Top 15 Corner Outfielders in Major League Baseball in 2025

The 2025 MLB regular season has come and gone, and now’s the time to look back at the year that was to start having the exciting debates about who had the best seasons.

One of the ways to do so is from a positional standpoint, to determine which names reign supreme over the respective spots on the diamond.

Over the course of the last few seasons, some of the brightest players in baseball have called the corner outfield home, with numerous MVPs along with some of the best All-Star, Silver Slugger, and Gold Glove seasons of anyone in the game.

The 2025 season did not deviate from this trend in the slightest as there are just as many potential accolades as any year amongst this group.

There were the usual top-tier suspects that continued to lead the way, but there were also plenty of names that rose to the occasion and cemented themselves among the positions best-of-the-best in a rather surprising manner.

So, without further a do, here are Just Baseball’s Top 15 corner outfielders in MLB for the 2025 season.

Who Fell Off From Our Pre-Season Rankings?

If you look back at our pre-season ranking of the top 15 corner outfielders in baseball, you’ll see that several of those players did not make our end-of-season list.

Here are the players we thought would rank among the top 15 corner outfielders in the sport in 2025 who failed to meet expectations (or switched positions):

• No. 6: Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels
• No. 10: Teoscar Hernández, Los Angeles Dodgers
• No. 12: Ian Happ, Chicago Cubs
• No. 13: Lawrence Butler, Athletics
• No. 14: Anthony Santander, Toronto Blue Jays

At this point, it seems safe to say that hoping the Mike Trout of old makes his presence known is rather unlikely.

While he still managed to belt 26 homers, walked over 15% of the time, and posted a 120 wRC+, he’s now just a shell of his old self when it comes to hitting for average, and his OPS (thanks to a dramatic year-over-year dip in SLG) fell 70 points from .867 in 2024 to .797 in ’25.

After his All-Star bounce-back season in 2024, Teoscar Hernández came back down to earth and looked very average once again, even more average than he did in the 2023 season.

He was simply a 102 wRC+ hitter and less than 1-win player, which is certainly not Top 15 caliber.

The Cubs took a step up in 2025, but Ian Happ took a step back, becoming an under-3.0 fWAR player (2.8 fWAR) and an under-120 wRC+ hitter (116 wRC+). It seems lateral, but it was just enough of a dip to get him lost in the mix of a deep position.

Lawrence Butler still figures to be a huge part of this up-and-coming Athletics group, after all, they felt confident enough to give him a seven-year extension last winter.

That being said, he went from a 130 wRC+ breakout sensation in 2024 to a below-average 96 wRC+ hitter this year. He’s still a strong candidate to bounce back on this list in a year’s time if he can find a way to tap into his past all-around hitting prowess while remaining a 20 HR threat.

Then there’s the easiest name to drop from this list in Anthony Santander, who unfortunately couldn’t find a way to stay healthy in his first season in Toronto.

And when he could stay on the field, he was just a 61 wRC+ hitter who hit under the Mendoza line with a sub-.600 OPS. This resulted in a -0.9 fWAR.

Honorable Mention: Randy Arozarena (TBR), Roman Anthony (BOS)

The Mariners turned heads in 2025, and Randy Arozarena was a big part of that.

After posting a 123 wRC+ in his half-season with the M’s last year, Arozarena looked a lot similar this year, slashing .238/.334/.426 with 27 HR, 76 RBI, 31 steals, and a 120 wRC+. It may be a toss-up, but you could certainly make the argument for Arozarena over some of the other names lower on this list, as the overall bodies of work are similar enough.

Then there’s Roman Anthony, who looked as comfortable as ever in his first big league season after finally getting his long-awaited, and frankly overdue, promotion.

In 71 games, the phenom slashed .292/.296/.463 with eight homers, 32 RBI, a 13.2% walk rate, and a 140 wRC+. From strong hitting ability, both from a contact and a power standpoint, a great overall ability to simply get on base, and a defensive prowess that resulted in 7 DRS and 6 OAA this season, he seems like a frontrunner among those on the outside looking in to crack this list sooner rather than later.

**NOTE: These positional rankings are created by ordering the average score from each of our four voters. 17 different players received votes, so some will have ranks higher than 15, depending on the voter.**

The Top 15 Corner Outfielders in MLB in 2025

15. Riley Greene, Detroit Tigers (Preseason: 11)

2025 Stats: 157 GP, 655 PA, .258/.313/.493, 36 HR, 111 RBI, 121 wRC+, 2.9 fWAR

While Greene may’ve taken a dip in our rankings since the preseason, there was still a lot the Tigers will surely be excited about when it comes to their All-Star in 2025, and that is precisely why he remains within the Top 15.

Greene was one of the most prolific run producers in baseball this season, ranking seventh in MLB in RBI this season at 111 – a drastic difference from the 74 he drove in last season.

This was also aided by his boost in power, as his SLG rose from .479 to a near-.500 clip of .493 in the span of the season, which coincided with 12 more homers this season from 24 to 36 – placing him tied for 10th in the majors.

The issue is that many of Greene’s other key stats saw a dip from his near 4.0 fWAR campaign a year ago. While his average remained relatively the same (.262 to .258 in ’25), his OBP took a sizeable 35-point hit (.348 down to .313 in ’25).

This was seemingly a result of his plummeting walk-rate, where he went from an 83rd percentile 11.0% clip to a 34th percentile 7.0% clip. That 4.0% precisely matched the increase he saw in his strikeout rate, as it rose from 26.7% to over 30.7%.

What played into this was his poor second half, very similar to the Tigers’ overall dip as a team in the second half, which cost them the AL Central title.

Before the All-Star break, he was slashing .284/.335/.544 with a 141 wRC+. However, come the second half, he only managed to muster a .218/.279/.415 slash line with a below-average 90 wRC+.

14. Tyler Soderstrom, Athletics (Preseason: Unranked)

2025 Stats: 158 GP, 624 PA, .276/.346/.474, 25 HR, 93 RBI, 125 wRC+, 3.4 fWAR

Soderstrom was easily one of the biggest breakouts on this list, especially considering he was a first baseman until 2025.

In his first full season as a member of the Athletics, he went from a mediocre 0.3 fWAR performer in 61 games in 2024 to an extremely respectable 3.4 fWAR performer in 158 games in 2025.

He came out with as loud of bang in the first month of the season, belting nine homers and 20 RBI through April. He trailed only Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh in homers at that point and was one of just 24 big leaguers with 20+ RBI.

After his opening month 147 wRC+, he slumped to post a 94 wRC+in May and 87 wRC+ in June. Soderstrom turned it on in the second half. He went from a more than solid 120 wRC+ hitter in the first half to a near-top 30 bat in baseball with a 134 wRC+ (T-31st at 134).

He finished the season ranked 11th among all outfielders in wRC+, eighth in OPS, fifth in AVG, 11th in OBP and 13th in SLG. And let’s not forget, he also had a season on defense worth being nominated for a Gold Glove in left field.

13. Steven Kwan, Cleveland Guardians (Preseason: 9)

2025 Stats: 156 GP, 693 PA, .272/.330/.374, 11 HR, 21 SB, 56 RBI, 99 wRC+, 3.2 fWAR

Then there’s Steven Kwan, who even amid a weird season – one which was undoubtedly a step back – still warranted a place on this list.

Even if his first-half was better than his second half – the complete inverse of the Guardians season as whole – it was still a respectable season nonetheless.

He may’ve only posted a pedestrian 99 wRC+, and his power fell off (14 HR and .425 SLG to 11 HR and .374 SLG in 25′), but the bat-to-ball skills were still on display with a strong .272 AVG.

Kwan also managed to post a couple of career bests in some key offensive categories, such as RBI at 56, K-rate at 8.7% and tied for his most stolen bases at 21.

And of course, we can’t talk about Kwan without talking about his world-class defense. The three-time Gold Glove Award winner is in search of a fourth this season.

This was arguably his best defensive season as well, as he posted a career best 22 DRS and 13 assists and upped his OAA by two from last season (3 to 5).

12. James Wood, Washington Nationals (Preseason: Unranked)

2025 Stats: 157 GP, 689 PA, .256/.350/.475, 31 HR, 94 RBI, 127 wRC+, 3.3 fWAR

The 2025 season might have been an odd one for Wood, but it cannot be viewed as anything but a success, even if it did end in a less-than-ideal fashion.

Before the All-Star break, there were few hitters in baseball as prolific as Wood.

His 150 wRC+ ranked 10th best in all of baseball. Along with that, he was slashing .278/.381/.534 with 24 HR and 69 RBI and a 14.0% walk rate.

However, in the second-half, Wood’s form tailed off. He was just a 93 wRC+ hitter, slashing .223/.301/.388 with a 4.3% lower walk rate (14.0% to 9.7%) and an 11.4% higher strikeout rate (27.6% to 39.0%). Certainly a far cry from the All-Star he was to begin the year.

Still, it’s hard to look at a player like Wood, who hit over 30 homers, drove in over 90 runs, stole 15 bags, walked over 12.0% of the time, and posted a 127 wRC+, and not classify him as one of the game’s best corner outfielders.

11. Jarren Duran, Boston Red Sox (Preseason: 7)

2025 Stats: 157 GP, 696 PA, .256/.332/.442, 16 HR, 84 RBI, 111 wRC+, 3.9 fWAR

Initially, if you were to look at Duran’s career year in 2024 and stack it up against his 2025 season, it wouldn’t be hard to assume that Duran would likely want a do-over.

His wRC+ plummeted by 20 points, his AVG by 29, and his SLG by 50. These are all reasons contributing to his slide down the rankings.

However, perhaps he’d only wish for a do-over during the first half of the season, as it’s what really pushed his season to more of an average-looking one.

Before the All-Star break, he had just a 103 wRC+ and was hitting just .258 with a .749 OPS. All of which made him look very replacement-level and not the All-Star we’d become accustomed to.

But it didn’t take long for Duran to find his footing once again as the second half of the season was much kinder to him. His AVG may’ve looked the same at .253, but he got his power and plate discipline back as evident by his .818 post-All-Star break OPS.

On top of all of this, he was still a respectable defender, not quite the 23 DRS and 10 OAA performer he was in ’24, but was still a 9 DRS corner outfielder.

10. Ramón Laureano, San Diego Padres (Preseason: Unranked)

2025 Stats: 132 GP, 488 PA, .281/.342/.512, 24 HR, 76 RBI, 138 wRC+, 3.0 fWAR

Laureano entered the season on a one-year, $4 million contract after spending the last two seasons bouncing between three different organizations, being DFA’d twice.

Sure, he was a .296 AVG, .832 OPS, and 129 wRC+ hitter in his final stop before 2025 in Atlanta, but as Phillip Seymour Hoffman so delicately described a one-year contract while portraying former A’s manager Art Howe in Moneyball, “there’s not a lot of faith there”.

And that’s precisely the point: despite his strong finish, the Orioles had enough faith to sign him to a deal, but not enough to take more than a flyer on him. However, he proved everyone wrong. He proved that his 67-game stint with the Braves was not an outlier.

Among all hitters in MLB, Laureano ranked among the Top 20 in wRC+ (18th) and the Top 25 in OPS (28th). Looking just at outfielders, Laureano sat seventh in wRC+, eighth in OPS a,nd ninth in AVG.

Then there’s the whole other side of the ball that Laureano reflects positively in multiple areas, proving he did a bit of everything this season between Baltimore and San Diego.

He was tied for the third highest amount of outfield assists at 11, which was a career high, and he posted his second highest career DRS with 7.

9. Wyatt Langford, Texas Rangers (Preseason: 15)

2025 Stats: 134 GP, 573 PA, .241/.344/.431, 22 HR, 62 RBI, 118 wRC+, 4.1 fWAR

After impressively stepping onto the MLB scene in 2024, the baseball world was introduced to one of the game’s most tool-equipped players in Langford. And in 2025, Langford only went ahead and got better across the board.

Offensively, there may be guys lower on this list, or even off this list, among the honorable mentions that are arguably better hitters than Langford, but paired with his immense speed and elite defense, it makes sense why he’s unanimously a top 10 corner outfielder according to our editorial team.

Among all qualified primary outfielders (center fielders included), Langford is among the top 20 in wRC+, OPS and K/BB while also ranking within the top 10 in BB%.

Then there’s the speed and defense. His 22 swipes placed him just outside of the top 10 among outfielders (T-11th). And after establishing himself as one of the best defenders in the league in 2024, he only went ahead and raised his DRS by two and his OAA by seven, which placed him tied for third in DRS and tied for sixth in OAA among his outfield peers.

8. Kyle Stowers, Miami Marlins (Preseason: Unranked)

2025 Stats: 117 GP, 457 PA, .288/.368/.544, 25 HR, 73 RBI, 149 wRC+, 4.0 fWAR

We’ve discussed multiple breakout stars on this list so far, but no one made a stronger breakthrough season among corner outfielders in 2025 than Stowers.

To go from an unranked 68 wRC+ and -0.7 fWAR player in 2024, to a consensus top eight outfielder in our eyes with a 149 wRC+ and 4.0 fWAR speaks volumes.

In his maiden All-Star campaign, Stowers pulled out all the stops, leading this crew of scrappy Marlins hitters who nearly won 80 games.

Among all primary outfielders with at least 400 plate appearances this season, Stowers ranked fifth in wRC+, fourth in SLG, and T-6th in OBP, all of which are bumped up a rank when you consider George Springer is more of a designated hitter now than an outfielder.

Stowers was already a strong hitter when it came to quality of contact in 2024, even if his stats hadn’t matched that.

So, the fact that he was just as strong a hitter in that sense this year, to pair with the fact that his walk rate has risen by over 4.0% and strikeout rate has dropped by exactly 8.0%, there’s plenty of reason to believe that there’s no place but up for Stowers from here.

And who knows, with how strong the Marlins began to look this season, it seems only reasonable to think the strength of their entire roster will get better, which will only help Stowers continue to grow.

7. Ronald Acuña Jr., Atlanta Braves (Preseason: 3)

2025 Stats: 95 GP, 412 PA, .290/.417/.518, 21 HR, 42 RBI, 161 wRC+, 3.5 fWAR

With a 3.5 fWAR season in under 100 games, a 161 wRC+, and a .935 OPS, it’s hard to think that Acuña should fall on this list at the end of the season compared to the preseason ranks. However, there are a few reasons as to why that’s the case here.

There’s no denying that when healthy, Acuña continued to prove that he’s one of the most prolific players our game has today. Among primary outfielders with at least 400 plate appearances, the former MVP trailed only Aaron Judge in wRC+ and OPS and was third in terms of walk rate.

The problems lie in the other aspects of the game, as he’s continued a downward spiral defensively and his once trademarked speed seems like a nothing but a thing of the past.

Since his second ACL tear in 2024, Acuña looks far less like the 73 stolen base player he was in ’23, swiping just nine this season.

Then there’s the defense, which was by far and a way his least productive year in the field of his career. He posted negative totals in the double-digits in both DRS and OAA for the first time in his career (-12 and -11 respectively).

With a healthy offseason, hopefully Acuña can get back to being the player he once was, impacting the game with more than just his bat. When we project forward to 2026, it is going to be hard not to still put Acuña back in the top five.

6. Cody Bellinger, New York Yankees (Preseason: Honorable Mention in CF)

2025 Stats: 152 GP, 656 PA, .272/.334/.480, 29 HR, 98 RBI, 125 wRC+, 4.9 fWAR

Is Bellinger the type of hitter he was when he captured MVP honors in 2019? No. But he looked much more like the rebound bat he was in 2023 after first joining the Cubs.

In 152 games as a Yankee, Bellinger was able to have his most successful power season since his MVP season, just missing out on returning to the 30-HR club by one big fly and posting his second-highest SLG since then at .480.

What also can’t be lost in the mix is the improvements he made in his plate discipline, upping his walk-rate from 7.9 to 8.7% year over year (his best total since 2021) and also posting a career best K-rate of 13.7%, which also ranked fourth-lowest among all qualified primary outfielders in 2025.

5. Kyle Tucker, Chicago Cubs (Preseason: 4)

2025 Stats: 136 GP, 597 PA, .266/.377/.464, 22 HR, 73 RBI, 136 wRC+, 4.5 fWAR

Overall, Kyle Tucker had a very solid season in 2025, and yet it somehow left something to be desired.

Tucker saw dips across board. His AVG dropped 23 points, his OBP fell by 31 points and his SLG most notably dropped by 121 points.

Perhaps if he’d been the first half version of himself (145 wRC+ before the All-Star break), we’d be having a different conversation. But it was his more average-looking 115 wRC+ second-half that fueled his 2025 decline.

There was an injury that likely contributed to this regression, and it is unlikely to impact his standing as the top free agent this winter.

4. Fernando Tatis Jr., San Diego Padres (Preseason: 5)

2025 Stats: 155 GP, 691 PA, .268/.368/.446, 25 HR, 71 RBI, 131 wRC+, 6.1fWAR

Then there’s Tatis Jr., who in a full season of work showed the world why he’s considered a lethal five-tool player.

After his return to baseball in 2023, many thought that perhaps the 150 wRC+ hitter we all knew was no longer the reality, after Tatis only put together a 111 wRC+ campaign. However, Tatis has now put together his second straight season with a wRC+ above 130.

He also had his best season from a plate discipline perspective, posting career-best totals in both walk rate and strikeout rate, at 12.9% and 18.7% respectively.

On top of being a top five hitter amongst corner outfielders in 2025, Tatis also swiped a career-high a 32 bags and was the same Platinum Glove worthy defender he’s been in the past, as his 15 DRS ranked fifth amongst all outfielders this season and his 8 OAA ranking 10th.

At the end of the day, this was a six-win player, which only three corner outfielders could call themselves this season, making it a no-brainer that he’s firmly within the top five here.

3. Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks (Preseason: No. 1 Center Fielder)

2025 Stats: 143 GP, 642 PA, .259/.343/.541, 31 HR, 84 RBI, 139 wRC+, 6.5 fWAR

Corbin Carroll didn’t play nearly the amount of center field many people anticipated he would, but after making the full-time shift to the corner, he had just about as good a season any one could have.

Even though he may’ve gone from the top ranked center fielder in our preseason rankings to the third overall corner out field in our end-of-season rankings, this is almost entirely due to who’s at No.1 and No.2.

As mentioned earlier with Tatis, only three corner outfielders can call themselves 6.0-fWAR players this season and Carroll was No. 2 in that department. And among all MLB hitters this season, his 6.5 fWAR ranked seventh, placing him in the NL MVP finalist conversation potentially.

He took the momentum from his second-half rebound in 2024 and ran with it putting together a his first career 30/30 season with career highs in both homers and RBI. Carroll also finished third among qualified outfielders in both wRC+ and OPS – third only to the two names above him on this list.

2. Juan Soto, New York Mets (Preseason: 2)

2025 Stats: 160 GP, 715 PA, .263/.396/.525, 43 HR, 105 RBI, 156 wRC+, 5.8 fWAR

It was no doubt a disappointing season for the New York Mets after missing out on the postseason after their mega-winter where they signed the most expensive free agent in league history. But it wasn’t Soto’s fault.

Yes, Soto wasn’t quite the 8.3 fWAR and 181 wRC+ player that was an AL MVP finalist last season, but even with a decrease across the board, this is still the corner outfielder who held the highest wRC+, OPS, OBP, HR and walk rate not named Aaron Judge. He also finished third in RBI and fWAR.

He proved that his power surge wasn’t simply a product of the Bronx posting his second consecutive 40+ HR season, and did so by surpassing his career high once again.

Then there’s the newfound element of speed, as Soto went from someone who’s peak was only a 6-12 stolen base threat to someone who led all outfielders in swipes this season at 38. For context, this put him above noted speedsters like Carroll and Pete Crow-Armstrong among others.

1. Aaron Judge, New York Yankees (Preseason: 1)

2025 Stats: 152 GP, 679 PA, .331/.457/.688, 53 HR, 114 RBI, 204 wRC+, 10.1 fWAR

Lastly, we truly saved the best for last, as to a shock to absolutely nobody, the statistical best player in the league takes the mantle as the best player at his position.

There’s not much that needs be said when justifying why Judge as the top corner outfield in the game when he leads all outfielders in AVG, OBP, SLG, HR, RBI, wRC+ and fWAR. Not only that, in each of those categories apart from HR and RBI, he sits leads the entirety of major league baseball. And in terms of homers and RBI, he still managed to finish among the top five in MLB.

On top of his undeniably elite bat, he posted above average totals in DRS and OAA and still managed to swipe double digits bags. An impressive show of speed and agility for a 6 ft 7, 282 lbs man.

We’re not talking about the best corner outfielder in the game here, we’re arguably taking about the best player in the game and one of the best to ever do it historically.