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Best Third Basemen in MLB 2026

Junior Caminero is the highest-rated third baseman in MLB 2026 on Legends Deck. The top three are Junior Caminero, Miguel Vargas, Max Muncy, ranked by a percentile transform of real 2026 Statcast data from Baseball Savant.

Every active MLB third baseman 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	89	Junior Caminero	Rays	0.279	0.927	28	59	2	13.6%	93.2
2	87	Miguel Vargas	White Sox	0.245	0.848	21	59	11	15.4%	90.6
3	86	Max Muncy	Dodgers	0.259	0.842	17	40	1	13.6%	90.1
4	86	Munetaka Murakami	White Sox	0.232	0.911	20	42	1	20.0%	94.1
5	85	Sal Stewart	Reds	0.256	0.812	19	65	11	14.9%	90.6
6	84	José Ramírez	Guardians	0.239	0.757	10	33	24	6.6%	90.3
7	81	Josh Jung	Rangers	0.298	0.819	9	34	1	6.3%	90.5
8	80	Casey Schmitt	Giants	0.280	0.805	19	50	7	12.4%	90.0
9	80	Rafael Devers	Giants	0.249	0.798	19	52	0	11.7%	92.2
10	79	Kyle Karros	Rockies	0.263	0.798	9	34	3	8.5%	89.8
11	79	Kazuma Okamoto	Blue Jays	0.239	0.788	22	62	0	14.8%	91.5
12	77	Isaac Paredes	Astros	0.254	0.766	12	49	0	5.9%	86.7
13	76	Maikel Garcia	Royals	0.261	0.693	3	30	5	4.9%	90.1
14	76	Alex Bregman	Cubs	0.241	0.695	9	41	2	4.2%	87.9
15	72	Manny Machado	Padres	0.203	0.708	19	55	2	10.4%	90.1
16	72	Matt Chapman	Giants	0.235	0.692	7	42	0	6.6%	88.2
17	72	Amed Rosario	Yankees	0.238	0.742	9	27	1	11.4%	90.2
18	71	Jordan Westburg	Orioles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	71	José Tena	Nationals	0.241	0.718	5	20	3	8.8%	91.9
20	69	Max Schuemann	Yankees	0.241	0.841	2	6	3	13.5%	88.6
21	69	Ryan McMahon	Yankees	0.214	0.656	9	26	3	11.3%	90.9
22	68	Nate Eaton	Worcester Red Sox	0.125	0.563	1	5	2	10.0%	88.4
23	67	Alec Bohm	Phillies	0.213	0.625	11	47	1	5.2%	90.1
24	67	Royce Lewis	Twins	0.219	0.696	10	29	6	13.0%	89.1
25	67	Ernie Clement	Blue Jays	0.296	0.751	8	32	3	2.5%	85.2
26	67	Caleb Durbin	Red Sox	0.228	0.686	9	39	10	2.9%	84.9
27	66	Austin Riley	Braves	0.207	0.617	9	42	6	9.9%	90.3
28	66	Nolan Arenado	Diamondbacks	0.243	0.731	12	40	3	7.1%	85.2
29	66	Matt Shaw	Cubs	0.246	0.737	4	20	4	4.8%	86.8
30	65	Brooks Lee	Twins	0.249	0.737	14	51	6	3.9%	88.0
31	64	Luis Urías	Blue Jays	0.292	0.828	1	2	0	4.8%	84.5
32	63	Eugenio Suárez	Reds	0.208	0.673	11	35	0	9.3%	87.9
33	63	Will Wagner	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.257	0.708	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9
34	63	Brady House	Rochester Red Wings	0.227	0.681	7	25	1	10.6%	89.0
35	62	Brett Baty	Mets	0.224	0.626	5	32	5	8.8%	89.5
36	62	Tyler Black	Nashville Sounds	0.333	0.838	0	7	0	0.0%	83.6
37	61	Connor Norby	Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp	0.205	0.638	4	16	6	7.6%	87.0
38	61	Mark Vientos	Mets	0.211	0.644	11	35	0	10.1%	89.5
39	60	Addison Barger	Blue Jays	0.045	0.305	0	2	0	0.0%	89.0
40	59	Ben Williamson	Rays	0.253	0.659	2	23	8	1.9%	87.9
41	58	Ramón Urías	Cardinals	0.158	0.595	2	5	0	10.9%	89.5
42	57	Noelvi Marte	Reds	0.195	0.623	6	13	4	6.7%	88.1
43	57	Yoán Moncada	Angels	0.189	0.605	3	10	1	7.7%	90.3
44	56	Brett Harris	Worcester Red Sox	0.000	0.333	0	0	0	—	—
45	56	Sung-Mun Song	Padres	0.212	0.598	1	13	11	5.8%	86.5

How this leaderboard is built

Legends Deck rates every third baseman 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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