MLB Rank 2019 -- From 1 to 100

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2019 MLB Rank: 100-51 | 50-1

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2018 MLB Rank: 100-51 | 50-1

2019 MLB Rank Top 100

Rank	Player	Team	Pos.	2018 rank
1.	Mike Trout	Los Angeles Angels	OF	1
2.	Mookie Betts	Boston Red Sox	OF	17
3.	Max Scherzer	Washington Nationals	SP	4
4.	Jacob deGrom	New York Mets	SP	32
5.	Nolan Arenado	Colorado Rockies	3B	7
6.	Alex Bregman	Houston Astros	3B	57
7.	Christian Yelich	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	41
8.	Francisco Lindor	Cleveland Indians	SS	14
9.	Chris Sale	Boston Red Sox	SP	8
10.	Jose Altuve	Houston Astros	2B	3
11.	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	OF	16
12.	Blake Snell	Tampa Bay Rays	SP	NR
13.	Paul Goldschmidt	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	11
14.	Jose Ramirez	Cleveland Indians	3B	30
15.	Bryce Harper	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	5
16.	Corey Kluber	Cleveland Indians	SP	6
17.	J.D. Martinez	Boston Red Sox	DH	27
18.	Freddie Freeman	Atlanta Braves	1B	25
19.	Manny Machado	San Diego Padres	3B	15
20.	Ronald Acuna Jr.	Atlanta Braves	OF	NR
21.	Kris Bryant	Chicago Cubs	3B	12
22.	Justin Verlander	Houston Astros	SP	29
23.	Luis Severino	New York Yankees	SP	31
24.	Aaron Nola	Philadelphia Phillies	SP	100
25.	Noah Syndergaard	New York Mets	SP	34
26.	Joey Votto	Cincinnati Reds	1B	9
27.	Carlos Correa	Houston Astros	SS	10
28.	J.T. Realmuto	Philadelphia Phillies	C	79
29.	Javier Baez	Chicago Cubs	Utility	NR
30.	Gerrit Cole	Houston Astros	SP	82
31.	Giancarlo Stanton	New York Yankees	OF	13
32.	Anthony Rendon	Washington Nationals	3B	37
33.	Josh Hader	Milwaukee Brewers	RP	NR
34.	Matt Chapman	Oakland Athletics	3B	NR
35.	Juan Soto	Washington Nationals	OF	NR
36.	Edwin Diaz	New York Mets	RP	NR
37.	George Springer	Houston Astros	OF	24
38.	Anthony Rizzo	Chicago Cubs	1B	21
39.	Trevor Bauer	Cleveland Indians	SP	NR
40.	Matt Carpenter	St. Louis Cardinals	3B	NR
41.	Clayton Kershaw	Los Angeles Dodgers	SP	2
42.	Walker Buehler	Los Angeles Dodgers	SP	NR
43.	James Paxton	New York Yankees	SP	73
44.	Carlos Carrasco	Cleveland Indians	SP	39
45.	Rhys Hoskins	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	90
46.	Stephen Strasburg	Washington Nationals	SP	19
47.	Aroldis Chapman	New York Yankees	RP	55
48.	Trevor Story	Colorado Rockies	SS	NR
49.	Corey Seager	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS	20
50.	Andrew Benintendi	Boston Red Sox	OF	61
51.	Blake Treinen	Oakland Athletics	RP	NR
52.	Patrick Corbin	Washington Nationals	SP	NR
53.	Justin Turner	Los Angeles Dodgers	3B	50
54.	Trea Turner	Washington Nationals	SS	46
55.	Charlie Blackmon	Colorado Rockies	OF	18
56.	Lorenzo Cain	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	70
57.	Xander Bogaerts	Boston Red Sox	SS	85
58.	Ozzie Albies	Atlanta Braves	2B	NR
59.	Craig Kimbrel	free agent	RP	35
60.	Kenley Jansen	Los Angeles Dodgers	RP	28
61.	Cody Bellinger	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B	23
62.	Buster Posey	San Francisco Giants	C	22
63.	Khris Davis	Oakland Athletics	DH	NR
64.	Andrelton Simmons	Los Angeles Angels	SS	59
65.	Zack Greinke	Arizona Diamondbacks	SP	38
66.	Jameson Taillon	Pittsburgh Pirates	SP	NR
67.	Gary Sanchez	New York Yankees	C	36
68.	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Toronto Blue Jays	3B	NR
69.	David Price	Boston Red Sox	SP	81
70.	Mitch Haniger	Seattle Mariners	OF	NR
71.	Madison Bumgarner	San Francisco Giants	SP	53
72.	Jose Berrios	Minnesota Twins	SP	NR
73.	Brad Hand	Cleveland Indians	RP	NR
74.	Shohei Ohtani	Los Angeles Angles	DH	52
75.	Whit Merrifield	Kansas City Royals	2B	NR
76.	Miles Mikolas	St. Louis Cardinals	SP	NR
77.	Eugenio Suarez	Cincinnati Reds	3B	NR
78.	Gleyber Torres	New York Yankees	SS	NR
79.	Jean Segura	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	95
80.	Yasmani Grandal	Milwaukee Brewers	C	NR
81.	German Marquez	Colorado Rockies	SP	NR
82.	Robinson Cano	New York Mets	2B	47
83.	Zack Wheeler	New York Mets	SP	NR
84.	Miguel Andujar	New York Yankees	3B	NR
85.	Raisel Iglesias	Cincinnati Reds	RP	NR
86.	Dallas Keuchel	free agent	SP	33
87.	Matt Olson	Oakland Athletics	1B	NR
88.	Aaron Hicks	New York Yankees	OF	NR
89.	Jose Abreu	Chicago White Sox	1B	40
90.	Josh Donaldson	Atlanta Braves	3B	26
91.	Kyle Freeland	Colorado Rockies	SP	NR
92.	Willson Contreras	Chicago Cubs	C	74
93.	Yasiel Puig	Cincinnati Reds	OF	88
94.	Scooter Gennett	Cincinnati Reds	2B	NR
95.	Roberto Osuna	Houston Astros	RP	NR
96.	Marcell Ozuna	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	42
97.	Jon Lester	Chicago Cubs	SP	62
98.	Nathan Eovaldi	Boston Red Sox	SP	NR
99.	Michael Conforto	New York Mets	OF	NR
100.	Starling Marte	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	NR

Biggest falls among 2018 top 30

Player	2019	2018	Change
Josh Donaldson	90	26	-64
Buster Posey	62	22	-40
Clayton Kershaw	41	2	-39
Cody Bellinger	61	23	-38
Charlie Blackmon	55	18	-37
Kenley Jansen	60	28	-32
Corey Seager	49	20	-29
Stephen Strasburg	46	19	-27

Player	Rank
Blake Snell, Rays	No. 12
Ronald Acuna Jr., Braves	No. 20
Javier Baez, Cubs	No. 29
Josh Hader, Brewers	No. 33
Matt Chapman, A's	No. 34

Player	2018 rank
Yu Darvish, Cubs	No. 43
Andrew Miller, Cardinals	No. 44
Nelson Cruz, Twins	No. 45
Edwin Encarnacion, Mariners	No. 48
Robbie Ray, Diamondbacks	No. 49

Starting pitchers	29
Outfielders	18
Third basemen	13
Shortstops	9
Relief pitchers	9
First basemen	8
Second basemen	5
Catchers	5
Designated hitters	3
Utilitymen	1