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Best Third Basemen in MLB 2026

Miguel Vargas is the highest-rated third baseman in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Miguel Vargas, Junior Caminero, Max Muncy, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB third baseman ranked by Legends Deck card rating — built from real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant through the same calibrated pipeline for every player. Ratings refresh nightly.

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#	OVR	Player	Team	AVG	OPS	HR	RBI	SB	Barrel%	Exit Velo
1	87	Miguel Vargas	White Sox	0.246	0.854	29	74	12	14.7%	90.8
2	87	Junior Caminero	Rays	0.277	0.895	35	84	3	13.1%	93.1
3	85	Max Muncy	Dodgers	0.256	0.858	26	67	2	13.5%	90.6
4	85	Munetaka Murakami	White Sox	0.223	0.871	29	58	1	20.1%	94.0
5	84	Sal Stewart	Reds	0.263	0.806	27	98	12	12.8%	90.1
6	82	José Ramírez	Guardians	0.235	0.708	10	39	29	4.8%	89.3
7	80	Josh Jung	Rangers	0.294	0.802	9	35	1	6.3%	90.6
8	80	Casey Schmitt	Giants	0.271	0.784	21	55	9	12.3%	89.9
9	80	Alex Bregman	Cubs	0.256	0.763	19	69	3	5.2%	88.3
10	79	Rafael Devers	Giants	0.243	0.796	27	73	0	10.8%	92.6
11	79	Kyle Karros	Rockies	0.263	0.779	10	44	5	7.9%	89.4
12	78	Isaac Paredes	Astros	0.260	0.782	17	71	0	5.2%	85.9
13	77	Maikel Garcia	Royals	0.269	0.709	3	32	5	4.6%	89.8
14	75	Manny Machado	Padres	0.215	0.711	24	72	3	9.8%	90.7
15	74	Alec Bohm	Phillies	0.246	0.689	14	76	2	5.7%	90.5
16	74	Kazuma Okamoto	Blue Jays	0.230	0.741	26	74	1	12.7%	90.5
17	73	Matt Chapman	Giants	0.235	0.692	7	42	0	6.6%	88.2
18	72	Caleb Durbin	Red Sox	0.255	0.722	12	62	16	2.7%	83.6
19	71	Austin Riley	Braves	0.223	0.662	15	60	8	12.1%	91.4
20	71	Royce Lewis	Twins	0.233	0.707	13	45	12	11.5%	89.9
21	71	Nolan Arenado	Diamondbacks	0.239	0.756	21	65	4	6.7%	85.0
22	69	José Tena	Nationals	0.234	0.704	7	22	4	9.3%	91.6
23	69	Angel Genao	Guardians	0.290	0.740	1	3	1	5.6%	91.7
24	68	Connor Norby	Rockies	0.217	0.671	5	19	8	6.5%	87.5
25	68	Jordan Westburg	Orioles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	68	Eugenio Suárez	Reds	0.207	0.703	18	53	0	11.0%	88.6
27	68	Nate Eaton	Worcester Red Sox	0.125	0.563	1	5	2	10.0%	88.4
28	68	Brady House	Nationals	0.236	0.691	9	31	2	11.3%	89.6
29	67	Brooks Lee	Twins	0.247	0.731	20	69	7	3.9%	87.9
30	67	Amed Rosario	Yankees	0.226	0.697	10	28	1	11.0%	90.3
31	66	Matt Shaw	Iowa Cubs	0.246	0.737	4	20	4	4.8%	86.8
32	66	Luis Urías	Blue Jays	0.250	0.803	3	8	0	7.0%	86.2
33	66	Ryan McMahon	Yankees	0.216	0.649	10	32	3	9.7%	91.1
34	65	Ernie Clement	Blue Jays	0.284	0.711	9	43	5	2.2%	84.5
35	63	Luis Rengifo	Padres	0.247	0.652	4	35	6	4.3%	87.6
36	63	Will Wagner	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.257	0.708	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9
37	62	Addison Barger	Blue Jays	0.045	0.305	0	2	0	0.0%	89.0
38	62	Brett Baty	Mets	0.217	0.622	8	40	5	9.2%	90.0
39	62	Tyler Black	Nashville Sounds	0.333	0.838	0	7	0	0.0%	83.6
40	60	Mark Vientos	Binghamton Rumble Ponies	0.211	0.644	11	35	0	10.1%	89.5
41	60	Ramón Urías	Cardinals	0.164	0.589	2	5	0	10.0%	89.6
42	59	Zach McKinstry	Tigers	0.221	0.629	4	26	1	2.3%	85.6
43	58	Max Schuemann	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.194	0.694	2	8	3	9.8%	89.4
44	57	Yoán Moncada	Angels	0.189	0.605	3	10	1	7.7%	90.3
45	56	Ben Williamson	Rays	0.247	0.641	3	26	8	1.5%	87.3
46	55	Miles Mastrobuoni	Tacoma Rainiers	0.192	0.433	0	1	0	0.0%	90.1
47	55	Cody Freeman	Rangers	0.300	0.714	0	2	0	0.0%	84.0
48	55	Sung-Mun Song	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.202	0.568	1	15	12	4.3%	86.7
49	54	Brett Harris	Worcester Red Sox	0.000	0.333	0	0	0	—	—
50	53	Marcelo Mayer	Sacramento River Cats	0.220	0.594	3	22	3	6.1%	86.1
51	53	Ke'Bryan Hayes	Reds	0.152	0.457	5	8	1	8.1%	90.5
52	53	Oswald Peraza	Angels	0.226	0.627	7	24	12	6.8%	87.4
53	52	Santiago Espinal	Reno Aces	0.268	0.651	1	7	0	2.0%	86.2
54	52	Justin Turner	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	51	Andy Ibáñez	Tacoma Rainiers	0.087	0.202	0	5	0	0.0%	86.3
56	51	Vidal Bruján	Syracuse Mets	0.091	0.258	0	1	0	0.0%	82.0
57	50	Oswaldo Cabrera	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	0.0%	89.6
58	50	Darell Hernaiz	Athletics	0.233	0.601	1	7	3	1.0%	84.7
59	49	Josh Rojas	Omaha Storm Chasers	0.224	0.556	1	9	1	1.6%	85.8
60	49	Tristan Gray	St. Paul Saints	0.225	0.591	4	29	2	6.0%	88.5
61	49	Anthony Rendon	Angels	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
62	48	Jeimer Candelario	Salt Lake Bees	0.111	0.422	0	0	0	0.0%	91.8
63	48	Noelvi Marte	Louisville Bats	0.189	0.550	6	15	7	5.1%	87.9
64	48	Graham Pauley	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	0.194	0.534	1	14	1	4.8%	84.3
65	48	Ronny Mauricio	Syracuse Mets	0.180	0.440	1	2	0	9.4%	89.9
66	45	Jace Jung	Toledo Mud Hens	0.167	0.542	0	0	0	—	—

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every third baseman using real 2026 Statcast data. For hitters, that means the key inputs are exit velocity, barrel rate, xwOBA, sprint speed, whiff rate, and chase rate. No scout opinions, no card-by-card tuning — the same fixed pipeline for every player.

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