Hey everyone i am just banging out my newest article the 5 best MLB fielders this season. Fielding is a stat you dont see a lot or think of a lot overall when valuing a players ability. But i would like to give the great fielders out there some credit so without further adieu here are the top best MLB fielders this season
arizona Diamondbacks First Baseman Paul Goldschmidt: Paul right now is probably one of the best fielders in the MLB and He has 2 gold glove awards to show for it. Currently this season paul has played 1129.1 innings fielding at first base this season the 4th most in baseball.
Paul also has the most putouts in the MLB with 1127 putouts and the most total catches in the mlb with 1231 total catches. Paul also has a 104 double plays the 6th most in the MLB. The only area in paul’s fielding that needs improvement is his number of assists only having a 100 assists this season but overall fangraphs give him a .997 fielding percentage which is the tenth best in the MLB this season
Atlanta Braves First Baseman Freddie Freeman: good old freddie freeman. He truly is trapped on an island of misfit toys with the atlanta braves. But he is as i said before trademark pending an all star on a team with no stars the atlanta braves. He is the the harley davidson, cigarette smoking Kelly Leak of the Bad news Bears for the atlanta braves. He is there only decent player and he is a very good fielder. Right now he has played the most amount of innings in the MLB fielding with a 1157.2 innings fielded.
He is second place right next to the aforementioned paul goldschmidt in total catches and putouts with 1182 total catches and 1085 put outs. He is once again next to Paul Goldschmidt in double plays with a 101 double plays the 7th most in the MLB. Freddie is just like paul lacking in assists having 92 assists. Freddie has a .996 fielding percentage the 17th best in the MLB. Freddie fielding is very excellent and i see a gold glove in his future
San Francisco Giants First Baseman Brandon Belt: Okay i am not looking to flood this article with first baseman but i guess this year there are a lot of good first baseman that are good fielders and first baseman as you know see the most action fielding wise since they are usually the ones who are first on the scene when there is a hit.
Brandon has a 1075.2 innings innings fielded this season at first base. Brandon had the 4th most total catches with a 1139 total catches and the 4th most putouts with 1057 putouts. He has the least amount of assists on the list with 75 assists but he also has 91 double plays. Brandon’s most impressive fielding skill is his 9.28 range factor the third highest in the MLB (range factor is a statistic that is calculated by determining the sum of a player’s putouts and assists, then multiplying that number by nine, and finally dividing that number by the number of innings played in a particular defensive position)
Brandon has a .994 fielding percentage the 33rd highest in the MLB and is definitely getting more noticed as a fielder and a overall player and made the all star game for the first time this season in his 6 years in the MLB all spent playing with the San Francisco Giants
Milwaukee Brewers First Baseman Chris Carter: Chris is currently playing his first season in the national league. He has been in the MLB since 2010 first playing with the Oakland Athletics from 2010-2012 and then playing with the houston astros from 2013 to 2015 and now playing with the Brewers. So far this season Chris has fielded a total of 1079.0 innings.
Chris is most dominant with total catches and putouts having the 5th most putouts in the mlb this season with 1135 putouts and the third most total catches in the MLB with 1066 putouts. Chris has the 14th most double plays in the MLB with 95 double plays. Chris has the 10th highest range factor in the MLB with a 9.02 range factor and is definitely in my opinion a fielder you can always rely on.
Chicago Cubs First Baseman Anthony Rizzo: I have talked about antonys fielding abiliy before in another article in the past (https://theresnocryinginbaseballblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/08/the-curious-case-of-the-2016-chicago-cubs/) so i am pretty well versed on his fielding abiliy but i should give you all a refresher on his fielding. He has fielded a total of 109.1 innings this season the 17th most in baseball.
Anthony is in third place for total catches with 1148 total catches. He also has the 6th most putouts in the MLB with 1048 putouts. Right now anthony has 94 assists and 76 double plays. The most outstanding fielding stat for anthony is his 9.21 range factor and his overall 21st highest .995 fielding percentage.
Boston Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts: Mookie got over his rookie season jitters and his sophomore slump and has landed into the sweet third MLB season. Mookie has had an amazing season he made the all star game for the first time this season and he was the starting right fielder for the all star game as well. Mookie right now has 28 home runs this season, a 165 hits and 89 rbis. But what is most impressive about mookie this season is his base running skills.
Arizona diamondbacks second baseman Jean Segura: Jean is a fresh face he is the kind of player you dont really hear too much you might then and now see a quick ten second clip of him on sportscenter but nothing special and then hes the guy you will one day hear about and you check out his stats and youre like wow that guy is really good how come i dont hear much about him well look no further you found him with Jean Segura. Jean is not a career hitter he has only 34 career home runs.
Chicago Cubs Third baseman Kris Bryant: for those who read my blog you would know that i mentioned kris bryant very heavily in one of my recent posts on the chicago cubs (
Atlanta Braves First Baseman Freddie Freeman: Freddie is a good player on a bad team. He is an all star on a team with no stars the atlanta braves as you all know the atlanta braves are currently 46-80 and are playing not just below 500 but 400 with a .365 percentage. But freddie shouldn’t let the fact that he definitely won’t be going to the postseason anytime soon and focus on his amazing base running stats currently having 32 doubles,6 triples and 256 total bases the 14th most in baseball. Freddie is also quite the runs scorer having scored 75 runs this season. Freddie .386 on base percentage can really attest to his base running skills and really show how he is a star base runner its a shame the braves couldn’t have more players like him maybe they would win 50 games
Pittsburgh Pirates Left Fielder Starling Marte: Starling is in his 5th year in the mlb this year and made it to the all star game this year. Starling only has 7 home runs and 41 rbis this season so he isn’t the best at those two vital fields fields in baseball. Starling does have a 133 hits this year and a .307 batting average so he isn’t terrible. But while he cant hit home runs boy can he get on base. He right now has 30 doubles and 5 triples. Starling has the 3rd most stolen bases in baseball this season with 41 stolen bases and he has a 194 total bases this season. He has a descent number of runs with 65 total runs this season but he has a much better .364 on base percentage and a 2.4 UBR value that is the 19th best in baseball this season. Starling is very impressive and i think with him i can say i saved the best for last on my list.
baltimore Orioles Right Fielder Mark Trumbo: Mark currently is leading the MLB in home runs with 38 home runs. In mark’s last 7 games he has gotten 4 hits and all of those hits were home runs. Last season while playing for both the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Seattle Mariners Mark only got 22 home runs.
Toronto blue jays designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion: Edwin is currently a DH at just 33 years old quite young for a DH most players don’t become a DH until over 35 but still it is definitely working for him. Right now he has 35 home runs the second most in the MLB right next to the aforementioned Mark Trumbo. Edwin is really killing it this year and it looks like he is on pace to beat his 39 home runs last year.
Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve: Jose is the living definition of mark twain’s quote its not the size of the dog in the fight its about the size of the fight in the dog. A bigger thing could not come in any more of a small package than jose altuve. Jose for the last two seasons was the american league second baseman for the all star game. Jose has been putting up really big numbers and his batting average might actually be bigger than him with a MLB leading .364 batting average. Last year he had the tenth best batting average in the MLB with a .313 batting average. Jose is also leading the mlb with a 179 hits. Jose has had 492 at bats this means he gets a hit ever 2.7 at bats.
Colorado Rockies Third Baseman Nolan Arenado: History is repeating itself with Nolan Arenado. As in he is having a spectacular season just like his legendary 2015 season where he lead the mlb in rbis with a 130 rbis and getting the third most home runs and the most home runs in the mlb with 42 home runs. Nolan right now is ten home runs away from his 2015 record with 32 home runs.
Right Fielder Aaron Judge: Aaron made his mlb debut on saturday august 13th at yankee stadium against the tampa bay rays (fun fact i was at that game) In his first at bat Aaron got a home run his first at bat. But Aaron would have to share the limelight with fellow teammate tyler austin who also got his first home run that day in his first at bat as well. That was the first time in MLB history two rookies got a home run in there first at bat in the same game while playing for the same team. And the cool thing is both of there home runs were back to back with tyler getting the first one and then Aaron getting the second.
First Baseman Tyler Austin:Tyler is the oldest of the baby bombers with him being born in september of 1991 and will turn 25 on september 6th. Tyler right now has played in 5 games and has had 20 at bats. Tyler is the least statistically advantaged out of the three ( i am looking for a fancy way of saying the worst) but please do bare in mind he hasn’t even played in one full week of baseball yet so his numbers are pretty good. He did get the aforementioned first home run in his first at bat last saturday. Tyler has also gotten a 3 hits and 1 rbi and 1 run. He also has 6 total bases and is batting .150 and has a .150 on base percentage as well. His best stat is his .300 slugging percentage.
Catcher Gary Sanchez: Gary might not be the oldest of the three being 23 years old but he is the most experienced out of the trio having played in 18 games and even played in 2 games last season in october and went hitless in two at bats in those 2 games. Gary has played in 16 games so far this season and as of now he is the yankees active starting catcher as Brian McCann now has been playing DH for the team. in those 16 games gary has gotten 6 home runs, 22 hits and 12 rbis in 61 at bats. Gary has also gotten 45 total bases and 11 runs. Right now gary is batting .361 and is boasting a .738 slugging percentage and a .409 on base percentage.
Yankees first baseman Greg Bird: Greg had quite a run towards the end of the 2015 season. Greg got called up by Joe Giradi in 2015 from scranton when mark teixieria got injured in august and was out for the rest of the season. Greg wouold only play in 46 games in 2015 starting from august 13th to october 6th but he got 11 home runs, 41 hits,31 rbis,26 runs and 83 total bases. Greg also batted .261 in those 46 games and got a .343 on base percentage and a .529 slugging percentage as well. Greg missed all of the 2016 season with a torn labrum in his right shoulder. Greg does show promise but with him not being able to play at all in 2016 it is hard to tell wheather or not he will be a good first baseman or not.
Yankees Utility infielder and outfielder Rob Refsnyder: Rob has played in 45 games this season and has shown some promise. He is primarily the yankees main utility player and has been a substitute first baseman for mark teixeira since june when mark had several bouts with injuries and dustin ackley wasn’t able to cover him at first base. Yankees infield coordinator Joe Espada has said that rob shows a lot of promise at first base. Mark Teixeira has even taken him under his wing and is mentoring him helping build him into an all star first baseman and he definitly does show that there is a chance he could fill some big shoes and replace mark in 2017
Seattle Mariners First Baseman Adam Lind: Adam is almost done with his year with the mariners and is entering free agency in 2017. Unless the mariners dont shell out more bucks for adam to keep on playing first base he has a chance of becoming the yankees starting first baseman in 2017. Adam has very mediocre stats this season he has 16 home runs,67 hits,45 rbis,37 runs and 126 total bases. Adam is also batting .233 this season and has a .438 slugging percentage and a not so good .269 on base percentage. Adam is 33 years old and is no kid in major league terms and he is the type of player that is good enough to play in the mlb but if he did any worse he would get sent back to triple A. Adam has won a silver slugger award and if the yankees decide to start him they also have greg bird and rob refsnyder to back him up at first base.
Blue Jays First Baseman Justin Smoak: Justin is another not so great option the yankees have for first base in 2017 but he can fill a body I mean they replaced Derek jester arguably one of the greatest shortstops of all time with Didi Gregorius a man who got only 13 home runs in 3 mlb seasons before coming with the Yankees so don’t act like they were going to be Able to get mark Trumbo automatically. Justin is a pretty good player though he has gotten 13 home runs this season along with 57 hits and 28 RBIS and 28 runs and even a 106 total bases. Justin’s other greatest aspects are his .313 on base percentage and his .412 slugging percentage. Justin is 29 so he has some youth to him but he still isn’t a kid. But he does have a better chance of becoming the Yankees 2017 starting first baseman then Tim Tebow does at making it to the MLB in 2017
Mark winning the 2009 world series: in 2009 mark was a key part in the 2009 yankees roster and there world series win against the phillies mark was part of the 27 yankees world series winning team and there first world series win in the new stadium and the last world series win with george steinbrenner
Mark catching the final out of the 2009 world series: on november 4th 2009 at yankee stadium the yankees won their 27th world series title. I was at the game and i remember that moment like it was yesterday. Mariano rivera was pitching bottom of the 9th with two outs with jimmy rollins on second and shane victorino at bat. the yankees were leading 7-3 and there were just one out away from winning it all in 2009.
that time mark got a world series home run: On game 2 of the 2009 world series at yankee stadium on october 29th 2009 mark got a solo home run against phillies pitcher Pedro Martinez in the bottom of the 4th inning putting the yankees on the board and tying the game at 1-1. The yankees would later go on to win that game 3-1 and hideaki matsui would get a home run in it as well.
Mark texieria getting the walk off home run and a pie in his face in the 2009 alds: during game 2 of the 2009 alds at yankee stadium mark texieria in the bottom of the 11th inning got the game winning home run against the then twins relief pitcher 
Marks 2009 season in general: I remember exactly when the yankees signed mark 8 years ago back in december of 2008 when they signed him to a 8 year $180,000,000 contract. I will never forget when mark got officially introduced as a yankee on january 6th of 2009. In january of 200 america would get a black president and a legend of a first baseman for the yankees. Mark has played exactly as long as obama has been president for and it has been a pretty crazy 8 years for both of them. Marks first season with the yankees in 2009 was beyond stellar.
Getting three home runs against the red sox in one game: On saturday may 8th 2010 Mark Teixeira managed to get on his high iron horse and say he has something in common with lou gehrig. Not that they were both first baseman who played with the yankees but that they both got three home runs in one game against the red sox at fenway park. Lou did it 83 years before mark on june 23rd (my birthday) 1927. Mark would get a home run in the top of the 5th inning, the top of the 7th and the top of the 9th.
Mark Teixeira Joins the 300 home run club: on thursday june 30th 2011 at yankee stadium Mark Teixeira would get a home run against brewers starting pitcher randy wolf in the bottom of the third inning. This was his 24th home run of the season but what made it so special was it was Mark’s 300 career home run. Mark would have a very good year in 2011 and would get 15 more home runs that season getting 39 home runs that season.
Dealing with bronchitis, wrist inflammation and a calf strain and missing 39 and yet still managing to be such a savage and get the gold glove: 2012 was the real downfall of marks playing career and the year his injuries would start getting worse and his ability to be very injury prone would become evident after the 2012 season playing in only 15 games in the 2013 season.
Managing to make the all star game for the first time in 6 years and get his groove back in 2015: while mark did not have a spectacular season in 2014 he did manage to play in a 108 more games. He was on the roster he got 22 home runs and got to play with derek jeter during his last MLB season with the yankees. Mark would manage to redeem himself in 2015 not only getting 31 home runs that season and bat .255 in 2015 and even get a 100 hits and 79 rbis.
saying goodbye to the 300 hundred home run club and joining the 400 home run club: on a sunday 4:45pm late afternoon game with the yankees playing against the padres at petco park Mark teixeira once again got a home run. It wasn’t his 24th home run of the season it was just his 6th home run of the year but it was the best home run of his career and his life. It was his 400th home run. Mark managed to get his 400th home run against padres pitcher carlos villanueva.
Mark being Mark: whether it was his amazing talk show host ability with mock talk show foul territory on yes network. His amazing interviews of jeter and his awkward and amazing interviewing ability which landed him a nomination for 2015 NY emmy awards. It was marks just odd and funny where he could be deliberately shy or playing a pompeius asshole version of himself in entourage in 2010 or teaming up with cc sabathia to play the mom in the play and movie osage county where meryl streep had played the character before and he definitely had the better performance.
Jay Bruce to the mets from the Reds for Mets triple A pitcher Max Wotell and mets second baseman Dilson Herrera: okay jay Bruce has spent his entire career 9 year career playing with the Reds until four days ago when jay was traded to the mets. Last year the mets got Yoenis Cespedes from the Detroit Tigers in a trade deadline deal on July 31st for mets minor league pitchers Micheal Fulmer Luis Cessa. Jay was a very smart decision for the mets with jay being a solid home run hitter getting 25 home runs this season with the Reds. Jay also has 98 hits, 60 runs, 80 RBIS and a .259 batting average and a .311 on base percentage and a .548 slugging percentage. Jay is a power home run hitter which can help boost the mets third place 55-52 record in the NL east
New York Yankees trade right fielder Carlos Beltran to the Texas Rangers for prospects Dillon Tate, Erick Swanson and nick green: On August 1st 2016 I said goodbye to one of my favorite Yankees since 2014 Carlos Beltran. Carlos was in his final year of his three year 45 million dollar contract with the Yankees when the Yankees decided to release him and trade him to the Yankees.
New York Yankees trade Andrew Miller to the Cleveland Indians for indians minor league prospects Clint Frazier, Justus Sheffield,Ben Heller and J.P. Feyereisen: With the indians suddenly having a hot streak from june 17th to august 2nd winning 14 straight games. Cleveland definitely needed andrew low era and high strikeout numbers to help boost there rotation and with october right around the corner cleveland will need all the help it can get
Ivan Nova to the Pirates for two players to be named later: On august 1st the yankees traded pitcher ivan nova to the pirates for two mysterious pirates players. Ivan Is a pretty bad starting pitcher in terms of having a star in starting pitcher with a 7-6 record this year and a 4.90 era and 75 strikeouts but the pirates have awful pitching with there best pitcher only having a 116 strikeouts and the player with the best ERA has a 4.91 era and three players are tied with 8 wins. Ivan is now home in the island of misfit toys a place where he thrive a that mediocre player star he is.
Starting Pitcher Nolan Ryan New York Mets,California Angeles,Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers 1966-1993: All aboard the Ryan Express. Good old Nolan Ryan. Easily one of my favorite all time pitchers. Now while Nolan did play for two al teams for a while the rangers and the angels he did play in the NL longer even if it was just one year.
Starting pitcher Sandy Koufax Brooklyn/los angeles dodgers 1955-1966: Sandy Koufax AKA the clayton kershaw of the 1950s and 1960s. Sandy had a pretty short baseball career of 12 years and retired at just the age of 30 and he is the youngest player to ever get inducted into the baseball hall of fame getting inducted at the age of 36 in in 1972. Sandy first started playing baseball as a teenager at the age of 19 in 1955 when they were still called the Brooklyn dodgers and was 22 when they made the move to los angeles to become the los angeles dodgers.
Starting Pitcher Greg Maddux Chicago Cubs, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres 1986-2008: Gred ”Mad Dog” Maddux was a very prominent pitcher in in the mid 1980s to the late 200s. Greg was a very dominant right hand pitcher who was known for his fastballs such as his two seam fastballs and his circle changeups and he grew a huge reputation for being a ground ball pitcher.
Relief Pitcher Trevor Hoffman Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres and the Milwaukee Brewers 1993-2010: Trevor Hoffman the man who will always be viewed as second best right next to mariano rivera. Trevor had an 18 season MLB career. Now Trevor didn’t have to many amazing career achievements besides making it to the all star game 7 times and becoming a 2 time NL saves leader. Trevor had pitched in a total of 1,035 games the 11th most for a pitcher and had pitched a total of 952 innings. Trevor has the second most career saves in baseball right next to mariano rivera with 601 career saves and has the 8th highest strikeout per 9 innings pitched record striking out around 9.631 batters per every 9 innings pitched. Trevor also got a pretty great WHIP while playing in the MLB getting a 1.058 WHIP. Trevor also got a very impressive 2.87 career era and 1,133 career strikeouts.
Relief Pitcher Lee Smith Chicago Cubs,Boston Red Sox,St Louis Cardinals,New York Yankees,California Angeles, Cincinnati Reds and the Montreal Expos 1980-1997: Lee Smith was a relief pitcher for 18 years and was easily the most dominant and successful relief pitcher in the 1980s and 1990s.
Closer Bruce Sitter Chicago Cubs and the St Louis Cardinals 1976-1988: Another hall of famer with a short career playing just 12 years except he started playing at 23 and retired at 33 and wasn’t inducted to the hall of fame in 2006 when he was 53 and it was on his thirteenth ballot.
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