Open Extended ReactionsA week into the 2025 MLB season, we created our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in baseball to answer the question: Who will be the best player in 2025? More than four months later, we asked 17 ESPN MLB experts to give their ranking of the top 50 players in the sport this season. -- Bradford DoolittleWhat he has done so far: Continuing the best start to a pitching career MLB has seen in a long time. Peña has both right now, and he's batting 44 points higher than his career average coming into the season. Luckily, he's one of baseball's top hitters for average, and he remains an offensive force for one of baseball's top attacks.