Lefty pitchers Billy Wagner and CC Sabathia both earned their spots in the Baseball Hall of Fame, joining near-unanimous selection Ichiro
On the day that CC Sabathia and Ichiro Suzuki were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Yankees Aaron Judge and Derek Jeter offered their congratulations.
Ichiro Suzuki becomes the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of being a unanimous selection.
Former New York Yankees ace Alex Rodriguez congratulated the latest inductees into the MLB Hall of Fame Class of 2025 on Tuesday night.
Five former MLB players with the Yankees and/or Mets are expected to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 will be honored in the annual induction ceremony July 27 in Cooperstown, New York.
The Hall of Fame doors will open to Ichiro Suzuki, to CC Sabathia, and to Billy Wagner, and that’s a solid trio.
The trio of stars, each of whom spent part of their career in New York, will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 27.
Billy Wagner received 82.5 percent of the tally from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, after he missed by just five votes last year.
The three stalwarts were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday and will be enshrined in Cooperstown this summer.
CC Sabathia understands his place in history. The former Yankees ace was pretty much a lock to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of the last great, dominant workhorse starters in the game. When he got elected the first time he appeared on the ballot, however, Sabathia could not hide his feelings about how special that was.