Other bits of intrigue ahead of Tuesday's 6 p.m. announcement: Will CC Sabathia be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and is this the year Billy Wagner gets in?

Ichiro Suzuki could have been immortalized as a first-ballot Hall of Famer nearly a decade ago. He was last a full-time starter in 2012, at 38. He logged his 3,000th hit in 2016, when he was 42. Still, he made us wait three more years to celebrate his retirement.

Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner will join Dave Parker and Dick Allen this summer in Cooperstown, New York.

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he was elected along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

The first time Seattle Mariners fans saw Ichiro Suzuki was April 2, 2001, on Opening Day against the Oakland Athletics at what was then known as Safec

Retired outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, who made the transition from Japan to the Seattle Mariners, heads the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2025. He is the first Japanese player elected to Cooperstown.

FILE - New York Yankees' Ichiro Suzuki, right ... inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field in New York, Aug. 24, 2009. FILE - New York Mets right fielder Carlos ...

BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack O’Connell recalled Suzuki was at the Hall in 2001 when he called to inform the Seattle star he had been voted AL Rookie of the Year. Suzuki received 27 of 28 first-place votes, all but one from an Ohio writer who selected Sabathia.

Newly-elected Baseball Hall of Fame members, from left, Ichiro Suzuki, left, Billy Wagner and CC Sabathia pose for photo during a news conference, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Cooperstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) Newly-elected Baseball Hall of Fame members,

It now appears it’s a question of when, not if, Carlos Beltrán will be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Next year could be his time. The ballot is wide open.

The New York Mets will unveil a new road jersey during Saturday's Amazin Day event at Citi Field, according to Danny Abriano of SNY. Because MLB teams are only allowed to have five uniform options ...

The five newcomers, including Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025, in Cooperstown, New York.