No coincidence: The 7 best players of 2020s all play today

October 17th, 2024

The stars will be out in full force when the League Championship Series round continues with a pair of high-stakes matchups today.

In fact, the seven most valuable players in baseball (ranked by FanGraphs WAR) during the current decade will all be in action, as “X” user Chris Black pointed out.

Most WAR since 2020

  1. , Dodgers: 35.0 (combined hitting and pitching)
  2. , Yankees: 33.4
  3. , Yankees: 27.1
  4. José Ramírez, Guardians: 26.6
  5. , Dodgers: 26.4
  6. , Mets: 25.4
  7. , Dodgers: 24.9

The two-game slate will get underway with the Guardians hosting the Yankees in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at 5:08 p.m. ET on TBS. The showdown will feature three of the top four players on the above list, with Judge and Soto looking to propel the Bronx Bombers to a three-games-to-none series lead over Ramírez’s Guardians.

Game 4 of the National League Championship Series will follow at 8:08 p.m. ET on FS1, as Lindor and the Mets square off with Ohtani, Betts, Freeman and the visiting Dodgers, who lead the series two games to one.

Those seven players have dominated the sport in the 2020s, combining for 24 All-Star selections, 15 top-five finishes in the MVP voting and four MVP Awards.

And now, all seven are set to share the postseason stage on the same day.