MLB Players Power Rankings: Top 10 Hitters in Week-25
Who was the best hitter during Week-25 of the baseball season? Find out in this latest edition of MLB Players Power Rankings.
This week’s “MLB Players Power Rankings” includes a powerhouse of sluggers as well as up and coming rookies. This list, compiled of 12 hitters vying for the number one spot, but the top hitter is not quite who you might expect.
Remember, to make this list we rank hitters based on advanced stats (SLG, wOBA, wRC+, and fWAR). This spreadsheet includes all 15 hitters who qualified.
T-10. Starlin Castro, Miami Marlins
Week-25 Stats: 0.875 SLG | 0.488 wOBA | 210 wRC+ | 0.5 fWAR
T-10. Kyle Schwarber, Chicago Cubs
Week-25 Stats: 0.783 SLG | 0.508 wOBA | 219 wRC+ | 0.5 fWAR
9. Trey Mancini, Baltimore Orioles
Week-25 Stats: 0.846 SLG | 0.519 wOBA | 230 wRC+ | 0.5 fWAR
T-8. Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
Week-25 Stats: 0.895 SLG | 0.508 wOBA | 225 wRC+ | 0.5 fWAR
T-8. Yoan Moncada, Chicago Cubs
Week-25 Stats: 0.808 SLG | 0.521 wOBA | 236 wRC+ | 0.6 fWAR
7. Miguel Sano, Minnesota Twins
Week-25 Stats: 0.889 SLG | 0.512 wOBA | 227 wRC+ | 0.6 fWAR
6. Marcus Semien, Oakland Athletics
Week-25 Stats: 0.808 SLG | 0.528 wOBA | 242 wRC+ | 0.7 fWAR
5. Mark Canha, Oakland Athletics
Week-25 Stats: 0.818 SLG | 0.537 wOBA | 249 wRC+ | 0.6 fWAR
4. Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta Braves
Week-25 Stats: 0.875 SLG | 0.548 wOBA | 243 wRC+ | 0.5 fWAR
3. Eloy Jimenez, Chicago White Sox
Week-25 Stats: 0.893 SLG | 0.541 wOBA | 249 wRC+ | 0.6 fWAR
2. Shed Long, Seattle Mariners
Week-25 Stats: 0.880 SLG | 0.552 wOBA | 258 wRC+ | 0.6 fWAR
And the number one hitter in week-25’s MLB players power rankings is…
MLB Players Power Rankings (1): Corey Seager, Los Angeles Dodgers
Week-25 Stats: 1.000 SLG | 0.609 wOBA | 289 wRC+ | 0.6 fWAR
The last two years have been quite the roller coaster ride for Los Angeles Dodgers infielder Corey Seager. After missing all but 26 games in 2018 due to a right UCL sprain, the Dodgers replaced him with one of the most elite players in Manny Machado.
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This left many people wondering if the team would stick with Machado, who was to become an unrestricted free agent prior to the 2019 MLB season and move on from the once highly touted shortstop.
Fortunately for Seager, Machado signed a $300M deal with the San Diego Padres, leaving shortstop open for 2016 NL Rookie of the Year.
While 2019 included a couple of hiccups, he missed a month due to a left hamstring strain, in the end, Corey Seager proved why he is one of the elite infielders in the game.
After a slow start, slashing .233 / .327 / .366 through 49 games, Seager began to heat up and hasn’t looked back since. Beginning with his 50th game of the season until now, Seager is slashing .295 / .345 / .539. To put this in perspective, Seager’s career slash line is .294 / .363 / .490.
What’s more, in week-25 of the 2019 MLB season, Seager had the best week of any hitter in baseball, taking a stronghold of the number one spot.
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As the Los Angeles Dodgers win the NL West, reaching the postseason for the seventh consecutive season, Corey Seager’s presence will play an integral role in their quest to the World Series. It’ll be interesting to see just how effective he and his team will be in the playoffs.