A product of the Dominican Republic, Starling Marte began his professional baseball career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the team that signed him in 2007 and which he debuted for in 2012.

Playing in Centerfield, Marte had at least 140 Hits from 2013 to 2016, showing a nice blend of power and speed, belting 53 Home Runs and 1478 Stolen Bases while going to the All-Star Game on the strength of his first .300 Season in 2016.  Defensively, Marte was fabulous, winning two Gold Gloves (2015 & 2016) and the Wilson Defensive Award in 2015.

Marte 80 Games in 2017 due to a PED suspension; Marte still managed to steal 21 Bases that year and stole 20 or more the next two years giving him seven straight.  With his contract coming due, Marte was traded to Arizona after the 2019 Season, leaving Marte’s numbers as a Pirate saw him bat .287 with 1,047 Hits, 108 Home Runs, and 239 Stolen Bases.

The process continues.

We here are Notinhalloffame.com have plans to create our own set of post-season awards, which we will look back and retroactively present from 1901 on.  That will take a while, but it has never stopped us before!

Our awards are not be league specific.

Now it is time for our 2021 positional awards.

We will be awarding a positional player of the year, but not only that, offer up the runner-up and second runner-up, meaning that we will have First, Second and Third All-MLB players.

Let’s work our way around the diamond and award the best of the best in Baseball!

*Please note that to qualify, a player must appear in that position at least 50% of the time.

Centerfielder of the Year (First Team All-MLB):  Bryan Reynolds, Pittsburgh Pirates.  6.0 bWAR, 5.5 fWAR, 169 H, 24 HR, 93 R, 90 RBI, 5 SB, .303/.390/.522/.912.

The Pirates gave their fans little to cheer for, but Reynolds had a phenomenal year, finishing 10 Points away from a 3/4/5 Slash Line, while leading the National League in Triples (8).  Reynolds also went to his first All-Star Game this year.  

Second Team All-MLB: Centerfield:  Cedric Mullins, Baltimore Orioles.  5.7 bWAR, 5.3 fWAR, 175 H, 30 HR, 91 R, 59 RBI, 30 SB, .291/.360/.518/.878.

Like with Reynolds, Mullins played on a lousy team, and was the undisputed highlight for Baltimore.  Mullins is 2021’s only 30/30 player.

Third Team All-MLB: Centerfield:  Starling Marte, Miami Marlins and Oakland Athletics.  4.7 bWAR, 5.4 fWAR, 144 H, 12 HR, 89 R, 55 RBI, 47 SB, .308/.381/.456/.837.

Marte was traded to Oakland for their playoff run, and while Oakland did not make the post-season, Marte had one of his best tears, and equalled his career-high 47 Stolen Bases.