The Baseball Scholar

2022 All-MLB Team

Dave Franks
3–5 minutes

In 2019 Major League Baseball started naming an All-MLB Team. Like all other MLB awards, the winners are voted on by media, former players, and baseball officials. Never a fan of awards being given based on the opinions of people, regardless of their voting qualifications, my list is based on the same data that I base all other rankings on this site. In most cases you’ll see the lists are similar and in some years identical. Like MLB’s official All-MLB Team, I will be listing two teams, first team and second team. Each team will consist of one catcher, one infielder at each position, three outfielders regardless of specific outfield position, one designated hitter, five starting pitchers, and two relief pitchers. To be eligible for any position hitters needed to have at least 350 plate appearance, starting pitchers needed to start at least 15 games, and relief pitchers needed to accumulate at least 30 innings pitched. For players that logged substantial time at multiple positions, they will be eligible for the position they logged the most time at.

If you think I’m wrong and the voting committee got it right, leave a comment and let me know why.

First Team

  • Catcher – J.T. Realmuto

    • J.T. Realmuto
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.6 128 139 562 504 75 139 26 5 22 84 21 1 41 119 .276 .342 .478 .820

  • First Base – Paul Goldschmidt

    • Paul Goldschmidt
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.7 176 151 651 561 106 178 41 0 35 115 7 0 79 141 .317 .404 .578 .981

  • Second Base – Andres Gimenez

    • Andres Gimenez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.4 142 146 557 491 66 146 26 3 17 69 20 3 34 112 .297 .371 .466 .837

  • Third Base – Nolan Arenado

    • Nolan Arenado
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.7 150 148 620 557 73 163 42 1 30 103 5 3 52 72 .293 .358 .533 .891

  • Shortstop – Carlos Correa

    • Carlos Correa
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    5.3 140 136 590 522 70 152 24 1 22 64 0 1 61 121 .291 .366 .467 ..834

  • Outfield – Aaron Judge

    • Aaron Judge
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    10.5 209 157 696 570 133 177 28 0 62 131 16 3 111 175 .311 .425 .686 1.111

  • Outfield – Mike Trout

    • Mike Trout
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.2 176 119 499 438 85 124 28 2 40 80 1 0 54 139 .283 .369 .630 .999

  • Outfield – Mookie Betts

    • Mookie Betts
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.7 145 142 639 572 117 154 40 3 35 82 12 2 55 104 .269 .340 .533 .873

  • Designated Hitter – Yordan Alverez

    • Yordan Alvarez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.8 185 135 561 470 95 144 29 2 37 97 1 1 78 106 .306 .406 .613 1.019

  • Starting Pitcher – Sandy Alcantara

    • Sandy Alcantara
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    8.0 56 32 32 14 9 2.28 228.2 6 1 0 67 58 50 207 23.4% 0.98

  • Starting Pitcher – Justin Verlander

    • Justin Verlander
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    5.6 45 28 28 18 4 1.75 175 0 0 0 43 34 29 185 27.8% 0.83

  • Starting Pitcher – Dylan Cease

    • Dylan Cease
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    6.4 56 32 32 14 8 2.20 184 1 1 0 55 45 78 227 30.4% 1.11

  • Starting Pitcher – Shohei Ohtani

    • Shohei Ohtani
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    6.2 59 28 28 15 9 2.33 166 0 0 0 45 43 44 219 33.2% 1.01

  • Starting Pitcher – Alek Manoah

    • Alek Manoah
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    6.0 59 31 31 16 7 2.25 196.2 0 0 0 55 49 51 180 22.9% 0.99

  • Relief Pitcher – Evan Phillips

    • Evan Phillips
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    2.8 29 64 0 7 3 1.14 63 0 0 2 11 8 15 77 33.0% 0.76

  • Relief Pitcher – Ryne Stanek

    • Ryne Stanek
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    2.2 30 59 0 2 1 1.16 54.2 0 0 1 8 7 31 62 27.7% 1.24

Second Team

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