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Best Designated Hitters in MLB 2026

Shohei Ohtani is the highest-rated designated hitter in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Shohei Ohtani, Yordan Alvarez, Ben Rice, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB designated hitter 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	100	Shohei Ohtani	Dodgers	0.277	0.902	30	80	11	15.8%	93.2
2	95	Yordan Alvarez	Astros	0.310	1.016	38	96	1	16.0%	94.2
3	90	Ben Rice	Yankees	0.260	0.884	38	90	3	14.4%	92.0
4	87	Kyle Schwarber	Phillies	0.238	0.870	44	94	3	16.7%	92.4
5	87	Yandy Díaz	Rays	0.301	0.829	22	81	3	7.2%	91.1
6	83	Bryce Eldridge	Giants	0.269	0.814	16	54	1	11.5%	92.7
7	82	Joc Pederson	Rangers	0.235	0.816	26	53	2	11.3%	92.1
8	82	Randal Grichuk	White Sox	0.286	0.883	13	38	0	11.2%	91.6
9	82	Iván Herrera	Cardinals	0.244	0.734	16	64	8	5.4%	89.3
10	82	Giancarlo Stanton	Yankees	0.256	0.724	3	14	1	18.0%	94.1
11	81	Dominic Canzone	Mariners	0.257	0.807	22	68	2	12.1%	91.2
12	80	Lars Nootbaar	Diamondbacks	0.240	0.721	6	29	2	9.9%	92.2
13	80	Michael Conforto	Cubs	0.237	0.811	14	41	1	10.9%	90.1
14	80	Mickey Gasper	Red Sox	0.265	0.861	9	23	0	10.6%	88.9
15	78	Josh Bell	Twins	0.253	0.738	19	86	2	9.8%	89.8
16	78	Samad Taylor	Padres	0.311	0.775	1	11	9	2.4%	84.4
17	77	Taylor Ward	Mariners	0.225	0.673	7	35	4	5.2%	88.6
18	77	Jahmai Jones	Red Sox	0.210	0.683	5	15	3	10.2%	91.8
19	76	George Springer	Blue Jays	0.252	0.740	15	52	12	6.7%	88.6
20	75	Christian Yelich	Brewers	0.241	0.708	11	54	11	9.6%	89.1
21	75	Bryan De La Cruz	Phillies	0.323	0.839	2	12	0	4.1%	88.1
22	75	Masataka Yoshida	Red Sox	0.274	0.746	5	28	2	3.4%	88.8
23	74	Eduardo Valencia	Tigers	0.320	0.938	6	18	0	16.9%	89.2
24	73	Marcell Ozuna	Pirates	0.203	0.613	8	29	0	7.7%	89.1
25	73	Eugenio Suárez	Reds	0.213	0.742	24	68	1	12.3%	88.4
26	70	Andrew Benintendi	White Sox	0.241	0.719	14	70	1	8.7%	89.2
27	70	Romy Gonzalez	Worcester Red Sox	0.185	0.572	1	7	1	4.4%	87.6
28	69	Brent Rooker	Athletics	0.200	0.670	10	29	2	15.5%	89.9
29	69	Miguel Andujar	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.259	0.726	5	22	2	4.5%	88.3
30	67	Mike Tauchman	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	67	Agustín Ramírez	Marlins	0.225	0.666	4	21	4	4.3%	89.6
32	65	MJ Melendez	Syracuse Mets	0.192	0.665	4	11	0	11.1%	94.2
33	65	Gage Workman	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.171	0.586	2	8	0	20.8%	94.1
34	65	José Azócar	Gwinnett Stripers	0.353	0.860	0	0	1	0.0%	87.3
35	65	Ronny Simon	Pirates	0.281	0.637	0	2	2	3.4%	84.9
36	65	José Tena	Nationals	0.225	0.680	7	23	5	8.5%	90.6
37	64	Jose Fernandez	Diamondbacks	0.262	0.661	3	16	9	4.0%	87.8
38	64	Dominic Smith	Braves	0.255	0.688	8	44	0	5.4%	87.7
39	63	Salvador Perez	Royals	0.229	0.655	19	72	1	10.1%	89.1
40	63	Stuart Fairchild	Tacoma Rainiers	0.158	0.565	0	1	2	0.0%	94.2
41	63	Enmanuel Valdez	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
42	63	Will Wagner	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.257	0.708	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9
43	62	Cal Stevenson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
44	62	Tyler Black	Nashville Sounds	0.333	0.838	0	7	0	0.0%	83.6
45	61	Jorge Soler	Angels	0.203	0.664	12	49	0	10.9%	88.5
46	61	Gustavo Campero	Angels	0.364	0.788	0	2	0	0.0%	88.2
47	61	Ryan Fitzgerald	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
48	61	Blake Sabol	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
49	61	Moisés Ballesteros	Angels	0.219	0.635	9	34	1	9.0%	90.5
50	61	Eloy Jiménez	Buffalo Bisons	0.290	0.633	0	3	0	4.0%	89.2
51	60	Daz Cameron	Buffalo Bisons	0.208	0.575	1	3	0	11.1%	84.1
52	59	Abraham Toro	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
53	59	Luken Baker	Reno Aces	0.200	0.400	0	0	0	—	—
54	59	Tirso Ornelas	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
55	59	Nick Solak	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.143	0.443	0	1	0	12.5%	90.2
56	59	Jonathan Ornelas	Nashville Sounds	0.190	0.417	0	1	0	0.0%	91.9
57	58	Coco Montes	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
58	57	Jose Miranda	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
59	57	Nolan Jones	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
60	57	Jack Suwinski	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
61	57	Joshua Palacios	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
62	57	Eric Haase	FCL Braves	0.162	0.600	4	9	0	16.3%	86.0
63	57	David Villar	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
64	57	Dairon Blanco	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
65	57	Orlando Arcia	Louisville Bats	0.271	0.654	1	2	0	2.5%	86.0
66	57	Sean Keys	Blue Jays	0.200	0.590	2	7	0	7.4%	90.1
67	56	Owen Miller	Iowa Cubs	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—
68	56	Manuel Margot	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
69	56	Timothy Elko	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
70	56	Kevin Alcántara	Iowa Cubs	0.240	0.646	1	6	0	6.7%	91.1
71	55	Seth Brown	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
72	55	Braxton Fulford	Albuquerque Isotopes	0.174	0.528	1	7	4	7.5%	86.9
73	55	Michael Stefanic	Athletics	0.368	0.850	0	2	0	0.0%	90.0
74	55	Nicky Lopez	Rangers	0.271	0.624	1	24	5	0.0%	84.5
75	55	Brett Wisely	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
76	54	Niko Kavadas	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
77	54	Dylan Carlson	Lehigh Valley IronPigs	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	—	—
78	53	Jhonkensy Noel	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
79	53	Andrew McCutchen	Gwinnett Stripers	0.192	0.537	1	5	0	5.8%	87.1
80	53	Logan O'Hoppe	Round Rock Express	0.219	0.578	4	24	0	9.1%	86.8
81	53	Pablo Reyes	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
82	53	Jose Barrero	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
83	53	Jacob Hurtubise	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
84	53	Logan Davidson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
85	53	Chadwick Tromp	Oklahoma City Comets	0.163	0.344	0	4	0	0.0%	85.5
86	52	DJ LeMahieu	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
87	52	Nick Maton	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
88	52	Jason Heyward	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
89	52	Omar Narvaez	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
90	52	Carson McCusker	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
91	52	J.D. Davis	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
92	52	Matt Thaiss	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
93	51	Rob Refsnyder	Mariners	0.140	0.465	4	11	0	8.6%	86.6
94	51	Chas McCormick	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
95	51	Johan Rojas	Phillies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
96	51	Jonah Bride	Round Rock Express	0.200	0.533	0	0	0	—	—
97	51	Alexander Canario	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
98	51	Riley Adams	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
99	51	Nick Martini	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
100	51	Matt Gorski	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
101	51	Jihwan Bae	Nashville Sounds	0.500	1.167	0	0	1	—	—
102	51	Oliver Dunn	Durham Bulls	0.091	0.258	0	1	0	0.0%	82.6
103	50	Jon Berti	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
104	50	Luke Williams	Gwinnett Stripers	0.000	1.000	0	0	0	—	—
105	50	Alan Trejo	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
106	50	Garrett Hampson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
107	50	Adrian Del Castillo	Reno Aces	0.196	0.562	5	24	1	6.3%	88.2
108	49	Jose Iglesias	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
109	49	Kris Bryant	Rockies	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
110	49	Emmanuel Rivera	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
111	49	Kevin Pillar	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
112	48	Aaron Schunk	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
113	48	Jorge Polanco	Mets	0.148	0.431	2	6	0	4.0%	86.0
114	48	DaShawn Keirsey Jr.	Braves	1.000	2.000	0	0	0	—	—
115	48	Trey Lipscomb	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
116	47	Wilmer Flores	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
117	47	Michael A. Taylor	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
118	47	Tyler Wade	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
119	47	Will Wilson	Mariners	0.200	1.133	1	2	0	—	—
120	47	Sean Bouchard	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
121	47	Tomas Nido	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
122	46	Drew Waters	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
123	46	Kyle Farmer	Braves	0.250	0.548	0	3	0	0.0%	79.9
124	46	Gio Urshela	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
125	46	Matt Mervis	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
126	46	Bobby Dalbec	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
127	46	Donovan Solano	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
128	45	Korey Lee	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
129	45	Jose Herrera	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
130	45	Travis Jankowski	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
131	45	Kevin Newman	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
132	45	Vinny Capra	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
133	45	Tim Anderson	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
134	45	Jacob Amaya	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
135	45	Nick Ahmed	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Legends Deck rates every designated hitter 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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