Mark Buehrle, who spent 12 years with the Chicago White Sox, reached the five percent threshold necessary to stay on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for next year.

CC Sabathia was an ace. You know who screamed this fact loudest? Not me. The sport did. The sport told us what the final numbers didn’t.

If that vote was given to a player who deserves to stay on the ballot, then why are MLB writers and baseball fans upset that Suzuki wasn't a unanimous choice?

Ichiro Suzuki, C.C. Sabathia and Billy Wagner were elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and Marc Topkin, Rays beat writer for the Tampa Bay Times, is a Hall of Fame Voter with the Baseball Writers Association of America.

On Tuesday, the BBWAA officially announced the Hall of Fame futures for three players. Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner all received the required 75