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Billy Wagner news, rumors

  • Why Ichiro Suzuki should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer
    • Why Ichiro Suzuki should be a first-ballot Hall of Famer
    The 2025 Baseball Writers’ Association of America Hall of Fame ballot was released on Monday. It is headlined by legendary closer Billy Wagner, veteran southpaw C.C Sabathia as well as one of baseball’s top hitters, Ichiro Suzuki....2024
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  • Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
    • Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
    Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images Ichiro Suzuki leads a long list of Hall of Fame hopefuls On Monday, the ballot for the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame voting was released. (We already covered the Classic Era ballot–formerly referred to as the Veterans Committee ballot–here.) There’s one obvious choice and a few others who have a shot at getting voted in this year, plus a handful of interes...2024
  • The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
    • The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
    RICK WOOD / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK Three former Brewers appear on this year’s ballot Monday marked the release of the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot. The biggest new name on the ballot is that of Ichiro Suzuki, who could become the second unanimous Hall of Famer after Mariano Rivera in 2019. But there are two newcomers and one holdover who have a history with the...2024
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  • Ben Zobrist is on the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot
    • Ben Zobrist is on the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot
    Ben Zobrist after his 10th inning double in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series | Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The Hall released its ballot Monday. I’m burying the lede here on purpose because a popular former Cub is on the Hall of Fame ballot. Clearly, Ichiro Suzuki is the top name among newcomers to this year’s ballot. It’s possible, perhaps even likely, that Ichiro could become the se...2024
  • Andruw Jones and Brian McCann appear on 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot
    • Andruw Jones and Brian McCann appear on 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot
    Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Will this be the year for Andruw? The BBWAA has officially announced the 2025 ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Atlanta Braves will have two prominent figures on the ballot this year, as Andruw Jones is returning to the ballot for another season and Brian McCann is making his first-ever appearance on the ballot. It’s bal...2024
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  • 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia join Alex Rodriguez, Billy Wagner, more
    • 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot released: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia join Alex Rodriguez, Billy Wagner, more
    Results will be announced in January with inductions next summer in Cooperstown...2024
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Billy Wagner injury and suspension

  • • Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
    2024
  • • The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
    2024
  • Outside The Confines: LA Story
    • Outside The Confines: LA Story
    Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The Dodgers break out to a 2-0 lead in the World Series thanks to Freddie Freeman’s dramatic home run. The Yankees and Aaron Judge search for answers. And other news from the World Series and baseball. Good morning. Has anything in baseball happened since Friday? I’m going to assume you know how Game 1 ended and who won Game 2 and that Los Angeles has a two...2024
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  • Combined no-hitters in major league history
    • Combined no-hitters in major league history
    Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Here’s some more interesting baseball history. The Cubs had Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson and Porter Hodge combine for a no-hitter over the Pirates Wednesday evening at Wrigley Field. That's still a rare enough feat that I thought you'd like to see a list of the 20 other combined no-hitters in major-league history. June 23, 1917, first game. B...2024
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  • Outside The Confines: Waiting for a milestone
    • Outside The Confines: Waiting for a milestone
    Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Aaron Judge is on the cusp of a major career moment. As of Wednesday morning, Aaron Judge is currently sitting at 299 career home runs. The major 300 home run milestone is just around the corner, and Judge will join a special club, and doesn’t seem poised to slow down any time soon. Judge’s quest (and how he adjusted his swing) is a big story of the week...2024
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  • Royals Rumblings - News for August 13, 2024
    • Royals Rumblings - News for August 13, 2024
    Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images The playoff race is heating up. Pete Grathoff writes about how the Royals are scoreboard watching. “I’ve said multiple times, when we’re out here on the field, the scores are plastered all over the wall, so it’s hard to avoid them at times,” Quatraro said. “But I can’t speak for everybody, if they go in right away and look at what happene...2024
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  • A.J. Minter takes his place among the best Atlanta Braves relievers
    • A.J. Minter takes his place among the best Atlanta Braves relievers
    A.J. Minter is the third longest tenured member of the 2024 Atlanta Braves. | Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Now the franchise leader in holds, Minter joins other long-time Braves relievers with elite career availability. What’s that old trope people love to throw around in sports and business? “The best ability is availability.” The older I’ve gotten, the more I have...2024
  • 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
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  • 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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Timeline

  • 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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Billy Wagner trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
    2024
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  • • The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
    2024
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  • • Ben Zobrist is on the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot
    2024
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for August 13, 2024
    2024
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  • • A.J. Minter takes his place among the best Atlanta Braves relievers
    2024
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  • 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
  • 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

Billy Wagner stats and results

  • • Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
    2024
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  • • The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
    2024
  • • Ben Zobrist is on the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot
    2024
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for August 13, 2024
    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
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  • • Braves News: 2024 Hall of Fame class, prospect list and more
    2024
  • 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
    2024
  • 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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  • • Outside The Confines: LA Story
    2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: Waiting for a milestone
    2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: Heading to the Hall
    2024
    Continue with Mary DeCicco
  • • BCB After Dark: Did the Cubs drop the ball with Hoskins?
    2024
    Read about MLB Photos
  • • Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer, and Todd Helton elected to the Hall of Fame
    2024
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  • • 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame announcement open thread
    2024
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  • • BCB After Dark: Election Day
    2024
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  • 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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  • • Outside the Confines: Welcome to the Cold Stove
    2024
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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
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Top Billy Wagner news

  • 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
  • • 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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  • • A.J. Minter takes his place among the best Atlanta Braves relievers
    2024
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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
    2022
  • • Scott Miller's Starting 9: There's a Closers Sale Going on at MLB's GM Meetings
    2015
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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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  • • Ichiro, CC among 14 newcomers on HOF ballot
    Outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and pitcher CC Sabathia are among 14 new candidates on the Hall of Fame ballot released Monday, joining 14 holdovers led by reliever Billy Wagner....2024
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Billy Wagner fantasy rankings and news

  • • Outside The Confines: Waiting for a milestone
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Billy Wagner schedule, game

  • • The Brewers and the 2025 Hall of Fame Ballot
    2024
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  • • Andruw Jones and Brian McCann appear on 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot
    2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: LA Story
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  • • Combined no-hitters in major league history
    2024
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  • • Outside The Confines: Waiting for a milestone
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  • • Royals Rumblings - News for August 13, 2024
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  • • BCB After Dark: Did the Cubs drop the ball with Hoskins?
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  • • Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame
    2024
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  • • 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame announcement open thread
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  • • BCB After Dark: Election Day
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Billy Wagner rumors, scandals

  • • Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia lead list of 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame hopefuls
    2024
  • Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia among first-timers on Hall of Fame ballot
    • Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia among first-timers on Hall of Fame ballot
    Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images Former Royals infielder Ben Zobrist is also on the ballot. Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia headline a list of 14 new candidates on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for enshrinement in Cooperstown. Also on the list is former Royals infielder Ben Zobrist, who was part of the championship team in 2015. Other first-timers include Carlos González, Curtis Granders...2024
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  • • Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, and Joe Mauer elected to Hall of Fame
    2024
  • • BCB After Dark: Election Day
    2024
  • • A hypothetical 2024 Hall of Fame ballot
    2024
  • • Royals Rumblings - News for January 19, 2024
    2024
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  • • 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
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  • • 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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  • • Scott Miller's 2017 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot
    2017
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