Though he has yet to play in all 162 as a big leaguer, he came close when he played in 156 in 2019.

The possibility of Acuña playing in every single game is unlikely, which is to say nothing of how hard he'll be pressed to continue dominating at his current level. The obvious caveat here is that these are 162-game projections. 25 Extra-Base Hits: 3 behind Freddie Freeman.He also co-leads in rWAR (2.9) and is a close to the top in the following: The 25-year-old right fielder has 11 home runs and leads the National League with 20 stolen bases and all of MLB in 10 different categories, including on-base percentage (.427), times on base (93) and runs scored (46). All it took was leading the league in at least two dozen key categories. One's eyes nonetheless shift to Judge ( heh) because of how he proved in 2022 that even a one-way player can beat out Ohtani in a given year. Across the last three seasons, he's been 49 percent better than the average hitter and 55 percent better than the average hitter. Look, it's hard to make the case that Ohtani isn't MLB's de facto best player. It was preceded by, 'Hmmm.What if he's right?'

He crushes Funyuns.Īnd yet, this wasn't the first thought crept up after hearing Strider's thoughts. Judge hit 62 home runs last year and is currently leading in OPS for a second year in a row. Ah, but Strider isn't a neutral arbiter and there's also another problem: Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge still exist and still have strong claims as No.

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