Do Nationals' stars get enough credit on an individual level?

MLB Network has been airing its annual "Top 10 Right Now!" series over the last several weeks. If you haven't watched it before, the network attempts to rate the 10 best players at each position at this moment, using a complex computer algorithm affectionately referred to as "The Shredder" to come up with the final rankings.

This, of course, means nothing and shouldn't be taken seriously. But it does lead to some fun debates, and the Nationals definitely fall into that category.

So far, the show has ranked every position on the field except for third basemen and relief pitchers. It's probably safe to say the Nats won't have a third baseman on the list, and may not have anyone rank among the 10 best relievers (though there could be a case for Will Harris or Sean Doolittle).

What's surprising (at least to me) is that only three Nationals have made the cut at the eight other positions already ranked. Juan Soto was rated the No. 1 left fielder (no complaints there). Max Scherzer was rated the No. 4 starting pitcher (no problem with that, either). And Patrick Corbin was rated the No. 8 starting pitcher (wait, what?).

That's not to say Corbin doesn't deserve to be included in this discussion. Certainly his consistent performance over the last two seasons has established him as one of the best starters in baseball, definitely one of the very best left-handers.

But if Corbin made the list, wouldn't you assume Stephen Strasburg made it as well? Turns out he didn't crack the top 10, and that sure feels like an oversight, doesn't it?

Perhaps "The Shredder" looks at Strasburg's 2019 as an anomaly, because he made more than 28 starts for the first time since 2014. History perhaps suggests he's more likely than not to suffer an injury this year and miss time, so perhaps that knocks him down a few pegs.

Still, based on what we saw from Strasburg last season and straight through October, is there any talent evaluator in the sport who wouldn't rate him one of the 10 best starting pitchers in the game?

Take all major leaguers who totaled at least 500 innings over the last three seasons. Strasburg ranks seventh in ERA (Scherzer is second, Corbin is 12th). He ranks eighth in WHIP (Scherzer is first, Corbin is 14th). He ranks seventh in strikeouts per nine innings (Scherzer is second, Corbin is ninth). He ranks fifth in FIP (Scherzer is second, Corbin is eighth). He ranks sixth in WAR (Scherzer is first, Corbin is ninth).

What more does "The Shredder" need to see from Strasburg? If the argument is that he's too much of an injury risk, how did Hyun-Jin Ryu (who has totaled only 391 2/3 innings the last three seasons due to injuries) come in fifth place, in between Scherzer and Zack Greinke?

Strasburg's omission seems to be the biggest one from the Nationals' standpoint, but it's not the only one in this series. Trea Turner didn't make the top 10 shortstops and Victor Robles didn't make the top 10 center fielders.

Robles wasn't an egregious omission, but you can make the case for him over Aaron Hicks (eighth) or Brandon Nimmo (ninth). Give Robles another full season in the majors and he should crack the top 10, no problem.

Turner might just be the victim of the current depth of talent at shortstop. The final four shortstops who made the cut were Gleyber Torres, Jorge Polanco, Carlos Correa and Paul DeJong. Still, among the 22 shortstops who had 500 or more plate appearances last season, Turner ranked fourth in batting average, seventh in on-base percentage, seventh in slugging percentage, sixth in OPS, first in stolen bases, sixth in Runs Created and fourth in Win Probability Added.

Again, none of this stuff matters. The only thing that mattered is that the Nationals won the World Series, and all of the aforementioned players helped make that happen.

Still, for a team that did just win the World Series and features a lot of star power, you'd think more than three members of their roster would rank among the 10 best at their respective positions, wouldn't you?