MLB Top 100 players: Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani headline star studded list of best players in baseball

Every offseason, the MLB's top 100 players are revealed. This shows the state of baseball and where its stars are year after year. Some players, like Mike Trout, spend each and every season at or near the top. Others explode onto the scene and then fade from view.

Year to year, the MLB top 100 players list has new faces, and that's true this year.

Here are the MLB top 100 players' top 50 right now:

• 11. Trea Turner
• 12. Juan Soto
• 13. Sandy Alcantara
• 14. Justin Verlander
• 15. Max Scherzer
• 16. Julio Rodríguez
• 17. Bryce Harper
• 18. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
• 19. Rafael Devers
• 20. Austin Riley
• 21. Francisco Lindor
• 22. Carlos Correa
• 23. Jose Altuve
• 24. Alex Bregman
• 25. Ronald Acuña Jr.
• 26. Fernando Tatis Jr.
• 27. Corbin Burnes
• 28. Jacob deGrom
• 29. J.T. Realmuto
• 30. Kyle Tucker
• 31. Pete Alonso
• 32. Xander Bogaerts
• 33. Corey Seager
• 34. Bo Bichette
• 35. Zack Wheeler
• 36. Max Fried
• 37. Gerrit Cole
• 38. Carlos Rodón
• 39. Dansby Swanson
• 40. José Abreu
• 41. Adley Rutschman
• 42. Will Smith
• 43. Matt Olson
• 44. Kyle Schwarber
• 45. Jeff McNeil
• 46. Marcus Semien
• 47. Andrés Giménez
• 48. Byron Buxton
• 49. George Springer
• 50. Julio Urías

That leaves the top 10, which will be revealed very soon. The MLB top 100 players' top 10 list might look like this:

• 10) Freddie Freeman
• 9) Mookie Betts
• 8) Paul Goldschmidt
• 7) Nolan Arenado
• 6) Jose Ramirez
• 5) Yordan Alvarez
• 4) Manny Machado
• 3) Mike Trout
• 2) Aaron Judge
• 1) Shohei Ohtani

Despite winning MVP, neither Paul Goldschmidt nor Aaron Judge might top the list.

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Why Aaron Judge may not top the MLB Top 100 players list

The MLB top 100 list may not have Aaron Judge, fresh off a record-setting campaign, on top. That might sound shocking, but it makes some sense.

Shohei Ohtani nearly won his second consecutive MVP and was an elite pitcher, too. What he does is simply unrivaled.

Will Shohei Ohtani stay number one?

Yes, the Yankees star had a season for the ages, but Ohtani does that every year by default. It's hard to imagine him falling from that perch any time soon, even with Judge smashing the AL home run record.