Ichiro Suzuki is a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
That has long been the assumption among baseball fans regarding the Japanese outfielder who played the majority of his 19-year MLB career with the Seattle Mariners, along with stints with the New York Yankees and Miami Marlins.
On Tuesday, that assumption became reality, with Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner being elected by the Baseball Writers’ Assn. of America to join classic era inductees Dave Parker and Dick Allen as the baseball’s Hall of Fame class of 2025.