Reacting To The ESPN MLB Top 100 

I’m a Yankee fan but that Gausman is just filthy. Big game I’d hand that cat the ball.

I don't like the fact they have Yordan over Ohtani

ESPN doesn't know baseball

The 2 egregious ones are Julio Rodriguez and Taric Skubel. Gausman as well. But there are others where you might disagree but they are arguable.

Agree with you in Altuve… they have it as the best second baseman…Semien and Albies are better

They actually put Volpe in the top 100 😂

Altuve was injured last year and still put up numbers. There’s not a single 2nd baseman I’d take over him right now

This is ESPN just being ESPN. The original ESPN was the best. i remember being in my teens falling asleep to sports center & hearing Bregman saying "Back, Back, Back, Back, Back, Back Gone!". ESPN was 100% Sports & not the Political Left Wing Narrative Promoting Clown Show they are today not to mention how far OFF they are when it comes to Ranking Top Players.

Austin Riley at #29?! What the hell are they doing? I would have taken offense if he wasn't listed top 15 but 29? What's funny is to look at the stats of the next 10-15 guys that they somehow claimed were better. Let see here averaging 36 bombs and 99 RBI's over the last 3 seasons while playing great defense. Yeah that sure sounds like only the 29th best player. We're talking about the guy who is good enough to bat 3rd for not just the best offense in baseball (by a lot) but one of the very best in history. So dumb. Ramirez and Machado ahead? I'm ok with Ramirez being somewhat close behind but machado? What year is it again? I guess we should feel good about this though considering Bustr Olney put him at ...42. 42? 42! I think that is an even bigger slap in the face than MLB network leaving Ozzie Albies off its top 10 2nd baseman.

How, exactly, do you justify Francisco Alvarez being over Raleigh as of now? Last year Raleigh led him in every single stat of the slashline, had an OPS 45 points higher, and a wRC+ 14 points higher (111 vs 97). Defensively, they're very similar. Alvarez is the better framer, (Raleigh is still very good) but Raleigh is far better at catching runners. Overall, Raleigh led him in the Fangraphs DEF metrics by 5 points. In terms of baserunning, neither are great, but Alvarez is far worse, with a -3.8 BsR on fangraphs as opposed to Raleighs -0.8. In terms of WAR, Raleigh had 2 more than Alvarez (4.7 vs 2.7). Raleigh did play 20 more games, but even when you average it out over 162 games, Raleigh is far better in WAR (5.3 vs 3.6). I would still clearly give it to Raleigh atp, and even so, acting like its egregious putting him above Alvarez is a little weird when Raleigh is better in nearly every aspect of the game (and a significantly better hitter) while also having a longer track record.

Raleigh is better he is soo underrated

Stop and think for a second...ESPN is Disney Sports. Who gives a damn about what Mickey Mouse thinks? Actually, he'd rank these players better than any of the dolts Disney Sports employs.

Bo’s better than vlad jr

J-Rod to me isn’t a top 10 maybe top 30.