Baseball Hall of Fame class could have a distinct New York flavor

Tuesday’s Baseball Hall of Fame announcement may have an especially New York feel to it.Not only is CC Sabathia on pace to easily become the latest Yankee to be inducted into Cooperstown, but as of Monday afternoon, ex-Mets Carlos Beltran and Billy Wagner are also on pace to make it in, according to ballot-tracker Ryan Thibodaux (@NotMrTibbs on Bluesky).And Ichiro Suzuki, who spent two-plus seasons in The Bronx, is a lock to be elected, and also has a chance to join Mariano Rivera as the only players to be voted in unanimously.The results will be announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America on Tuesday.If Sabathia and Beltran get in, it could be the first time players identified as Yankees and Mets on their Hall of Fame plaques are enshrined in the same year.The players and the Hall jointly decide which team’s logo is depicted on an inductee’s plaque.

Sabathia, who was named on 93.6 percent of ballots made public as of Monday afternoon, has said since at least 2019 that he intends to go into the Hall with a Yankees cap.And most signs point to Beltran going in as a Met if he’s elected.Beltran was at 80.3 percent as of Monday.

Players must be named on 75 percent of ballots for induction, though the final vote often dips from the tally of public votes.It would be a leap for Beltran, in his third year on the ballot, after he finished at 57.1 percent a year ago.As The Post’s Mike Vaccaro recently noted, despite Beltran’s rocky history in Queens — which includes Beltran being fired as manager before even getting to spring training because of revelations of his role in the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal — the outfielder’s best seasons came with the Mets from 2005 until midway through 2011, when he was traded to the San Francisco Giants.

Beltran appeared in nearly the same number of games with the Mets (839) and Royals (795), but put up better number in Queens (129 OPS-plus with the Mets; 111 with the Royals).The same is true of Sabathia, wh...