The countdown is now on to see who will be in the 2026 class of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The 2025 class, which featured Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, Billy Wagner, Dick Allen (posthumously), and Dave Parker (posthumously), was inducted into the Hall of Fame Sunday in Cooperstown. Watch our coverage here .

From first-year players to returning candidates, here are top names to watch in the 2026 Baseball Hall of Fame voting process.

Former Astros closer Billy Wagner reflects on his weekend in Cooperstown as he joined baseball's greats in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

For me, and baseball lovers from Philly just like me, Allen was life-altering. After a nearly 50-year wait, he was immortalized in the Hall.

All-Star right fielder and Seattle Mariners legend Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2025. But even as Ichiro was awarded the honor alongside CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner, it was his speech that stole the show.

Tom Hamilton joined Jimmy Dudley and Jack Graney in representing Cleveland as winners of the Ford C. Frick Award.

There he was, in the flesh, at the Otesaga Resort Hotel on the eve of his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Ichiro Suzuki himself. So strong is Ichiro’s aura that even two of the game