That wouldn’t be a surprise if it was Shohei Ohtani on the Los Angeles Dodgers or Aaron Judge on the New York Yankees, but it’s the resurrected Javier Báez on the upstart Detroit Tigers. He had been one of the best players in baseball from 2018-2021, finishing second in the 2018 National League MVP Award voting when he was a power-hitting infielder with the Chicago Cubs. He only has 156 innings at the position—he played a handful of games at third base early in the year—and the four players ahead of him on the list have all spent nearly twice as much time in center.
Author: Daniel R. Epstein, Contributor, Daniel R. Epstein, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/danepstein/
Published at: 2025-05-14 22:41:35
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