"This whole list is horrendous" - Fans baffled by MLB Network's list of top 100 players of 2024

The top 100 players for the 2024 season were recently revealed by MLB Network, sparking a flurry of emotions from supporters who have expressed mixed feelings at the rankings. The baseball community is in a state of excitement following the announcement of the top 10, the highest ranking players on MLB’s annual list, and many are wondering why the choices were made.

The list has generated criticism, particularly with respect to the order of certain well-known names. It was released following a series of other posts that featured the top 100 players. Fans expressed their displeasure on social media, with several comments judging MLB’s decision.

Many fans are surprised that Shohei Ohtani, the dynamic newly acquired star of the Los Angeles Dodgers and 2023 AL MVP, known for his two-way skills, is placed lower than Mookie Betts and Aaron Judge. The top 10 on the list are as follows:

A look at the MLB’s top 10 list of players for the 2024 season.

Both the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Yankees had three players ranked in the top 10, demonstrating their supremacy. Ronald Acuna Jr., the current NL MVP, holds the top spot, making the Atltanta Braves also stand out.

The Yankees and Dodgers are clearly the front-runners on the list, which has sparked debated regarding team representation as well as individual player rankings. The dispute surrounding MLB Network’s top 100 players has fans excitedly analyzing the rankings as the 2024 season approaches.

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Pablo Ricalde has been a baseball journalist at Sportskeeda since 2022. A Communication Studies graduate, he attended journalism courses and specialized in copywriting, further adding to his background as a writer.

After 4 years working in the advertising industry and 2 years in sports journalism, Pablo currently works at a Marketing Consulting firm on top of his role at Sportskeeda. He believed in sourcing information only from reliable sources, and refrains from including any opinionated content in his articles.

Pablo was introduced to baseball as a kid by his grandfather, who even coached him in Little League for a year. A massive Boston Red Sox supporter, he ended up becoming a fan in an attempt to be original (as his parents are Yankees fans). Pablo also supports the Diablos Rojos from the Mexican league, his hometown team.

His favorite players of all time are David Ortiz and Derek Jeter, while his current favorites include Fernando Tatis Jr., Ronald Acuna Jr., Alex Verdugo and Randy Arozarena. His favorite moment as a baseball fan was when the Boston Red Sox won the 2018 World Series Championship, as he was too young to remember 2004.

A huge sports fan in general, Pablo's non-baseball interests include football, basketball, American football, and motorsports (F1, IndyCar and Nascar), music and cinema.

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