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Friday marks seven years since Trevor Hoffman got the call to the Hall. In 2018, Hoffman, one of the best closers in baseball ...

Facing Atlanta’s perennial postseason dominance, the Padres relied on clutch performances from Greg Vaughn and Trevor Hoffman to secure a 4-2 series victory and their second National League pennant.

Closer Trevor Hoffman headlines a four-member 2025 class ... nearly all of which was spent with the San Diego Padres. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.

In fact, the contract that stemmed from his NL Cy Young Award essentially paid for a house within a stone’s throw of Trevor Hoffman’s ... alongside former Padres teammate Adrian Gonzalez ...