The Mariners one-upped their own plans to honor franchise legend Ichiro Suzuki. As they celebrated the retirement of Suzuki's No. 51 jersey on Saturday night, Mariners chairman John Stanton announced plans to build a statue of Suzuki, which is expected to be unveiled in 2026.

Suzuki will join fellow Mariners icons Edgar Martinez, Ken Griffey Jr., and broadcaster Dave Niehaus to have statues outside of T-Mobile Park.

"Yesterday was a surprise. I hadn't heard that, so that was definitely a surprise," Suzuki said of the statue announcement through an interpreter on Sunday. "Seeing my number up there and then now having a statue, I guess I could die peacefully."

This marks just the latest honor for Suzuki, who before getting his jersey retired was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fam

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