The Baseball Scholar

2020 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 – Salvador Perez

    • Salvador Perez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    2.1 161 37 156 150 22 50 12 0 11 32 1 0 3 36 .333 .353 .633 .986

  • First Base – Freddie Freeman

    • Freddie Freeman
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    3.3 186 60 262 214 51 73 23 1 13 53 2 0 45 37 .341 .462 .640 1.102

  • Second Base – DJ LeMahieu

    • DJ LeMahieu
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    3.0 177 50 216 195 41 71 10 2 10 27 3 0 18 21 .364 .421 .590 1.011

  • Third Base – Jose Ramirez

    • José Ramírez
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    2.5 167 58 254 219 45 64 16 1 17 46 10 3 31 43 .292 .386 .607 .993

  • Shortstop – Trea Turner

    • Trea Turner
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    2.8 159 59 259 233 46 78 15 4 12 41 12 4 22 36 .335 .394 .588 .982

  • Outfield – Juan Soto

    • Juan Soto
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    2.4 202 47 196 154 39 54 14 0 13 37 6 2 41 28 .351 .490 .695 1.185

  • Outfield – Marcell Ozuna

    • Marcell Ozuna
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    2.6 178 60 267 228 38 77 14 0 18 56 0 0 38 60 .338 .431 .636 1.067

  • Outfield – Mike Yastrzemski

    • Mike Yastrzemski
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    2.7 158 54 225 192 39 57 14 4 10 35 2 1 30 55 .297 .400 .568 .968

  • Designated Hitter – Nelson Cruz

    • Nelson Cruz
    WAR wRC+ G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    1.9 166 53 214 185 33 56 6 0 16 33 0 0 25 58 .303 .397 .595 .992

  • Starting Pitcher – Shane Bieber

    • Shane Bieber
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3.2 37 12 12 8 1 1.63 77.1 0 0 0 15 14 21 122 41.1% 0.87

  • Starting Pitcher – Trevor Bauer

    • Trevor Bauer
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    3 36 11 11 5 4 1.73 73 2 2 0 17 14 17 100 36.0% 0.79

  • Starting Pitcher – Yu Darvish

    • Yu Darvish
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    2.8 45 12 12 8 3 2.01 76 0 0 0 18 17 14 93 31.3% 0.96

  • Starting Pitcher – Max Fried

    • Max Fried
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    2.9 49 11 11 7 0 2.25 56 0 0 0 14 14 19 50 22.3% 1.09

  • Starting Pitcher – Dallas Keuchel

    • Dallas Keuchel
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    2.1 45 11 11 6 2 2 63.1 0 0 0 15 14 17 42 16.3% 1.09

  • Relief Pitcher – Devin Williams

    • Devin Williams
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    1.3 7 22 0 4 1 0.33 27 0 0 0 4 1 9 53 53.0% 0.63

  • Relief Pitcher – Jake Diekman

    • Jake Diekman
    WAR ERA- G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO K% WHIP
    1.4 10 21 0 2 0 0.43 21.1 0 0 0 2 1 12 31 36.9% 0.95

Second Team

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