With the announcement of the new class of Hall of Famers coming next week, and with former Padres great Trevor Hoffman getting a lot of support on the publicly released ballots, we asked a panel of ESPN writers about closers and the Hall of Fame. Does Hoffman belong for notching 601 saves and his longevity? Or was his career simply a product of the way closers are used in the modern era? David Schoenfield, Jerry Crasnick and Bradford Doolittle all have their own points of view on these questions, so we put them together with moderator Christina Kahrl to get their takes on Hoffman's case for Cooperstown.
MLB Roundtable: What does Hoffman need from voters? Mo magic
