COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.--Ichiro Suzuki wants to raise a glass with the voter who chose not to check off his name on the Hall of Fame ballot.

Suzuki received 393 of a possible 394 votes submitted by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to become the first Japanese player elected to the Hall of Fame.

The Hall of Fame's Class of 2024 is complete. Now the question becomes: Who's next? When the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) revealed the results of its 2024 voting cycle on Tuesday night, three players had punched their tickets to Cooperstown: first-timers Adrián Beltré and Joe Mauer, along with

Everywhere you look, it seems, there’s a player who first achieved success playing in Japan making an impact on the 2023 MLB season. So that got us thinking: Who are the best players from Japan in MLB history?

The two spoke for over 15 minutes as Nootbaar, who recently helped Japan win the World Baseball Classic, hurled questions about defense and base running.