The Top 100 Players Right Now have been revealed by MLB Network, with the conclusion airing Thursday night. This year, all 30 teams were represented on the Top 100, which starts with a global, two-way phenom and ends with a pitcher who signed a big contract with a new team this offseason.
Here’s a look at a team-by-team breakdown of the list, from the club with the most -- the two-time defending champs, no surprise -- down to those with just one representative. For now, this list doesn’t include free agents Eugenio Suárez (66) and Framber Valdez (80), who remain unsigned.
Dodgers (8): Shohei Ohtani (1), Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13), Mookie Betts (18), Will Smith (20), Kyle Tucker (21), Freddie Freeman (22), Blake Snell (54), Edwin Díaz (83)
The Dodgers clock in with the most players in the top 100 for the second straight season after bringing home their second straight World Series championship. And it wouldn’t be a Dodgers list without some offseason additions -- they added Tucker and Díaz on deals totaling more than $300 million.
Ohtani tops the list for the second consecutive year -- and probably until someone wrests it from his unrelenting grasp. The two-way superstar smashed 55 home runs while leading the National League in runs (146), slugging percentage (.622), and OPS (1.014). He led baseball with 380 total bases on his way to winning his fourth MVP Award and third in a row. Ohtani also started 14 games on the mound, with a 2.87 ERA and 62 strikeouts in 47 innings. His three-homer, 10-strikeout performance in the decisive Game 4 of the NLCS goes down as arguably the greatest single-game performance in MLB history.
While Teoscar Hernández, Tyler Glasnow and Roki Sasaki dropped off from last year’s list, the Dodgers’ third world championship this decade was fueled by big boosts from Smith, who improved 40 spots from 2025, and by Yamamoto, who jumped 50 spots from No. 63 last year.
Yankees (6): Aaron Judge (2), Max Fried (36), Cody Bellinger (42), Jazz Chisholm Jr. (61), Ben Rice (95), Carlos Rodón (99)
It was another MVP season for Judge -- his third -- and another step toward cementing himself as the game’s best right-handed hitter. Is that within reach? Some would argue he’s already there, and others may need another season or two to include Judge in that conversation. Either way, he’s one of four hitters of either hand to accumulate four 50-homer seasons, and he could soon become the first with five.
Bellinger (who just re-signed with the Yankees this week), Chisholm and Rice were all key pieces of the lineup around Judge. Bellinger took well to pinstripes in his debut season with the team (.813 OPS, 29 homers), Chisholm racked up a career-best 31 homers and 31 steals in his first full season in the Bronx, and Rice, in his first full season in the Majors, went deep 26 times
Fried and Rodón held down the Yankees’ rotation while Gerrit Cole missed the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery in March. The pair of lefties combined for 65 starts, 37 wins, 392 strikeouts and 390 2/3 innings.
Mariners (5): Cal Raleigh (4), Julio Rodríguez (16), Bryan Woo (44), Josh Naylor (70), Logan Gilbert (72)
Raleigh’s historic season, in which he set the single-season home run record for catchers, vaulted him 55 spots from last year’s No. 59 ranking. The 25-year-old Rodríguez, entering his fifth season, remains a superstar seemingly on the cusp of a historic campaign of his own at the plate. Not that Rodríguez’s offense hasn’t been tantalizing -- he delivered his second 30-30 season in 2025, scored 106 runs and knocked 31 doubles. All of that, combined with his elite defense in center field, earned Rodríguez a sixth-place finish in AL MVP balloting.
Woo and Gilbert are this year’s top 100 entries from the Mariners’ rotation -- last year it was Bryce Miller and George Kirby, and in 2024 Kirby and Luis Castillo made the list. Only Castillo has reached age 30, so this group has a chance to take another step forward in 2026.
Naylor achieved perhaps the statistical anomaly of 2025, stealing 30 bases after swiping 25 in the previous six seasons combined. He also hit .299 with nine homers in 54 games after a Deadline trade from the Diamondbacks.
Phillies (5): Kyle Schwarber (17), Trea Turner (25), Cristopher Sánchez (29), Bryce Harper (32), Zack Wheeler (51)
Schwarber, Turner, Harper and Wheeler have each made the top 100 in three straight seasons, and even as the club constantly retools around them, it’s that group that will likely determine the Phillies’ fate in 2026. Schwarber jumped 48 spots after belting an NL-leading 56 homers and leading baseball with 132 RBIs.
Sánchez didn’t exactly come out of nowhere in 2025 -- he was an All-Star in 2024 and finished 10th in NL Cy Young voting -- but he established himself as an ace, with a 2.50 ERA in 32 starts and 202 innings, adding 212 strikeouts and an MLB-best 8.0 wins above replacement, per Baseball Reference. That got Sánchez to the brink of his first Cy Young Award, as he finished second behind Paul Skenes.
Wheeler was having one of his best seasons before being sidelined in August by thoracic outlet syndrome and missing the rest of the season. He had a career-best 11.7 K/9, striking out 195 in 149 2/3 innings over 24 starts. Wheeler reported feeling no pain in his right arm in October and could be ready for Opening Day.
Red Sox (5): Garrett Crochet (12), Roman Anthony (41), Jarren Duran (58), Ranger Suárez (79), Aroldis Chapman (84)
The Red Sox have made several additions to their starting staff, including Sonny Gray and Johan Oviedo, but none may have the impact of Suárez, whom Boston plucked in free agency. The 30-year-old Suárez has a 3.25 ERA over 143 games (116 starts) since 2021 and, after making at least 27 starts in three of the past four seasons, he gives the Red Sox a reliable rotation piece behind Crochet.
Anthony, the second-highest 2025 rookie on the list, flashed the talent that made him MLB Pipeline’s No. 24 prospect in 2024. Anthony was surging before being lost for the season with a left oblique strain on Sept. 3 -- in his previous 33 games, the 21-year-old slashed .331/.427/.535.
Duran backed off a bit from his superb 2024, but he still delivered 70 extra-base hits, including an AL-leading 13 triples to go with 24 steals and 84 RBIs. The 37-year-old Chapman turned back the clock in a big way, with a career-best 1.17 ERA, 32 saves -- his most since 2019 -- and 85 strikeouts in 61 1/3 innings.
Brewers (4): William Contreras (55), Jackson Chourio (56), Brice Turang (62), Christian Yelich (78)
This list goes a long way toward explaining why the Brewers have made a home in the playoffs for the last several seasons, with no singular superstar but nearly unmatched depth and a culture of success that brings out the best in players.
The Brewers didn’t have an All-Star position player in 2025, and two of their three All-Star pitchers, Trevor Megill and Jacob Misiorowski, didn’t make this year’s top 100. But Yelich finished 12th in the MVP race and Turang was 14th after putting up a 5.6-bWAR season in which he slashed .321/.399/.580 over the final two months.
Contreras has played at least 141 games in three straight seasons and has been well above average at the plate in all of them. The 21-year-old Chourio appears primed for a major breakout after his second straight 20-20 season.
A’s (4): Nick Kurtz (23), Jacob Wilson (76), Brent Rooker (91), Shea Langeliers (92)
This feels like a jumping off point for the A’s, who have -- perhaps quietly -- built one of the most dangerous young lineups in baseball. Each of these four is a part of it, including Kurtz and Wilson, who are fresh off their rookie seasons.
Kurtz, even with seemingly unlimited potential, might have a difficult time repeating some of the highs of his first year, which included a four-homer game against Houston on July 25 and a .412/.496/.969 stretch over 26 games from June 25 through July 26. Yes, that’s a .969 slugging percentage. Kurtz seized the AL Rookie of the Year crown from early frontrunner Wilson, who batted .311 with an .800 OPS and 13 home runs in 125 games.
Astros (4): Yordan Alvarez (28), Hunter Brown (30), Jeremy Peña (49), Jose Altuve (81)
Alvarez’s reputation precedes him, as he remains near the top of the top 100 despite missing 114 games in 2025 with a right hand fracture. In Alvarez’s absence, Peña stepped into the spotlight with his best season to date, which included a .304 batting average, 49 extra-base hits and 20 stolen bases. Altuve continued his march toward 3,000 hits, collecting 156 in 2025 to put him at 2,388 in his 15-year career. Altuve’s 112 OPS+ was his lowest in a full season since 2013, but he still hit 26 home runs, his seventh season with at least 20.
Brown vaulted from a reliable mid-rotation arm to an ace, finishing third in AL Cy Young voting after striking out 206 with a 2.43 ERA in 185 1/3 innings.
Blue Jays (4): Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (10), George Springer (47), Alejandro Kirk (74), Dylan Cease (100)
After reaching Game 7 of the World Series before losing to the Dodgers in extra innings, the Blue Jays are fighting hard to remain a powerhouse. One major offseason move was adding Cease, who becomes perhaps the Jays’ top starter as his inconsistent results are offset by impressive metrics, including an MLB-high 11.5 K/9 in 2025.
Guerrero made the most of his first trip beyond the AL Wild Card Series, with 29 hits and eight home runs in the postseason, along with being named the ALCS MVP. Springer was a similar catalyst during the regular season, turning his career around after a pair of subpar years in Toronto. Springer raised his batting average 89 points, his on-base percentage 96 points and his slugging percentage 189 points while cracking 32 home runs.
Braves (4): Ronald Acuña Jr. (14), Matt Olson (31), Chris Sale (38), Drake Baldwin (96)
Acuña has played 144 games over the past two seasons due to multiple lower-body injuries, but his ranking here reflects his otherworldly talent at the plate, on the bases and in the field. At full strength, Acuña has an argument as the best player in baseball -- he ranked No. 1 on this list in 2024 -- but will full strength elude him after two ACL tears in the past five years?
Olson is the model of consistency -- he has played all 162 games four years in a row and his streak of 782 consecutive games played is the longest active stretch in MLB. He has hit at least 29 home runs and 62 extra-base hits in every full season since 2018. Baldwin burst onto the scene with a 19-homer rookie campaign that enabled him to seize the starting catcher job from Sean Murphy and earn the NL Rookie of the Year Award. Sale continues to build a Hall of Fame case and was excellent again in 2025 with a 2.58 ERA despite making just 20 starts due to a fractured left rib cage he sustained in June.
Cubs (4): Alex Bregman (35), Pete Crow-Armstrong (40), Michael Busch (67), Seiya Suzuki (77)
The Cubs added to their top 100 arsenal by signing Bregman, who will occupy the corner spot across from Busch, Chicago’s first baseman. Crow-Armstrong boasted a power-speed combination that, when included with stellar center-field defense, made him an MVP frontrunner for much of the season. Busch posted 34 home runs despite struggling against left-handed pitching and Suzuki racked up 103 RBIs to lead the team and establish a career high.
Giants (4): Logan Webb (37), Rafael Devers (46), Matt Chapman (85), Willy Adames (86)
This is a group from which there is rarely much variance. Webb has made at least 33 starts and pitched at least 200 innings in three straight seasons. Devers has reached 30 homers and 100 RBIs four times since 2019, including in 2025. Chapman has hit at least 20 home runs in five of the past seven full seasons while remaining a stellar defender at third base. And Adames had his second straight 30-homer season -- he has hit 20 homers or more six times in his eight-year career.
Padres (4): Fernando Tatis Jr. (15), Manny Machado (34), Jackson Merrill (59), Mason Miller (60)
The 33-year-old Machado will enter his 15th season with not much drop-off from some of his best years. Machado hit 27 home runs in 2025, a number he has reached in 10 straight non-shortened seasons. He reached 30 doubles for the ninth time and 95 RBIs for the seventh time, continuing to build a Hall of Fame case that might be undeniable at this point and certainly would be with a couple more similar seasons.
Tatis is also showing no signs of slowing down after his third top-10 MVP finish in his past five seasons. It included 25 home runs, 32 steals, 111 runs scored and 89 walks. His compadre in the outfield, Merrill, dropped off after finishing second in NL Rookie of the Year voting and ninth in the MVP race in 2024, partially due a trio of trips to the injured list, and he is looking for a return to form. Miller is set for a full season in San Diego after he struck out 45 in 23 1/3 innings with an 0.77 ERA after a midseason trade from the Athletics.
Rangers (4): Corey Seager (27), Jacob deGrom (50), Nathan Eovaldi (64), Wyatt Langford (69)
Veterans with significant injury histories occupy the Rangers’ first three entries on this year’s top 100. Seager, despite missing 60 games in 2025, managed to post 6.2 bWAR, with 21 homers and an .860 OPS. deGrom roared back from four shortened seasons in a row to make 30 starts, post a 2.97 ERA and strike out 185 in 172 2/3 innings to finish eighth in AL Cy Young voting. Eovaldi’s season ended in August due to a right rotator cuff strain, but over his 22 starts he was the Rangers’ best pitcher, with a 1.73 ERA in 130 innings.
Royals (4): Bobby Witt Jr. (3), Maikel Garcia (65), Cole Ragans (89), Vinnie Pasquantino (93)
Witt might be the 2025 AL MVP winner in a universe where Judge doesn’t exist. He’s led the big leagues in hits two straight years and has led MLB in batting average, doubles and triples once each in the last three seasons. Witt didn’t put up his second straight 30-30 season in 2025, but he had 47 doubles and 38 steals to go along with a .501 slugging percentage.
Garcia broke out in 2025 with 5.8 bWAR and 16 homers, more than his previous two seasons combined. Garcia won a Gold Glove and finished 14th in MVP voting, and he was rewarded with a five-year, $57.5 million contract extension in December. Witt and Garcia provide thump in the Royals’ lineup along with Pasquantino, who blasted 32 homers last year and put up 113 RBIs.
Mets (4): Juan Soto (6), Francisco Lindor (11), Bo Bichette (48), Freddy Peralta (63)
New York added a fourth member to this list on Wednesday night after acquiring righty Freddy Peralta from the Brewers. Peralta gives the Mets a steady presence at the top of the rotation, leading the NL with 17 wins in 2025 and accumulating 10 bWAR over the past three seasons
The Mets lost two of last year’s top 100 after trading Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers and losing slugger Pete Alonso to the Orioles in free agency. But they picked one up in Bichette, who will help make up for the loss of Alonso and be part of a revamped infield along with Lindor and fellow offseason pickups Marcus Semien (acquired for Nimmo) and free agent Jorge Polanco.
Regardless of Alonso’s middle-of-the-order presence, once Soto arrived in free agency last offseason, the Mets’ offense began, and will continue, to revolve around him. A slow start in 2025 kept the spotlight away from Soto for a while, but when you looked up in say, June, he was still having a typical Juan Soto season. It ended with an MLB-best 127 walks as Soto led the NL with a .396 on-base percentage. He also, somehow, had an NL-tying 38 stolen bases despite never before stealing more than 12. Oh, and there were the career-high 43 homers.
Diamondbacks (3): Corbin Carroll (9), Ketel Marte (19), Geraldo Perdomo (24)
Carroll and Perdomo were among the best one-two punches in the NL in 2025, both finishing in the top six in MVP balloting, winning Silver Slugger Awards and leading the NL in an important category. For Perdomo, it was his 7.0 bWAR, achieved as he belted 20 homers, drove in 100 runs, drew 94 walks and played solid defense at shortstop.
Carroll hit 17 triples, leading baseball for the second straight season and leading the NL for the third time in a row. He smashed a career-best 31 home runs and made his second All-Star team.
Reds (3): Hunter Greene (45), Elly De La Cruz (52), Andrew Abbott (90)
Greene and De La Cruz are among the most dynamic players at their positions. Greene is armed with a fastball that reaches triple digits and that helped him strike out 132 batters in 107 2/3 innings last year.
De La Cruz does everything to the max and is a regular on highlight reels, with elite arm strength, sprint speeds and exit velocities that rank well above average. The Reds are waiting for De La Cruz, entering his fourth season, to put all of those elements together over a full season.
Tigers (3): Tarik Skubal (8), Riley Greene (57), Kerry Carpenter (94)
Skubal jumps into the top 10 after winning both of the past two AL Cy Young Awards. Somehow he was even better in 2025, dropping his ERA (2.39 to 2.21) and WHIP (0.92 to 0.89), increasing his strikeouts (228 to 241) and cutting his walks (35 to 33) in 3 1/3 more innings than in 2025.
Greene and Carpenter both strike a fearsome presence in the left-handed batters box. Greene blasted a career-best 36 homers in 2025 on the way to his first Silver Slugger Award, despite striking out 201 times. Carpenter, a right-handed-pitching masher, established a career high with 26 home runs.
Angels (2): Mike Trout (82), Zach Neto (87)
Trout had nine home runs through his first 25 games in 2025, but struggled in other areas at the plate, leading to an unbalanced .185/.280/.511 slash line. When healthy, Trout remains a threat at the plate, and his 130 games played last year were his most since 2019. Trout leads all active players with 87.5 bWAR.
Neto is an under-the-radar star who has been on the verge of 30-30 for the past two seasons, including 26 homers and 26 steals in 2025. He has posted back to back 5.1-bWAR seasons and has established himself as the Angels’ long-term answer at shortstop and a franchise cornerstone.
Guardians (2): José Ramírez (5), Steven Kwan (75)
The Guardians’ hit-and-miss offense is built around these two All-Stars with different skill sets. Ramírez does a bit of everything -- he has hit at least 30 doubles and 24 home runs and stolen at least 20 bases in five straight seasons. He has totaled at least 30 homers, doubles and steals in two straight seasons. He has finished in the top six in MVP voting seven times but has never won the award.
Kwan is a throwback leadoff hitter who works counts, runs the bases adeptly and can occasionally tap into power. His most consistent value has come from his defense in left field, which has earned him a Gold Glove Award in each of his first four seasons.
Orioles (2): Gunnar Henderson (26), Pete Alonso (33)
Baltimore has enough young talent to more heavily populate this list in future years, but for now it’s just one homegrown player and Alonso, the Orioles’ big-ticket offseason addition.
Henderson appeared to be on an MVP path after posting 9.1 bWAR and finishing fourth in the voting in 2024, but he took a step back last season, dropping from 37 home runs to 17. With a lineup that now includes Alonso and highly touted catching prospect Samuel Basallo, there may be less pressure on Henderson to carry the offense. Alonso and his 264 career homers now assume some of that responsibility.
Rays (2): Junior Caminero (39), Yandy Díaz (71)
Caminero announced himself as one of the game’s best young power hitters last year. Actually, scratch out the “young” qualifier. Caminero blasted 45 home runs in his first full season and turned 22 on July 5.
Last year, Díaz hit a career-high 25 home runs and batted .300 for the second time in three seasons. He remains one of the best contact hitters in the game, having never struck out more than 95 times in a season.
Twins (2): Byron Buxton (42), Joe Ryan (73)
The uber-talented Buxton showed what he can do when given a full season to operate. Playing more than 102 games for the first time since 2017, Buxton displayed the MVP potential that has had fans yearning for him to stay healthy. His 35 homers and 83 RBIs were career bests, and his 24 steals were his most in eight years.
Ryan also reached a new level of durability, making 30 starts for the first time in his career. That led to career highs of 171 innings, 194 strikeouts and a 3.42 ERA.
Cardinals (1): Iván Herrera (98)
Herrera is still looking for his first qualifying season, but combining the past two years gives a glimpse of the impact he can make on a young Cardinals lineup. In 617 at-bats between 2024-25, Herrera has 24 home runs and a .290/.373/.451 slash line. He started 89 games at designated hitter last year but remains an option behind the plate.
Nationals (1): James Wood (53)
Wood’s 2025 season started with a vengeance, as he carried a .572 slugging percentage by the end of May. It sat at .501 as of July 27, but by then the cooldown had begun. Wood had a .671 OPS over his final 64 games, and as the anchor of a young Nationals lineup, neither Wood nor the team can afford prolonged cold spells.
Marlins (1): Kyle Stowers (68)
After the Marlins failed to put a player into the 2025 top 100, Stowers emphatically announced his presence, leading the club in just about every offensive category. Stowers, a 2024 trade acquisition from the Orioles, hit 25 homers, drove in 73 runs and slashed .288/.368/.544 while making his first All-Star team.
Pirates (1): Paul Skenes (7)
Skenes is the only Pirates entry in the Top 100, but maybe he should count as multiple players for his dominance during his first two seasons. He lived up to all the hype as a rookie, with 170 strikeouts and a 1.96 ERA in 133 innings, winning the NL Rookie of the Year Award and finishing third in Cy Young voting. And he was just as good in 2025, maybe better, starting the All-Star Game for the second straight year, posting a 1.97 ERA and winning the first of what could be many Cy Young Awards.
Rockies (1): Hunter Goodman (97)
The Rockies didn’t have a player in the Top 100 last year and endured nearly historic struggles in 2025, but Goodman was simply too good to ignore. He hit 31 home runs, a record for a Rockies catcher, and raised his batting average from .190 in 2024 to .278. Goodman made his first All-Star team and earned his first Silver Slugger Award and gave Colorado's lineup a piece to build around.
White Sox (1): Colson Montgomery (88)
Promoted from Triple-A on July 4, Montgomery had three hits in his second career game and was off to the races. He homered in three straight games in late July and had 18 home runs and a .629 slugging percentage between July 22 and Sept. 5, a span of 37 games. With youngsters Montgomery, Edgar Quero and Kyle Teel having already debuted and Braden Montgomery (ranked by MLB Pipeline as the club's top prospect) not far behind, the White Sox may have the foundation for their next big winner.