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MLB The Show 16 Player Ratings - Top Players at Each Position

08:23 PM - March 10, 2016 by Steve_OS

The developer team has revealed the top MLB The Show 16 player ratings at each position. Check them out here.

Below are the top players in the game.

Mike Trout - 99 Overall
Clayton Kershaw - 99 Overall
Bryce Harper - 97 Overall
Josh Donaldson - 96 Overall
Miguel Cabrera - 96 Overall
Paul Goldschmidt - 96 Overall
Max Scherzer - 95 Overall
Jake Arrieta -95 Overall
Zack Greinke - 95 Overall
Manny Machado - 94 Overall
David Price - 94 Overall
Chris Sale - 94 Overall
Jose Altuve - 94 Overall
Matt Harvey - 94 Overall
Joey Votto - 94 Overall
Andrew McCutchen - 94 Overall
Buster Posey - 94 Overall
Wade Davis - 93 Overall
Felix Hernandez - 93 Overall
Jose Fernandez - 93 Overall
Giancarlo Stanton - 93 Overall
Jacob deGrom - 93 Overall
Nolan Arenado - 93 Overall
Kenley Jansen - 93 Overall
Madison Bumgarner - 93 Overall
Craig Kimbrel - 93 Overall
Troy Tulowitzki - 93 Overall

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# 121 Speedy @ 03/14/16 12:54 PM

Y'awl are arguing about wild pitches.

# 122 Cavicchi @ 03/14/16 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Speedy


	Y'awl are arguing about wild pitches.

Relative to pitch blocking, I am not interested in wild pitch data anymore

# 123 JTommy67 @ 03/14/16 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by tessl


	Could you give an example of multiple players at the same position whose defensive ratings you think are incorrect relative to each other?

Well one that had me perplexed is DJ LeMahieu's arm accuracy rating of 37. Calculating a throwing error percentage using just about any denominator (assists, balls fielded, total chances, etc...) he not only was tops in the majors, but came in first or second out of all second basemen since 1988, which is the first year I believe that throwing error data is complete for all teams.

Even if you credit first basemen for saving a lot of bad throws, it's hard to see why he is just a 37. Granted, I don't know much about him, but this is an example of what I'm talking about. They rated him a 37 the first year (three years ago), and then never changed it - it's been the same every year since despite making so few throwing errors.

In general, I didn't compare individual players. I just happened to notice stuff like this once in awhile.

# 124 Sip_16 @ 03/14/16 08:29 PM

I still can't get over someone actually believea Ellsbury is a top 3 CF.

# 125 Balla Da Le Playa @ 03/14/16 09:16 PM

regarding Ellsbury, somebody's stuck in 2011. an 82 is generous maybe to generous

# 126 tessl @ 03/14/16 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by JTommy67


	Well one that had me perplexed is DJ LeMahieu's arm accuracy rating of 37. Calculating a throwing error percentage using just about any denominator (assists, balls fielded, total chances, etc...) he not only was tops in the majors, but came in first or second out of all second basemen since 1988, which is the first year I believe that throwing error data is complete for all teams. Even if you credit first basemen for saving a lot of bad throws, it's hard to see why he is just a 37. Granted, I don't know much about him, but this is an example of what I'm talking about. They rated him a 37 the first year (three years ago), and then never changed it - it's been the same every year since despite making so few throwing errors. In general, I didn't compare individual players. I just happened to notice stuff like this once in awhile.

That's a good example. The developers have in the past posted a link for people who think a player's attributes are wrong. I don't have time to search for it but this would be a great example of what they are looking for.

# 127 letsgomets75 @ 03/14/16 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by NYC22


	Check the stats, bitch.

Maybe you should : http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...llsbja01.shtml

Quite the fall since 2011.

# 128 MrOldboy @ 03/15/16 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by letsgomets75


	Maybe you should : http://www.baseball-reference.com/pl...llsbja01.shtml Quite the fall since 2011.

Ellsbury's numbers are actually pretty good over the past 3 seasons or so. Last year he fell off, but he is one year removed from a 4.0 fWAR season. Compared to his monster 2011, sure, he's fallen quite a bit, but he is still a solid CF.

# 129 HozAndMoose @ 03/15/16 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by NYC22


	Check the stats, bitch.

Which stat are we supposed to be checking?

Batting

Last 3 years (minimum 1000 PA)

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Last 2 years (minimum 750 PA)

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And last year with no minimum

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Fielding

Last 3 years (2500 innings)

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Last 2 years (1500 innings)

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Last year (900 innings)

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# 130 HozAndMoose @ 03/15/16 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by MrOldboy


	Ellsbury's numbers are actually pretty good over the past 3 seasons or so. Last year he fell off, but he is one year removed from a 4.0 fWAR season. Compared to his monster 2011, sure, he's fallen quite a bit, but he is still a solid CF.

Still not even top 3 over last 3 years though

# 131 MrOldboy @ 03/15/16 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by HozAndMoose


	Still not even top 3 over last 3 years though

I never mentioned that. Simply responding to the notion that Ellsbury doesn't deserve an 82 OVR. That puts him in the upper 10 or so CF's in the game which makes sense given his production over the past 3 years+.

# 132 Denzel Washington @ 03/15/16 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by coachprattico2


	Ellsbury is a top 3 CF in mlb...he was clearly hurt...look at stats before he got hurt....82 is crap and Tanaka is only 88...that's definitely not fair...he lead AL in WHIP and also pitched hurt...you'll see this year what's up and they'll have to update them...glad to hear your a fan tho!

Ellsbury isn't even in consideration for top 5 let alone top 3. He's an aging player whose value originates from speed and defense. 2 things which do not age well and even if he somehow manages to duplicate his 2014 season that still isn't enough to say he's better than Trout, Pollock, Mccutchen, Kiermaier or Cain.

Tanaka is fine at 89. He had a relatively poor season and who knows how he pitches given that he opted to not have TJ surgery and you can tell that it's affecting his performance. WHIP is a useless stat unless you're playing fantasy baseball.

# 133 Denzel Washington @ 03/15/16 03:13 AM

I hope Kyle Hendricks gets the bump up he deserves. He needs to be around an 83 or 84 overall.

29th in the league in K/9
27th in BB/9
16th in GB%

Also I think it's ridiculous that Sonny Gray can be a 92 when he has such middle of the pack peripherals.

# 134 Denzel Washington @ 03/15/16 03:23 AM

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Originally Posted by underdog13


	Well yeah considering he had the 21st best era in the majors. Around 18th seems about right...

Can't believe we are bringing up ERA to talk about how good a pitcher is

# 135 plainfacepicasso @ 03/15/16 03:57 AM

smh. Kyle Schwarber right now is a better player than Werth and K. Davis. How he isn't top 10 at his position is beyond me.

# 136 HypoLuxa13 @ 03/15/16 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by plainfacepicasso


	smh. Kyle Schwarber right now is a better player than Werth and K. Davis. How he isn't top 10 at his position is beyond me.

Too small of a sample size and his numbers against LHPs were pretty poor. He actually did OK in LF, minus the NLCS anyway.

# 137 Cavicchi @ 03/15/16 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by HypoLuxa13


	Too small of a sample size and his numbers against LHPs were pretty poor. He actually did OK in LF, minus the NLCS anyway.

That is true what you say about Schwarber. How do you feel about Correa and Lindor's rating? Remember Joey Gallo? He hit a few HRs and the roster update had his potential at 99.

# 138 underdog13 @ 03/15/16 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Denzel Washington


	Can't believe we are bringing up ERA to talk about how good a pitcher is

Yep because apparently ERA isn't a valid stat anymore?

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# 139 Madden's Jowels @ 03/15/16 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by underdog13


	Yep because apparently ERA isn't a valid stat anymore? Sent from my VS980 4G using Tapatalk

It's kind of like batting average: it's always gonna be on the back of the baseball card, but there are much more useful stats to actually gauge player performance.

# 140 underdog13 @ 03/15/16 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Madden's Jowels


	It's kind of like batting average: it's always gonna be on the back of the baseball card, but there are much more useful stats to actually gauge player performance.

Sure but considering i can't find era+ leaderboards outside the top 10. And that Baseball Reference gives Jon Lester a 3.1war, espn a 2.9war and Fangraphs a 5.0 war im not sure what to believe. Era got the job done proving his rating is deserved.

A bunch of stat hipsters in this thread.

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