BILLY WAGNER RUMORS & GOSSIP
Can Bobby Parnell become a Top Closer?
By Tommy Rothman (new Stache member)
The Mets haven’t had a consistent closer since Billy Wagner, and it is no coincidence that they haven’t been competitive since Wagner was throwing fireballs in the ninth. A team cannot compete without an effective bullpen, and the key to a bullpen is the lock on the back end. If the Mets want...
Additional Contributors to Rising Strikeouts
Baseball fans, generally, are aware that strikeout rates have been increasing over the period of several years. I wouldn’t say they’re yet “out of control” — it’s not like we’ve got a league of Mark Reynolds against Billy Wagner — but some people have raised some concerns, and, additionally, they’re still trending up. There’s no telling how high the strikeout...
Mets Baseball Card of the Day: Billy Wagner
You may see a common time thread in the cards I’m showing:
Through the K-Rod years and the whatever we have now years, I’ve grown to miss Billy Wagner.
Have cards from another era (earlier/later)? Send them! elliotteichman@gmail.com
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(Written 7/16)
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Quick! What Do All Of These Players Have In Common?
Happy Let’s All Be Superstitious Day For No Scientific Reason!
What do all these players have in common?
Edgardo Alfonzo
Billy Wagner
Lee Mazzilli
Mike Nickeas (via 2011, not 2012)
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Reliving The Billy Wagner Trade
So it’s been about a two and a half years since the Mets and Red Sox completed a trade that sent Billy Wagner to the Sox for two players to be named. The deal was also contingent on the Sox not picking up his $8 million option for the next season. At the time, the trade made sense to some considering the Mets decided to go through one of their classic injury phases. It always irked...
Peas in a pod: Wagner, Kimbrel share bond
Billy Wagner is quite comfortable at home these days. His job description includes hubby, daddy, coach, handyman and occasional lay-about. But the retired former Braves closer nonetheless keeps close tabs on the man who succeeded him, Craig Kimbrel.
Wagner says Phils called, but he's still retired
Retired relief pitcher Billy Wagner maintained his stance on retirement even though the Phillies approached him after the 2011 season, he told the New York Post this weekend.
Billy Wagner Redux
When acting as the General Manager of a baseball team, it is typically in one’s best interest to leave no stone unturned when it comes to building out a roster. Even though a move might seem obvious, (signing Albert Pujols to play first base, for instance), diligence on the part of the scouts and the front office is not only a necessity, but good business.
That’s why it...
Via NBC Philadelphia
November 28, 2011
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HBT: Phillies tried to lure Wagner out of retirement
Billy Wagner retired in 2010, but that didn't stop Philadelphia from trying to lure him back for next season.
Phillies Called Billy Wagner After Season
The Phillies had an outside-the-box idea before signing Jonathan Papelbon this winter. The team called closer Billy Wagner after the season in hopes of coaxing him out of retirement, writes Mark Hale of the New York Post. Wagner told Hale, "It was after the regular season...just to see if I was even contemplating coming back or had an itch or anything. I just told them...
Via MLB Trade Rumors
November 28, 2011
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