Best Fielders and Rankings

How to Choose the Strongest Player for Your Favorite Team

Build Your Team with Team-Specific Players

In MLB Rivals, basically, try to build your lineup by selecting players specific to your team. Team-specific players get a deck score bonus, which applies a buff effect to the abilities of the players in your lineup. Therefore, this ranking introduces the strongest players for each team.

Reinforce Weak Positions with FA Cards

The strongest players for each position can be found at the link below. You can reinforce weak positions on your team by turning high-performing players from other teams into FA cards. By acquiring top-class players from all teams, you can significantly increase your team's strength.

A team full of very high-performing players like Betts, Bellinger, and Freeman. It's also viable to put Shohei Ohtani, who has very high batting performance even as a LIVE card, in the DH spot.

Vaughn and Tatis boast high power, so put them in the cleanup spot. Many players have a high average launch angle, making this a team where you can aim for extra-base hits from any spot in the lineup.

Gonzalez and Marte boast extremely high batting performance. Other players also have excellent batting abilities, making it a team where you can easily assemble a lineup tailored to your strategy.

Mitchell has extremely high power, so use him as a core hitter. Butler and Clark have very high contact, so combine them effectively in your lineup.

C	1B	2B
C. Iannetta	J. Morneau '14	E. Young Sr.
3B	SS	LF
G. Atkins '06	T. Story '19	E. Burks '96
CF	RF	DH
C. Blackmon '17	L. Walker '97	‐

Walker and Burks have high batting performance and can be key players in the middle of the lineup. Young and Morneau also have high contact, so they can produce a lot of hits.

Yount and Braun boast high batting performance, and since all areas are hot zones, they can be key players in the middle of the lineup. Other players also have high contact, making this a team that can easily produce a lot of hits.

Build your lineup around Edmonds, who boasts extremely high power. Generate runs by getting a lot of hits with high-contact players like Hernandez and Carpenter.

Williams and Bryant boast extremely high batting performance. Other hitters also have many hot zones and high average launch angles, making this a lineup where you can aim for extra-base hits in many situations.

Build your lineup around players with high power/contact like Davis, Pérez, and Foster. Many players also have high baserunning, so it's good to actively attempt steals.

This team has many players with very high contact, such as Parker, Van Slyke, and Bell. It's recommended to focus on a style of play that produces a lot of hits and strings them together, rather than aiming for extra-base hits.

Try to score runs with power hitters like Howard, Harper, and Allen. Many players also have a relatively high average launch angle, making this a lineup that can easily aim for extra-base hits.

This team has many high-performing hitters like Acuña and C. Jones. Many players have a slightly lower average launch angle, so it's recommended to adjust with skills.

Many players like Olerud and Jones have very high contact. Since there are relatively few players who specialize in extra-base hits, it's a good strategy to string together hits to score runs.

Build your lineup around players with high batting performance like Guerrero, Harper, and Rendon. Since there are multiple players with relatively many hot zones, one of its strengths is that batting operation is easy.

Stanton and Floyd boast extremely high batting performance. Aim for a lot of runs by combining them with players like Pierre and Arraez, who have very high contact and get on base easily.

Bagwell, Bregman, and Altuve have very high batting performance, so it's good to put them in the middle of the lineup. Many players also have high fielding, making this a well-balanced team offensively and defensively.

Players like Harrah, Young, and Palmeiro have high batting performance. The Rangers have relatively few power hitters, so it's recommended to focus on stringing together hits.

C	1B	2B
J. Kendall '06	J. Giambi '00	M. Ellis
3B	SS	LF
C. Lansford '87	M. Semien '19	M. Page '77
CF	RF	DH
M. Kotsay '04	M. Stairs '99	B. Rooker '24

Giambi and Page have very high batting performance, so put them in the middle of the lineup. The Athletics have few players who can play multiple positions, making it a somewhat difficult team to assemble.

Trout, Guerrero, and Ohtani have high batting performance, so put them in the middle of the lineup. The outfielders have a deep player pool, so it's good to switch players according to your strategy.

The Royals have many players with very high contact, starting with Brett and Damon. Aim to score runs by producing a lot of singles and stringing them together, rather than relying on extra-base hits.

The Tigers have relatively few power hitters, but many players with high hit probability. Aim to score runs centered around Granderson, Kell, and Martinez.

Players like Thomas and Konerko with high batting performance will be the core of the lineup. Compared to other teams, there are slightly fewer power hitters, but many players have high contact and eye, so build a lineup that strings together hits to score runs.

Score runs with a lineup centered around high-power hitters like Machado and Palmeiro. Robinson and Mullins also have high hit probability, making them well-suited for roles that connect to the middle of the lineup.

C	1B	2B
C. Vázquez	K. Youkilis '10	B. Mueller '03
3B	SS	LF
R. Devers '19	R. Petrocelli '69	M. Greenwell '88
CF	RF	DH
J. Damon '02	M. Betts '18	J.D. Martinez '18

Many players like Betts and Devers have high hit probability, so it's recommended to adopt a strategy of stringing together hits to score runs. Since there are multiple players with many hot zones, batting operation is also a feature.