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Matt Linder Right field is an extremely top heavy position, with a clear top four players.  After those guys, the final six spots are wide open.  There is a combination of stars, emerging players and established veterans.  Enjoy this final top 10 installment! Jim McIsaac - Getty Images 1. Aaron Judge Although it was tough to rank the Yankees’ phenom atop this list after only his rookie season, that one season was impossible to ignore.  Judge was the unanimous choice for Rookie of the Year and finished second in the AL MVP voting.  The 25-year old smashed 52 home runs, second only to Giancarlo Stanton, and finished third in OBP (.422).  Keep in mind, these eye-popping numbers include an extremely poor month of August.  Also, despite his mountainous 6’7” 280 lb frame, Judge is a very good defensive right fielder.  There is no reason to believe Judge will not produce at a superstar level again in 2018. UPI 2...

six managers with varying success signaling the volatility of that franchise." /> Patrick Zeng USA Today For a couple of years now, the Washington Nationals have been the most head scratching team in all of Major League baseball. They have had four 95+ win seasons in the last six years yet only have seven postseason wins in that same period. Most surprisingly, none of those wins have come outside the Division Series. And on Friday, they let Dusty Baker go, a man that had amassed a an average of 96 wins over his two years in charge. In the last ten years, the franchise has had six managers with varying success signaling the volatility of that franchise. So thus another off season of searching has begun for Nationals. Not only searching for a new manager, but for what is the secret to getting over the hump, and why can this team not accomplish that. This past year should have been the one. This was the year where the Nationals were going to have success not just i...

Patrick Zeng @Roundtripper891 NBC Sports This is not the first you've heard of Bryce Harper and Mike Trout, and it certainly won't be the last. But every so often we all need a reminder of the what we are actually watching. Last night was a stark reminder of the incredible nature of both these players as their careers continue to and forever will be linked to each other. On a first pitch breaking ball from Miami's Odrisamer Despaigne, Bryce Harper destroyed his 29th home run of the season and 150th of his career. In doing so he became the third fastest active player to 150 dingers in terms of games played. Harper reaches the milestone in his age 24 season, becoming the 14th player in baseball history to do so. He joins an elite list that includes the names of Eddie Matthews, Jimmie Fox, Alex Rodriguez and current stars such as Giancarlo Stanton, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout. Harper has already surpassed his home run totals from last year and leads the nation...

By Patrick Zeng @ Roundtripper891 Much has been made about baseball's lack of star appeal. Even with players such as Mike Trout & Bryce Harper, it has been a struggle for baseball's best to gain traction for a national audience. And while this will always be somewhat of the case as baseball lends itself much more to a regional audience than a national one, two new stars may just break down that regional barrier. Cody Bellinger and Aaron Judge are lighting the baseball world on fire with their seasons thus far. Stationed in two of the largest media markets in the country, the two are set to make it big. At the end of last season, there seemed to be a hung jury on projecting the outlook of Aaron Judge. The 6'7" outfielder showed flashes of power, but struck out in 50% of his at bats compiling a .179 batting average. But this season has been nothing short of incredible for the towering right fielder. Judge has slugged his way to a major league leading 26 home run...

By Patrick Zeng @ Roundtripper891 With this week marking the occasion of the Yankees retiring Derek Jeter's iconic #2, much has been made of the fact that baseball has not had a true "face" since the Yankee captain hung up his cleats in 2014. Even with the likes of Mike Trout, Bryce Harper, Clayton Kershaw and Kris Bryant dominating the game in markets all over the country, baseball has struggled to establish one star that shines above the rest. But they don't need one, because baseball differs from leagues like the NFL and NBA. Both these leagues are required to market their stars for they have so much more of an influence over a game than one MLB player. Players like LeBron James have the ability to score ten straight points for their team while Carlos Correa only comes up to bat once every nine players. The NFL and especially the NBA are much more individualistic leagues, so of course their star power is much more easily marketed. Debate always seems to center...