MLB Network’s “Top 10 Right Now” Rankings Entering 2023

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13 min readJan 16, 2023

It’s 2023 and you know what that means: Another round of Top 10 Right Now!

Every year I compile MLB Network’s “Top 100 Players Right Now” in one place (in this here blog) which airs annually before the regular season begins.

Beginning in 2014, I decided to supplement those rankings by giving you a place to find all of the Top 10 Right Now lists as well.

PREVIOUS LISTS
2022’s Top 10 Right Now lists

2021’s Top 10 Right Now
2020’s list
2019’s list
2018’s list
2017’s list
2016
2015
2014

I’ll update this post over the next few weeks as the different positional episodes air on MLB Network.

Tuesday, January 10: Relief Pitchers
Wednesday, January 11: Right Fielders
Thursday, January 12: Center Fielders
Tuesday, January 17: Left Fielders
Wednesday, January 18: First Basemen
Thursday, January 19: Third Basemen
Wednesday, January 25: Second Basemen
Thursday, January 26: Shortstops
Wednesday, February 1: Starting Pitchers
Thursday, February 2: Catchers

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The rankings above are from MLB Network’s “Shredder” which takes into account a multitude of statistical factors (focused on a three-year sample; utilizes WAR, wRC+, Statcast metrics) with no human bias. Each episode also provides six additional lists: One from Brian Kenny, one from an MLB Network analyst (who for the Relief Pitchers is Jake Peavy), and one from an industry voice (Alex Fast of PitcherList for the relievers). They also reveal the Top 10 lists of what they call the “Sabermetric Super Panel, ” including Mike Petriello and Sarah Langs of MLB.com, and Vince Gennaro, the former President of SABR.

They allowed fans to once again vote on social media and compiled their rankings into another Top 10.

Here are all of the individual Top 10’s with the first mention of a player in italics and any Brewers players bolded.

Fast: Muñoz, Díaz, Helsley, Clase, Félix Bautista (BAL), Duran, Pete Fairbanks (TB), Phillips, Adam, Paul Sewald (SEA)

Petriello: Díaz, Clase, Duran, Muñoz, Helsley, WILLIAMS, Josh Hader (SD), Clay Holmes (NYY), Pressley, Fairbanks

Langs: Díaz, Clase, Helsley, Muñoz, WILLIAMS, Bryan Abreu (HOU), Camilo Doval (SF), Hendriks, Phillips, Bautista

Gennaro: Díaz, Clase, Muñoz, Pressley, Hendriks, WILLIAMS, Adam, Helsley, Duran, José Alvarado (PHI)

Kenny: Díaz, Clase, Hader, WILLIAMS, Pressley, A.J. Minter (ATL), Hendriks, Raisel Iglesias (ATL), Collin McHugh (ATL), Helsley

Peavy: Clase, Díaz, WILLIAMS, Helsley, Muñoz, Duran, Hader, Hendriks, Pressley, Jordan Romano (TOR)

Social Media Fan Vote: Díaz, Clase, Hader, Pressley, Helsley, Hendriks, Seranthony Domínguez (PHI), Bautista, Romano, WILLIAMS

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The rankings above are from MLB Network’s “Shredder” which takes into account a multitude of statistical factors (focused on a three-year sample; utilizes WAR, wRC+, Statcast metrics) with no human bias. Each episode also provides six additional lists: One from Brian Kenny, one from an MLB Network analyst (who for the Right Fielders is Cliff Floyd), and one from an industry voice (Jayson Stark of The Athletic). They also reveal the Top 10 lists of what they call the “Sabermetric Super Panel, ” including Mike Petriello and Sarah Langs of MLB.com, and Vince Gennaro.

They allowed fans to once again vote on social media and compiled their rankings into a Top 10.

Here are all of the individual Top 10’s with the first mention of a player in italics and any Brewers players bolded.

Stark: Judge, Betts, Acuña Jr., Tucker, Springer, Tatis Jr., Harper, Hernández, Lars Nootbaar (STL), Marte

Petriello: Judge, Betts, Tucker, Acuña Jr., Springer, Harper, Tatis Jr., Marte, Seiya Suzuki (CHC), Hernández

Langs: Judge, Harper, Betts, Tucker, Acuña Jr., Tatis Jr., Marte, Springer, Hernández, Renfroe

Gennaro: Judge, Betts, Acuña Jr., Tucker, Harper, Tatis Jr., Marte, Springer, Nootbaar, Mitch Haniger (SF)

Kenny: Judge, Betts, Harper, Acuña Jr., Springer, Tucker, Tatis Jr., Marte, Nick Castellanos (PHI), Hernández

Floyd: Judge, Betts, Tucker, Acuña Jr., Harper, Springer, Marte, Hernández, Adolis García (TEX), Tatis Jr.

Social Media Fan Vote: Judge, Harper, Betts, Nootbaar, Acuña Jr., Tucker, Tatis Jr., García, Marte, Castellanos

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The rankings above are from MLB Network’s “Shredder” which takes into account a multitude of statistical factors (focused on a three-year sample; utilizes WAR, wRC+, Statcast metrics) with no human bias. Each episode also provides six additional lists: One from Brian Kenny, one from an MLB Network analyst (who for the Center Fielders is Cameron Maybin), and one from an industry voice (Christopher Russo). They also reveal the Top 10 lists of what they call the “Sabermetric Super Panel, ” including Mike Petriello and Sarah Langs of MLB.com, and Vince Gennaro.

They allowed fans to once again vote on social media and compiled their rankings into another Top 10.

Here are all of the individual Top 10’s with the first mention of a player in italics and any Brewers players bolded.

Russo: Trout, Rodríguez, Reynolds, Nimmo, Buxton, Harris II, Robert, Cody Bellinger (CHC), Mullins, Trent Grisham (SD)

Petriello: Trout, Rodríguez, Harris II, Nimmo, Reynolds, Buxton, Robert, Mullins, Harrison Bader (NYY), Corbin Carroll (ARI)

Langs: Trout, Rodríguez, Buxton, Nimmo, Harris II, Reynolds, Robert, Mullins, Dylan Carlson (STL), McCormick

Gennaro: Trout, Rodríguez, Nimmo, Buxton, Reynolds, Harris II, Carlson, Bellinger, Robert, Austin Slater (SF)

Kenny: Trout, Rodríguez, Reynolds, Harris II, Nimmo, Robert, Buxton, Mullins, Bader, Bellinger

Maybin: Trout, Rodríguez, Buxton, Harris II, Nimmo, Mullins, Reynolds, Riley Greene (DET), McCormick, Bader

Social Media Fan Vote: Trout, Rodríguez, Harris II, Buxton, Nimmo, Bader, Bellinger, Grisham, Mullins, Reynolds

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The rankings above are from MLB Network’s “Shredder” which takes into account a multitude of statistical factors (focused on a three-year sample; utilizes WAR, wRC+, Statcast metrics) with no human bias. Each episode also provides six additional lists: One from Brian Kenny, one from an MLB Network analyst (who for the Left Fielders is Cameron Maybin), and one from an industry voice (Bob Costas.) They also reveal the Top 10 lists of what they call the “Sabermetric Super Panel, ” including Mike Petriello and Sarah Langs of MLB.com, and Vince Gennaro.

They allowed fans to once again vote on social media and compiled their rankings into another Top 10.

Here are all of the individual Top 10’s with the first mention of a player in italics and any Brewers players bolded.

Costas: Alvarez, Soto, Schwarber, Arozarena, Kwan, Brantley, Happ, Benintendi, Joc Pederson (SF), O'Neill

Petriello: Alvarez, Soto, Kwan, Schwarber, Ward, Daulton Varsho (TOR), Happ, Arozarena, O'Neill, Jiménez

Langs: Alvarez, Soto, Schwarber, Kwan, Happ, Varsho, Benintendi, Arozarena, Ward, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (ARI)

Gennaro: Soto, Alvarez, Schwarber, Kwan, Brantley, Benintendi, Pederson, Ward, Mark Canha (NYM), Varsho

Kenny: Alvarez, Soto, Schwarber, Jiménez, Kwan, Arozarena, Canha, Ward, Kris Bryant (COL), Varsho

Maybin: Soto, Alvarez, Schwarber, Ward, Benintendi, Kwan, Arozarena, Gurriel Jr., Happ, Pederson

Social Media Fan Vote: Soto, Alvarez, Schwarber, Kwan, Happ, CHRISTIAN YELICH (MIL), Varsho, Ward, Brantley, Arozarena

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The rankings above are from MLB Network’s “Shredder” which takes into account a multitude of statistical factors (focused on a three-year sample; utilizes WAR, wRC+, Statcast metrics) with no human bias. Each episode also provides six additional lists: One from Brian Kenny, one from an MLB Network analyst (who for the First Basemen is Carlos Peña), and one from an industry voice (Stephanie Apstein from Sports Illustrated). They also reveal the Top 10 lists of what they call the “Sabermetric Super Panel, ” including Mike Petriello and Sarah Langs of MLB.com, and Vince Gennaro.

They allowed fans to once again vote on social media and compiled their rankings into another Top 10.

Here are all of the individual Top 10’s with the first mention of a player in italics and any Brewers players bolded.

Apstein: Goldschmidt, Freeman, Guerrero Jr., Olson, Alonso, José Abreu (HOU), France, Lowe, Anthony Rizzo (NYY), Christian Walker (ARI)

Petriello: Freeman, Guerrero Jr., Goldschmidt, Alonso, Abreu, Olson, Vinnie Pasquantino (KC), Walker, Arraez, Lowe

Langs: Freeman, Goldschmidt, Alonso, Olson, Guerrero Jr., Arraez, Lowe, France, Abreu, Walker

Gennaro: Goldschmidt, Freeman, Alonso, Rizzo, Guerrero Jr., Olson, Walker, Abreu, Arraez, Pasquantino

Kenny: Freeman, Goldschmidt, Guerrero Jr., Olson, Alonso, Hoskins, Rizzo, Abreu, France, Lowe

Peña: Goldschmidt, Freeman, Guerrero Jr., Alonso, Lowe, Rizzo, Olson, Abreu, Arraez, Hoskins

Social Media Fan Vote: Goldschmidt, Freeman, Guerrero Jr., Alonso, Rizzo, Olson, Abreu, Jake Cronenworth (SD), France, Hoskins

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The rankings above are from MLB Network’s “Shredder” which takes into account a multitude of statistical factors (focused on a three-year sample; utilizes WAR, wRC+, Statcast metrics) with no human bias. Each episode also provides six additional lists: One from Brian Kenny, one from an MLB Network analyst (who for the Third Basemen is Mike Lowell), and one from an industry voice (Joe Posnanski). They also reveal the Top 10 lists of what they call the “Sabermetric Super Panel, ” including Mike Petriello and Sarah Langs of MLB.com, and Vince Gennaro.

They allowed fans to once again vote on social media and compiled their rankings into another Top 10.

Here are all of the individual Top 10’s with the first mention of a player in italics and any Brewers players bolded.

Posnanski: Arenado, Ramírez, Machado, Riley, Devers, Bregman, Ke’Bryan Hayes (PIT), Matt Chapman (TOR), Ryan McMahon (COL), Muncy

Petriello: Ramírez, Arenado, Machado, Devers, Bregman, Riley, Chapman, Muncy, Díaz, Gunnar Henderson (BAL)

Langs: Machado, Ramírez, Arenado, Riley, Devers, Bregman, Chapman, Díaz, McMahon, Hayes

Gennaro: Ramírez, Arenado, Machado, Riley, Devers, Bregman, LeMahieu, Díaz, Chapman, McMahon

Kenny: Ramírez, Machado, Riley, Arenado, Devers, Bregman, Turner, Muncy, Díaz, Henderson

Lowell: Machado, Ramírez, Arenado, Devers, Riley, Bregman, Eugenio Suárez (SEA), Chapman, Muncy, Díaz

Social Media Fan Vote: Arenado, Machado, Ramírez, Bregman, Riley, Devers, Chapman, Turner, Hayes, Muncy

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The rankings above are from MLB Network’s “Shredder” which takes into account a multitude of statistical factors (focused on a three-year sample; utilizes WAR, wRC+, Statcast metrics) with no human bias. Each episode also provides six additional lists: One from Brian Kenny, one from an MLB Network analyst (who for the Second Basemen is Dan O’Dowd), and one from an industry voice (Keith Law). They also reveal the Top 10 lists of what they call the “Sabermetric Super Panel, ” including Mike Petriello and Sarah Langs of MLB.com, and Vince Gennaro.

They allowed fans to once again vote on social media and compiled their rankings into a Top 10.

Here are all of the individual Top 10’s with the first mention of a player in italics and any Brewers players bolded.

Law: Altuve, Giménez, McNeil, Chisholm Jr., Nico Hoerner (CHC), Semien, Ozzie Albies (ATL), Jonathan India (CIN), Marte, Polanco

Petriello: Altuve, Giménez, Semien, McNeil, Chisholm Jr., Torres, Lowe, Albies, Hoerner, Wong

Langs: Altuve, Giménez, McNeil, Chisholm Jr., Semien, Albies, Wong, Donovan, Hoerner, Marte

Gennaro: Altuve, McNeil, Giménez, Chisholm Jr., Donovan, Polanco, Semien, Albies, Hoerner, Luis Guillorme (NYM)

Kenny: Altuve, Giménez, Semien, McNeil, Polanco, Marte, Albies, Hoerner, Chisholm Jr., Ha-Seong Kim (SD)

O’Dowd: Altuve, Giménez, McNeil, Semien, Albies, Polanco, Hoerner, Chisholm Jr., Lowe, Torres

Social Media Fan Vote: Altuve, Albies, McNeil, Giménez, Chisholm Jr., Hoerner, Semien, Torres, Lowe, Donovan

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The rankings above are from MLB Network’s “Shredder” which takes into account a multitude of statistical factors (focused on a three-year sample; utilizes WAR, wRC+, Statcast metrics) with no human bias. Each episode also provides six additional lists: One from Brian Kenny, one from an MLB Network analyst (who for the Shortstops is Tom Verducci), and one from an industry voice (Hannah Keyser of Yahoo! Sports). They also reveal the Top 10 lists of what they call the “Sabermetric Super Panel, ” including Mike Petriello and Sarah Langs of MLB.com, and Vince Gennaro.

They allowed fans to once again vote on social media and compiled their rankings into a Top 10.

Here are all of the individual Top 10’s with the first mention of a player in italics and any Brewers players bolded.

Keyser: Turner, Lindor, Correa, Franco, Seager, Bogaerts, Bichette, ADAMES, Swanson, Jeremy Peña (HOU)

Petriello: Lindor, Turner, Correa, Seager, Bogaerts, Franco, Bichette, ADAMES, Swanson, Peña

Langs: Lindor, Turner, Correa, Bogaerts, Seager, Franco, Peña, Bichette, Swanson, ADAMES

Gennaro: Lindor, Bogaerts, Turner, Correa, Seager, Franco, Swanson, ADAMES, Bichette, Peña

Kenny: Turner, Correa, Bogaerts, Bichette, Seager, ADAMES, Lindor, Swanson, Franco, Peña

Verducci: Turner, Lindor, Correa, Bogaerts, Seager, Swanson, Bichette, ADAMES, Anderson, Peña

Social Media Fan Vote: Turner, Lindor, Peña, Correa, Bogaerts, Swanson, Bichette, Seager, Bobby Witt, Jr. (KC), Oneill Cruz (PIT)

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The rankings above are from MLB Network’s “Shredder” which takes into account a multitude of statistical factors (focused on a three-year sample; utilizes WAR, wRC+, Statcast metrics) with no human bias. Each episode also provides six additional lists: One from Brian Kenny, one from an MLB Network analyst (who for the Starting Pitchers is Ron Darling), and one from an industry voice (PitchingNinja himself Rob Friedman). They also reveal the Top 10 lists of what they call the “Sabermetric Super Panel, ” including Mike Petriello and Sarah Langs of MLB.com, and Vince Gennaro.

They allowed fans to once again vote on social media and compiled their rankings into another Top 10.

Here are all of the individual Top 10’s with the first mention of a player in italics and any Brewers players bolded.

Friedman: Alcantara, deGrom, Ohtani, BURNES, Dylan Cease (CHW), Verlander, Shane McClanahan (TB), Rodón, Wheeler, Spencer Strider (ATL)

Petriello: deGrom, Aaron Nola (PHI), Alcantara, BURNES, Verlander, Rodón, McClanahan, Kevin Gausman (TOR), Framber Valdez (HOU), Ohtani

Langs: deGrom, Ohtani, Verlander, Alcantara, BURNES, Valdez, Fried, Gerrit Cole (NYY), Wheeler, Cease

Gennaro: Alcantara, Cease, Ohtani, deGrom, BURNES, Rodón, Verlander, Strider, Gausman, Scherzer

Kenny: Verlander, Scherzer, deGrom, Ohtani, BURNES, Rodón, Wheeler, Alcantara, Urías, Nestor Cortes (NYY)

Darling: deGrom, Alcantara, BURNES, Rodón, Ohtani, Scherzer, Verlander, Wheeler, Fried, Cease

Social Media Fan Vote: Alcantara, deGrom, Verlander, Valdez, Fried, Ohtani, BURNES, Alek Manoah (TOR), Gausman, Strider

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The rankings above are from MLB Network’s “Shredder” which takes into account a multitude of statistical factors (focused on a three-year sample; utilizes WAR, wRC+, Statcast metrics) with no human bias. Each episode also provides six additional lists: One from Brian Kenny, one from an MLB Network analyst (who for the Catchers is Anthony Recker), and one from an industry voice (Hall of Famer Johnny Bench). They also reveal the Top 10 lists of what they call the “Sabermetric Super Panel,” including Mike Petriello and Sarah Langs of MLB.com, and Vince Gennaro.

They allowed fans to once again vote on social media and compiled their rankings into another Top 10.

Here are all of the individual Top 10’s with the first mention of a player in italics and any Brewers players bolded.

Bench: Realmuto, Rutschman, Smith, Cal Raleigh (SEA), Jose Trevino (NYY), Murphy, d’Arnaud, Wn. Contreras, Perez, Stephenson

Petriello: Rutschman, Realmuto, Smith, Kirk, Murphy, Wn. Contreras, Raleigh, Stephenson, Trevino, WILLIAM CONTRERAS (MIL)

Langs: Realmuto, Rutschman, Murphy, Smith, Wn. Contreras, Kirk, Raleigh, Perez, Trevino, WM. CONTRERAS (MIL)

Gennaro: Rutschman, Realmuto, Smith, Kirk, Murphy, Raleigh, WM. CONTRERAS (MIL), Trevino, Wn. Contreras,

Kenny: Realmuto, Rutschman, Smith, Wn. Contreras, Murphy, Kirk, Perez, Raleigh, Trevino, Yasmani Grandal (CHW)

Recker: Realmuto, Rutschman, Smith, Murphy, Kirk, Wn. Contreras, Raleigh, Trevino, d’Arnaud, Jansen

Social Media Fan Vote: Realmuto, Rutschman, Raleigh, Smith, Perez, Trevino, Kirk, Wn. Contreras, Murphy, d’Arnaud

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Right Now” Rankings Entering 2023

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Relief Pitchers Right Now”

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Right Fielders Right Now”

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Center Fielders Right Now”

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Left Fielders Right Now”

MLB Network’s “Top 10 First Basemen Right Now”

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Third Basemen Right Now”

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Second Basemen Right Now”

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Shortstops Right Now”

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Staring Pitchers Right Now”

MLB Network’s “Top 10 Catchers Right Now”

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