Category: MLB

Billy Wagner made progress in balloting for the Baseball Hall of Fame for the fifth consecutive year, according to voting results announced Tuesday, leaving the former Mets closer hopeful about his chances for eventual enshrinement in Cooperstown.

HOUSTON — Billy Wagner, the hard-throwing lefty who saved a club-record 225 games for the Astros and amassed 422 for his career, moved a step closer to perhaps being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in coming years by receiving 51% of the…

ST. PETERSBURG — Carl Crawford’s stay on the Hall of Fame ballot was a short one, as expected, but his candidacy for Cooperstown provided one more opportunity to appreciate his career as Tampa Bay’s first homegrown star.
Crawford was one of two player…

While it was a great Tuesday night for legendary slugger David Ortiz, who was elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot, the news was not as good for other former Red Sox greats.
The controversial Hall of Fame candidacies of former Red Sox aces C…

Major League Baseball withdrew its plan for more limited salary arbitration a day after the union withdrew its demand for greater free agent eligibility.

CHICAGO — Mark Buehrle received 5.8 percent of the vote from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America in his second year on the Hall of Fame ballot, with the left-hander passing the 5 percent minimum and able to stay on the ballot for a third year…

While slugger Gary Sheffield received 160 votes in his eighth year of eligibility for the Baseball Hall of Fame, other former Tigers remain well out of consideration for induction to Cooperstown.
No ex-Tiger received the 75 percent share of votes neede…

The New York Mets still have work to do when it comes to filling out their starting rotation for the 2022 MLB season. Does Clayton Kershaw fit?