The 2016 Horizon League MVP, Daulton Varsho parlayed his success at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to a Second Round Pick in the Amateur Draft.

Varsho first made the Majors in the COVID-19 season of 2020, and after a respectable 2021 (97 G, 70 Hits), the Outfielder/Catcher blossomed in 2022, where he belted 27 Home Runs with a .745 OPS, finishing fourth in Power-Speed # (20.1).  Defensively, he was very good, coming in at ninth in Defensive bWAR (2.0) and was fifth among National League Outfielders in Total Zone Runs (11).

Varsho’s stay in the desert did not reach four years, as he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for two players after the 2022 campaign.

Christian Walker is currently coming off his best year where the First Baseman had a career-high 36 Home Runs, won a Gold Glove, and is Arizona’s best position player going into 2023. 

The fact that Walker is on any Top 50 list at all is incredible, as he bounced around from the Orioles to Reds organizations, only playing 12 Games in the Majors before Cincinnati waived him in 2017.  Arizona claimed Walker, and after two years, he emerged as the Diamondbacks lead First Baseman.

Walker had a breakout with 29 Home Runs and 137 Hits, and he played well during the COVID-shortened 2020, but missed a section of 2021 due to injury. Walker returned to form in 2022, blasting 36 Home Runs with 94 RBIs and a Gold Glove for his defensive work.  He was slightly better in 2023, winning a second Gold Glove with 33 Home Runs and 103 RBIs, and a career-high OPS of .830.  His work also played a vital role in Arizona's National League pennant.  Last year, Walker had another solid year with 26 Home Runs and 84 RBIs, while adding a third Gold Glove.

Walker is 34, but is playing better baseball after 30 than he did before it.  Do we have a franchise top ten player here?

It had been speculated for a year that the Great Muta would be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, and it became official yesterday.  The now-retired Japanese legend will be making his first official appearance on live WWE programming at the induction ceremony.

Keiji Mutoh began his career in 1984 s part of the New Japan Pro Wresting Dojo, and he gained experience in his native country and abroad, most notably by adopting the Great Muta gimmick in the NWA, where he dazzled fans with his unique style.  He won the Television Title in 1989, but returned to New Japan shortly after, where he would compete both under his real name and as his painted-face alter ego.

Muta was a top star in Japan throughout the next 20 years, winning every title worth having.  This included the IWGP Heavyweight (4), IWGP Tag Team (6), the G1, All-Japan Triple Crown (3), and All-Japan Tag Team (5).  He also started his own promotion, Wrestle-1.

While Muta never wrestled under the WWE banner, his influence in the current product is universally known. 

On our latest Notinhalloffame list of those to consider for the WWE Hall of Fame, Muta was ranked at #18.  He will be removed following the announcement of the full class.

The ceremony will take place on March 31, just before Wrestlemania.

We here at Noinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the Great Muta for his impending honor.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top Philadelphia Phillies.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Phillies had a great year, and won the National League Pennant, though they were defeated by the Houston Astros.  Astoundingly, this did not yield any new entrants to the Top 50, though there were three that were very close.

As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:

1. Mike Schmidt

2. Robin Roberts

3. Steve Carlton

4. Ed Delahanty

5. Pete Alexander

You can find the entire list here.

The only elevation is Aaron Nola, who rocketed to #23 from #38.

As mentioned above, three current Phillies almost cracked the top 50, Zack Wheeler, Bryce Harper and J.T. Realmuto.  We expect that all three will vault into the list after our post-2023 revision.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.