Top 10 Third Basemen – Where does Pablo Sandoval fit in Right Now?

Tonight The MLB Channel will air it’s Top 10 Third Basemen Right Now at 9pm EST / 6pm PST. Where will Pablo Sandoval finish? Here is my article from last year.

2012 Top 10 Right Now by MLB (BR = Baseball Reference / FG = Fangraphs / BP = Baseball Prospectus)
(2012 Stat Ranking #’s based only on players from this list)
1. Miguel Cabrera – 6.9 WAR (BR #1) 165 OPS+ (BR #1) 7.1 WAR (FG #2) 6.1 WARP (BP #1) = 5 (#1) Age 30 in 2013
2. Evan Longoria – 2.3 WAR (BR #6) 149 OPS+ (BR #2) 2.4 WAR (FG #8) 2.3 WARP (BP #7) = 23 (#5) Age 27 in 2013
3. Kevin Youkilis – 1.3 WAR (BR #9) 99 OPS+ (BR #9) 1.3 WAR (FG #10) 1.1 WARP (BP #9) = 37 (#10) Age 34 in 2013
4. Adrian Beltre – 6.7 WAR (BR #2) 137 OPS+ (BR #4) 6.5 WAR (FG #3) 4.6 WARP (BP #3) = 12 (#3) Age 34 in 2013
5. Ryan Zimmerman – 3.8 WAR (BR #5) 121 OPS+ (BR #6) 4.5 WAR (FG #4) 4.0 WARP (BP #4) = 19 (#4) Age 28 in 2013
6. Brett Lawrie – 4.1 WAR (BR #4) 97 OPS+ (BR #10) 2.9 WAR (FG #6) 3.6 WARP (BP #5) = 25 (#6) Age 23 in 2013
7. Pablo Sandoval – 2.0 WAR (BR #7) 124 OPS+ (BR #5) 2.8 WAR (FG #7) 3.2 WARP (BP #6) = 25 (#6) Age 26 in 2013
8. Alex Rodriguez – 2.0 WAR (BR #7) 112 OPS+ (BR #7) 2.2 WAR (FG #9) 1.2 WARP (BP #8) = 31 (#8) Age 37 in 2013
9. Hanley Ramirez – 1.1 WAR (BR #10) 106 OPS+ (BR #8) 3.0 WAR (FG #5) 0.1 WARP (BP #10) = 33 (#9) Age 29 in 2013
10. David Wright – 6.7 WAR (BR #2) 143 OPS+ (BR #3) 7.8 WAR (FG #1) 5.7 WARP (BP #2) = 8 (#2) Age 30 in 2013

Who I think will drop out of the Top 10
1. Kevin Youkilis
2. Alex Rodriguez
3. Hanley Ramirez (Moving back to SS)

Who I think will move into the Top 10
1. Chase Headley – 6.0 WAR (BP) 144 OPS+ (BP) Age 29 in 2013
2. Aramis Ramirez – 5.4 WAR (BP) 137 OPS+ (BP) Age 35 in 2013
3. David Freese – 3.6 WAR (BP) 129 OPS+ (BP) Age 30 in 2013

My Top 10 Right Now
1. Miguel Cabrera
2. David Wright
3. Evan Longoria
4. Adrian Beltre
5. Ryan Zimmerman
6. Pablo Sandoval
7. Chase Headley
8. Aramis Ramirez
9. Brett Lawrie
10. David Freese

What would your Top 10 Third Basemen Right Now List look like?

By Raul Rekow Jr.

raulrekowjr@sfpandablog.com