2021 All-MLB First Team
The All-MLB Team is now in its third year of being a “legitimate” award that players should be awarded after the marathon of 162. The All-MLB Team to me is where WAR was in year three of being an official stat. The team is there but nobody really pays attention to it. Except me. As a HUGE baseball nerd, I think the All-MLB Team should be taken as seriously as the All-NBA or All-Pro Teams in the NBA and NFL. These are the best of the best players in a given year. That matters . If you don’t think so, rethink having any awards at all. With that said, here is my All-MLB Team for the 2021 season: (One tiny footnote, this team is according to who I think deserves to be awarded not selected from the finalist on MLB.com) 1 st Team Catcher: Salvador Perez Perez’ season is the best offensive season by a catcher in the history of the league. Don’t believe me? He broke Carlton Fisk’s home run record by a catcher in a single season and has played all but one game! He led the league in ho...