Starting a MLB Franchise Right Now: Frascella's Top 50 Players

 

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Starting a MLB Franchise Right Now - Frascella's Rankings

1. Shohei Ohtani

2. Ronald Acuna

3. Elly De La Cruz

4. Julio Rodriguez

5. Fernando Tatis

6. Bo Bichette

7. Juan Soto

8. Corbin Carroll

9. Wander Franco

10. Francisco Alvarez

11. Spencer Strider

12. Eury Perez

13. Yordan Alvarez

14. Vladimir Guerrero

15. Luis Robert

16. Rafael Devers

17. Austin Riley

18. Adley Rutschman

19. Gunnar Henderson

20. Jordan Walker

21. Jackson Holliday

22. Mookie Betts

23. Bobby Witt

24. Anthony Volpe

25. Hunter Greene

26. Kyle Tucker

27. Oneil Cruz

28. Josh Jung

29. Pete Alonso

30. Aaron Judge

31. Mike Trout

32. Zac Gallen

33. Bryce Harper

34. Luis Arraez

35. Matt Olson

36. Shane McClanahan

37. Riley Greene

38. Brayan Bello

39. Jazz Chisholm

40. Jackson Chourio

41. Ezequiel Tovar

42. Ozzie Albies

43. Corbin Burnes

44. Francisco Lindor 

45. Eloy Jimenez

46. George Kirby

47. Logan Webb

48. Hunter Brown

49. Logan Gilbert

50. Framber Valdez

Honorable Mention (in no particular order)

Gerrit Cole 

Grayson Rodriguez

Joe Ryan

Byron Buxton

Esteury Ruiz

Justin Steele

Gavin Williams

Andres Gimenez

Cristian Javier 

Jarren Duran

Luis Castillo

Dylan Cease

Michael Harris

Bryce Elder

Max Fried

Jonathan India

Spencer Steer

James Outman

Julio Urias

Sandy Alcantara

Jesus Luzardo

Trea Turner

Aaron Nola

Nico Hoerner

Kodai Senga

Jack Suwinski

Bryan Reynolds

Mitch Keller

Nolan Gorman

CJ Abrams

MacKenzie Gore

Marcelo Mayer 

John Frascella is a published baseball author and professional sports writer for FanSided who has been covering MLB for 19 years. His work can also be found at Razzball and Recruit Certified. Follow him on Twitter @LegendSports7 for all things MLB, NFL and NBA throughout the year.