MLB’s countdown of the Prime 100 Gamers Proper Now has been happening for some time now, they usually’ve gotten into the Prime 50. They launch the names 10 at a time, and the 41-50 part has a pair acquainted names.
Dodgers catcher Will Smith is available in at quantity 42 — curiously, he’s one spot behind Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman, whom he was one spot forward of in final month’s Prime 10 Catchers Proper Now checklist. Perhaps it’s totally different rating standards, or possibly it’s as a result of Smith performed two extra video games at DH than Rutschman did. Regardless of the causes, quantity 42 is nothing to sneeze and an enormous for Smith to lastly begin getting a few of the recognition he so richly deserves.
Los Angeles pitcher Julio Urias is available in at quantity 50. He was at quantity 10 on the Prime 10 Pitchers Proper Now checklist, so his rating right here strains up fairly properly. Urias has been the most effective pitchers in baseball the final two years, main the majors with 20 wins in 2021 and main the Nationwide League with a 2.16 ERA final yr. Julio will probably be a free agent after the 2023 season, so he’s trying to have one other massive yr earlier than hitting the market.
LA figures to have at the very least a pair extra gamers on this checklist. Clayton Kershaw got here in at quantity 81, however he and the 2 newcomers are the one three Dodgers on the checklist thus far. Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman are locks to make the checklist, and will probably be fascinating to see if there are any others.
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