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.

Third Baseman of the Year (First Team All-MLB):  Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Indians.  6.7 bWAR, 6.3 fWAR, 147 H, 36 HR, 111 R, 103 RBI, 27 SB, .266/.355/.538/.893.

This was the second time that Ramirez had a 35 HR/100 RBI season, and it was the third time that he batted over .300 in RISP.  Ramirez, who led the American League in Power-Speed # in 2018 and 2020, was second this year, and was sixth in OPS.  

Second Team All-MLB: Third Base:  Austin Riley, Atlanta Braves.  6.1 bWAR, 4.1 fWAR, 179 H, 33 HR, 91 R, 107 RBI, 0 SB, .303/.367/.531/898.

Riley completed his third season, and it was his clear breakout campaign.

Third Team All-MLB: Third Base:  Manny Machado, San Diego Padres.  5.1 bWAR, 4.1 fWAR, 165 H, 28 HR, 92 R, 109 RBI, 12 SB, .282/.364/.611/975.

Machado narrowly beat Rafael Devers of Boston, with Devers poor defense pulling him slightly below Machado.   

Drafted third overall in 2010, Manny Machado arrived in Baltimore as a 20-year-old phenom in 2012, sparking a mid-season surge that helped the Orioles return to the postseason for the first time in 15 years. While he played just 51 games in his debut, he took over third base full-time in 2013 and immediately authored one of the greatest defensive seasons in franchise history.

That year, Machado became a national sensation, capturing the Gold Glove, the Platinum Glove (as the best overall fielder in the AL), and leading the league in Defensive bWAR. Offensively, he proved just as dangerous, leading the American League with 51 doubles and earning his first of four All-Star selections as an Oriole. Despite missing a significant portion of 2014 to injury, Machado returned in 2015 as a transformed power threat. He reeled off three consecutive seasons of at least 33 home runs (2015–2017), pairing his elite "Minister of Defense" glove with the most productive bat in the lineup.

As the Orioles faced a rebuilding phase in 2018, it became clear that the generational talent would be out of reach in free agency. He was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers mid-season, concluding a brilliant Baltimore chapter that included 162 home runs and two top-five AL MVP finishes.

Machado left Maryland with 977 hits, a .283 batting average, and a legacy as the most dynamic third baseman to wear the orange and black since Brooks Robinson. Inducted into the conversation of all-time Orioles greats, he remains the definitive "what-if" of the modern era—a superstar who reached the mountaintop of individual excellence in a Baltimore uniform.