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share-square-231108 Late last season, the Nationals started Juan Soto in right field for the first six times in his young Major League career. Then in January, the club signed free-agent left fielder Kyle Schwarber, which seemed to make the transition official. At this point, Soto is projected as Washington’s starting right fielder. One interesting implication of that: Soto now shares a position with Mookie Betts. That created a quandary for the panelists participating in MLB Network’s “T...

Yankees’ DJ LeMahieu, Mets’ Jeff McNeil lead pack at 2nd base in MLB Network’s Top 10 Right Now rankings Updated Feb 02, 2021; Posted Feb 02, 2021 Facebook Share DJ LeMahieu led the majors in hitting last season and finished third in the American League MVP vote, thus it was a no-brainer that the Yankees’ star topped MLB Network’s “Top 10 Players Right Now” second basemen rankings. LeMahieu, who signed a new six-year, $90-million contract on Jan. 15 after spending most of the of...

Boston Red Sox’s Alex Verdugo ranked MLB’s No. 4 center fielder by MLB Network; ‘I look at a guy who’s gonna hit in the middle of any order’ Updated Jan 14, 2021; Posted Jan 14, 2021 Red Sox right fielder Alex Verdugo misses a fly ball off the bat of Atlanta Braves Adeiny Hechavarria during the eighth inning Sept. 25, 2020, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Amis)AP Facebook Share MLB Network has ranked Boston Red Sox’s Alex Verdugo No. 4 on its “Top 10 Center Fielders Right Now!” lis...

Monday Offseason Caterwaul: Florida Panthers Open Forum Share this story Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov ranked 23 rd while teammate Jonathan Huberdeau ranked 25 th on part three of NHL Network’s five-part countdown Top 50 Players Right Now, ranking the best players in the National Hockey League. Barkov finished one spot ahead of the Colorado Avalanche’s Mikko Rantanen and one spot behind the New York Rangers’ Mika Zibanejad. Huberdeau finished one spot ahead of the Vegas Gold...