Even with a rocky start to his rookie season, Sasaki has long been on the MLB radar for a reason, and he checks all the boxes ...

311/.355/.402 hitter with 3,089 hits and 509 stolen bases. Ichiro was named Rookie of the Year and MVP in 2001. Before coming to MLB, he played nine seasons with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan ...

Ichiro was a 10-time consecutive All-Star and Gold Glover to begin his career stateside. He became just the second player in history to win AL MVP and Rookie of the Year in his debut season and ...

It is headlined by legendary closer Billy Wagner, veteran southpaw C.C Sabathia as well as one of baseball’s top hitters, Ichiro Suzuki ... American League Rookie of the Year and MVP in his ...

Ichiro starred for almost a decade for the Orix Blue Wave before making the move to MLB, where he earned Rookie of the Year accolades and league MVP (one of just two players to ever accomplish ...

Even after a dazzling start to his MLB career that saw him named both Rookie of the Year and MVP - a feat accomplished just one other time, by Fred Lynn in 1975 - Ichiro said he didn’t fully ...

He was 27 when he left Japan, and he was dominant. Only Ichiro and Fred Lynn were the AL MVP and rookie of the year in the same year. Ichiro might have been the MVP again three seasons later ...

He won the American League MVP award as a rookie, was named to 10 ... as a recovering alcoholic. While Ichiro and Sabathia were selected in their first year of eligibility, it took Wagner until ...

Ichiro would be much more than fine, en route to a stunningly good start to his MLB career that saw him win American League Rookie of the Year and MVP for a Mariners club that tied a league record ...

Ichiro debuted in the Pacific Northwest in 2001 and instantly took Major League Baseball by storm. An integral part of Seattle’s record-breaking 116-win team that year, the 27-year-old rookie ...

Ichiro Suzuki earned a prestigious accolade ... In 2001, Suzuki captured both the AL MVP and AL Rookie of the Year honors after an incredible season, tallying 242 hits, 34 doubles, eight triples ...