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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	89	Junior Caminero	Rays	0.280	0.920	29	60	2	13.4%	93.3
2	87	Miguel Vargas	White Sox	0.242	0.837	21	59	11	15.1%	90.5
3	86	Max Muncy	Dodgers	0.262	0.856	18	42	1	13.8%	90.1
4	86	Munetaka Murakami	White Sox	0.231	0.900	20	42	1	19.2%	93.9
5	85	Sal Stewart	Reds	0.253	0.809	20	70	11	14.5%	90.6
6	84	José Ramírez	Guardians	0.239	0.757	10	33	24	6.6%	90.3
7	81	Casey Schmitt	Giants	0.278	0.795	19	50	9	12.5%	89.8
8	80	Josh Jung	Rangers	0.292	0.800	9	35	1	6.5%	90.5
9	79	Rafael Devers	Giants	0.243	0.783	20	53	0	11.5%	92.2
10	78	Kyle Karros	Rockies	0.259	0.783	9	34	3	8.4%	89.7
11	78	Kazuma Okamoto	Blue Jays	0.231	0.768	22	62	0	14.5%	91.3
12	77	Isaac Paredes	Astros	0.257	0.763	12	50	0	5.7%	86.7
13	76	Maikel Garcia	Royals	0.261	0.693	3	30	5	4.9%	90.1
14	74	Alex Bregman	Cubs	0.239	0.698	10	43	2	4.2%	87.9
15	72	Matt Chapman	Giants	0.235	0.692	7	42	0	6.6%	88.2
16	71	Jordan Westburg	Orioles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	71	Manny Machado	Padres	0.198	0.697	19	56	2	10.2%	90.1
18	71	Amed Rosario	Yankees	0.237	0.737	9	27	1	11.3%	90.1
19	71	José Tena	Nationals	0.241	0.717	5	20	3	8.5%	92.1
20	69	Ryan McMahon	Yankees	0.216	0.662	9	26	3	11.0%	90.8
21	68	Austin Riley	Braves	0.217	0.657	12	47	6	10.0%	90.2
22	68	Max Schuemann	Yankees	0.228	0.801	2	6	3	13.5%	88.6
23	68	Caleb Durbin	Red Sox	0.236	0.691	9	41	11	2.7%	85.0
24	68	Nate Eaton	Worcester Red Sox	0.125	0.563	1	5	2	10.0%	88.4
25	67	Ernie Clement	Blue Jays	0.295	0.748	8	32	3	2.4%	85.2
26	66	Alec Bohm	Phillies	0.219	0.640	12	49	1	5.1%	90.2
27	66	Nolan Arenado	Diamondbacks	0.244	0.740	13	44	3	7.0%	85.4
28	66	Matt Shaw	Cubs	0.246	0.737	4	20	4	4.8%	86.8
29	66	Luis Urías	Blue Jays	0.276	0.861	2	3	0	8.0%	84.4
30	65	Brooks Lee	Twins	0.249	0.729	14	51	6	3.8%	88.0
31	64	Royce Lewis	Twins	0.217	0.688	10	30	6	12.8%	89.1
32	64	Eugenio Suárez	Reds	0.210	0.680	12	36	0	10.3%	88.2
33	63	Brett Baty	Mets	0.224	0.622	5	32	5	8.6%	89.6
34	63	Will Wagner	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.257	0.708	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9
35	63	Brady House	Rochester Red Wings	0.227	0.681	7	25	1	10.6%	89.0
36	62	Tyler Black	Nashville Sounds	0.333	0.838	0	7	0	0.0%	83.6
37	61	Connor Norby	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	0.205	0.638	4	16	6	7.6%	87.0
38	61	Mark Vientos	Mets	0.211	0.644	11	35	0	10.1%	89.5
39	60	Addison Barger	Blue Jays	0.045	0.305	0	2	0	0.0%	89.0
40	57	Noelvi Marte	Reds	0.197	0.627	6	13	5	6.4%	87.8
41	57	Yoán Moncada	Angels	0.189	0.605	3	10	1	7.7%	90.3
42	57	Ramón Urías	Cardinals	0.158	0.595	2	5	0	10.9%	89.5
43	56	Brett Harris	Worcester Red Sox	0.000	0.333	0	0	0	—	—
44	56	Ben Williamson	Rays	0.244	0.635	2	23	8	1.8%	87.2
45	56	Sung-Mun Song	Padres	0.239	0.655	1	15	11	5.7%	86.5

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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