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  • Craig Kimbrel getting adjusted to the Orioles: ‘It feels good to be playing good ball right now’
    • Craig Kimbrel getting adjusted to the Orioles: ‘It feels good to be playing good ball right now’
    PITTSBURGH—Craig Kimbrel recorded his first save for the Orioles on Friday, the 418th of his career. Kimbrel, who signed with the Orioles last December and is replacing injured closer Félix Bautista, is eighth on the all-time saves list, trailing Billy Wagner by four saves. Kimbrel retired the Pittsburgh Pirates in order, striking out Rowdy Tellez […]...2024
  • Good Morning San Diego: Padres’ Manny Machado - Hall of Fame lock?
    • Good Morning San Diego: Padres’ Manny Machado - Hall of Fame lock?
    Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Everything you need to know about MLB news and your San Diego Padres for Tuesday, January 30, 2024. San Diego Padres News Should Sheffield have made Hall? (CBS Sports) 10 active players closest to becoming HOF locks (CBS Sports) MLB News How close is Ohtani to the Hall of Fame? (CBS Sports) Takeaways from Hall of Fame vote (CBS Sports) A...2024
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  • Outside The Confines: Heading to the Hall
    • Outside The Confines: Heading to the Hall
    Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images As a Todd Helton and Joe Mauer apologist, I’m thrilled. Well friends the moment has arrived, the official votes have been tallied, and your new class of Hall of Fame inductees has been selected. The 2024 inductee class is a pretty good one this year as one long-lingering hopeful and two first-ballot contenders will be headed to Cooperstown....2024
  • Daily Hammer Podcast: 2024 Hall of Fame Class
    • Daily Hammer Podcast: 2024 Hall of Fame Class
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Three Former Braves Fall short of needed vote. The 2024 MLB Hall of Class has officially been announced, with Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer joining Jim Leyland as part of the class. While each of these players certainly deserved induction, the eyes of Braves country were on Billy Wagner (just five votes short), Andruw Jon...2024
  • Braves News: 2024 Hall of Fame class, prospect list and more
    • Braves News: 2024 Hall of Fame class, prospect list and more
    Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday The Baseball Hall of Fame grew by three on Tuesday night as Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton make up the 2024 class. The three will be officially inducted on July 21, alongside former manager Jim Leyland. The Hall of Fame voting results pic.twitter.com/rPofj0hyYj— Talkin’ Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) January...2024
  • BCB After Dark: Did the Cubs drop the ball with Hoskins?
    • BCB After Dark: Did the Cubs drop the ball with Hoskins?
    Photo by Brian Garfinkel/MLB Photos via Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if the Cubs should have beaten the Brewers offer to free agent Rhys Hoskins. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the grooviest get-together for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in out of the cold. There’s a private party this evening and you are o...2024

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  • Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame
    • Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame
    Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán falls a bit short The Baseball Hall of Fame announced this evening that writers have elected Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer to be inducted along with former manager Jim Leyeland this summer. Former Royals outfielder Carlos Beltrán improved his vote total from 46.5 percent to 57.1 perce...2024
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  • A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
    • A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images I don’t have a Hall of Fame vote, but if I did, this is what it would look like. This is an exercise that I have thought about doing for the last three years, but ultimately decided that it wasn’t worth the trouble. Voting for Baseball’s Hall of Fame in my opinion is the ultimate honor for a writer, but in recent years we have seen b...2024
  • Outside the Confines: Welcome to the Cold Stove
    • Outside the Confines: Welcome to the Cold Stove
    Photo by Jim Davis/The Boston Globe via Getty Images All the news from around baseball as we wait for the Hot Stove to unthaw itself. I hope everyone across the Midwest is staying warm and staying safe. And much of the rest of the country as well. The Hot Stove has been as cold as the weather outside, but it’s really heating up since the Mets traded outfielder Cooper Hummel to the Giants...2024
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  • Who should be elected to the Hall of Fame?
    • Who should be elected to the Hall of Fame?
    Will Carlos Beltrán get voted into Cooperstown? The Baseball Writers of America will announce their Hall of Fame selections next week to join manager Jim Leyland for induction into Cooperstown this summer. Among the first-time candidates on the ballot include Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Chaes Utley, and David Wright. The ballot also features many holdovers, such as Gary Sheffield, who is in his fina...2024
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  • Outside the Confines: Looking backwards
    • Outside the Confines: Looking backwards
    Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A roundup of MLB and baseball news over the past few days. There’s a lot of year-end summaries. Good morning. The Dodgers had their press conference to introduce Yoshinobu Yamamoto. Yamamoto said that he would have signed with the Dodgers even if the team hadn’t signed Shohei Ohtani. Maybe that’s true, but is he going to say anything diff...2023
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  • SB Nation Offseason Simulation: The fake 2024 Cubs
    • SB Nation Offseason Simulation: The fake 2024 Cubs
    David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports All the SB Nation sites got together for some simulated wheeling and dealing. Each November, the SB Nation sites get together and fly through the entire baseball offseason in two days with our annual offseason simulation. What follows is an annotated summary of deals, signings, and discussions. Enjoy! In prior years, the simulation goals have been easy: supplem...2023
  • • Exceptional Braves Seasons you probably forgot about
    Michael Bourn had a great 2012 for the Atlanta Braves | Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports There are many great single season performances that have been overshadowed over the years. The Atlanta Braves have a long history of excellent seasons from all-time great players. Because of this extensive history, sometimes some all-time great single seasons get forgotten. It is easy to remember the grea...2023
  • • Who will be elected to the Hall of Fame in 2024?
    Adrián Beltré is honored after he got his 3,000th hit in 2017 | Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Here’s a very early look at next year’s likely ballot. This week, the Baseball Writers Association of America elected Scott Rolen to the Hall of Fame, just one player from a ballot that had 28 names on it. (Granted, some of those players really weren’t Hall-worthy, and 12 of them received eith...2023
  • • Outside The Confines: Feeling Hall of Fame-ish
    Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The countdown is on to see who will be enshrined We’re less than a week away from the announcements of who will be in the 2023 MLB Hall of Fame class heading for enshrinement in Cooperstown. With only a portion of the ballots being shared publicly it can be exceptionally difficult to predict which players (if any) will make the cut. But every year Ryan Thi...2023
  • • The Hall of Fame announces its 2023 ballot
    Al Yellon Twenty-eight players will go before BBWAA voters. Monday, Baseball’s Hall of Fame announced its Hall of Fame ballot that will be voted on by members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Fourteen new players will be on the ballot this year: Bronson Arroyo, Carlos Beltrán, Matt Cain, R.A. Dickey, Jacoby Ellsbury, Andre Ethier, J.J. Hardy, John Lackey, Mike Napoli, Jhonny...2022

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  • 2024
    "Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, while closer Billy Wagner again fell just short with 73."

  • 2023
    "2 percent and Billy Wagner, with 68."

  • 2022
    "Billy Wagner: Players suspended for PEDs should be ineligible for HOF"

  • 2021
    "Billy Wagner continues to make progress in Hall of Fame voting cycles; should he get in?"

  • 2018
    "If we're putting closers in the Baseball Hall of Fame, then why not Billy Wagner?"

  • 2017
    "Sports Talk Philly interviews former major league closer Billy Wagner about his Hall of Fame chances and the induction of longtime Astros teammate Jeff Bagwell."

  • 2016
    "Of those, only second baseman Jeff Kent and reliever Billy Wagner made a dent in balloting,"

  • 2015
    "The 2016 ballot was unveiled this week, and other first-timers include, among others, outfielder Jim Edmonds, infielders Mike Lowell, Troy Glaus and David Eckstein and closer Billy Wagner."

  • 2014
    "Trevor Hoffman, Joe Nathan, Francisco Rodriguez, and Billy Wagner are part of the next tier down but are short the dominance over many years of the guy above them."

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  • Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton elected to the Hall of Fame
    • Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton elected to the Hall of Fame
    Adrián Beltré leads the 2024 HOF class, with 366 votes. | Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Mark Buehrle drops 2.5% in voting, but survives to see another year New InducteesAdrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer are the newest MLB Hall of Fame members. All three reached the necessary 75% support on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot. Beltré recei...2024
  • BCB After Dark: Election Day
    • BCB After Dark: Election Day
    Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who you would vote for the Hall of Fame. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the swingingest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in out of the weather. It’s warm and dry in here. There’s no cover charge this evening. Let us take your coat for you. Grab a...2024
  • South Side Sox elects three to the Hall of Fame
    • South Side Sox elects three to the Hall of Fame
    Don’t touch that head, Melkman: Especially now that Adrián Beltré is headed to the Hall of Fame. And, surprise plot twist, Mark Buehrle is not one of them A year ago the SSS electorate, free to vote for every player on the ballot if it wanted, barely crossed 50% support for any candidate not named Mark Buerhle. One year later, fortunes have reversed, as Buehrle — back on the ballot for us...2024
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  • • A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
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  • Braves News: Mailbag, offseason dead zone, more
    • Braves News: Mailbag, offseason dead zone, more
    Photo by Michael Zagaris/Oakland Athletics/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Kris answered some mailbag questions Saturday, as the offseason continues to drag on, despite there being a lot of quality free agents still available. It is pretty wild how slow this offseason has moved without any disruptions like a work stoppage. The increasing TV revenue uncertainty has ...2024
  • Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Billy Wagner
    • Braves Hall of Fame Profile: Billy Wagner
    John David Mercer-USA TODAY Sports A look at the Hall of Fame case for former Braves Billy Wagner. Billy Wagner was unbelievably good. Probably much better than the casual baseball fan realizes. In fact, if you go to FanGraphs, pull up the career pitching leaderboards, set the innings limit to 900, and then sort by K/9, you’ll find Billy Wagner’s name at the top. Of all the pitchers who’ve...2024
  • Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024
    When I searched “Comiskey” and “Royals”, I got “Tartabull” and I’m good with that | Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images A surprisingly busy mid-January news day Sigh. I guess I get to start with stadium talk again as that was the biggest news. We’ll start with The Star story on this: With only hours to spare Thursday, Jackson County Executive Frank White vetoed an ordinance that would h...2024
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  • 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame announcement open thread
    • 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame announcement open thread
    Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images Here is who is on the 2024 Hall of Fame ballot and how to watch Tuesday’s announcement. The voting results for the 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame class will be revealed Tuesday night starting at 6 p.m. ET live on MLB Network. Coverage will actually begin at 4 p.m. ET, but if you are only interested in the results, then you don’t need to tune in ...2024
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  • Braves News: Hall Of Fame Vote, Colin McHugh, More
    • Braves News: Hall Of Fame Vote, Colin McHugh, More
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images A few former Braves could earn Hall of Fame enshrinement on Tuesday. The day has finally arrived. The 2024 Hall of Fame Class will be announced on Tuesday Evening, and it appears at this time we could get as five players selected: Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Todd Helton, Billy Wagner, Gary Sheffield The first three seem to be in a v...2024
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  • • South Side Sox elects three to the Hall of Fame
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  • Braves News: Hall of Fame Voting, Battery Power Podcast Returns, More
    • Braves News: Hall of Fame Voting, Battery Power Podcast Returns, More
    Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The 2024 Hall Of Fame Class will be revealed on Tuesday. We are now one day away from the 2024 Hall of Fame Induction class being announced. As of late Saturday night, here is the latest results, with right at half the votes known: With 191 ballots revealed/~49.7% known:Beltré - 99.0%Mauer - 83.2%Helton - 82.2%Wagner - 78.5%---Sheffield - 74.3%Jones - ...2024
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  • • Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton elected to the Hall of Fame
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  • • Outside The Confines: Feeling Hall of Fame-ish
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  • • JAWS and the 2022 Hall of Fame Ballot: Billy Wagner
    The candidacy of the undersized, hard-throwing lefty continues to gain momentum....2021
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  • Hall of Fame Class of '24: Beltre, Helton, Mauer
    • Hall of Fame Class of '24: Beltre, Helton, Mauer
    Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, while closer Billy Wagner again fell just short with 73.8%....2024
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  • • Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, Todd Helton Elected To Baseball Hall Of Fame
    The Hall of Fame announced this evening that Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton have been elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America. They will be elected alongside Jim Leyland, who was selected by the Era Committee last month. Beltré received 95.1% of the vote, Helton 79.7% and Mauer 76.1%. Billy Wagner got…...2024
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  • • Scott Rolen has been elected to the Hall of Fame
    Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images He’ll be inducted in Cooperstown this summer. Longtime major league third baseman Scott Rolen was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame by the BBWAA in the results of balloting announced Tuesday evening. Rolen got 76.3 percent of the vote, five votes over the 75 percent required for induction. Others who came close to induction: Todd Helton, with 72.2 per...2023
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  • Billy Wagner: Players suspended for PEDs should be ineligible for HOF
    • Billy Wagner: Players suspended for PEDs should be ineligible for HOF
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  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: There's a Closers Sale Going on at MLB's GM Meetings
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  • • Ex-Mets Kent, Wagner get some Hall support
    Mike Piazza was not the only Met listed on this year's Hall of Fame ballot; he was simply the most prominent, as well as the only one to spend the majority of his career in New York. In total, four other former Mets appeared on the ballot. Of those, only second baseman Jeff Kent and reliever Billy Wagner made a dent in balloting,...2016
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  • • Astros set 3-game series K mark vs. O's
    Despite all the great strikeout pitchers the Astros have had through the years -- J.R. Richard, Nolan Ryan, Mike Scott, Roger Clemens, Billy Wagner and Roy Oswalt, to name a few -- they've never had a staff achieve what it did in sweeping the Orioles....2016
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  • Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, Todd Helton elected to Hall of Fame
    • Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer, Todd Helton elected to Hall of Fame
    The Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York in 2022 | Al Yellon Overall, the Hall will have four new members this summer. Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton will lead the 2024 Hall of Fame class to be inducted in Cooperstown later this year. Beltre put together a great hitting career with 3,166 hits and 477 home runs, winning five Gold Gloves in a 21-year career with the Dodgers, Marin...2024
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  • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Mike Kelly to Cincinnati
    • This Day in Braves History: Atlanta trades Mike Kelly to Cincinnati
    Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images Braves Franchise History 1894 - Boston Beaneaters catcher Charlie Bennett loses both of his legs in a horrific train accident. Bennett’s first team, the Detroit Wolverines, will rename their ballpark to Bennett Park in his honor. 1996 - The Braves trade outfielder Mike Kelly to Cincinnati for minor league pitcher Chad Fox. Kelly was once one of Atlant...2024
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  • Tuesday Rockpile: Todd Helton and the “just vibes” Hall of Fame voting process
    • Tuesday Rockpile: Todd Helton and the “just vibes” Hall of Fame voting process
    Photo By Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via Getty Images Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Tuesday, January 2, 2024 As a college writing teacher, grading rubrics are a key part of my evaluative toolkit. A rubric sets the criteria that will be measured in an assignment and assigns weight to each of those criteria based on the degree to which a student succeeds in meeting those outcom...2024
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