I saw an article on ESPN naming the “top 100 players of the decade,” and wondered what this list will look like in 10 years. Therefore, considering the most of the players on the 2020 all-decade team will be either on a major league roster, a prospect, or a well-known amateur, I figured it would be an interesting challenge to try to predict a list. Since it’s essentially predicting the impossible, I’m sure there will be some ridiculously wrong forecasting. Nevertheless, here’s my attempt at predicting the top 50.
- Albert Pujols
- Justin Upton
- Hanley Ramirez
- Joe Mauer
- Ryan Howard
- Felix Hernandez
- Zack Greinke
- Prince Fielder
- Tim Lincecum
- Miguel Cabrera
- Stephen Strasburg
- David Wright
- Even Longoria
- Grady Sizemore
- Justin Verlander
- Jason Heyward
- Cole Hamels
- Ryan Braun
- Mark Texeira
- Dustin Pedroia
- Justin Smoak
- Carl Crawford
- Clayton Kershaw
- Kendry Morales
- Jose Reyes
- Alex Rodriguez
- Chase Utley
- Bryce Harper
- Joey Votto
- Matt Wieters
- Johan Santana
- David Price
- Troy Tulowitzki
- Jake Peavy
- Ryan Zimmerman
- Ian Kinsler
- Pedro Alvarez
- Rick Porcello
- Dustin Ackley
- Andrew McCutcheon
- Nick Markakis
- Yu Darvish
- Derek Jeter
- Curtis Granderson
- Chris Coghlan
- Matt Holliday
- Mike Stanton
- Buster Posey
- Gordon Beckham
- Ichiro Suzuki/Colby Rasmus/Pablo Sandoval/B.J. Upton/Miguel Montero/Matt Cain