Top 10 MLB right fielders for 2023 season

Ranking last year: Not ranked
2022 statistics: .262/.336/.433 with 14 home runs, 46 RBIs, 42 walks, .770 OPS, -4 defensive runs saved, -4 outs above average and a 2.0 WAR
Age during 2023 season: 28

A left ring finger injury limited Suzuki to 111 games in his rookie season, but he was productive when he played. Over the course of a full season, it isn't hard to imagine the 28-year-old Suzuki hitting 25 home runs and working 75 walks. For a Cubs team that went 39-31 after the All-Star break, Suzuki taking another step forward in the second season of a five-year, $85-million deal would be a welcome development.

Ranking last year: 7
2022 statistics: .267/.316/.491 with 25 home runs, 77 RBIs, 34 walks, .807 OPS, -3 defensive runs saved, -5 outs above average and a 2.4 WAR
Age during 2023 season: 30

Hernández is a two-time Silver Slugger award winner that the Mariners acquired from the Toronto Blue Jays this offseason ahead of his free-agent walk year. After the Mariners snapped the longest postseason drought in baseball last year, their addition of the slugging Hernández could allow them to return to the playoffs for the second time in as many seasons.

Ranking last year: Not ranked in right field
2022 statistics: .292/.347/.468 with 16 home runs, 63 RBIs, 26 walks, .814 OPS, four defensive runs saved, -2 outs above average and 3.0 WAR
Age during 2023 season: 34

Marte is such a frustrating hitter to face because you can make a great pitch, and he'll be happy to flip it into right field just over the first baseman's head. He fits perfectly into a Mets lineup full of pesky hitters, as he can take you deep or serve the sixth pitch of an at-bat to the opposite field for a single. In the first season of a four-year, $78-million deal, Marte made his second career All-Star Game appearance and even earned some down-ballot NL MVP votes.

Ranking last year: Not ranked in right field
2022 statistics: .267/.342/.472 with 25 home runs, 76 RBIs, 54 walks, .814 OPS, -4 defensive runs saved (in CF), 1 out above average (in CF) and a 4.2 WAR
Age during 2023 season: 33

With the trade of the aforementioned Hernández, Springer will shift to right field in 2023. Given that he has played in just 211 of a possible 324 games in two seasons with the Blue Jays, it probably makes sense to limit the stress you put on Springer defensively. For what it's worth, he still posted an .808 OPS in 2022, so if he stays healthy, the former World Series MVP is going to be a productive player.

Ranking last year: 6
2022 statistics: .257/.330/.478 with 30 home runs, 107 RBIs, 59 walks, .808 OPS, 14 defensive runs saved, three outs above average and a 4.7 WAR
Age during 2023 season: 26

We'll acknowledge, it's unfair that Tucker is only at No. 6. He drove in more than 100 runs, made his first All-Star Game appearance and won his first Gold Glove Award in 2022. Oh, and he was a key cog for the Astros as they won the World Series. You'll understand why Tucker is only ranked sixth when you see the names above him, but that's not meant as a dis of him in any way.

Ranking last year: Not ranked in right field
2021 statistics (missed all of 2022 season): .282/.364/.611 with 42 home runs, 97 RBIs, 62 walks, .975 OPS, -6 defensive runs saved (at SS), two outs above average (at SS) and a 7.3 WAR
Age during 2023 season: 24

A wrist injury and eventual performance-enhancing drug suspension prevented Tatis from playing at all in 2022, and the PED ban will also cost him the first 20 games of the 2023 season. It appears that when Tatis is eligible to come back, he'll move to right field with the addition of star shortstop Xander Bogaerts this offseason. That would push Juan Soto to left field, which is why he isn't ranked on this list. And boy, it's scary to think about a Padres lineup that includes Tatis, Bogaerts, Soto and Manny Machado.

Ranking last year: 5
2022 statistics: .266/.351/.413 with 15 home runs, 50 RBIs, 53 walks, .764 OPS, zero outs above average, -5 defensive runs saved and 2.2 WAR
Age during 2023 season: 25

Acuña was still productive in 2022, but he wasn't the explosive superstar we had become accustomed to prior to tearing his right ACL in July of 2021. He's "feeling 100%" and "ready to go back to normal" in his age-25 season, he recently told Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. While the top three players on this list are also Hall of Fame-caliber right fielders, it would be pretty surprising if Acuña is still at No. 4 next season.

Ranking last year: 3
2022 statistics: .286/.364/.514 with 18 home runs, 65 RBIs, 46 walks, .877 OPS, -1 defensive runs saved, zero outs above average and a 2.4 WAR
Age during 2023 season: 30

It was hard to determine what to do with Harper because a broken left thumb limited him to 99 games in 2022, and he's going to miss quite a bit of time in 2023 after undergoing Tommy John surgery in November. But the two-time NL MVP was one of the best hitters in baseball when he played last year, and he hit .349 with six home runs and 13 RBIs during the Phillies' run to the World Series, capturing the NLCS MVP. The Phillies will eagerly await Harper's return to their lineup and -- they hope -- to right field in 2023.

Ranking last year: 2
2022 statistics: .269/.340/.533 with 35 home runs, 82 RBIs, 55 walks, .873 OPS, 15 defensive runs saved, four outs above average and a 6.6 WAR
Age during 2023 season: 30

Betts has already comfortably topped the average WAR 7 -- the top seven single-season WAR totals a player puts up in their career -- of a Hall of Fame right fielder. And somehow, he still feels underrated. Betts' resume already includes two World Series titles, six All-Star Game appearances, six Gold Glove Awards and five Silver Slugger awards. He was the AL MVP in 2018 and finished runner-up for the NL MVP in 2020. Hall of Famer Frank Robinson is the only player in MLB history to win an MVP award in both leagues. Perhaps in 2023, Betts will become the second.

Ranking last year: 4
2022 statistics: .311/.425/.686 with 62 home runs, 131 RBIs, 111 walks, 1.111 OPS, two defensive runs saved, one out above average and an 11.4 WAR
Age during 2023 season: 31

Judge is coming off of one of the greatest seasons in MLB history, as he led baseball in home runs, RBIs, runs scored, on-base percentage, OPS, OPS+, total bases and WAR in 2022. Armed with a new nine-year, $360-million deal, Judge will try to lead the Yankees back to the World Series for the first time since 2009.