Best Baseball Players 3. Over. Derek Jeter has retired, but MLB still has plenty of elder statesmen who are proving that age is just a number. While the crop of younger superstars and impact players continues to grow, there are more than enough “old” guys still getting the job done. Take a look at the list below and one could put together a pretty solid All- Star team of players who are 3. So with all due respect to MLB’s elders, here is one fan’s list of the best baseball players who are at least 3. Baseball's Best Moments MLB Productions MLB.com Support Forum. The coolest games are only on MLB.com ARCADE! 10 ball players: Match the player with his position!Opening Day (April 6). Opening Day (April 6) age listed in parentheses. David Ortiz, DH/1. B, Boston Red Sox (3. Big Papi turns 4. November, but age has yet to catch up to his mighty bat. Ortiz cranked out 3. The heart and soul of the Red Sox, Ortiz is 3. Victor Martinez, DH/1. B, Detroit Tigers (3. Martinez was nothing short of spectacular last season, batting . RBIs, finishing second in the AL MVP voting to Mike Trout. The power was the most surprising aspect of Martinez’ production, as he had hit only 1. Basically a full- time DH, VMart should continue to produce at the plate, provided he shows no ill affects from the surgery he underwent in February to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. Albert Pujols, 1. B/DH, Los Angeles Angels (3. The only one on this list who even approaches Pujols’ career numbers is Ortiz. However, there’s no debate that “The Machine” is not the player he once was. But then again, Pujols in his prime was truly something special, as evidenced by the fact that his 2. Pujols’ best days may be behind him, but he’s still a very good hitter and someone pitchers don’t care to face. Adrian Beltre, 3. B, Texas Rangers (3. Beltre turns 3. 6 the day after Opening Day and he will start his 1. Beltre has been a model of consistency over the past five seasons, averaging . OPS during this span, to go along with four All- Star invites and two Gold Gloves. The run production (1. HR, 7. 7 RBI) was down somewhat last season, but that should bounce back with better health and lineup protection around him. Matt Holliday, OF, St. Louis Cardinals (3. Holliday has now hit 2. A career . 3. 08 hitter, he is 2. OBP in 2. 01. 4). Holliday also has averaged 9. RBIs and 9. 0 runs scored over the last three seasons, while remaining a mainstay (4. GP of a possible 4. Cardinals’ lineup. Jayson Werth, OF, Washington Nationals (3. Werth got off to a rough start in Washington after signing a seven- year, $1. He slumped at the plate his first season (. Since then, however, Werth has averaged a respectable . OBP of . 3. 96. He may never hit 3. Top Ten Best Baseball Players of All Time. Players in Baseball Best. Many of the best players in MLB history come into. 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MLB / Baseball's All-Time All-Steroid Team; Follow AthlonSports. There weren’t many better right-handed hitters in all of baseball than Man-Ram in his prime. 25 Best Baseball Players 25 and Under. The 9 best MLB players still not in the Hall. Bonds is excluded from the Hall of Fame because of his role in baseball’s performance. Werth has become a key piece in the Nationals’ lineup. Torii Hunter, OF, Minnesota Twins (3. After two productive years in Detroit, Hunter is back in Minnesota with the team that drafted him 2. The Gold Glove standard in center field from 2. Hunter has batted . He may no longer be an All- Star, but Hunter won’t hurt a team with his bat or glove either. Jimmy Rollins, SS, Los Angeles Dodgers (3. For the first time since 2. Rollins will have a new double- play partner, as his offseason trade to the Dodgers broke him and Chase Utley up after 1,1. Phillies. Rollins’ best days at the plate are behind him, but he’s still capable of providing both power (1. HR in 2. 01. 4) and speed (2. SB) from the leadoff spot for his new team. The four- time Gold Glove recipient also will greatly improve the Dodgers’ infield defense. Chase Utley, 2. B, Philadelphia Phillies (3. Injuries have taken their toll, but Utley showed last season that he still has something left in the tank. He was named to his sixth All- Star team on his way to batting . RBIs and 1. 0 stolen bases. Additionally, the 1. He may no longer be the power hitter he once was, but Utley still led all NL second baseman in RBIs and extra- base hits (5. Mark Buehrle, P, Toronto Blue Jays (3. Buehrle has won at least 1. He made his fifth All- Star team last season, going 1. ERA in 3. 2 starts. He’s never piled up the strikeouts in his career, but he rarely hurts himself with free passes (career 2. SO/BB ratio) either. Adam La. Roche, 1. B/DH, Chicago White Sox (3. La. Roche signed with the White Sox after enjoying a successful four- year run with the Nationals. Following an injury- shortened 2. La. Roche averaged 2. RBIs for Washington, while providing Gold Glove- caliber defense at first. Fernando Rodney, P, Seattle Mariners (3. Rodney won just one game in seven decisions last season, but he also led the majors with 4. An All- Star in his first season with the Mariners, Rodney matched his career high in saves while posting a 2. ERA. 1. 3. Koji Uehara, P, Boston Red Sox (4. Not as dominant as he was during Boston’s World Series run in 2. Uehara still collected 2. ERA last season. The Japanese import continues to baffle hitters, as evidenced by his 8. WHIP) in 6. 4 1/3 innings. Michael Cuddyer, OF/1. B, New York Mets (3. The 2. 01. 3 NL batting champion (. The good news is that Cuddyer maintained his hitting stroke (. Mets are hoping their new starting left fielder will pick up where he left off. Kyle Lohse, P, Milwaukee Brewers (3. Lohse has never been an All- Star but that shouldn’t diminish the consistency he has shown on the mound. He’s won 1. 1 or more games four straight seasons, including 2. He’s not a strikeout artist (1. K in 1. 98 1/3 IP), but he doesn’t walk many batters (4. Louis Cardinals (3. Lackey actually fared better in the AL with the Red Sox (1. ERA) than he did following his July 3. Cardinals (3- 3, 4. ERA). However, a full season in the NL and with Yadier Molina behind the plate should help Lackey post double- digit wins for the 1. Aramis Ramirez, 3. B, Milwaukee Brewers (3. Ramirez announced prior to spring training that his 1. A three- time All- Star and a career . Ramirez will probably come short of 4. When healthy, Ramirez is still a productive hitter that can provide solid defense at the hot corner. Marlon Byrd, OF, Cincinnati Reds (3. The offseason trade to the Reds means Byrd will play for his sixth team in four seasons. Following a disappointing 2. Byrd has discovered his power stroke, clubbing 4. Bartolo Colon, P, New York Mets (4. The seemingly ageless Colon will turn 4. May and will still probably make his usual 2. Mets. A 1. 5- game winner last season, Colon was both durable (2. IP in 2. 01. 4) and fairly precise (3. BB) with his location in his return to the NL after pitching nine seasons in the AL. Dickey, P, Toronto Blue Jays (4. Dickey hasn’t been able to repeat his 2. NL Cy Young form, but he’s gone 1. Blue Jays. The knuckleballer has given up a fair number of hits, but he’s been durable (6. GS, 4. 40 1/3 IP in 2. K) too. Best of the Rest(alphabetical order)Carlos Beltran, DH/OF, New York Yankees (3. Basically a full- time DH now, Beltran’s production took a nosedive last season, going from . G). Jason Grilli, P, Pittsburgh Pirates (3. Replaced by Mark Melancon as the Pirates’ closer, Grilli rebounded some following a trade to the Angels, posting a 3. ERA and 1. 1. 6 WHIP in 4. Ryan Howard, 1. B, Philadelphia Phillies (3. After playing in just 1. Howard appeared in 1. RBIs, but also leading the majors with 1. Cliff Lee, P, Philadelphia Phillies (3. This is more a tip of the cap, as it’s possible Lee’s career is coming to an end. He has been placed on the 6. DL with a left forearm strain and also is dealing with a tear in the flexor tendon. The 2. 00. 8 AL Cy Young Award winner is 1. ERA and 1. 2. 0 WHIP in 1. Joe Nathan, P, Detroit Tigers (4. Despite collecting 3. Nathan’s first season with the Tigers didn’t go as planned, as he finished with a 4. ERA and 1. 5. 3 WHIP. Ichiro Suzuki, OF, Miami Marlins (4. Suzuki will continue his pursuit of 3,0. Marlins after 1. 4 seasons in the AL playing for the Mariners and Yankees. The 2. 5 best players not in the Baseball Hall of Fame. For all the selections good and bad in its history, the National Baseball Hall of Fame remains one of the most exclusive in sports. With just 3. 15 honorees as of this writing, many good players have yet to be enshrined. Recently, I asked readers to vote online on the 2. Cooperstown — not 2. Hall of Fame necessarily, just the 2. In the end, 4. 67 people participated. MORE: Sporting News' All- 1. MLB team, revisited. All players retired at least five years were eligible, with a 2. Next to each player voters selected, they were asked to put a “Y” or “N” signifying if they belonged in Cooperstown. This didn’t affect ranking, with place was determined by total votes. The idea is that a player can be one of the 2. Hall of Fame. The 2. Hall of Fame follow. Want to know how your favorite Hall of Fame candidate fared in voting? Be sure to click through to the end for full voting results.
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