny, does he belong in the Hall of Fame?

• Olney: Manny Ramirez presents huge complication for HOF voters

• Ramirez, Rodriguez on HOF ballot despite steroids cloud

What will voters do with Curt Schilling's case?

• Crasnick: Did Curt Schilling tweet his way out of Cooperstown?

• Crasnick: Which Hall of Fame voters will tip their caps to Curt Schilling?

• Olney: Bonds gaining, Schilling dropping as HOF voters shift

Selig, Schuerholz and Smith elected

• Bryant: Did Bud Selig make baseball better?

• Schoenfield: No surprise John Schuerholz, Bud Selig elected to Hall of Fame

• Olney: Don't use Bud Selig as reason to change HOF vote

• Olney: When it comes to the Hall of Fame, why is Sosa still slammed?

• ESPN's Claire Smith wins J.G. Taylor Spink Award, to be honored during Hall of Fame Weekend