MLB Opening Day is just around the corner, but before it gets here, why not take a trip around the diamond and see our top 10 at every position rankings for 2018 first?

MLB 's Freddie Freeman, Paul Goldschmidt, Anthony Rizzo and Joey Votto —listed alphabetically so as not to give anything away—all have a case for being the top player at the position.

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At the moment, MLB is on pace for 66 position player pitching appearances in 2018. The previous record was set last year with 32.

The approach at the plate that saw him top the NL in hits in 2016 followed him to his old position, as Segura hit .300 with 30 doubles and a 110 OPS+ in an injury-shortened campaign.

One of the top pitching prospects in baseball, the former first-round pick struggled to an 8.02 ERA in 14 starts and an unsightly 49-35 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 58.1 innings.