CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki headline long list of ex-Yankees up for Hall of Fame induction

Fourteen caller Hall of Fame candidates are connected the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot, including 2 erstwhile Yankees with existent chances of getting inducted successful their archetypal twelvemonth of eligibility.

The ballot, which besides includes 14 holdovers and was released connected Monday, is headlined by newcomers Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia. Sabathia has the strongest ties of immoderate newbie to the Yankees, arsenic helium spent 11 seasons successful the Bronx. The lefty won ALCS MVP and the World Series successful 2009, his archetypal twelvemonth successful pinstripes.

Sabathia, who spent the archetypal 8 years of his vocation successful Cleveland earlier a half-season successful Milwaukee, besides claimed a Cy Young grant successful 2007, won 251 games, earned six All-Star selections, and is 1 of 19 pitchers successful the 3,000 strikeout club.

Sabathia, who is successful Cleveland’s Hall of Fame, ended his vocation with a 3.74 ERA and 3,093 strikeouts implicit 3,577.1 innings.

“That was the archetypal clip I really, really, truly thought astir it,” Sabathia said past offseason aft a caller travel to Cooperstown. “And I was like, ‘Damn, I truly privation to beryllium successful the Hall of Fame.’ I ne'er thought astir being successful the Hall of Fame erstwhile I was playing, but going up determination it’s like, ‘Oh, yeah, this is cool.'”

It remains to beryllium seen if Sabathia, well-liked by the writers who ballot for the BBWAA ballot, volition get successful close away. Suzuki, connected the different hand, is simply a virtual fastener aft a highly-decorated vocation successful Japan and the United States.

Suzuki volition surely deterioration a Mariners headdress connected his plaque aft 14 seasons with the team, but helium besides spent 3 years with the Yankees from 2012-2014. With 3,089 hits successful the states and 1,278 much for the Orix Blue Wave, the speedy outfielder wowed planetary audiences from ages 18 to 45.

Suzuki, who besides spent 3 seasons with the Marlins, is 1 of conscionable 2 players to triumph Rookie of the Year and MVP successful the aforesaid season. There are besides 10 Gold Gloves, 3 Silver Sluggers, 2 batting titles and an All-Star Game MVP Award connected his résumé.

Other newbies connected the ballot with ties to the Yankees see Curtis Granderson, Russell Martin, Brian McCann and Troy Tulowitzki. Holdover Yankees connected the ballot see Bobby Abreu, Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones, Andy Pettitte and Álex Rodríguez.

Rodríguez finished his vocation with 696 homers, 3 MVP awards and a World Series ring, but his ties to performance-enhancing drugs person kept him and different sluggers of his epoch retired of the Hall of Fame. Rodríguez received conscionable 34.8% of the ballot past year.

Candidates necessitate 75%.

With that successful mind, ex-Met Billy Wagner (73.8% past year) has a bully changeable astatine getting successful this time. Jones (61.6%) could arsenic well.

The afloat BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot tin beryllium seen below. So tin the Classic Baseball Era Committee ballot, which includes ex-Yankees Tommy John and Luis Tiant.

BBWAA Ballot: Bobby Abreu, Carlos Beltrán, Mark Buehrle, Carlos González, Curtis Granderson, Félix Hernández, Torii Hunter, Adam Jones, Andruw Jones, Ian Kinsler, Russell Martin, Brian McCann, Dustin Pedroia, Andy Pettitte, Hanley Ramírez, Manny Ramírez, Fernando Rodney, Álex Rodríguez, Francisco Rodríguez, Jimmy Rollins, CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki, Troy Tulowitzki, Chase Utley, Omar Vizquel, Billy Wagner, David Wright, Ben Zobrist

Classic Baseball Era Committee Ballot: Dick Allen, Ken Boyer, John Donaldson, Steve Garvey, Vic Harris, Tommy John, Dave Parker, Luis Tiant