Chase Utley was one of the biggest risers in this year’s Hall of Fame voting. Is he trending toward eventual enshrinement?

Former Phillies closer Billy Wagner, who fell five votes shy in 2024, has been elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, named on 82.3% of ballots in this year’s voting. Here are the 3 players added to the class of 2025: Ichiro Suzuki: 99.

Once more, for baseball immortality, Billy Wagner closed it out. Wagner, the dominant closer who played a two-season sliver of his 16-year career with the Phillies, got elected Tuesday night to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his 10th and final year on the ballot.

The trio of stars, each of whom spent part of their career in New York, will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 27.

Used to leading off, Ichiro Suzuki got antsy when he had to wait. Considered a no-doubt pick for baseball's Hall of Fame and possibly the second unanimous selection, he waited by the phone for the expected call Tuesday.

Billy Wagner has had a year to think about his proximity to the Baseball Hall of Fame. In his penultimate year on the ballot in 2024, the seven-time All-Star closer finished five votes shy of being enshrined.