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With less than two months remaining until the regular season begins, we have been taking a look at the projected starters at each position. After ranking the shortstops in both leagues, let’s move on to the third basemen in the American League.
As a subjective list, many of the players can almost be considered interchangeable as to where they are ranked. Depth charts were taken from Fangraphs.
Alex Bregman, Astros
While his team has been mired in controversy this offseason, Bregman is coming off a season in which he was the runner-up for AL MVP (finished fifth in voting in 2018). He doesn’t strike out often (168 strikeouts compared to 215 walks over the last two years) and has also connected on 72 homers and 88 doubles with a .970 OPS over that time. He also showed great improvement in the field last year at both third base and shortstop.
Among the Astros giveaways this season is a back-to-back set. You can get the Alex Bregman one on May 27 and then get the Yordan Alvarez one on July 8. pic.twitter.com/KfJsLMl038
— Matt Young (@Chron_MattYoung) February 4, 2020
Anthony Rendon, Angels
It was a banner 2019 season for Rendon as he won a Silver Slugger, was a Gold Glove finalist, finished third in NL MVP voting, and won a World Series with the Nationals. Now on the Angels, he finished with career-highs last year in homers (34), RBIs (126), runs (117), batting average (.319), and OPS (1.010).
Dylan Bundy now has Mike Trout, Pederson, Anthony Rendon, and Ohtani to offer him run support in LA. https://t.co/CADPhOoYfj
— Birds Watcher (@BirdsWatcherFS) February 5, 2020
