However, in 2003, at the height of Wagner's superpowers, the Astros traded him to the Philadelphia Phillies. The All-Star ...

In fact, half of The Athletic's MLB All-Quarter Century team's closers once pitched for Atlanta. Craig Kimbrel, Kenley Jansen and Billy Wagner were three of the six closers on the team.

Wagner pitched the final season of his Hall of Fame career with the Braves. In 2010, the year Kimbrel debuted, Wagner posted a 7-2 record, 1.43 ERA and 0.865 WHIP with a 13.5 strikeouts per nine ...

One of the most recent left-handers to gain induction to Cooperstown offered a powerful salute to one of the next.

There are those of us who remember when triple-digit heat was a special treat, and typically only served by a certain profile ...

Independence Day is typically filled with pyrotechnics celebrating America, and many athletes have used the Fourth of July to ...

Closers: Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman, Billy Wagner, Kenley Jansen, Craig Kimbrel and Aroldis Chapman No. 42 walks out of the bullpen before the game on Mariano Rivera Day in 2013, his final season.

When he takes the podium in Cooperstown, Baseball Hall of Famer Billy Wagner will mention a few Virginia towns in his ...

Braves beat reporter Mark Bowman conducted an AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit. You can read the full transcript here. Here ...

His return to the Braves lineup will be crucial for Atlanta in their attempts to get back into playoff-contending baseball. Profar, 32, broke out in 2024 with the San Diego Padres. He earned his ...