After Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were voted into Cooperstown by the Baseball Writers' Association of America on Tuesday, Martin was among three former Blue Jays that didn't garner the five per cent of the vote required to have their candidacy carried onto 2026.
Ichiro Suzuki becomes the first Japanese player chosen for baseball’s Hall of Fame, falling one vote shy of being a unanimous selection.
Ichiro Suzuki was a near-unanimous selection for the Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night. That was no surprise. What was a surprise -- at least to Ichiro himself -- was when a fellow Mariners legen
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner will join Dave Parker and Dick Allen this summer in Cooperstown, New York.
Pete Rose still holds the MLB record for career hits with 4,256, but Ichiro would be the hit king if you count the 1,278 hits he had in Japan. Ichiro reached 4,257 combined hits on June 15, 2016, with the Marlins, hitting a double off the San Diego Padres’ Fernando Rodney (remember him, Mariners fans?). Ichiro finished with 4,367 combined hits.
Jake Mintz and Andy McCullough discuss Roki Sasaki and Tanner Scott joining the Dodgers, whether the team’s wild spending spree is good for the game, Anthony Santander signing with the Blue Jays and their thoughts on the Baseball Hall of Fame.
The 2025 class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame will be announced on Tuesday night and while left-handed pitcher Mark Buehrle won't be getting in this time around, he will be staying on the ballot for at least another year.
Toronto’s bid for Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki ended late last week when the right-hander signed with the Dodgers. But just before Sasaki announced his decision, Cleveland was able to leverage the Blue Jays' eagerness to add international signing pool money in order to get out from under Myles Straw’s bad contract.
One of the biggest questions coming into the 2025 season is whether or not Davis Schneider can have a bounce-back year. This is Blue Jays Nation’s annual 40-man Roster Review, where we look at the players on the Blue Jays’ 40-man roster.
Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner were all elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday. Ichiro is the first Japanese-born player elected.
One of MLB's most adored figures, Suzuki's statistical accomplishments are staggering, and his success supercharged a Japanese talent pipeline that continues today.