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.

The defending World Series champions have restocked this offseason and boast the makings of a juggernaut. But they have a ...

Most memorable baseball highlights are generally of the offensive variety, but that's really not all that fair to pitchers. There are few things more enjoyable than watching a legitimate ace at ...

In electing Wagner, the BBWAA has defined the modern-day closer as its own entity, with candidates’ credentials measured not ...

I always say, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does often rhyme.” And nowhere is this saying more true than with the careers of Luis Severino and Phil Hughes. Highly-touted prospects whose ...

Domínguez, Lombard among baseball’s top prospects; Rivera, wife accused of covering up child sexual abuse; Berti signs with ...

Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected as the newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he ...

I hew to a few key principles when considering who I think deserves to enter the National Baseball Hall of Fame. It doesn't ...

The bad news is that Andruw Jones will have to wait at least one more year. The good news is that he is on a path similar to ...

Undoubtedly, the main attraction at Cooperstown next July will be Ichiro, who missed by one vote of equaling Mariano Rivera’s ...

Closer Mariano Rivera ... and his 2.31 ERA and 0.998 WHIP are both the best for a southpaw in the Live Ball Era. Wagner’s ...