Today is IF/OF Ben Zobrist ... who has ended up on a Hall of Fame ballot. Zobrist was drafted as a 23 year old in the 6th round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Houston Astros out of Dallas Baptist.

to eventually becoming an MLB mainstay that defined utility player. "Calling Ben Zobrist a utility player ... is like calling 'Citizen Kane' a movie about a sled," Jaffe wrote. "'Zorilla' was ...

In disappointing news, former Tampa Bay Rays stars Fernando Rodney and Ben Zobrist have fallen off the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame. While Ichiro, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner ...

Not one of those 104 ballots has featured either Ben Zobrist or Fernando ... While he made his MLB debut when the Rays were still the Devil Rays, Zobrist didn't truly break out until the team ...

He spent the 2012 and 2013 season with the Rays, putting together a dominant 2012 that saw him register 48 saves and a miniscule 0.60 ERA. Lifetime, he was 48-71 with a 3.80 ERA. He appeared in ...