{"id":539960,"date":"2026-01-27T03:13:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/539960\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T03:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:13:14","slug":"ketel-marte-ranked-1-on-mlb-nows-top-10-second-basemen-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/539960\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketel Marte Ranked #1 on MLB Now\u2019s \u201cTop 10 Second Basemen Right Now\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As expected, having been the top player at the position when the MLB Network ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azsnakepit.com\/mlb-news-2\/88403\/arizona-diamondbacks-top-25-players\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the top hundred players<\/a> last week, Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte duly ranked first overall on MLB Now\u2019s Top 10 Second Basemen Right Now earlier tonight. The three-time All-Star, who also ranked first overall on the Top 10 Second Basemen Right Now countdown last year, finished one spot ahead of two-time All-Star (and former Diamondback prospect!) Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">On Marte, MLB Network analyst and 17-year MLB veteran Cliff Floyd said, \u201cHe\u2019s in his prime. &#8230;We\u2019ll figure out every other position and get everybody else right because we have a guy at second base that\u2019s the best in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The complete ranking for MLB Now\u2019s top-10 second basemen is listed below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Top 10 Second Basemen Right Now<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hosted by MLB Network\u2019s Brian Kenny, the 16th season of each Top 10 Right Now ranking considers player performance over multiple seasons, offensive and defensive metrics, both advanced Statcast data and traditional numbers, and expert analysis by the MLB Network research team. Next up, tomorrow, will be left field &#8211; but I don\u2019t expect the D-backs to trouble the listing there. We\u2019ll be looking forward instead to the Thursday night ranking, which discusses shortstops. I feel sure Arizona should have some representation there. But as to how high, we will just have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">So, do you think that Marte is, indeed, the best player at the position in baseball? Tell us in the comments, and explain your logic &#8211; whether your answer is yes or no!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As expected, having been the top player at the position when the MLB Network ranked the top hundred&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,38,4,3537],"class_list":{"0":"post-539960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-diamondbacks","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-mlb-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115964884070459995","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}