ESPN insider Buster Olney continued his annual tradition of ranking the top-10 players in the game at each position. What should come as no surprise to Red Sox fans, Mookie Betts earned the honor of being named the top right fielder in baseball – not last year’s winner and 2015 NL MVP Bryce Harper. It should be noted that Olney and his team of evaluators are fully confident in Harper’s ability to regain his form, but there was simply no way to deny that Mookie Betts was better last season.
The best player in baseball not named Mike Trout, Betts put together an unbelievable all-around season in 2016 en route to finishing second behind the Angels’ center fielder in MVP voting.