MLB: Ranking the Top 30 Second Basemen for the 2017 Season

In this edition of the MLB positional rankings, we will be projecting the top 30 second basemen in baseball today.

Second base is usually thinner than some of the more prominent offensive positions in baseball. Still, there’s a lot of quality at the position, especially when you get into the elite group of players.

Projecting how a player will perform over the course of 162 games is a rather difficult task considering the possibilities of injuries, off the field issues and lack of playing time to name a few factors.

With this being said, this list will use a combination of track record, 2016 performance, playing time opportunity, potential, consistency, statistics and the eye test as the main sources of how these rankings shake out.

Also, just cause a player is on the bench or not receiving as many plate appearances as a second baseman on another team doesn’t mean that they should automatically be disqualified. If a bench player projects as the better performer and he gets enough playing time to prove his worth, then there could be multiple players on this list from the same team.

However, if you don’t see a prominent minor league or bench player on this list, then odds are that they just won’t receive enough time as a MLB player to warrant consideration as a top 30 second baseman in the game right now

Here’s how I see the second base position shaking out in terms of individual performance with the 2017 MLB regular season now underway.

*All stats are from 2016 unless otherwise indicated