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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	88	Junior Caminero	Rays	0.279	0.896	40	95	3	13.0%	92.8
2	86	Miguel Vargas	White Sox	0.247	0.825	30	79	18	13.4%	90.2
3	85	Max Muncy	Dodgers	0.254	0.850	28	71	2	13.2%	90.6
4	85	Sal Stewart	Reds	0.270	0.816	31	107	15	12.8%	90.4
5	83	Alex Bregman	Cubs	0.264	0.805	25	84	3	5.8%	88.2
6	83	Rafael Devers	Giants	0.258	0.865	37	98	0	12.5%	93.0
7	81	Munetaka Murakami	White Sox	0.206	0.813	31	65	1	18.7%	93.8
8	80	Josh Jung	Rangers	0.298	0.804	9	37	1	6.1%	90.4
9	80	Casey Schmitt	Giants	0.271	0.784	21	55	9	12.3%	89.9
10	79	Isaac Paredes	Astros	0.260	0.794	21	85	0	4.8%	86.2
11	79	Kyle Karros	Rockies	0.258	0.771	11	45	5	8.2%	89.2
12	78	Maikel Garcia	Omaha Storm Chasers	0.269	0.709	3	32	5	4.6%	89.8
13	78	Manny Machado	Padres	0.221	0.724	27	82	5	10.1%	90.5
14	78	José Ramírez	Guardians	0.230	0.683	11	48	31	4.1%	88.7
15	78	Kazuma Okamoto	Blue Jays	0.236	0.775	32	85	1	13.7%	90.6
16	76	Alec Bohm	Phillies	0.248	0.699	15	82	2	6.1%	90.6
17	73	Caleb Durbin	Red Sox	0.250	0.718	13	64	18	3.0%	83.4
18	73	Eugenio Suárez	Reds	0.213	0.742	24	68	1	12.3%	88.4
19	72	Connor Norby	Rockies	0.231	0.701	7	28	8	7.7%	86.8
20	72	Matt Chapman	Giants	0.235	0.692	7	42	0	6.6%	88.2
21	71	Nolan Arenado	Diamondbacks	0.240	0.765	25	73	4	6.3%	85.0
22	71	Brady House	Nationals	0.239	0.692	10	44	3	10.4%	89.9
23	70	Austin Riley	Braves	0.222	0.662	17	68	9	12.2%	91.4
24	69	Royce Lewis	Twins	0.230	0.688	14	53	14	11.1%	89.8
25	69	Matt Shaw	Cubs	0.235	0.751	5	23	4	4.8%	86.9
26	68	Amed Rosario	Yankees	0.234	0.688	10	32	2	11.2%	90.8
27	68	Angel Genao	Guardians	0.236	0.627	2	6	1	4.3%	91.1
28	67	Brooks Lee	Twins	0.247	0.726	23	79	8	4.3%	88.3
29	67	Brett Baty	Mets	0.229	0.666	10	50	5	10.1%	90.3
30	66	Jordan Westburg	Orioles	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	66	Luis Urías	Dunedin Blue Jays	0.250	0.803	3	8	0	7.0%	86.2
32	65	Addison Barger	Blue Jays	0.045	0.305	0	2	0	0.0%	89.0
33	65	José Tena	Nationals	0.225	0.680	7	23	5	8.5%	90.6
34	64	Nate Eaton	Red Sox	0.132	0.530	1	6	2	8.0%	87.8
35	63	Ryan McMahon	Yankees	0.212	0.633	10	34	3	9.1%	90.7
36	63	Will Wagner	El Paso Chihuahuas	0.257	0.708	0	0	0	0.0%	81.9
37	62	Luis Rengifo	Padres	0.240	0.636	4	36	6	4.1%	87.7
38	62	Mark Vientos	Mets	0.215	0.669	13	39	0	10.6%	89.7
39	62	Tyler Black	Nashville Sounds	0.333	0.838	0	7	0	0.0%	83.6
40	60	Ernie Clement	Blue Jays	0.271	0.677	9	47	6	2.0%	84.1
41	60	Ramón Urías	Cardinals	0.155	0.598	4	9	0	10.4%	88.9
42	58	Max Schuemann	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.194	0.694	2	8	3	9.8%	89.4
43	58	Yoán Moncada	Angels	0.189	0.605	3	10	1	7.7%	90.3
44	57	Zach McKinstry	Tigers	0.209	0.601	4	26	2	2.0%	85.8
45	56	Ben Williamson	Rays	0.247	0.641	3	26	8	1.5%	87.3
46	54	Miles Mastrobuoni	Tacoma Rainiers	0.192	0.433	0	1	0	0.0%	90.1
47	53	Graham Pauley	Marlins	0.214	0.651	4	25	1	7.0%	84.7
48	53	Marcelo Mayer	Sacramento River Cats	0.220	0.594	3	22	3	6.1%	86.1
49	53	Oswald Peraza	Angels	0.223	0.618	7	24	12	6.3%	87.3
50	53	Deyvison De Los Santos	Marlins	0.267	0.667	0	0	0	9.1%	86.1
51	52	Santiago Espinal	Reno Aces	0.268	0.651	1	7	0	2.0%	86.2
52	52	Ke'Bryan Hayes	Reds	0.148	0.444	5	8	1	7.5%	90.7
53	51	Cody Freeman	Rangers	0.256	0.651	1	6	1	1.4%	83.0
54	51	Andy Ibáñez	Tacoma Rainiers	0.087	0.202	0	5	0	0.0%	86.3
55	51	Vidal Bruján	Syracuse Mets	0.091	0.258	0	1	0	0.0%	82.0
56	51	Sung-Mun Song	Padres	0.189	0.537	1	16	13	4.0%	87.5
57	50	Josh Rojas	Royals	0.237	0.615	2	13	1	1.2%	86.1
58	50	Justin Turner	FA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
59	49	Darell Hernaiz	Las Vegas Aviators	0.234	0.593	1	9	3	0.9%	85.2
60	49	Tristan Gray	St. Paul Saints	0.225	0.591	4	29	2	6.0%	88.5
61	48	Jeimer Candelario	Salt Lake Bees	0.111	0.422	0	0	0	0.0%	91.8
62	48	Noelvi Marte	Louisville Bats	0.189	0.550	6	15	7	5.1%	87.9
63	48	Ronny Mauricio	Syracuse Mets	0.180	0.440	1	2	0	9.4%	89.9
64	47	Oswaldo Cabrera	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	0.000	0.000	0	0	0	0.0%	89.6
65	47	Brett Harris	Giants	0.000	0.308	0	0	0	0.0%	84.7
66	47	Anthony Rendon	Angels	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
67	45	Jace Jung	Toledo Mud Hens	0.167	0.542	0	0	0	—	—

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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