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Its here: The countdown of All-Time #MLBRank moves into the Top 100 baseball players across all positions.To create our list, an ESPN expert panel voted on thousands of head-to-head matchups of 162 players based on peak performance and career value.The Top 100 will roll out this week, and we start with Nos. 100-91.Weve also ranked players by position: LHP | RHP | Catchers | Shortstops | Third basemen | Second basemen | First basemen | Left fielders | Center fielders | Right fieldersAll-Time #MLBRank: 100-91If you want to get involved in the discussion or just follow along, #MLBRank?is the Twitter hashtag to use. You also can follow along @BBTN?and on Facebook.Al SimmonsPosition(s) Left field, center fieldTeams Philadelphia As (1924-32, 40-41, 44), Chicago White Sox (33-35), Detroit Tigers (36), Washington Senators (37-38), Boston Bees (39), Cincinnati Reds (39), Boston Red Sox (43)Honors Three-time AL All-Star (1933-35), Hall of Fame (53)Championships 2 -- Philadelphia (1929, 30)Career stats .334/.380/.535, OPS -- .915, hits -- 2,927, HRs -- 307, RBIs -- 1,828Did you know? From 1925 to 1934, Simmons was one of the games all-time great hitters. In that decade he hit .359, averaged 200 hits and 128 RBIs per season, and only twice struck out more than 50 times in a season. Simmons took full advantage of his home field (Shibe Park), twice driving in 100 runs there. Hes the only player to drive in 100 runs at home in two separate seasons. -- Mark Simon, Stats & InfoMike PiazzaPosition(s) Catcher, first baseTeams Los Angeles Dodgers (1992-98), Florida Marlins (98), New York Mets (1998 to 2005), San Diego Padres (06), Oakland As (07)Honors NL Rookie of the Year (1993),?12-time NL All-Star (1993-98, 1999 to 2002, 04-05), 10 Silver Sluggers (1993 to 2002), All-Star MVP (1996), Hall of Fame (16)Championships NoneCareer stats .308/.377/.545, OPS -- .922, hits -- 2,127, HRs -- 427, RBIs -- 1,335Did you know? Piazza had a .308 batting average and hit 427 home runs in his career. Hes one of 15 players (and the only one whose primary position was catcher) to have a .300 batting average and hit 400 home runs. The next-most home runs among the eight catchers with at least 3,000 plate appearances and a .300 batting average is 216, by Victor Martinez. -- SimonWillie StargellPosition(s) Left field, first baseTeams Pittsburgh Pirates (1962-82)Honors Seven-time All-Star (64-66, 71-73, 78),?World Series MVP (1979), NL MVP (79), Hall of Fame (88)Championships 2 -- Pittsburgh (1971, 79)Career stats .282/.360/.529, OPS -- .889, hits -- 2,232, HRs -- 475, RBIs -- 1,540Did you know? At the time he shared NL MVP honors with Keith Hernandez in 1979, Willie Stargell was the oldest to win the award (age 39, since surpassed by Barry Bonds at age 42). Stargell had been MVP-worthy many times previously. From 1971 to 1973, he averaged 42 home runs and 119 RBIs per season with a .999 OPS. Stargell not only won MVP in 1979 but NLCS and World Series MVP, too. Hes the only player to win all three in a season. -- SimonPete AlexanderPosition(s) Right-handed pitcherTeams Philadelphia Phillies (1911-17, 30), Chicago Cubs (18-26), St. Louis Cardinals (26-29)Honors Hall of Fame (1938)Championships 1 -- St. Louis (1926)Career stats W-L: 373-208, 90 shutouts, 5,190 innings pitched, 2.56 ERA, 2,198 strikeouts, 1.121 WHIPDid you know? Alexander played 20 seasons for three teams and has 373 career wins, tied with Christy Mathewson for third-most all time. He won 28 games as a rookie in 1911, the most by a rookie in the modern era. Alexander led the league in ERA five times between 1915 and 1920, all with sub-2.00 ERAs. -- Jacob Nitzberg,?Stats & InfoJeff BagwellPosition(s) First baseTeams Houston Astros (1991 to 2005)Honors Rookie of the year (1991), MVP (94), Gold Glove (94), four-time All-Star (94, 96-97, 99) three Silver Sluggers (94, 97, 99)Championships NoneCareer stats .297/.408/.540 OPS -- .948, hits -- 2,314, HRs -- 449, RBI --1,529Did you know? The only MVP in Astros history (1994), Bagwell is one of only two players in major league history with two 40-homer, 30-stolen-base seasons. (Barry Bonds is the other.) In 2000, Bagwell scored 152 runs, the most in a season since Lou Gehrig scored 167 in 1936. -- Dan Braunstein,?Stats & InfoRyne SandbergPosition(s) Second baseTeams Philadelphia Phillies (1981), Chicago Cubs (82-94, 96-97)Honors Nine Gold Gloves (1983-91),?MVP (84), 10-time All-Star (84-93), seven Silver Sluggers (84-85, 88-92), Hall of Fame (05)Championships NoneCareer stats .285/.344/.452, OPS -- .795, hits -- 2,386, HRs -- 282, RBIs -- 1,061Did you know? Sandbergs nine Gold Glove Awards are one shy of the most by a second baseman (Roberto Alomar). He had an NL-record 123-game errorless streak at second base in 1990, a mark that was broken by another Cubs second baseman, Darwin Barney, in 2012. -- SimonCarl HubbellPosition(s) Left-handed starterTeams New York Giants (1928-43)Honors Two-time MVP (1933, 36), nine-time All-Star (33-38, 40-42), Hall of Fame (47)Championships 1 -- New York (1933)Career stats W-L: 253-154, 36 shutouts, 3,590 1/3 innings pitched,?2.98 ERA,?1,677 strikeouts, 1.166 WHIPDid you know? Hubbell cracked the whip when it came to WHIP, as he led the NL in that stat six times in a 16-year career, in which he won 253 games for the New York Giants. Hubbell was the first of four pitchers to lead his league in that stat in four straight seasons. The others are Sandy Koufax, Johan Santana and Clayton Kershaw. -- SimonFelix HernandezPosition(s) Right-handed starterTeams Seattle Mariners (2005-present)Honors Six-time All-Star (2009, 2011-15),?AL Cy Young (2010)Championships NoneCareer stats* W-L: 147-105, 11 shutouts, 2,325 1/3 innings pitched, 3.11 ERA, 2,195 strikeouts, 1.172 WHIP*Stats through July 17.Did you know? Hernandez is the Mariners all-time leader in wins (146) and strikeouts (2,195). He started 30 or more games in each of the past 10 seasons, the most such seasons and longest streak in franchise history. In 2012, he threw the 23rd perfect game in major league history, the most recent one in the major leagues. -- NitzbergAdrian BeltrePosition(s) Third baseTeams Los Angeles Dodgers (1998 to 2004), Seattle Mariners (05-09), Boston Red Sox (10), Texas Rangers (11-present)Honors NL Silver Slugger (04), three AL Silver Sluggers (10-11, 14), four AL Gold Gloves (07-08, 11-12), four-time AL All-Star (2010-12, 14)Championships NoneCareer stats* 285/.337/.476, OPS -- .813, hits -- 2,857, HRs -- 425, RBIs -- 1,522*Stats through July 17.Did you know? Beltre ranks third in home runs and second in RBIs by a third baseman (and hes quickly closing in on Mike Schmidt for the lead in the latter). Next season, he should join George Brett and Wade Boggs as the only players whose primary position was third base to reach the 3,000-hit mark. -- SimonCurt SchillingPosition(s) Right-handed starterTeams Baltimore Orioles (1988-90), Houston Astros (1991), Philadelphia Phillies (1992 to 2000), Arizona Diamondbacks (2000-03), Boston Red Sox (2004-07)Honors Five-time NL All-Star (1997-99, 2001-02), AL All-Star (04), World Series MVP (01)Championships 3 -- Arizona (2001), Boston (04, 07)Career stats W-L: 216-146, 20 shutouts, 3,261 innings pitched, 3.46 ERA, 3,116 strikeouts, 1.137 WHIPDid you know? Schilling made his mark in postseason play, going 11-2 with a 2.23 ERA. He is one of two pitchers to throw a complete game in which he allowed one run or fewer in four consecutive playoff starts, which he did from 1993 to 2001. The other is Christy Mathewson, who did it for the Giants spanning 1905 to 1911. -- Simon Davante Adams Super Bowl Jersey . 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The nickname for the new Las Vegas franchise will be announced on Tuesday, so its as good a time as any to look at some of the decisions ahead for other teams as they strategize for Junes expansion draft.Teams can either protect 7-3-1 (seven forwards, three defensemen and one goalie) or eight skaters and a goalie. Teams also must expose a minimum of four players (two forwards, one defenseman, one goalie) who meet the games-played and contractual requirement.I looked at four teams that will likely have to make decisions, both in terms of where things stand today as well as what might have to happen before the expansion draft. Keep in mind that there will be lots of moving parts between today and June. But lets have some fun with this now:Anaheim DucksMany rival executives point to the Ducks as having to make some interesting decisions before the expansion draft. Thats a compliment, in part because it means they have drafted and developed players so well that they just cant keep everyone.Four Ducks have full no-movement clauses who must be protected: Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler and Kevin Bieksa. The contract of the veteran Bieksas could be an issue. I think the Ducks are going to need to do something with him in order to protect all the defensemen they want for the expansion draft.If Anaheim protects eight skaters and a goalie, its protection list would look like this: Getzlaf, Perry, Kesler, Rickard Rakell,?Hampus Lindholm, Sami Vatanen, Cam Fowler, Josh Manson and John Gibson. (Promising young defensemen Shea Theodore and Brandon Montour are exempt from the expansion draft because they are second-year players on entry-level contracts.)First, the 4-4-1 list I picked would mean the Ducks found a way to get Bieksa to waive his no-move for a trade or to be exposed in the expansion draft. The other option would be to buy out Bieksa, who has one more year left on his deal, at $4 million next season. (Some league executives werent sure if buyouts would be allowed before the expansion draft, but a league source confirmed on Monday that they would be. So that could be interesting on several fronts.)Theres also the Fowler factor. The top-four blue-liner will be one year away from unrestricted free agent status. If the Ducks cant sign him to an extension, I wonder if they wont once again listen to trade offers for him after the season. That would either allow Bieksa to be kept on board in Anaheim or for the Ducks to go 7-3-1 on their protection list.Going with the 4-4-1 plan would mean that good forwards?Jakob Silfverberg and Andrew Cogliano are among those left exposed for Vegas.No matter how you spin it, the Ducks have some juggling to do between now and next June.Chicago BlackhawksNo team will likely have more players on the leagues protected list than Chicago. Artem Anisimov, Marian Hossa, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford?-- count them, eight! -- all have no-movement clauses.Of course, its pretty likely the Blackhawks would have protected those players anyway, right? The reality is that Chicago is in pretty good shape in terms of the expansion draft. And heres a nice break for the Blackhawks: Scoring winger Artemi Panarin is exempt from the expansion draft as a second-year pro, so Chicago doesnt even have to add him to its list. First-year blue-liners Gustav Forsling and Michal Kempny are also exempt, as are all the Blackhawks rookie forwards.The big question mark will be forward Marcus Kruger, who has two more years on his deal after this season at a $3.08 million cap hit. Kruger is a very good penalty killer, yes, but is he a guy Chicago would really protect? Because remember, they have to come up with at least four players to expose who meet the criteria, and Kruger would perhaps fit the bill as one of their two forwards. As it stands, I think?Trevor van Riemsdyk?will be the defenseman left exposed.Regardless of the Kruger decision, the Blackhawks will need to sign and/or trade for another forward or two who meets the exposure criteria (or extend some of their own expiring unrestricted free agents, such as?Andrew Desjardins and/or Jordin Tootoo). They cant currently fill the exposure requirements.Same goes for goalies. Scott Darling doesnt qualify because he will be a UFA on July 1. So either Chicago signs him expressly for that purpose or goes elsewhere to find that exposable goalie. Lots of teams are in the same boat, in terms of not having four players who meet the criteria that they can exposure in the draft. And since there is plenty of time between now and June, and these arent difficult moves, its really just housekeeping for the Blackhawks.Detroit Red WingsThe Red Wings havve only one player with a full no-move, and thats Frans Nielsen?-- so hes automatically on their protection list.dddddddddddd As a second-year player, forward Dylan Larkin is exempt from the expansion draft.I see the Wings going with a 7-3-1 protection list because they have so many forwards eligible for the expansion draft, even with Larkin exempt. Forward?Anthony Mantha and Andreas Athanasiou, for example, are eligible for the expansion draft as third-year pros, so the Wings have to either protect them or expose them.Detroit has tough choices up front. Lets assume they protect Nielsen, Henrik Zetterberg, Gustav Nyquist, Justin Abdelkader, Tomas Tatar and Riley Sheahan.?That leaves them with one spot, for either Mantha, Athanasiou, Darren Helm or Luke Glendening. Three of those guys will have to be exposed.On defense, its more obvious, where the Wings will protect?Danny DeKeyser?and Niklas Kronwall and then one of the following:?Mike Green,?Alexei Marchenko, Jonathan Ericsson, Xavier Ouellet or?Ryan Sproul.Now, let me throw this out there: If youre the Red Wings, do you consider exposing aging stars Zetterberg or Kronwall? Zetterberg is 36, with four more years on his deal after this season at a $6.08 million cap hit. Kronwall, 35, has two more years at a $4.75 million cap hit. Would Vegas take them? And regardless of that decision, is it too delicate for the Wings to even consider, given what these two legends have done for the franchise??Either way, I predict the Wings will try to beef up their blueline before March 1 -- because thats been a goal for a while anyway -- and trade away a forward or two in doing so, which obviously will influence their expansion-draft decisions.In goal, the Wings must decide whether to protect?Jimmy Howard or Petr Mrazek. A year ago, that would have seemed like an easy choice, as Howard wasnt on top of his game. But Howard has been terrific this season, which has spiced up that decision. Detroit also has minor-league options, so trading one of its NHL goalies before the expansion draft is another potential route.Montreal CanadiensThe Canadiens have only two players on the NHLs protection list, I believe, in Carey Price and Jeff Petry. So the Habs arent too hamstrung at all by no-move clauses.But Montreal will still have very interesting decisions to make, and Im ready to be a little bold here. Im predicting that the Canadiens will go with a 7-3-1 protection list: pending UFA Alexander Radulov (whom I think theyll re-sign), Max Pacioretty, Andrew Shaw, Brendan Gallagher, Alex Galchenyuk, Paul Byron, Phillip Danault, Shea Weber, Nathan Beaulieu, Petry and Price.OK, theres lots to chew on here. First, these decisions mean they would expose two veterans in center:?Tomas Plekanec (one more year at $6 million) and defenseman Alexei Emelin (one more year at $4.1 million).I know it seems crazy to protect unheralded guys such as Danault and Byron over Plekanec, but I also think that teams are going to have to gamble a bit with this process. Would Vegas want to bring in a 34-year-old center in Plekanec making six bills when hes not really producing much offense anymore?Now, Vegas has a minimum cap floor total to reach, so maybe it would take Plekanec. And if so, that would create $6 million in cap room for Montreal, which the Canadiens can use moving forward, for sure.The debate on defense for me was between Beaulieu and Emelin -- and again, I went with the younger, cheaper guy, although Beaulieu will be a restricted free agent and will need a new contract. And who knows, really, what his future is long-term with Montreal? In the meantime, I think the Cup-contending Habs will try to upgrade their top four on defense before March 1. And if they do, it might be that the player acquired needs protecting for the expansion draft, which would mean exposure for both Emelin and Beaulieu. Again, who knows?It should be noted that youngsters Charles Hudon and Jacob De La Rose are among those who are not exempt for the expansion draft because theyre third-year pros. So the Habs must either protect them or expose them (or use them as trade chips this season).Montreal, by the way, doesnt currently have a goalie to expose in the expansion draft since backup Al Montoya will be a UFA on July 1, and minor-leaguers Charlie Lindgren and?Zachary Fucale?are exempt as second-year pros.So either the Habs will extend Montoya just for that reason or redo the contract of veteran farmhand Yann Danis, who is currently Montreals AHL backup but on a minor-league deal. It would be an option to sign him to an NHL deal and expose him. ' ' '