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Matt Linder The current crop of third basemen is unique.  The position has the unusual combination of being both top heavy and deep.  There are stars atop the list, in addition to having close to twenty players worthy of top ten consideration.  Enjoy! Ezra Shaw - Getty Images 1. Kris Bryant You know Bryant is great, because hitting .295/.409/.537 with 29 home runs is considered a down year.  The Cubs’ third baseman finished first (7.7) and third in WAR (6.1) in 2016 and 2017, respectively.  Bryant also increased his walk rate while decreasing his strikeout rate last season.  At only 26 years old, I expect the home run total to rebound to his 2016 level as he continues to develop. David Zalubowski - AP 2. Nolan Arenado It is always tough to compare a Rockie to other players because Arenado’s home ballpark certainly helps his offensive numbers.  With that being said, he led all third basemen in OPS (.959) and WAR ...

By Patrick Zeng @ Roundtripper891   📸: MLB.com Fan voting is usually one of the most hotly debated topics when the all star game rolls around each summer. Shouts of bias and wrongful selections usually fill radio waves and twitter feeds and on most cases, these complaints are usually true. But for this year's 88th MLB All Star game, the fans got it right. Both with their selection of starters and the two winners of the "final vote".  Starting in the National League, the fans selected Buster Posey, Ryan Zimmerman, Daniel Murphy, Zack Cozart, Nolan Arenado, Marcel Ozuna, Charlie Blackmon and Bryce Harper. All of these players thoroughly deserve their spots as all star starters with only Zimmerman getting the nod over Arizona's Paul Goldschmidt as a point of possible contention. This year there was no gaping poor choice such as Addison Russell starting the game last year despite sporting an average in the .220 range(Cubs fans though did try again with Jay...