Who will be the next members of the 3,000-hit club?

Ichiro Suzuki made baseball history Sunday when he tripled off Rockies lefty Chris Rusin to become the 30th player in baseball history to reach 3,000 hits. He's just the second active member of the club, joining former teammate Alex Rodriguez, who recorded his 3,000th hit in 2015.

There will be a 31st player to join the club at some point down the road, and several more to follow. So who will be next to reach the magical 3,000-hit mark? Here are six players who have excellent chances to join Suzuki and the 29 others in this exclusive club (stats through August 7):

Adrian Beltre

Career hits: 2,878
Hits needed to 3,000: 122
Expected year: 2017

Among active players, only Rodriguez and Suzuki have more hits than Beltre, who continues to make a case for himself as the best third baseman of his generation. So long as he stays healthy, the 37-year-old should have no issues reaching 3,000 hits as early as next season. He's also under contract with the Rangers through 2018, so his final tally could be well above the magic mark.

Albert Pujols

Career hits: 2,774
Hits needed to 3,000: 226
Expected year: May 2018

His days as a fearsome slugger in Cardinal red are long gone, but Pujols continues to compile statistics as he heads into the final phase of what's been a remarkable Hall of Fame career. Like Beltre, he needs to stay healthy, though with a contract that runs through 2021 he's all but assured to get there. When he reaches the mark, he'll become just the fifth player with 3,000 hits and 500 home runs, joining Rodriguez, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray, and Rafael Palmeiro. With 581 career homers to his name, there's an excellent chance Pujols would also join Rodriguez, Aaron, and Mays in the 3,000-600 club.

Miguel Cabrera

Career hits: 2,459
Hits needed to 3,000: 541
Expected year: Late 2019

Here's another player with a good shot at joining the 3,000-500 club. Cabrera's just 33, and his 2,459 hits are slightly ahead of Pujols' pace; he finished his age-33 season with 2,347 hits. Miggy's still as dangerous a hitter as there is, he's still remarkably fun to watch, and he'll go down in history as one of baseball's great batsmen no matter how many hits he ends up with.

Robinson Cano

Career hits: 2,146
Hits needed to 3,000: 854
Expected year: 2022

Despite a rocky start to his Mariners career, Cano has quietly averaged 163 hits over his two-plus seasons in Seattle, and he's well on his way to another 150-plus hit campaign in 2016. He's a much longer ways away from 3,000 than the others, but Cano's signed until 2023 and is durable - he's played at least 156 games in all but his first two major-league seasons. If he continues at his current pace for most of the rest of his contract, he should become just the fifth second baseman in the club.

Jose Altuve

Career hits: 985
Hits needed to 3,000: 2,015
Expected year: 2028-2029

Consider the following: Pete Rose, baseball's all-time hits leader, recorded his 1,000th hit in his 831st career game; he was 27 years and 73 days old. Altuve, the pint-sized Astros second baseman who just recorded his fifth-straight 150-hit campaign, will reach 1,000 hits before the end of 2016 and before his 27th birthday. Rose had two 200-hit seasons in his first five years; assuming he does it again this year - he's on pace to do so - Altuve will have three. Yes, Altuve is on a faster pace than Rose was in his storied career. He may not get to 4,257 hits, but he's well on his way to a number that could leave 3,000 in the dust.

Mike Trout

Career hits: 868
Hits needed to 3,000: 2,132
Expected year: Approx. 2029

Don't say it's too early. Trout's averaging 143 hits a season in his brief and remarkable career, and has scaled the 170-hit plateau in each of his four full seasons; he's on the way to doing that again this year, and should pass the 1,000-hit mark in 2017. Average that 143 for another decade or so, avoid a career-altering injury, and that's an easy path to at least 3,000 hits - and immortality.