Analysts Call Guardians Star A 'Future Hall Of Famer'

MLB Network ranks the ten best players at every position around this time of the year, right before spring training.

It’s a nice exercise to keep fans engaged and interested in the game during the slowest part of the offseason.

For their rankings, MLB Network considers votes from fans around the league and Cleveland Guardians star Jose Ramirez was clearly their favorite when it comes to third base.

However, the real, final rankings (called ‘The Shredder’) also include advanced and traditional stats, opinions and views from experts and analysts, past performance, and other factors.

Well, it turns out that not just fans view Ramirez as the best third baseman in baseball: stats, analysts and the MLB Network research team all do, too.

“This is a future Hall of Famer we’re looking at right now.” @CleGuardians stalwart José Ramírez topped The Shredder’s #Top10RightNow for the fourth time in his career!” they posted on X.

"This is a future Hall of Famer we're looking at right now."@CleGuardians stalwart José Ramírez topped The Shredder's #Top10RightNow for the fourth time in his career! pic.twitter.com/uuoXJNpQnn

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) January 16, 2025

In four different campaigns, J-Ram has been elected as the best player at his position by MLB Network and The Shredder.

Here is the complete list:

The 10 best third basemen in the game, according to The Shredder!@MLBNow | #Top10RightNow pic.twitter.com/s4p50F8o9D

— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) January 16, 2025