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Originally Posted by Topps206
The way I see it, baseball honors excellence and longevity at other positions. I see no reason why closer should be different.
At least Hoffman isn't lost in the shuffle like I feared. He is knocking on the door.
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the thing is that relievers just don't provide that much value unless they are the elite of the elite (and even then a guy like Mariano Rivera, with his career, was less productive than an above avg starter with no HOF hopes like say Tim Hudson).
Closer has been a thing for a little under 50 years, and there are 5 guys in the HOF who were mainly relief pitchers. I think that's about right. Hoffman, Rivera and Wagner are all worthy guys, so if that jumps to 8.... yeah that feels right, 1 or 2 a decade give or take.