The best sluggers in baseball history have found their way to right field. Hank Aaron and Babe Ruth were both right fielders. MLB The Show 23 recognizes that this is still the case today as the league's premier slugger, Aaron Judge, also plays in right field.
It's not all about putting balls over the fence, though. Right fielders also need a canon for an arm to prevent runners from getting to third and home easily. The best right fielders in MLB The Show 23 this year bring all this and more to their performances in every game.
10 Joey Meneses - 84
Category | Rating |
Contact Versus Righties | 85 |
Contact Versus Lefties | 97 |
Power Versus Righties | 72 |
Power Versus Lefties | 87 |
Vision | 66 |
Discipline | 48 |
Clutch Hitting | 79 |
Bunting Ability | 25 |
Drag Bunt Ability | 23 |
Durability | 77 |
Fielding | 48 |
Arm Strength | 66 |
Throwing Accuracy | 49 |
Reaction | 59 |
Speed | 29 |
Stealing Ability | 2 |
Baserunning Aggressiveness | 12 |
Players that can hit for contact and power are priceless. Meneses is the highest-rated player on a Nationals team that is grateful to have him. They'll need to get some better starting pitching around him to improve the lineup's odds.
9 Adolis Garcia - 85
Category | Rating |
Contact Versus Righties | 66 |
Contact Versus Lefties | 55 |
Power Versus Righties | 73 |
Power Versus Lefties | 69 |
Vision | 45 |
Discipline | 44 |
Clutch Hitting | 77 |
Bunting Ability | 35 |
Drag Bunt Ability | 25 |
Durability | 95 |
Fielding | 74 |
Arm Strength | 94 |
Throwing Accuracy | 99 |
Reaction | 69 |
Speed | 64 |
Stealing Ability | 67 |
Baserunning Aggressiveness | 70 |
The Rangers are lucky that their elite shortstop can hit for contact as well as their right fielder. Garcia is also one of the most accurate throwers in the game, capable of throwing out players at the plate without a bounce.
8 Hunter Renfroe - 86
Category | Rating |
Contact Versus Righties | 62 |
Contact Versus Lefties | 67 |
Power Versus Righties | 82 |
Power Versus Lefties | 93 |
Vision | 62 |
Discipline | 58 |
Clutch Hitting | 54 |
Bunting Ability | 35 |
Drag Bunt Ability | 25 |
Durability | 76 |
Fielding | 74 |
Arm Strength | 92 |
Throwing Accuracy | 71 |
Reaction | 55 |
Speed | 51 |
Stealing Ability | 6 |
Baserunning Aggressiveness | 22 |
Renfroe is the prototypical right fielder with a combination of big pop at the plate and a fireballer's arm. If he has another solid year, the Angels are going a long way.
7 Teoscar Hernandez - 87
Category | Rating |
Contact Versus Righties | 70 |
Contact Versus Lefties | 87 |
Power Versus Righties | 65 |
Power Versus Lefties | 99 |
Vision | 49 |
Discipline | 48 |
Clutch Hitting | 82 |
Bunting Ability | 35 |
Drag Bunt Ability | 25 |
Durability | 80 |
Fielding | 54 |
Arm Strength | 83 |
Throwing Accuracy | 66 |
Reaction | 55 |
Speed | 75 |
Stealing Ability | 33 |
Baserunning Aggressiveness | 43 |
The Mariners may have a top-tier player in center field, but the key to their surprising success has been the emergence of all their outfielders, including the big bat of Hernandez in right field.
6 George Springer - 88
Category | Rating |
Contact Versus Righties | 74 |
Contact Versus Lefties | 68 |
Power Versus Righties | 83 |
Power Versus Lefties | 85 |
Vision | 70 |
Discipline | 71 |
Clutch Hitting | 65 |
Bunting Ability | 35 |
Drag Bunt Ability | 25 |
Durability | 81 |
Fielding | 65 |
Arm Strength | 67 |
Throwing Accuracy | 62 |
Reaction | 61 |
Speed | 70 |
Stealing Ability | 28 |
Baserunning Aggressiveness | 58 |
The Blue Jays made sure to shore up the right side, locking down one of the best first basemen in baseball and backing him up with Springer in right, an established winner and gifted in all parts of the game.
5 Kyle Tucker - 90
Category | Rating |
Contact Versus Righties | 83 |
Contact Versus Lefties | 64 |
Power Versus Righties | 72 |
Power Versus Lefties | 88 |
Vision | 80 |
Discipline | 66 |
Clutch Hitting | 81 |
Bunting Ability | 35 |
Drag Bunt Ability | 25 |
Durability | 92 |
Fielding | 79 |
Arm Strength | 77 |
Throwing Accuracy | 80 |
Reaction | 50 |
Speed | 48 |
Stealing Ability | 72 |
Baserunning Aggressiveness | 87 |
The Astros won the World Series last year and each of their outfielders enters the season in the top ten at their position. On top of having one of the current best left fielders, Tucker in right is a complete athlete in every area.
4 Ronald Acuna Jr. - 92
Category | Rating |
Contact Versus Righties | 82 |
Contact Versus Lefties | 71 |
Power Versus Righties | 85 |
Power Versus Lefties | 77 |
Vision | 56 |
Discipline | 88 |
Clutch Hitting | 60 |
Bunting Ability | 35 |
Drag Bunt Ability | 26 |
Durability | 73 |
Fielding | 63 |
Arm Strength | 99 |
Throwing Accuracy | 74 |
Reaction | 41 |
Speed | 80 |
Stealing Ability | 74 |
Baserunning Aggressiveness | 90 |
The Braves top the list of the best teams in the league this year and Acuna is no small part of that. He's got lethal speed and an arm strong enough to cut down unsuspecting baserunners who don't honor this part of his game.
3 Bryce Harper - 95
Category | Rating |
Contact Versus Righties | 94 |
Contact Versus Lefties | 70 |
Power Versus Righties | 98 |
Power Versus Lefties | 58 |
Vision | 62 |
Discipline | 99 |
Clutch Hitting | 95 |
Bunting Ability | 45 |
Drag Bunt Ability | 26 |
Durability | 60 |
Fielding | 62 |
Arm Strength | 80 |
Throwing Accuracy | 85 |
Reaction | 64 |
Speed | 64 |
Stealing Ability | 33 |
Baserunning Aggressiveness | 64 |
The Phillies won the National League pennant last year thanks to having one of the best catchers in baseball and an all-time great in Harper. His strength has always been being disciplined, forcing pitchers to throw strikes, and then powering those strikes out of the yard.
2 Mookie Betts - 97
Category | Rating |
Contact Versus Righties | 75 |
Contact Versus Lefties | 81 |
Power Versus Righties | 85 |
Power Versus Lefties | 89 |
Vision | 81 |
Discipline | 72 |
Clutch Hitting | 83 |
Bunting Ability | 35 |
Drag Bunt Ability | 25 |
Durability | 87 |
Fielding | 88 |
Arm Strength | 77 |
Throwing Accuracy | 88 |
Reaction | 76 |
Speed | 54 |
Stealing Ability | 38 |
Baserunning Aggressiveness | 75 |
Betts tears it up at the plate with RBIs and slugging. This makes it simple for the elite relievers on the Dodgers to slam the door shut and rack up wins in Los Angeles.
1 Aaron Judge - 99
Category | Rating |
Contact Versus Righties | 90 |
Contact Versus Lefties | 81 |
Power Versus Righties | 99 |
Power Versus Lefties | 99 |
Vision | 50 |
Discipline | 93 |
Clutch Hitting | 99 |
Bunting Ability | 35 |
Drag Bunt Ability | 25 |
Durability | 96 |
Fielding | 76 |
Arm Strength | 88 |
Throwing Accuracy | 96 |
Reaction | 51 |
Speed | 54 |
Stealing Ability | 52 |
Baserunning Aggressiveness | 47 |
The Yankees have some of the best starting pitchers around but New York has always been a franchise about power. Judge broke the American League record for home runs in a season last year.
MLB The Show 23 is available now for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.