Who are the 10 most exciting players in the MLB? Does Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera make the list? What about reining AL MVP Mike Trout? Or how about arguably the best pitcher in the National League in Max Scherzer or the arguably the best lefty in the American League David Price? Below are a list of guys who make you stop what you’re doing and just take in what they can do on the field.
10) Troy Tulowitzki (Colorado Rockies)
Even though he has been injury pron most of his career, Troy Tulowitzki is by far one of the best players to watch when he is healthy. The guy has tons of power and watching him play at Coors Field the ball just flies off his bat. He play’s a solid defense and still has a good range for a guy who is just hitting his early 30’s. What’s unfortunate for him, besides the injuries is essentially being buried in Denver behind a bad Rockies team for so many years.
9) Chris Archer (Tampa Bay Rays)
This 26-year-old, is an up and comer. In his 3rd full season as a starter for the Tampa Bay Rays, he’s putting up really good numbers for a mediocre team that surprisingly is fighting for first place in the AL East. If this Tampa team could get its offense going, Archer could be seen as the best righty in the American League. Look for him to be named a CY winner in the near future.
8) Albert Pujols (Los Angeles Angels)
Pujols is looking like the Pujols from his early days at the age of 35. We’re still a week before the All-Star Game and the veteran slugger already has 25 Home Runs. Not to mention Pujols made his 10th All-Star Game this season and will start in place of the injured Miguel Cabrera. Having 545 home runs in his career (STL, LAA) the ball makes nice contact off the bat which is featured by an extremely smooth swing.
7) Felix Hernandez (Seattle Mariners)
King Felix has been in the MLB for 11 years and he is only 29 years old. He is just a winning machine and by far or should I say in my eyes the best Pitcher in the MLB. He has played for the Mariners for all 11 seasons and has played for bad and good teams. So he knows what its like to be on a losing team but still will put up winning numbers to help support his team. Winning a CY award and coming in 2nd twice for the award, shows he’s just a freak when he’s on the mound. Only having a total of 135 career wins under his belt, isn’t that great for being in the league for 11 seasons. That’s an average of 12 wins per season. Looking at it, he has averaged over 30 starts person and winning less than half of them on an average, shows he’s not getting any run support and could have been the next 300 winner as for pitchers.
6) Max Scherzer (Washington Nationals)
Coming up with the Arizona Diamondbacks wasn’t going to help Scherzer’s values or be recognized as an All-Star. However after being traded to Detroit in the 2010 season, Scherzer bloomed into a Cy Young winner. Playing for Detroit for 5 seasons and racking up 82 wins in 5 seasons put his name out there as one of the elite pitchers in the entire league and by far one of the hardest player to hit off of. In the offseason, Max signed a 7 year/$210 million deal with the Washington Nationals, that will make him very wealthy for the next few seasons to come. In the 2015 season, Max has just been so dominate against the National league with a sub 2 ERA and has just proven that he can just destroy any type of hitting.
5) Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers)
At the age of 27 and having won 3 Cy Young’s and an MVP Clayton Kershaw has been quite impressive nonetheless. Despite not having the best 2015 he’s still one of the most elite lefties in the game today. Furthermore he’s has been the most effective pitcher in baseball for the past 4 seasons and by far the scariest to face in the NL. Watch Kershaw turn it around in the second half of 2015 and see him go back to his natural form of winning ball games.
4) Bryce Harper (Washington Nationals)
Bryce Harper has been tearing it up so far this season at 22 years old and 80 home runs in his career thus far. At his current rate he could pass Mike Trout for the youngest player to reach 100 home runs in his career. Each season Harper has played in, he has shown more power and a better batting average.
3) Giancarlo Stanton (Miami Marlins)
Going into his 6th full season as the Marlins richest player in their franchise, Giancarlo Stanton could reach 200 home runs (career) by the end of the season. If you want to see the ball go 500 ft, go to a Marlins game and watch this guy hit the ball. He’s doesn’t hit for high average but Stanton still his for a respectable .270 average. I’m pretty sure any team would take that from their right fielder. If Stanton can stay healthy for his career, you can expect him to be chasing Barry Bonds for that home run record.
2) Mike Trout (Los Angeles Angels)
Mike Trout is the youngest player to reach 100 home runs and 100 stolen bases this early in his career. This kid is a golden child of baseball. Trout can hit, run, field and make all the fans quit what they are doing and just watch him walk on the field. The Angels outfielder has and MVP, ROY and runner-up to the MVP in 4 seasons in the MLB.
1) Miguel Cabrera (Detroit Tigers)
I can’t think of a day when I’ve seen Cabrera step out on the field without a smile on his face. I’ve also never seen someone who is a leader on a team have so much fun with his teammates like he does. In 13 seasons for Cabrera, he has been in the running for the MVP every single season he’s played. He has back to back MVP’s and has hit 25 plus home runs and 100 plus RBI’s in every season except his rookie season in 2003. Plus he was the first to win the Triple Crown since 1967 (Carl Yastrzemski).
I don’t know anyone on this planet that could say Cabrera and Trout are not the two most exciting players to watch. If you disagree with me, please respond to this article and let me have it.
Just missing the cut:
SP- David Price (Detroit Tigers)
SP- Zack Grienke (Los Angeles Dodgers)
SP- Gerrit Cole (Pittsburgh Pirates)
SP- Chris Sale (Chicago White Sox)
RF- Nelson Cruz (Seattle Mariners)
RF- J.D. Martinez (Detroit Tigers)
3B- Josh Donaldson (Toronto Blue Jays)
1B- Paul Goldschmidt (Arizona Diamondbacks)
