While various Gregorian calendars and no less an organ than the Farmer’s Almanac would likely disagree, it says here that we’re almost halfway through the current decade – i.e., the 2020s. As such, this notable juncture provides us with the rationale needed to check in on how the MLB All-Decade Team is shaping up at the midpoint.
The leading consideration is a pretty simple one: Which player at each position/role has provided the most on-field value from the 2020 season up through this past season of 2024? How players figure to perform over the back half of the current decade doesn’t matter at all for these purposes. This is all about who’s been the best over the last five seasons. Determining the best is of course a subjective matter, and the writer welcomes your objections to the choices ahead so long as he never hears of them.
Now let us proceed and examine the