MLB Network is continuing its annual tradition of ranking the “Top 10 Players Right Now” at each position. Using rankings based on past performance, various offensive and defensive metrics (including both advanced statistics and traditional numbers) and analysis by the MLB Network research team,

Center field is typically the domain of the most athletic, defensively gifted players in baseball. That is perhaps more true today than it's been in years. As the sport has trended younger and more athletic,

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ Oneil Cruz is the ninth-best center fielder in the game in MLB Network’s rankings. The network revealed its rankings Tuesday night during an edition of its Top 10 Right Now series.