Best Third Basemen in MLB 2026

Source MLB StatcastThrough Oct 18, 202672 ranked third basemenRatings refreshed nightly

Miguel Vargas is the highest-rated third baseman in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck, at 91 overall. The top three are Miguel Vargas, Junior Caminero, Alex Bregman, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data. Every player here is a playable card.

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Best third basemen2026 · 72 ranked

Every third baseman who played an MLB game in 2026, ranked by Legends Deck card rating, with team, batting stats and Statcast numbers.
#	Player	OVR ▾	AVG	OPS	HR	RBI	SB	Barrel%	Exit Velo
1	Miguel Vargas	91	0.250	0.837	33	93	22	13.0%	90.1	View card ›
2	Junior Caminero	91	0.276	0.884	42	101	3	13.1%	92.7	View card ›
3	Alex Bregman	88	0.265	0.819	28	93	3	6.4%	88.2	View card ›
4	Rafael Devers	87	0.258	0.865	37	98	0	12.5%	93.0	View card ›
5	Max Muncy	87	0.252	0.838	29	76	3	12.9%	89.9	View card ›
6	Maikel Garcia	84	0.268	0.715	3	38	5	4.2%	89.7	View card ›
7	Casey Schmitt	82	0.271	0.784	21	55	9	12.3%	89.9	View card ›
8	José Ramírez	82	0.235	0.688	12	53	37	4.1%	88.6	View card ›
9	Isaac Paredes	81	0.262	0.807	25	94	0	4.8%	86.0	View card ›
10	Matt Chapman	81	0.235	0.692	7	42	0	6.6%	88.2	View card ›
11	Kyle Karros	81	0.253	0.761	13	49	5	8.3%	89.7	View card ›
12	Munetaka Murakami	81	0.207	0.825	35	77	1	20.5%	93.9	View card ›
13	Josh Jung	79	0.299	0.827	12	42	1	7.2%	90.7	View card ›
14	Nolan Arenado	78	0.255	0.806	30	86	4	7.0%	85.2	View card ›
15	Sal Stewart	78	0.263	0.787	32	112	15	12.2%	90.5	View card ›
16	Nate Eaton	77	0.160	0.560	1	6	2	5.9%	87.0	View card ›
17	Caleb Durbin	76	0.248	0.710	13	64	20	2.7%	83.1	View card ›
18	Kazuma Okamoto	74	0.232	0.762	33	92	1	13.1%	90.6	View card ›
19	Manny Machado	71	0.217	0.710	30	91	5	9.7%	90.1	View card ›
20	Brett Baty	70	0.238	0.685	11	56	5	10.3%	90.4	View card ›
21	Brady House	70	0.247	0.710	10	46	3	9.5%	90.1	View card ›
22	Connor Norby	69	0.243	0.719	7	34	10	7.6%	87.4	View card ›
23	Matt Shaw	68	0.237	0.737	5	24	4	4.2%	86.8	View card ›
24	Alec Bohm	67	0.249	0.698	15	88	2	6.0%	90.6	View card ›
25	Royce Lewis	66	0.227	0.667	15	57	16	10.7%	89.8	View card ›
26	Austin Riley	65	0.219	0.654	19	72	9	12.4%	91.3	View card ›
27	Brooks Lee	65	0.253	0.728	24	83	8	4.5%	88.1	View card ›
28	Tyler Black	65	0.333	0.838	0	7	0	0.0%	83.6	View card ›
29	Angel Genao	65	0.213	0.572	2	6	1	4.7%	90.8	View card ›
30	Addison Barger	64	0.045	0.305	0	2	0	0.0%	89.0	View card ›
31	Eugenio Suárez	63	0.212	0.740	26	74	1	12.5%	88.5	View card ›
32	LuJames Groover	62	0.167	0.530	1	4	0	11.1%	90.0	View card ›
33	Ernie Clement	61	0.259	0.649	9	48	7	2.0%	84.2	View card ›
34	Zach McKinstry	61	0.199	0.582	4	26	3	2.0%	85.8	View card ›
35	Ryan McMahon	61	0.213	0.636	11	41	3	9.0%	90.5	View card ›
36	Andy Ibáñez	61	0.087	0.202	0	5	0	0.0%	86.3	View card ›
37	José Tena	60	0.222	0.672	7	25	6	8.3%	90.6	View card ›
38	Miles Mastrobuoni	58	0.192	0.433	0	1	0	0.0%	90.1	View card ›
39	Nick Madrigal	58	0.278	0.680	0	3	1	0.0%	88.1	View card ›
40	Sean Keys	57	0.197	0.570	2	9	0	10.0%	88.6	View card ›
41	Sung-Mun Song	56	0.191	0.535	1	17	13	3.8%	87.3	View card ›
42	Deyvison De Los Santos	56	0.143	0.353	0	0	0	3.2%	86.7	View card ›
43	BJ Murray Jr.	56	0.091	0.182	0	0	0	0.0%	86.5	View card ›
44	Luis Rengifo	55	0.240	0.636	4	36	6	4.1%	87.7	View card ›
45	Max Schuemann	54	0.194	0.694	2	8	3	9.8%	89.4	View card ›
46	Amed Rosario	54	0.238	0.684	10	34	3	10.4%	90.2	View card ›
47	Luis Urías	53	0.250	0.803	3	8	0	7.0%	86.2	View card ›
48	Ke'Bryan Hayes	53	0.141	0.419	5	9	1	6.9%	90.4	View card ›
49	Oswald Peraza	53	0.226	0.616	7	25	12	6.1%	87.5	View card ›
50	Will Wagner	53	0.257	0.708	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9	View card ›
51	Ben Williamson	53	0.238	0.620	3	26	8	1.9%	87.3	View card ›
52	Brett Harris	52	0.136	0.422	0	2	0	3.4%	87.3	View card ›
53	Oswaldo Cabrera	51	0.182	0.490	0	0	1	0.0%	85.9	View card ›
54	Graham Pauley	50	0.211	0.630	4	25	1	6.5%	84.4	View card ›
55	Ramón Urías	50	0.151	0.586	4	9	0	10.1%	88.5	View card ›
56	Vidal Bruján	50	0.091	0.258	0	1	0	0.0%	82.0	View card ›
57	Yoán Moncada	49	0.189	0.605	3	10	1	7.7%	90.3	View card ›
58	Ronny Mauricio	49	0.220	0.699	4	8	0	15.4%	90.4	View card ›
59	Max Muncy	48	0.230	0.683	9	30	3	10.7%	89.1	View card ›
60	Marcelo Mayer	46	0.209	0.570	3	22	3	6.4%	86.1	View card ›
61	Davis Wendzel	45	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—	View card ›
62	Mark Vientos	44	0.212	0.652	13	41	0	9.7%	89.8	View card ›
63	Darell Hernaiz	44	0.234	0.593	1	9	3	0.9%	85.2	View card ›
64	Zack Short	43	0.140	0.442	0	2	0	5.9%	88.7	View card ›
65	Tommy White	43	0.254	0.600	3	10	0	7.1%	85.9	View card ›
66	Josh Rojas	42	0.226	0.586	2	14	1	1.1%	86.1	View card ›
67	Noelvi Marte	42	0.189	0.550	6	15	7	5.1%	87.9	View card ›
68	Santiago Espinal	42	0.268	0.651	1	7	0	2.0%	86.2	View card ›
69	Cody Freeman	42	0.247	0.637	1	6	1	1.4%	83.0	View card ›
70	Tristan Gray	41	0.225	0.591	4	29	2	6.0%	88.5	View card ›
71	Jeimer Candelario	38	0.111	0.422	0	0	0	0.0%	91.8	View card ›
72	Jace Jung	35	0.222	0.586	0	0	0	0.0%	84.2	View card ›

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every third baseman using real 2026 Statcast data. For hitters, 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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Questions

Who is the best third baseman 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, Alex Bregman, ranked by a percentile transform of real Statcast data refreshed nightly.

How are MLB third basemen ranked on Legends Deck?

Hitters are scored on a percentile-normalized blend of exit velocity, barrel rate, xwOBA, sprint speed, whiff rate, and chase rate — pulled live. No editorial weights, just math.

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