Although the Major League Baseball season has been going on for a few weeks now, MLB The Show 21 will not be officially released until April 20th. However, by pre-ordering the Jackie Robinson edition or the digital Deluxe edition of the game, you can start playing now with early access.
This also means that we will finally see which players will be evaluated in MLB The Show 21. While ratings will change throughout the year, depending on the performance of the players in real life, here are the top players from each position to start the year.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 26: Jacob deGrom # 48 of the New York Mets launches against the Washington Nationals during Game 1 of a double header at Nationals Park on September 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by G Fiume / Getty Images)
Beginner pitchers
To everyone’s surprise, the New York Mets starting pitcher, Jacob deGrom, is the best rated player on MLB The Show 21. And he is well deserved. It is not argued that Jacob deGrom is the best starting player in baseball. It’s just unfortunate that he plays for a team that doesn’t offer him any support.
Fortunately, evaluations with a pitcher are more than wins and losses. DeGrom records with a perfect overall score of 99, which was the place for MLB THe Show 20.
From here, the list differs from our predictions. Although it was quite easy to predict who would be the best players in the game, getting the right qualifications and order turned out to be a bit more challenging.
It looks like Clayton Kershaw will be rated the same as Shane Bieber with a total of 95. This is slightly higher than if I had predicted it to be, but in the end, it’s hard to argue that it isn’t. deserves a place at the top of the list.
As for some of the other pitchers, Shane Bieber, Max Scherzer, Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer are all on the list. Perhaps the most surprising on the list are Chris Sale and Justin Verlander. His, the Red Sox pitcher, is dominant when he is healthy, but comes out of Tommy John’s operation he underwent in March last year. There is no denying that Sale is one of the best players in the league when he is healthy, but it can be a bold stretch of Sony San Diego to automatically frame him as one of the top ten players in the game.
- Jacob deGrom (New York Mets) – 99 OVR
- Clayton Kershaw (Los Angeles Dodgers) -95 OVR
- Shane Bieber (Cleveland Indians) – 95 OVR
- Max Scherzer (Washington Nationals) – 94 OVR
- Gerrit Cole (New York Yankees) – 94 OVR
- Trevor Bauer (Los Angeles Dodgers) – 93 OVR
- Chris Sale (Boston Red Sox AAA affiliate) – 93 OVR
- Aaron Nola (Philadelphia Phillies) – 92 OVR
- Justin Verlander (affiliated with Houston Astros AAA) – 91 OVR
- Stephen Strasburg (Washington Nationals) – 91 OVR
- Zack Greinke (Houston Astros) – 90 OVR
- Walker Buehler (Los Angeles Dodgers) 89 OVR
- Kenta Maeda (Minnesota Twins) – 88 OVR
- Blake Snell (San Diego Padres) – 88 OVR
- Yu Darvish (San Diego Padres) – 88 OVR