Three Orioles Make MLBN Top 100 List for 2017

[BohKnowsBmore]

http://m.mlb.com/network/shows/?id=mlbn_top100

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100. Yu Darvish
99. Wilson Ramos
98. Salvador Perez
97. Yadier Molina
96. Cole Hamels
95. Rick Porcello
94. Anthony Rendon
93. Carlos Santana
92. Lorenzo Cain
91. Adrian Gonzalez
90. Yasmani Grandal
89. Trevor Story
88. Troy Tulowitzki
87. Addison Russell
86. Carlos Martinez
85. Wade Davis
84. Justin Upton
83. Chris Davis
82. Dellin Betances
81. Mark Melancon
80. Gary Sanchez
79. Hanley Ramirez
78. Aaron Sanchez
77. Jose Quintana
76. Jason Kipnis
75. Carlos Carrasco
74. Michael Brantley
73. Jackie Bradley Jr
72. Kyle Schwarber
71. Khris Davis
70. Brandon Belt
69. Ben Zobrist
68. Masahiro Tanaka
67. Stephen Strasburg
66. Jose Abreu
65. Kenley Jansen
64. Zack Greinke
63. DJ LeMahieu
62. Dexter Fowler
61. Adam Eaton
60. Carlos Gonzalez
59. Kyle Hendricks
58. Matt Carpenter
57. Evan Longoria
56. Justin Turner
55. Dustin Pedroia
54. Andrew McCutchen
53. Jonathan Lucroy
52. Aroldis Chapman
51. JD Martinez
50. David Price
49. Ian Kinsler
48. Jacob deGrom
47. Johnny Cueto
46. AJ Pollock
45. Trea Turner
44. Xander Bogaerts
43. Justin Verlander
42. Brandon Crawford
41. George Springer
40. Christian Yelich
39. Zach Britton
38. Andrew Miller
37. Kyle Seager
36. Charlie Blackmon
35. Brian Dozier
34. Nelson Cruz
33. Starling Marte
32. Ryan Braun
31. Daniel Murphy
30. Chris Sale
29. Jon Lester
28. Jake Arrieta
27. Adrian Beltre
26. Edwin Encarnacion
25. Corey Kluber
24. Noah Syndergaard
23. Madison Bumgarner
22. Giancarlo Stanton
21. Yoenis Cespedes
20. Carlos Correa
19. Francisco Lindor
18. Freddie Freeman
17. Buster Posey
16. Anthony Rizzo
15. Robinson Cano
14. Max Scherzer
13. Paul Goldschmidt
12. Nolan Arenado
11. Corey Seager
10. Joey Votto
9. Bryce Harper
8. Mookie Betts
7. Manny Machado
6. Miguel Cabrera
5. Jose Altuve
4. Kris Bryant
3. Josh Donaldson
2. Clayton Kershaw
1. Mike Trout

 

[George Zuverink]

A bit surprised that Davis made the list. I would have put Jones ahead of him, but not necessarily either in the top 100. 

[Can_of_corn]

16 minutes ago, George Zuverink said:

A bit surprised that Davis made the list. I would have put Jones ahead of him, but not necessarily either in the top 100. 

Jones had a poor season last year, I'm sure it hurt his standing.

[oriole]

The top of my list would look like this

 

3. Britton

2. Machado

1. Flaherty

[BohKnowsBmore]

3 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

Jones had a poor season last year, I'm sure it hurt his standing.

Didn't seem to hurt Justin Upton too much.

[25 Nuggets]

7 hours ago, George Zuverink said:

A bit surprised that Davis made the list. I would have put Jones ahead of him, but not necessarily either in the top 100. 

I'm not surprised.  Davis was a three-win player last year, and a 5+ win player in 2015.

[Il BuonO]

9 hours ago, BohKnowsBmore said:

Didn't seem to hurt Justin Upton too much.

I'm certain many people had him at a higher position than 84th going into the season.

[BohKnowsBmore]

11 hours ago, 25 Nuggets said:

I'm not surprised.  Davis was a three-win player last year, and a 5+ win player in 2015.

He tends to be judged on a really really steep curve.  Even his 2014 campaign, which many consider an unmitigated disaster was worth 1.8 WAR per BBRef.

[scOtt]

11 hours ago, 25 Nuggets said:

I'm not surprised.  Davis was a three-win player last year, and a 5+ win player in 2015.

Davis is more likely to repeat the numbers that made him famous. Much more than Adam.

[scOtt]

I like that Manny is ahead of Harper.

[Spy Fox]

In the actual episodes, the hosts talked several times about Adam Jones, Mark Trumbo, and Felix Hernandez as being the top three "snubs." In fact at one point the leader of the MLB Network stats team (which created the list) came on for a short interview and spent some of that time arguing against the idea that the Orioles as a team were being undervalued. It was a bit awkward. 

For just 2017, I'd happily take Jones and Trumbo over several of the players that made the list. But I agree that they are borderline cases for a Top 100. 

[POR]

Kyle Schwarber may eventually become a star, but on what basis can be possibly be considered one of the top 100 players at this point? He has only had 236 careers abs where he was pretty good but is also limited defensively.    It seems  like everyone else has actually had more success.  If someone with less than a full season is be considered, shouldn't Trea Turner be on the list?  3.8 WAR vs 1.1.  

[backwardsk]

11 minutes ago, POR said:

Kyle Schwarber may eventually become a star, but on what basis can be possibly be considered one of the top 100 players at this point? He has only had 236 careers abs where he was pretty good but is also limited defensively.    It seems  like everyone else has actually had more success.  If someone with less than a full season is be considered, shouldn't Trea Turner be on the list?  3.8 WAR vs 1.1.  

Turner is at 45.

[ArtVanDelay]

11 minutes ago, POR said:

Kyle Schwarber may eventually become a star, but on what basis can be possibly be considered one of the top 100 players at this point? He has only had 236 careers abs where he was pretty good but is also limited defensively.    It seems  like everyone else has actually had more success.  If someone with less than a full season is be considered, shouldn't Trea Turner be on the list?  3.8 WAR vs 1.1.  

Turner is #45. 

[POR]

1 minute ago, backwardsk said:

Turner is at 45.

Whoops.  I guess I didn't look at it close enough.