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Ichiro Suzuki among 14 newcomers on 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

Nov 20 (News On Japan) - The Baseball Hall of Fame ballot is being mailed to 400 members of the Baseball Writers Association of America this week, and that ballot includes 14 candidates appearing for the very first time.

The Hall of Fame announced the names of those candidates on Monday, and there are some truly exciting players who could lead to one of the most fun Hall of Fame classes in years.

Here are all 14 first-time candidates on the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot:

OF Carlos González

OF Curtis Granderson

SP Félix Hernández

OF Adam Jones

2B Ian Kinsler

C Russell Martin

C Brian McCann

2B Dustin Pedroia

SS Hanley Ramírez

RP Fernando Rodney

SP CC Sabathia

OF Ichiro Suzuki

SS Troy Tulowitzki

IF/OF Ben Zobrist

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