Ichiro Suzuki arrives on next year's Hall of Fame ballot; Sabathia and Hernandez eligible too
Ichiro Suzuki headlines the group of players who are eligible for voting a year from now for baseball's Hall of Fame
It was a little past 8 a.m. in Tokyo when the newest inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were announced.
Next year there could be some big celebrations over breakfast in Japan.
Ichiro Suzuki headlines the group of players who are eligible for voting a year from now. That ballot is also expected to include Cy Young Award winners CC Sabathia and Félix Hernández — and the final chance for reliever Billy Wagner, who fell five votes short this time.
Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were voted in this year by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. The results were announced Tuesday night in the eastern U.S. The time change between the Hall's location in Cooperstown, New York, and Suzuki's home country of Japan should be quite relevant in 2025.
