The Baseball Scholar

2023 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 – Adley Rutschman

    • Adley Rutschman
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    4.3 127 154 687 588 84 163 31 1 20 80 1 2 92 101 .277 .374 .435 .809

  • First Base – Matt Olson

    • Matt Olson
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.4 160 162 720 608 127 172 27 3 54 139 1 0 104 167 .283 .349 .604 .993

  • Second Base – Marcus Semien

    • Marcus Semien
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    7.4 124 162 753 670 122 185 40 4 29 100 14 3 72 110 .276 .348 .478 .826

  • Third Base – Austin Riley

    • Austin Riley
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    5.9 127 159 715 636 117 179 32 3 37 97 3 1 59 172 .281 .345 .516 .861

  • Shortstop – Corey Seager

    • Corey Seager
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.9 169 119 536 477 88 156 42 0 33 96 2 1 49 88 .327 .390 .623 .1.013

  • Outfield – Ronald Acuna, Jr

    • Ronald Acuna, Jr
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.2 170 159 735 643 149 217 35 4 41 106 73 14 80 84 .337 .416 .596 1.012

  • Outfield – Mookie Betts

    • Mookie Betts
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    8.3 167 152 693 584 126 179 40 1 39 107 14 3 96 107 .307 .408 .579 .987

  • Outfield – Aaron Judge

    • Aaron Judge
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    4.5 174 106 458 367 79 98 16 0 37 75 3 1 88 130 .267 .406 .613 1.019

  • Designated Hitter – Shohei Ohtani

    • Shohei Ohtani
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    6.0 180 135 599 497 102 151 26 8 44 95 20 6 91 143 .304 .412 .654 1.066

  • Starting Pitcher – Gerrit Cole

    • Gerrit Cole
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    7.4 63 33 33 15 4 2.63 209.0 2 2 0 64 61 48 222 27.0% 0.98

  • Starting Pitcher – Blake Snell

    • Blake Snell
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    6.2 54 32 32 14 9 2.25 180.0 0 0 0 47 45 99 234 31.5% 1.19

  • Starting Pitcher – Sonny Gray

    • Sonny Gray
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    5.4 66 32 32 8 8 2.79 184.0 0 0 0 59 57 55 183 24.3% 1.15

  • Starting Pitcher – Clayton Kershaw

    • Clayton Kershaw
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3.8 58 24 24 13 5 2.46 131.2 0 0 0 39 36 40 137 26.2% 1.06

  • Starting Pitcher – Kyle Bradish

    • Kyle Bradish
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    4.9 68 30 30 12 7 2.83 168.2 0 0 0 54 53 44 168 25.0% 1.04

  • Relief Pitcher – Chris Martin

    • Chris Martin
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3.2 23 55 0 4 1 1.05 51.1 0 0 3 6 6 8 46 23.1% 1.03

  • Relief Pitcher – Brusdar Graterol

    • Brusdar Graterol
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    2.5 28 68 1 4 2 1.20 67.1 0 0 7 19 9 12 48 18.7% 0.97

Second Team

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