Red Sox: Highs and Lows for Sox players in MLB The Show 17

MLB The Show 2017 is out with their player rankings for the season. A lot of Boston Red Sox stars are high up the ratings list, while a few are too low.

Mookie Betts is the highest rated Boston Red Sox position player in MLB The Show 17, available on PlayStation 4 consoles.

Betts is also the highest rated right fielder at 93/100. I would argue that Mookie deserves to be rated even higher than 93. He is one of the best players in baseball and deserves his credit. He should be at 95.

Mike Trout, the reigning AL MVP (even though he shouldn’t have won), was rated 99. Jose Altuve and Josh Donaldson, the other runner ups, were rated at 97 and 94 respectively. Betts needs to be between those two players because he is better than Donaldson, but a little below Altuve. 93 is a really good start, but I am looking for an upgrade for him!

The rest of the Red Sox outfield, in my opinion, were not given the respect they deserve. Andrew Benintendi was ranked 77 and Jackie Bradley Jr was ranked 82. Both of those rankings were way too low for their talent level.

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I know Benintendi is a rookie, but he’s the number one rated prospect and showed a lot of potential in his short stint last year. He will be very good for the Sox and the rating should show that. Carl Crawford is now a retired player and he was still ranked higher than Benintendi at 79. How the hell does that even happen? Benintendi is more talented and will contribute more than even a healthy Crawford would at this stage in his career. What a travesty!

JBJ had a 29-game hit streak and a 20-homer, 80 plus RBI season, yet was ranked below Kevin Kiermaier, who is at 84. I know Kiermaier is a better defensive player, but he can’t come close to the offensive power JBJ has. I hope they update their rankings as the season goes along.

The infield positions had pretty fair rankings. Hanley Ramirez is at 81 for first basemen. I feel like he could be a little bit higher, but with his health questions as always and the tough position, I am okay with it.

Dustin Pedroia is 88. He is the fifth best ranked second basemen and when everyone is at the top of their game, that is a fair ranking.