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Best Third Basemen in MLB 2026

Junior Caminero is the highest-rated third baseman in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Junior Caminero, Miguel Vargas, 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	88	Junior Caminero	Rays	0.281	0.900	39	93	3	13.2%	92.9
2	86	Miguel Vargas	White Sox	0.249	0.838	30	79	16	13.5%	90.5
3	85	Max Muncy	Dodgers	0.252	0.845	27	70	2	13.2%	90.5
4	85	Sal Stewart	Reds	0.267	0.815	31	107	15	13.0%	90.2
5	83	Rafael Devers	Giants	0.258	0.858	35	92	0	12.4%	93.0
6	82	Munetaka Murakami	White Sox	0.210	0.829	31	63	1	19.3%	94.0
7	81	Alex Bregman	Cubs	0.260	0.789	24	82	3	5.7%	88.1
8	80	Josh Jung	Round Rock Express	0.294	0.802	9	35	1	6.3%	90.6
9	80	Casey Schmitt	Giants	0.271	0.784	21	55	9	12.3%	89.9
10	80	José Ramírez	Guardians	0.234	0.697	11	48	31	4.1%	88.8
11	79	Kyle Karros	Rockies	0.261	0.775	10	44	5	8.1%	89.3
12	78	Isaac Paredes	Astros	0.260	0.787	19	82	0	4.9%	86.1
13	77	Maikel Garcia	Royals	0.269	0.709	3	32	5	4.6%	89.8
14	77	Manny Machado	Padres	0.224	0.728	26	80	5	9.9%	90.5
15	76	Alec Bohm	Phillies	0.246	0.697	15	80	2	6.0%	90.5
16	76	Kazuma Okamoto	Blue Jays	0.232	0.757	30	83	1	13.5%	90.5
17	72	Matt Chapman	Giants	0.235	0.692	7	42	0	6.6%	88.2
18	72	Caleb Durbin	Red Sox	0.248	0.707	12	62	17	2.8%	83.4
19	71	Connor Norby	Rockies	0.227	0.695	7	28	8	7.5%	86.9
20	71	Eugenio Suárez	Reds	0.208	0.723	22	63	1	11.5%	88.4
21	70	Nolan Arenado	Diamondbacks	0.236	0.742	23	69	4	6.4%	84.9
22	70	Brady House	Nationals	0.242	0.700	10	43	3	10.3%	89.6
23	69	Austin Riley	Braves	0.222	0.658	16	66	9	12.2%	91.4
24	69	Royce Lewis	Twins	0.230	0.688	14	51	14	11.4%	89.9
25	69	Matt Shaw	Cubs	0.237	0.752	5	22	4	4.8%	86.9
26	69	Amed Rosario	Yankees	0.238	0.701	10	32	2	10.8%	90.8
27	68	Brooks Lee	Twins	0.248	0.732	23	79	8	4.3%	88.3
28	68	Angel Genao	Guardians	0.245	0.638	2	6	1	4.4%	91.1
29	67	Nate Eaton	Red Sox	0.139	0.557	1	6	2	8.3%	88.6
30	66	Jordan Westburg	Orioles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	66	Brett Baty	Mets	0.229	0.663	10	50	5	10.3%	90.3
32	66	Luis Urías	Dunedin Blue Jays	0.250	0.803	3	8	0	7.0%	86.2
33	66	José Tena	Nationals	0.227	0.684	7	23	4	8.6%	90.7
34	65	Addison Barger	Blue Jays	0.045	0.305	0	2	0	0.0%	89.0
35	64	Ryan McMahon	Yankees	0.213	0.638	10	33	3	9.0%	90.9
36	63	Will Wagner	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.257	0.708	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9
37	62	Luis Rengifo	Padres	0.240	0.636	4	36	6	4.1%	87.7
38	62	Mark Vientos	Mets	0.217	0.669	13	39	0	10.6%	89.8
39	62	Tyler Black	Nashville Sounds	0.333	0.838	0	7	0	0.0%	83.6
40	60	Ernie Clement	Blue Jays	0.273	0.682	9	46	6	2.0%	84.1
41	60	Ramón Urías	Cardinals	0.157	0.605	4	9	0	10.4%	88.9
42	58	Max Schuemann	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.194	0.694	2	8	3	9.8%	89.4
43	58	Yoán Moncada	Angels	0.189	0.605	3	10	1	7.7%	90.3
44	56	Zach McKinstry	Tigers	0.211	0.602	4	26	2	2.1%	85.7
45	56	Ben Williamson	Rays	0.247	0.641	3	26	8	1.5%	87.3
46	54	Miles Mastrobuoni	Tacoma Rainiers	0.192	0.433	0	1	0	0.0%	90.1
47	53	Marcelo Mayer	Sacramento River Cats	0.220	0.594	3	22	3	6.1%	86.1
48	53	Ke'Bryan Hayes	Reds	0.153	0.460	5	8	1	7.8%	90.8
49	53	Oswald Peraza	Angels	0.225	0.620	7	24	12	6.4%	87.3
50	53	Deyvison De Los Santos	Marlins	0.267	0.667	0	0	0	9.1%	86.1
51	52	Santiago Espinal	Reno Aces	0.268	0.651	1	7	0	2.0%	86.2
52	52	Cody Freeman	Rangers	0.259	0.659	1	6	1	1.4%	83.0
53	52	Sung-Mun Song	Padres	0.190	0.541	1	16	13	4.0%	87.5
54	51	Graham Pauley	Marlins	0.209	0.623	3	23	1	6.1%	84.4
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	Josh Rojas	Royals	0.240	0.621	2	13	1	1.2%	86.0
58	50	Justin Turner	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
59	49	Darell Hernaiz	Athletics	0.234	0.593	1	9	3	0.9%	85.2
60	49	Tristan Gray	St. Paul Saints	0.225	0.591	4	29	2	6.0%	88.5
61	48	Jeimer Candelario	Salt Lake Bees	0.111	0.422	0	0	0	0.0%	91.8
62	48	Noelvi Marte	Louisville Bats	0.189	0.550	6	15	7	5.1%	87.9
63	48	Ronny Mauricio	Syracuse Mets	0.180	0.440	1	2	0	9.4%	89.9
64	47	Oswaldo Cabrera	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	0.0%	89.6
65	47	Anthony Rendon	Angels	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
66	45	Jace Jung	Toledo Mud Hens	0.167	0.542	0	0	0	—	—
67	45	Brett Harris	Giants	0.000	0.364	0	0	0	0.0%	78.9

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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