{"id":436371,"date":"2026-01-27T11:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/436371\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:49:13","slug":"ketel-marte-ranked-1-on-mlb-nows-top-10-second-basemen-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/436371\/","title":{"rendered":"Ketel Marte Ranked #1 on MLB Now\u2019s \u201cTop 10 Second Basemen Right Now\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">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\" data-ylk=\"slk:the top hundred players;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the top hundred players<\/a> last week, Arizona Diamondbacks second\u00a0baseman Ketel Marte\u00a0duly ranked first overall on MLB\u00a0Now\u2019s Top 10\u00a0Second\u00a0Basemen\u00a0Right Now earlier tonight. The\u00a0three-time All-Star, who\u00a0also ranked first overall on\u00a0the Top 10\u00a0Second\u00a0Basemen Right Now countdown last year, finished one spot ahead of\u00a0two-time All-Star (and former Diamondback prospect!) Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the New York Yankees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On\u00a0Marte,\u00a0MLB Network analyst and\u00a017-year MLB\u00a0veteran Cliff Floyd\u00a0said, \u201cHe\u2019s\u00a0in his prime. \u2026We\u2019ll\u00a0figure out every other position and get everybody else right because we have a guy at second base\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0the best in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/video\/top-10-second-basemen-right-now-ketel-marte-x4056?partnerId=web_multimedia-search_video-share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:View Link;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">View Link<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The complete ranking for MLB Now\u2019s\u00a0top-10\u00a0second basemen is listed below: <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Top 10\u00a0Second\u00a0Basemen\u00a0Right Now<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ketel Marte, Arizona Diamondbacks<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jazz Chisholm Jr. New York Yankees<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nico Hoerner, Chicago Cubs<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brendan Donovan, St. Louis Cardinals<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Marcus\u00a0Semien, New York Mets<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jose Altuve, Houston Astros<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Gleyber\u00a0Torres, Detroit Tigers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Xavier Edwards, Miami Marlins<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brandon Lowe, Pittsburgh\u00a0Pirates<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brice Turang, Milwaukee Brewers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hosted by MLB Network\u2019s Brian Kenny,\u00a0the 16th\u00a0season of each Top 10 Right Now\u00a0ranking considers player performance over\u00a0multiple seasons, offensive and defensive metrics, both advanced Statcast data and traditional numbers, and expert analysis by the MLB Network research team.\u00a0Next up, tomorrow, will be left field \u2013 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>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">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 \u2013 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":436372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[485,14098,21168,102577,49,48,508,490,93099,1506,14558,41056,27438,55360,3981,493,462,34593,475,3980,96802,509,181234,82,3982,50407,181235],"class_list":["post-436371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-arizona-diamondbacks","tag-brandon-lowe","tag-brendan-donovan","tag-brice-turang","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chicago-cubs","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-gleyber-torres","tag-houston-astros","tag-jazz-chisholm-jr","tag-jose-altuve","tag-ketel-marte","tag-marcus-semien","tag-miami-marlins","tag-milwaukee-brewers","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-network","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-nico-hoerner","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-second-basemen","tag-sports","tag-st-louis-cardinals","tag-top-10","tag-xavier-edwards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=436371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/436371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/436372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=436371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=436371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=436371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}