HALL OF FAME BALLOT ANNOUNCED! Who will comprise the Class of 2025?

The BBWAA unveiled its 2025 Hall of Fame ballot featuring 14 players making their ballot debut, and that group is headlined by a couple of legends: pitcher CC Sabathia and outfielder Ichiro Suzuki.

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[taze]

Prime years Ichiro was a beast, no pitcher wanted a part of him. Eyes like a hawk at the plate and the outfield. ⚾️

[bigsmokiee]

Fact these guys are on the ballot makes me feel warm inside. Every ballot from here on I’ll be aware of everyone’s playing career, but with these guys I was a kid watching them, mimicking them, playing baseball: love for the game coming into bloom. Bless ‘em all

[BeastGaming]

If Ichiro is not a first ballot hall of famer, we officially need to abolish the voting system we currently have for Cooperstown

[basark]

Ichiro with the MLB record of 262 hits in a single season and 10 consecutive years of 200+ hits. It should be obvious.

[yunoha]

Anyone who does not vote for Ichiro deserves contempt.

[babyokapi]

7:53 Ichiro Suzuki
1. Aug. 28, 2001, @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Marked his 1st 200th hit in a season of MLB
and then reached the 200 hit mark for 10 consecutive seasons in 2010.
Earned Rookie of the Year and AL MVP in 2001.
2. May 2, 2005, vs Los Angeles Angels
Robbed Garret Anderson of a home run.
Won the 10 consecutive Gold Glove Awards till 2010.
3. Aug. 7, 2016, @ Colorado Rockies
Marked his 3, 000th hit in MLB.
Retired with 3, 089 hits in MLB (+ 1, 278 hits in NPB) in 2019.

[charliep]

I have officially reached the point where the guys I grew up watching are eligible for the Hall of Fame and for the first time, a rookie of the year is younger than me.

[bugjuicereviews]

Very telling of CC and Ichiro's careers specifically when you look at the visual quality between their first and last clips.

[edwardanthony]

Ichiro, C.C., Luis Tiant, Tommy John, Graig Nettles & Richie Allen. Get em all in.

[BarnabyBaltimoron]

Ichiro imposed his will on just about every pitcher he faced. Not many guys could do that

[Koyomimatic]

I wonder who's gonna be writer that wants extra attention and won't give a vote to Ichiro

[JDVexen]

If Felix gets in, Cooperstown needs to immortalize a bronze plaque of him and Beltre together. Specifically the moment where the King laughed at Beltre's strikeout.


...Please?

[zachm]

Hearing Vin Scully, Dave Niehaus, and Harry Kalas again in the same clip... Legends.

[chrislewis]

Cargo hit some of the hardest frozen rope home runs I've ever seen. Freakin lasers

[bettyhall]

CC, Ichiro, McCann, Zobrist, Abreu, Hunter, Jones, Petite, both Ramirezes, A.Rod, F.Rod, Utley, Wagner, and Bobby Cox (if he's not in there already) get my votes in for the HOF and a trip to Cooperstown

[allainangcao]

Forget Ichiro's numbers, the impact he had on baseball in general should warrant him a unanimous hall of famer.

The first to cross to MLB via posting system, leading to future players like Matsui, Ohtani, Senga, Yamamoto, and soon Roki Sasaki to join MLB, further expanding baseball's popularity.

[fib]

ichiro is a first ballot HOF. NO DOUBTER

[srellison]

For me, Ichiro is a no-brainer, but there are some great players on this ballot.

[sergiomiranda]

wow my era. growing up watching these guys I can't believe they're now becoming hall of famers.

[thepoisonouspotato]

Brian McCan, 2017 World Series Champion 🧡💙🤍🤘, crazy how he played against BGO & Bagwell, and played with Altuve and Bregman