Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

[Steve_OS]

Check out the top 10 players at each position in MLB The Show 17 and post your thoughts! These were all revealed in this developer tournament Twitch stream.

Below are the overall top players in MLB The Show 17, click here to view the top 10 at each position.

• Mike Trout – Overall 99
• Clayton Kershaw – Overall 99
• Jose Altuve – Overall 97
• Andrew Miller – Overall 96
• Kenley Jansen – Overall 95
• Josh Donaldson – Overall 94
• Kris Bryant – Overall 94
• Max Scherzer – Overall 93
• Nolan Arenado – Overall 93
• Manny Machado – Overall 93
• Chris Sale – Overall 93
• Mookie Betts – Overall 93
• Noah Syndergaard – Overall 92
• Corey Kluber – Overall 92
• Jake Arrieta – Overall 92
• Zach Britton – Overall 92
• Miguel Cabrera – Overall 92
• Madison Bumgarner – Overall 92

[ywnincorporated]

Re: Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

It's a little startling to see the ratings come down across the board like this. I know that it's supposed to set Trout and Kershaw to be that much better than everyone else at the top, but I'll be interested to see if the high-70s guys are closer to the stars in terms of how good they actually are or if this is just overall ratings going down still with a big difference between the all-stars and the regulars.

[MetsFan16]

Re: Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

The ratings seem a lot less forgiving than in years past. Really makes you appreciate the top tier guys.


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[cj1616]

Donaldson over Arenado??? Not a chance

[douggoud]

No Kole Calhoun and Andrelton Simmons? I'll pretend Kole is an 81 overall and just inst showing up....



(I'm based I know :wink

[Cory4AU]

Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

The TRIBE is looking stacked this year.


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[ARoid1313]

Re: Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

Loving these ratings

[Jaysguy44]

Re: Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

Donaldson over Arenado??? Not a chance

Dude, when Arenado wins an MVP then we can talk.

[Burge88]

Donaldson as the top 3rd baseman?
I'd take Bryant, Arenado, or machado over him any day. Heck, maybe even Beltre

[Jaysguy44]

Re: Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

Donaldson as the top 3rd baseman?
I'd take Bryant, Arenado, or machado over him any day. Heck, maybe even Beltre

Donaldson will have those guys for breakfast..he's a viking! he rapes and pillage pitchers.

[Steven78]

Re: Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

Donaldson as the top 3rd baseman?
I'd take Bryant, Arenado, or machado over him any day. Heck, maybe even Beltre

Bryant has the same rating and Arenado and Machado are just 1 point behind.

[eric7064]

Re: Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

Dude, when Arenado wins an MVP then we can talk.

He should have one, if not 2. All around I would take Arenado over Donaldson every day of the week. Arenado is so underated among baseball people.

[Jaysguy44]

Re: Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

He should have one, if not 2. All around I would take Arenado over Donaldson every day of the week. Arenado is so underated among baseball people.

Dude calm down, Arenado had 2 good seasons...when he puts together a couple more then you can say he's awesome until then Donaldson is the man!.

[ZoltanZ]

Re: Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

I like Arenado and he was pretty much my 3B on my DD team for most of the time i played. He gets dinged because he has a relatively short track record and he plays in Colorado 81 games a year. If his stats are even close to another 3B he is going to get knocked down a peg because of that.

[Dolenz]

Re: Top 10 Players at Each Position in MLB The Show 17

Ah, time for the yearly ritual of complaints about ratings

*Insert Player Name* from the *insert favorite team* should be rated higher. What were they thinking?

No way *Insert name highly ranked Player* is better than *Insert name of lower ranked player*.

Folks need to remember a couple of things

1. The rating is based on a 3 year average not just last year (50%/25%/25% roughly)
2. It is not subjective. You may not agree with the rating methodolgy but it is a computation that is made and not the devs subjective opinions.