Ranking MLB’s closers’ entrance songs

This last season of baseball the internet went ablaze with the epic intro of Edwin Diaz of the Mets set to Narco by Blasterjaxx and Timmy Trumpet. That got us thinking — since we already did a mix of baseball walk-up songs, why not close out the season with a mix of closing pitchers entrance songs? We decided we’d rank them (and low key ranking the pitchers themselves) from great to best. (they’re all good, seriously).

You can listen to our episode here on the player of your choice, like Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts.

Here’s the mix, ranked from good to best:

1. Let It Go by Idina Menzel

   1. Craig Kimbrel, Dodgers

2. Bad to the bone by George Thorogood & The Destroyers

   1. Dennis Eckersley, As

3. Dancing Queen by ABBA

   1. John Smoltz, Braves

4. California Love by 2Pac, Roger, Dr. Dre

   1. Kenley Jansen, Dodgers

5. Jump Around by House Of Pain

   1. Brian Wilson, Giants

6. Wild Thing by The Troggs

   1. Mitch Williams, Phillies

7. Wake Up by Rage Against the Machine

   1. Aroldis Chapman, Yankees

8. Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N’ Roses

   1. Eric Gagne, Dodgers

9. I’m Shipping Up To Boston by Dropkick Murphys

   1. Jonathan Papelbon, Red Sox

10. Hells Bells by AC/DC

    1. Trevor Hoffman, Padres

11. Narco by Blasterjaxx, Timmy Trumpet

    1. Edwin Diaz, Mets

12. Enter Sandman by Metallica

    1. Mariano Rivera, Yankees

Here’s the mix on Spotify:

Oh and if you want to watch some of these entrances, here are some gems on Youtube:

Edwin Diaz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BYSp2pzP0Y

Aroldis Chapman:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHTp-j1j7GU

Craig Kimbrel:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/APIFsi9BcXc