Top 100 MLB players of all time - Who were the biggest snubs from our list?

As we begin our ranking of the top 100 Major League Baseball players to ever take the diamond, it's time to debate the stars who landed just outside of our list.

With that in mind, we asked our MLB experts to find the one player not in this week's top 100 they most strongly feel deserves to be there. From Negro Leagues stars and Hall of Famers from the early days of the sport to recent MVPs and postseason heroes, here are the nine players they named.

The List: 100-51 | 50-26 | 25-1 (coming Thursday)

BBTN podcast: Debating the rankings

Bullet Rogan

The Negro Leagues were clearly underrepresented on our top 100, and three players certainly stood out as snubs: first baseman Buck Leonard, shortstop Pop Lloyd and two-way player Bullet Rogan. When I solicited the opinion of Bob Kendrick, the president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, he was unequivocal: Rogan was the biggest miss of all. We marvel, rightfully, at what Shohei Ohtani did in his incredible MVP-winning 2021 season. Well, Rogan was Ohtani a century before Ohtani. And as resplendent as Rogan's talent was — a fastball that earned him his nickname and led to a 2.65 ERA over 1,500 documented innings, a bat that slashed .338/.413/.521 over around 2,400 plate appearances, a glove used at all nine positions — that wasn't the most amazing thing he did. After leaving the Army in 1920, Rogan played nine elite two-way seasons. The talent was unmistakable. The longevity was truly special. — Jeff Passan

Buck Leonard

They called Leonard the Lou Gehrig of the Negro Leagues, but as Hall of Famer Monte Irvin put it, «If he had gotten the chance to play in the major leagues, they might have called Lou Gehrig the white Buck Leonard.» Gehrig had more power, but Leonard was his