How All-MLB Team OF nominees stack up

Voting for the 2021 All-MLB Team presented by Cue Health is underway, and you can help decide which players will be honored as the best of the regular season at each position, with 50% of the vote coming from fans and 50% coming from a panel of experts.

You can vote right here, and may continue to do so once every 24 hours between now and when voting ends on Friday at 5 p.m. ET. The 2021 All-MLB Team will be announced Nov. 23 on MLB Network. There will be a first team and second team All-MLB, and voters are asked only to consider performance during the regular season when casting their ballots.

• All-MLB nominees: Team-by-team breakdown

The nominees at each position were revealed on Nov. 10 on MLB Network, and 18 outfielders are up for consideration to be part of the 2021 All-MLB Team, though only three can be chosen.

• All-time All-MLB winners

Here’s a breakdown of each of the All-MLB candidates in the outfield:

Randy Arozarena, Rays
2021 stats: .274 AVG, 20 HR, 69 RBIs, 20 SB, .815 OPS
Arozarena followed up his record-setting 2020 postseason by becoming one of only 10 players this past season who recorded at least 20 homers and 20 steals. A 2021 AL Rookie of the Year finalist, Arozarena put together an impressive .308/.389/.547 slash line after the All-Star break.

Mookie Betts, Dodgers
2021 stats: .264 AVG, 23 HR, 58 RBIs, 10 SB, .854 OPS
Despite being nagged by injuries for much of the 2021 season, Betts accrued more than 4.0 Baseball-Reference WAR for the sixth consecutive full season, making him one of two players to do so. He was fantastic during a 45-game span from July 10 through the end of the regular season, registering a .953 OPS, .402 wOBA and 155 wRC+. Each number ranked inside the top 15 among hitters with at least 150 plate appearances.

Kris Bryant, Cubs/Giants
2021 stats: .265 AVG, 25 HR, 73 RBIs, 10 SB, .835 OPS
After tallying four home runs during the shortened 2020 season, Bryant got back to hitting the ball with more authority in 2021. His 10.3 barrel rate nearly doubled his 2020 mark, and it helped him rack up 59 extra-base hits. That ranked 11th among players who spent at least 30 games in the outfield. The longtime Cub got off to a hot start this past season as he posted a .324 average with a 1.016 OPS through the first two months of the year. He then made an immediate impact once he was traded to the Giants on July 30, bashing six homers in his first 21 games.

Nick Castellanos, Reds
2021 stats: .309 AVG, 34 HR, 100 RBIs, 3 SB, .939 OPS
All of the stats above, save for stolen bases, stand as personal bests for Castellanos. The 29-year-old finished 2021 in the top five among NL position players in average, OPS, extra-base hits (73) and wOBA (.391). Castellanos' career year included his first All-Star appearance and Silver Slugger Award.

Adam Duvall, Braves
2021 stats: .228 AVG, 38 HR, 113 RBIs, 5 SB, .772 OPS
Duvall paced the Majors in RBIs and trailed only Fernando Tatis Jr. in home runs among NL players this past season. Twenty-four of those RBIs came during Duvall's final 25 games, helping to push the Braves to their fourth consecutive division title. Two of his 38 homers traveled beyond 475 feet, making Duvall the lone player to launch multiple balls that far. His defense also stood out as he recorded 19 defensive runs saved, tied for the MLB lead, en route to taking home his first Gold Glove Award.

Adolis García, Rangers
2021 stats: .243 AVG, 31 HR, 90 RBIs, 16 SB, .741 OPS
The 28-year-old made game-changing plays in the batter's box, on the basepaths and in right field for the Rangers. His 31 homers set the franchise's single-season rookie record, and he became just the sixth rookie in AL/NL history to tally at least 30 home runs and 15 steals. Defensively, no outfielder surpassed García's 16 assists and only two topped his 16 defensive runs saved.

Mitch Haniger, Mariners
2021 stats: .253 AVG, 39 HR, 100 RBIs, 1 SB, .804 OPS
After suffering through a couple of injury-plagued seasons, Haniger set career highs this past year in homers, RBIs and runs scored (110). No outfielder hit more home runs and only Juan Soto scored more often. One of the leaders on the most successful Mariners squad in nearly 20 years, Haniger was at his best down the stretch, as he drilled nine homers and posted a .964 OPS over his final 21 games.

Bryce Harper, Phillies
2021 stats: .309 AVG, 35 HR, 84 RBIs, 13 SB, 1.044 OPS
Harper just completed his best season since his 2015 MVP campaign. A 2021 NL MVP finalist and Hank Aaron Award winner, Harper led MLB in OPS, OPS+ (179), wOBA (.431) and wRC+ (170). He became the fourth outfielder in AL/NL history with at least 100 runs, 100 walks, 40 doubles and 35 home runs in a season, joining Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds and Stan Musial. Harper and Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. were the only players who owned a slash line of at least .300/.400/.600 this past season.

Kiké Hernández, Red Sox
2021 stats: .250 AVG, 20 HR, 60 RBIs, 1 SB, .786 OPS
In his first full season in the American League, Hernández was the sparkplug for a Boston offense that ranked third in the Majors in OPS and fifth in runs. There were times when he carried that offense, such as during a 32-game stretch from June 27 to Aug. 5 when Hernández put up a .306/.414/.636 slash line. He set career highs with 85 runs and 58 extra-base hits. Hernández initially didn't want to play center field at Fenway Park but turned into one of the finest in baseball at that position. His 4.9 bWAR was fourth-best among AL outfielders.

Teoscar Hernández, Blue Jays
2021 stats: .296 AVG, 32 HR, 116 RBIs, 12 SB, .870 OPS
Hernández set or tied career highs basically across the board while commonly batting cleanup in MLB's most power-laden lineup this past season. Among AL outfielders, Hernández finished first in RBIs, second in batting average, third in slugging percentage (.524) and fourth in home runs. He made his first trip to the All-Star Game in 2021 and won a Silver Slugger Award for the second consecutive year.

Aaron Judge, Yankees
2021 stats: .287 AVG, 39 HR, 98 RBIs, 6 SB, .916 OPS
Judge received his third All-Star selection and second Silver Slugger in 2021, which was his best season since his 2017 rookie year. He ranked fourth in the AL in on-base percentage (.373) and slugging percentage (.544) while tying Haniger for the most homers by an AL outfielder. Eighteen of his home runs came over the final two months, and it was his walk-off RBI single on the last day of the regular season that clinched a playoff spot for the Yankees.

Cedric Mullins, Orioles
2021 stats: .291 AVG, 30 HR, 59 RBIs, 30 SB, .878 OPS
Entering 2021, Mullins had just seven home runs and a .632 OPS through 374 career at-bats. But a totally different player took the field this past season as Mullins became the first Oriole to post a 30-homer, 30-steal stat line. He had the most hits and total bases of any outfielder and received his first Silver Slugger Award. Mullins also played stellar defense in center field with 10 outs above average, the fifth-most of any outfielder.

Tyler O'Neill, Cardinals
2021 stats: .286 AVG, 34 HR, 80 RBIs, 15 SB, .912 OPS
One of the most athletically gifted players in the Majors, O'Neill finished 2021 near the top of the leaderboard in both barrel rate and sprint speed. He tallied the third-most homers and the fourth-most extra-base hits (62) among NL outfielders. O'Neill's loud bat may have overshadowed his defense, but his 12 defensive runs saved in left field paced all players at that position. It was a chief reason why O'Neill collected his second consecutive Gold Glove.

Bryan Reynolds, Pirates
2021 stats: .302 AVG, 24 HR, 90 RBIs, 5 SB, .912 OPS
Reynolds was a first-time All-Star in 2021 and a big bright spot for the Pirates. He ended up among the top six outfielders in a bevy of categories, including extra-base hits (67), total bases (292), wOBA (.385), wRC+ (142) and bWAR (6.0). Reynolds' six-WAR season was the first from a Pirate since Andrew McCutchen in 2014.

Kyle Schwarber, Nationals/Red Sox
2021 stats: .266 AVG, 32 HR, 71 RBIs, 1 SB, .928 OPS
For 10 days in June, Major League Baseball belonged to Schwarber. The 28-year-old was the top story in the sport when he hit 12 homers over a 10-game span, tying an AL/NL record set by Albert Belle in 1995. Although a hamstring injury sidelined Schwarber for more than a month shortly thereafter, he would get right back to bashing following a trade to Boston. He recorded a .291/.435/.522 slash line in 41 regular-season games with the Red Sox and finished with career highs in OPS and OPS+ (148).

Juan Soto, Nationals
2021 stats: .313 AVG, 29 HR, 95 RBIs, 9 SB, .999 OPS
Soto's overall numbers are great, but it was his second-half performance that will go down in MLB history. Buoyed by 87 walks in 72 games, Soto's .525 on-base percentage in the second half is the sixth-best in AL/NL history since the first All-Star Game in 1933 (minimum 250 plate appearances). He was MLB's only qualified player to have more walks than strikeouts, and his .465 OBP for the year was baseball's highest since 2008. Soto ranked second in the NL in runs (111) and OPS+ (175).

Kyle Tucker, Astros
2021 stats: .294 AVG, 30 HR, 92 RBIs, 14 SB, .917 OPS
Tucker established himself as a star in 2021 thanks in part to an improved plate approach. He had the second-highest percentage of swings at pitches in the strike zone (82.5), and Tucker made those swings count as he crushed 30 homers while cutting his strikeout rate by nearly a quarter from last year. He boosted the AL champion Astros to their fourth division title in five years by registering a 1.029 OPS after the All-Star break, fourth-best in MLB. His 147 wRC+ ranked fourth among outfielders. A Gold Glove finalist, Tucker tied Judge for the most defensive runs saved by a right fielder (11).

Jesse Winker, Reds
2021 stats: .305 AVG, 24 HR, 71 RBIs, 1 SB, .949 OPS
An intercostal strain limited Winker to just one game after Aug. 15. Before then, he was one of the best hitters in the game. He was one of seven players to own a .300 average and a .900 OPS through at least 400 at-bats. He clobbered 10 of his career-high 24 homers over a 17-game stretch between May and June. He capped that span with his second three-homer game of the season. He was an All-Star for the first time in 2021, and his 148 wRC+ would have tied for third among all outfielders if he had enough plate appearances to qualify. He fell just 17 shy.