PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — It's good being Trevor Hoffman these days.
The former closer got an encouraging 67.3 percent of the vote in his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot.
Every morning he buttons up his No. 51 jersey and spends several hours as a spring training instructor for the San Diego Padres, working with veterans and minor leaguers alike. He'll head back to San Diego for the start of the prep season so he can watch sons Quinn, a senior shortstop who's been accepted to play at Harvard, and Wyatt, a junior second baseman, play for Cathedral Catholic High.