Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt ranked 13th on MLB Network’s Top 100 Players Right Now! program, the network’s annual ranking of the best players in baseball. Goldschmidt finished one spot ahead of the Nationals’ Max Scherzer and one spot behind the Rockies’ Nolan Arenado. In addition to Goldschmidt, A.J. Pollock was ranked 46th and Zack Greinke was ranked 64th.
The show took into account player performance over the past several seasons with an emphasis on 2016 - this year’s ranking also weighted projected 2017 performance.