The Athletic's Jayson Stark took a deep dive into the Hall of Fame chances for a couple modern day closers with Billy Wagner receiving enshrinement this year.

Billy Wagner came through ... to get to the Hall of Fame,” Wagner said. “And it wasn’t going to be easy when you got the greatest reliever, closer [in Mariano Rivera] across town.

CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner exceeded tbe necessary 75% threshold for induction. Suzuki appeared on all but one of the 394 ballots submitted, failing to join Mariano Rivera as the only player ...

NEW YORK — In Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, the Baseball Writers Association delivered ... who missed by one vote of equaling Mariano Rivera’s perfection in 2017. He’s expected to draw ...

Billy Wagner has had a year to think about his ... lowest for a player with at least 900 innings thrown behind only Mariano Rivera. He had nine seasons with at least 30 saves, including with ...

Which is why Trevor Hoffman was watching with extreme interest during last week's Hall of Fame announcement, which saw fellow closer Billy ... Hoffman and Wagner would be linked, as two of the best ...

The left-handed flamethrower is by some measures the hardest pitcher to make contact off of in MLB history. In his final year of BBWAA eligibility, his election may come down to the wire.

In Billy Wagner’s case, the answer is a definite ... Hall members Hoffman (601) and Mariano Rivera (652) are far and away the all-time leaders, with Wagner considerably further behind in eighth ...

Billy Wagner is here to compete with eight relievers including Goose Gossage, Mariano Rivera, Hoyt Wilhelm, Trevor Hoffman, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Bruce Sutter, and Lee Smith. One of the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki could become the first Japanese player in baseball's Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected Tuesday when results of the ...

22 (UPI) --Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected as the newest ... the second-highest in history, trailing only Mariano Rivera, the only unanimous selection.

Billy Wagner only spent one season of his MLB career ... "The standard for Hall of Fame closers is basically: Column A) Mariano Rivera … and Column B) everybody else," wrote Stark.