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Best Designated Hitters in MLB 2026

Shohei Ohtani is the highest-rated designated hitter in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Shohei Ohtani, Yordan Alvarez, Ben Rice, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB designated hitter 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	100	Shohei Ohtani	Dodgers	0.277	0.902	30	80	11	15.8%	93.2
2	96	Yordan Alvarez	Astros	0.312	1.021	38	96	1	16.0%	94.2
3	90	Ben Rice	Yankees	0.256	0.870	36	88	3	14.2%	92.0
4	88	Yandy Díaz	Rays	0.305	0.843	22	80	3	7.4%	91.1
5	87	Kyle Schwarber	Phillies	0.242	0.886	44	92	3	17.1%	92.4
6	83	Bryce Eldridge	Giants	0.268	0.821	16	52	1	11.5%	92.5
7	83	Iván Herrera	Cardinals	0.251	0.747	16	64	8	5.5%	89.3
8	82	Michael Conforto	Cubs	0.242	0.831	14	40	1	11.5%	90.7
9	82	Giancarlo Stanton	Yankees	0.256	0.724	3	14	1	18.0%	94.1
10	81	Joc Pederson	Rangers	0.234	0.810	25	50	2	11.2%	92.0
11	81	Randal Grichuk	White Sox	0.280	0.865	12	36	0	11.6%	91.4
12	80	Dominic Canzone	Mariners	0.254	0.798	21	65	2	12.0%	91.1
13	80	Mickey Gasper	Red Sox	0.264	0.855	8	22	0	9.6%	88.8
14	79	Lars Nootbaar	Diamondbacks	0.236	0.715	6	29	2	10.2%	92.0
15	79	Josh Bell	Twins	0.256	0.744	19	86	2	9.8%	90.0
16	77	Jahmai Jones	Red Sox	0.218	0.707	5	15	3	10.5%	91.6
17	76	Christian Yelich	Brewers	0.241	0.712	11	53	11	9.9%	89.2
18	76	Taylor Ward	Mariners	0.225	0.673	7	35	4	5.2%	88.7
19	75	George Springer	Blue Jays	0.246	0.728	14	48	12	6.9%	88.5
20	75	Bryan De La Cruz	Phillies	0.339	0.881	2	12	0	4.4%	87.8
21	75	Masataka Yoshida	Red Sox	0.274	0.746	5	28	2	3.4%	88.8
22	73	Marcell Ozuna	Pirates	0.203	0.613	8	29	0	7.7%	89.1
23	72	Andrew Benintendi	White Sox	0.244	0.730	14	70	1	8.9%	89.3
24	71	Eugenio Suárez	Reds	0.208	0.723	22	63	1	11.5%	88.4
25	70	Romy Gonzalez	Worcester Red Sox	0.185	0.572	1	7	1	4.4%	87.6
26	69	Brent Rooker	Athletics	0.200	0.670	10	29	2	15.5%	89.9
27	69	Miguel Andujar	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.259	0.726	5	22	2	4.5%	88.3
28	67	Mike Tauchman	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	66	José Tena	Nationals	0.227	0.684	7	23	4	8.6%	90.7
30	65	MJ Melendez	Syracuse Mets	0.192	0.665	4	11	0	11.1%	94.2
31	65	Gage Workman	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.171	0.586	2	8	0	20.8%	94.1
32	65	Samad Taylor	Padres	0.312	0.784	1	11	7	2.7%	84.0
33	65	José Azócar	Gwinnett Stripers	0.353	0.860	0	0	1	0.0%	87.3
34	65	Ronny Simon	Pirates	0.281	0.637	0	2	2	3.4%	84.9
35	65	Dominic Smith	Braves	0.258	0.696	8	44	0	5.5%	87.8
36	63	Salvador Perez	Royals	0.228	0.656	19	71	1	10.3%	89.0
37	63	Enmanuel Valdez	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
38	63	Will Wagner	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.257	0.708	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9
39	63	Agustín Ramírez	Marlins	0.219	0.633	3	18	4	3.7%	89.2
40	63	Jose Fernandez	Reno Aces	0.262	0.661	3	16	9	4.0%	87.8
41	62	Cal Stevenson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	62	Tyler Black	Nashville Sounds	0.333	0.838	0	7	0	0.0%	83.6
43	61	Jorge Soler	Angels	0.203	0.664	12	49	0	10.9%	88.5
44	61	Gustavo Campero	Angels	0.364	0.788	0	2	0	0.0%	88.2
45	61	Stuart Fairchild	Mariners	0.158	0.565	0	1	2	0.0%	94.2
46	61	Ryan Fitzgerald	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
47	61	Blake Sabol	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
48	61	Eloy Jiménez	Buffalo Bisons	0.290	0.633	0	3	0	4.0%	89.2
49	60	Daz Cameron	Buffalo Bisons	0.208	0.575	1	3	0	11.1%	84.1
50	60	Moisés Ballesteros	Angels	0.220	0.625	8	31	1	8.8%	90.6
51	59	Abraham Toro	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
52	59	Luken Baker	Reno Aces	0.200	0.400	0	0	0	—	—
53	59	Tirso Ornelas	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
54	59	Nick Solak	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.143	0.443	0	1	0	12.5%	90.2
55	59	Jonathan Ornelas	Nashville Sounds	0.190	0.417	0	1	0	0.0%	91.9
56	58	Coco Montes	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
57	57	Jose Miranda	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
58	57	Nolan Jones	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
59	57	Jack Suwinski	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
60	57	Joshua Palacios	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
61	57	Eric Haase	FCL Braves	0.162	0.600	4	9	0	16.3%	86.0
62	57	David Villar	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
63	57	Dairon Blanco	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
64	57	Orlando Arcia	Louisville Bats	0.271	0.654	1	2	0	2.5%	86.0
65	57	Sean Keys	Blue Jays	0.205	0.603	2	7	0	7.4%	90.1
66	56	Owen Miller	Iowa Cubs	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—
67	56	Manuel Margot	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
68	56	Timothy Elko	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
69	56	Kevin Alcántara	Iowa Cubs	0.240	0.646	1	6	0	6.7%	91.1
70	55	Seth Brown	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
71	55	Braxton Fulford	Albuquerque Isotopes	0.174	0.528	1	7	4	7.5%	86.9
72	55	Michael Stefanic	Athletics	0.389	0.894	0	2	0	0.0%	90.9
73	55	Nicky Lopez	Rangers	0.271	0.628	1	23	5	0.0%	84.4
74	55	Brett Wisely	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
75	54	Niko Kavadas	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
76	54	Dylan Carlson	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—
77	53	Jhonkensy Noel	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
78	53	Andrew McCutchen	Gwinnett Stripers	0.192	0.537	1	5	0	5.8%	87.1
79	53	Logan O'Hoppe	Rangers	0.216	0.572	4	24	0	9.1%	86.9
80	53	Pablo Reyes	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
81	53	Jose Barrero	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
82	53	Jacob Hurtubise	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
83	53	Logan Davidson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
84	53	Chadwick Tromp	Oklahoma City Comets	0.163	0.344	0	4	0	0.0%	85.5
85	52	DJ LeMahieu	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
86	52	Nick Maton	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
87	52	Jason Heyward	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
88	52	Omar Narvaez	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
89	52	Carson McCusker	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
90	52	J.D. Davis	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
91	52	Matt Thaiss	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
92	51	Rob Refsnyder	Mariners	0.140	0.465	4	11	0	8.6%	86.6
93	51	Chas McCormick	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
94	51	Johan Rojas	Phillies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
95	51	Jonah Bride	Round Rock Express	0.200	0.533	0	0	0	—	—
96	51	Alexander Canario	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
97	51	Riley Adams	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
98	51	Nick Martini	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
99	51	Matt Gorski	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
100	51	Jihwan Bae	Nashville Sounds	0.500	1.167	0	0	1	—	—
101	51	Oliver Dunn	Durham Bulls	0.091	0.258	0	1	0	0.0%	82.6
102	50	Jon Berti	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
103	50	Luke Williams	Gwinnett Stripers	0.000	1.000	0	0	0	—	—
104	50	Alan Trejo	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
105	50	Garrett Hampson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
106	50	Adrian Del Castillo	Diamondbacks	0.196	0.562	5	24	1	6.3%	88.2
107	49	Jose Iglesias	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
108	49	Kris Bryant	Rockies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
109	49	Emmanuel Rivera	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
110	49	Kevin Pillar	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
111	48	Aaron Schunk	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
112	48	Jorge Polanco	Mets	0.148	0.431	2	6	0	4.0%	86.0
113	48	DaShawn Keirsey Jr.	Braves	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
114	48	Trey Lipscomb	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
115	47	Wilmer Flores	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
116	47	Michael A. Taylor	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
117	47	Tyler Wade	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
118	47	Will Wilson	Mariners	0.200	1.133	1	2	0	—	—
119	47	Sean Bouchard	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
120	47	Tomas Nido	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
121	46	Drew Waters	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
122	46	Kyle Farmer	Braves	0.267	0.583	0	3	0	0.0%	80.4
123	46	Gio Urshela	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
124	46	Matt Mervis	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
125	46	Bobby Dalbec	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
126	46	Donovan Solano	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
127	46	Eduardo Valencia	Tigers	0.301	0.897	6	18	0	17.9%	89.3
128	45	Korey Lee	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
129	45	Jose Herrera	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
130	45	Travis Jankowski	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
131	45	Kevin Newman	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
132	45	Vinny Capra	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
133	45	Tim Anderson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
134	45	Jacob Amaya	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
135	45	Nick Ahmed	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Legends Deck rates every designated hitter 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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