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 become the first Japanese player in baseball's Hall of Fame, and CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner and Carlos Beltrán also could be elected Tuesday when results of the writers' voting are ...

Suzuki could join Mariano Rivera as the only unanimous picks for ... are the most among pitchers with at least 900 innings. Beltrán received 46.5% in 2023 in his first ballot appearance and ...

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of unanimous when he ...

For Carlos Beltran, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner ... New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera, who received all 425 votes in 2019, is the only unanimous inductee. Suzuki played nine seasons in ...

If Ichiro Suzuki misses unanimous election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, it would be by a handful of votes at most. For Carlos Beltran, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, a handful of votes may determine ...

Some [redacted] voter decided Ichiro wasn’t deserving, so he only finished with 393 out of 394 votes, meaning that reliever Mariano Rivera ... outfielder Carlos Beltrán, who was sensational ...