2019 MLB Season: Top 10 Third Basemen in Baseball
By Jake Hasan
In honor of the inauguration of the 2019 MLB season, today we’re looking at who the top third basemen in baseball are. Third base is a unique position because this year Manny Machado returns to that conversation, adding another star to a position that is already overflowing with them.
The 2010s have gifted us some of MLB’s top talent in the entire game at third base. Many of the players on this list can even be considered the top-10 players in the entire game. Surprisingly, that doesn’t even include Adrian Beltre, who retired prior to the 2019 MLB season.
As such third base is undoubtedly going to be one of the most contentious positions of any of these lists and the one that could change the most by season’s end.
There are legitimate All-Stars throughout and a handful of MVP candidates as well, including some MVP winners. The top four or five spots especially could really be in any order, with all of those players being worthy of being top three or two or even one for that matter.
When ranking these individual players, it is important to remember that this is a projection of how well they will do in the 2019 MLB season, but past performance and other factors like injury are taken into account as well. There are familiar faces and some upcoming stars, but from 10 to 1 these are all solid guys.
Credit as always to Baseball Reference and Fangraphs for stats and numbers.