It’s that time of year. The Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2020 will be announced later this month, and fans are tracking public ballots thanks to some diligent work by Ryan Thibodaux and his team. One of the former Astros players on the ballot is closer Billy Wagner, and his case is interesting.
As of the time of this writing, Wagner had been selected on 33.3 percent of publicly revealed ballots. A player needs to be named on 75 percent of total ballots to gain induction, so his chances of getting in this year are virtually nonexistent.