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 received 82.5 percent of the tally from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, after he missed by just five votes last year.

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball's Hall of Fame, voted in Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Former New York Yankees Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia, along with closer Billy Wagner, were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, joining Cl

If Sabathia and Beltran get in, it could be the first time players identified as Yankees and Mets on their Hall of Fame plaques are enshrined in the same year.

The BBWAA recognized CC Sabathia’s prolonged excellence by voting the former Yankees left-hander into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Lefty pitchers Billy Wagner and CC Sabathia both earned their spots in the Baseball Hall of Fame, joining near-unanimous selection Ichiro

and the New York Yankees (2009-19). Wagner received 284 votes and 73.8% in the 2024 balloting, five votes shy, when third baseman Adrian Beltré, catcher/first baseman Joe Mauer and first baseman ...

Image Courtesy of Major League Baseball By Zachary Lichter Former Major League Baseball (MLB) players, Ichiro Suzuki, Carsten Charles Sabathia, and Billy Wagner’s life changed on January 21 when they received the most exciting news of any former baseball player’s life: that they would be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

With another Hall of Fame election cycle in the rearview, Daniel Curren details the improvements BBWAA voters have made in recent years.

Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot.