MLB Top 100 players: Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani headline star studded list of best players in baseball

Modified Feb 23, 2023 14:40 GMT

92nd MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard — MLB top 100 players: Where will Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani land?

Every offseason, the MLB's top 100 players are revealed. This shows the state of baseball and where its stars are year after year. Some players, like Mike Trout, spend each and every season at or near the top. Others explode onto the scene and then fade from view.

Year to year, the MLB top 100 players list has new faces, and that's true this year.

Here are the MLB top 100 players' top 50 right now:

11. Trea Turner
12. Juan Soto
13. Sandy Alcantara
14. Justin Verlander
15. Max Scherzer
16. Julio Rodríguez
17. Bryce Harper
18. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
19. Rafael Devers
20. Austin Riley
21. Francisco Lindor
22. Carlos Correa
23. Jose Altuve
24. Alex Bregman
25. Ronald Acuña Jr.
26. Fernando Tatis Jr.
27. Corbin Burnes
28. Jacob deGrom
29. J.T. Realmuto
30. Kyle Tucker
31. Pete Alonso
32. Xander Bogaerts
33. Corey Seager
34. Bo Bichette
35. Zack Wheeler
36. Max Fried
37. Gerrit Cole
38. Carlos Rodón
39. Dansby Swanson
40. José Abreu
41. Adley Rutschman
42. Will Smith
43. Matt Olson
44. Kyle Schwarber
45. Jeff McNeil
46. Marcus Semien
47. Andrés Giménez
48. Byron Buxton
49. George Springer
50. Julio Urías

That leaves the top 10, which will be revealed very soon. The MLB top 100 players' top 10 list might look like this:

10) Freddie Freeman
9) Mookie Betts
8) Paul Goldschmidt
7) Nolan Arenado
6) Jose Ramirez
5) Yordan Alvarez
4) Manny Machado
3) Mike Trout
2) Aaron Judge
1) Shohei Ohtani

Despite winning MVP, neither Paul Goldschmidt nor Aaron Judge might top the list.

Why Aaron Judge may not top the MLB Top 100 players list

The MLB top 100 list may not have Aaron Judge, fresh off a record-setting campaign, on top. That might sound shocking, but it makes some sense.

Shohei Ohtani nearly won his second consecutive MVP and was an elite pitcher, too. What he does is simply unrivaled.

Yes, the Yankees star had a season for the ages, but Ohtani does that every year by default. It's hard to imagine him falling from that perch any time soon, even with Judge smashing the AL home run record.

Edited by Zachary Roberts