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Starling Marte Named Best Left Fielder in the Majors

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Buster Olney continued with his rankings of the top players on Thursday morning, naming the best left fielders in the game. He has Starling Marte ranked as the best in baseball, citing his outstanding defense as the main factor. Olney also notes that while Marte wasn’t as patient at the plate this year as he was in prior years, which wasn’t patient to begin with, he did hit 19 homers and collect 51 extra-base hits. He also stole 30 bases and was successful 75% of the time, so that adds to his value. Marte hit .287/.337/.444 this past season and won his first Gold Glove.

If you missed it from last week, Gerrit Cole was named the ninth best starting pitcher. Mark Melancon wasn’t among the top ten relievers, getting mentioned in the “just missed” category.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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