Ranking the game's best Third Basemen

Hi everyone i want to talk about the upper class of third basemen in today's game, giving you a ranking divided into 2 tiers.

There're several good players manning the hot corner in today's game, but i think you'll all agree that these 6 are easily the six best.

Tier 1

1, Kris Bryant
2, Josh Donaldson

Tier 2

3, Justin Turner
4, Manny Machado
5, Nolan Arenado
6, Anthony Rendon

You can debate me on the rankings from 3-6 is just very close, but it's indisputable that Josh and Kris belong in a class of their own, they are simply better hitters, both have career wRC+ above 140, (141 and 143).

Manny and Nolan sit at 115, Rendon at 119 and JT at 125.

I have a tough time putting Rendon at 6, given his body of work but Manny and Nolan have great defense as well and have more power, Rendon really improved his power this past year, but it doesn't go on line with the rest of his career, it might be an adjustment but the likelier explanation is it was an outliar season, i have JT at 3rd because since coming to LA he has multiple 150 wRC+ seasons, his defense isn't as good but it's still good, the last 2 years he has posted 11 WAR.

Josh posted 5 WAR on limited playing time, 113 Games, he has played at least 155 games in 4 of the previous 5 years, his defensive skills are declining which is concerning but they're still good and his hitting ability puts him over the top, all you need to know about Bryant is that in 3 years he has a

.915 OPS, 143 wRC+, .389 wOBA and 21.6 WAR.

Kyle Seager is borderline tier 2, probably in there, slipped my mind at the time

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