Newsweek Sports ranks the best center fielders in Major League Baseball, highlighting the athleticism and defensive prowess of the top players in the league.
Center field is typically the domain of the most athletic, defensively gifted players in baseball. That is perhaps more true today than it's been in years. As the sport has trended younger and more athletic, it's rare to see a player with a below-average glove and above-average bat persist in center field past his prime. The list of the best center field ers in Major League Baseball today is, not surprisingly, dominated by young, athletic players. It's a list that figures to be dynamic.
Two of the 10 players ranked below were not center fielders when last season began, but their athleticism left their teams little choice but to try them at a new position.The list also features a couple stalwarts who, health permitting, are still among the best players on the field when their bodies allow them to play. Here is Newsweek Sports' compilation of the Top 10 center fielders in MLB:10. Jung Hoo LeeCall this an educated bet that no team would invest $113 million over six years — like the San Francisco Giants did a year ago — in Lee unless he were worthy of this list. His 37-game cameo in 2024 (.262, two home runs, two stolen bases) was cut short by season-ending shoulder surgery. In Korea, Lee hit .349 with 23 home runs and 113 RBIs in 142 games in 2022, his last full season. Now healthy, he's expected to help the Giants improve their fourth-place standing in the National League West.9. Luis Robert Jr.A consensus top-10 prospect prior to the 2020 season, Robert has only intermittently put it all together at the major league level for the White Sox. He made his first All-Star team and won a Silver Slugger Award in 2023 by hitting .264 with 38 home runs and stealing 20 bases. He stole 23 bases in 2024 despite missing two months with a hip injury and compiling a measly .278 on-base percentage. Expect Robert to rebound — especially if he gets a change of scenery amid Chicago's long rebuild.
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