The 2015 Major League Baseball season begins Sunday night. That means we're very close to watching the game's best players doing the things they do.
With that in mind, we better get on the same page about who the game's best players are. It's time for a good old-fashioned Internet ranking.
Ahead of you are the top 50 players in MLB heading into the 2015 season. The list contains many of the same players in the top 50 in the MLB 500 series, but it's far from a carbon copy.
This top 50 doesn't have a strict scoring system, so I ranked players with my better instincts and my heart as well as my head. That process involved weighing players' track records in addition to their 2014 performances—and for position players, this means defense and baserunning as well as hitting—and also their ages and any injury concerns.
As for sources, most of the links you'll come across will take you to Baseball-Reference.com and FanGraphs. Others will take you to Baseball Prospectus, Brooks Baseball and Baseball Savant.
Step into the box whenever you're ready, and feel free to argue to your heart's content when you're done.
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