He finished just five votes short last year, prompting him to tell people that he had no plans to watch the live announcement ...

A seven-time MLB All-Star, Wagner also found success with the Philadelphia ... and getting to play for a Hall of Fame [manager] like Bobby Cox – unless you experience it you can’t put it ...

Billy Wagner may have been an Astro and a Phillie at least as much as he was a Met, but that doesn’t erase the fact that he ...

After all, he had 60.0 career WAR in the majors; Bobby Abreu ... 555 That's Wagner: arguably the hardest pitcher to hit in MLB history. 3. Voters have been kind to closers It didn't hurt Wagner ...

He was the first Japanese position player to successfully make the move to MLB, and his talent ... Chase Utley, Billy Wagner Erik Boland (10): Bobby Abreu, Carlos Beltran, Felix Hernandez ...

22 (UPI) --Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected ... at this time last year. MLB // 4 days ago Skenes, De La Cruz, Henderson featured on 'MLB The Show 25' cover Jan. 28 ...

In addition to Wagner, former Mets Carlos Beltran and David Wright were also on the ballot, as were Bobby Abreu and Curtis Granderson. Although Wright received a meager 8.1% of votes in his second ...

After a 10-for-25 (198 wRC+) performance in seven games at Triple-A Buffalo, he earned his first call to the show ... Will Wagner goes 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI in his MLB debut.

Ichiro Suzuki could join Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous picks for baseball’s Hall of Fame and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner ...

The non-Wagner supporters point to his 10.03 ERA in the postseason (in just 11 ⅔ innings, however). There is also the reasonable argument that no team would have traded, say, Bobby Abreu or ...

Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia were elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America on Tuesday.

by Ronald Blum | AP Baseball Writer TOPICS: NEW YORK — Ichiro Suzuki is all but guaranteed to become the first Japanese player in baseball's Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and ...