The Baseball Hall of Fame unveiled its Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot Monday, and it is loaded with dugout royalty. Four retired managers — Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon and Lou Piniella — are among the eight candidates under consideration.

The non-player ballot covers managers, executives and umpires who did their most significant work after 1980. Alongside the four skippers, the group includes executives such as Sandy Alderson and Brian Sabean, per CBS Sports' rundown of the full slate.

Baker's case is among the most compelling: the former Houston Astros manager led a record five different teams to the playoffs over a managerial career spanning decades, finally capturing a World Series title with Houston. Bochy owns multiple championships of his own, while Maddon and Piniella each bring pennants, a title and signature runs with multiple franchises.

The committee's vote will determine whether any of the eight join the Hall's Class of 2027. For a generation of fans who grew up watching Baker's toothpick and Piniella's cap-kicking tantrums, this ballot is as much a referendum on an era of managing as on any single resume.