Cleveland Indians: Who has the best hair in baseball?

It’s been a slow winter to say the least. But at least one interesting topic came up recently, and that is players’ hair. Cleveland Indians righty Mike Clevinger offered his take on the best locks in baseball.

Clevinger is no stranger to glorious flows. Some may even consider him an expert in that category. I mean, just look at him.

On MLB Network radio on Thursday, Clevinger gave his top five best flows of all time in baseball.

Surprisingly, he didn’t put himself at the top spot on the list. But he did include Cleveland Indians teammates Jose Ramirez and Francisco Lindor. Clevinger went old school with his other picks, choosing Mickey Morandini and Doc Ellis.

A baseball flow is something that is taken very seriously by the players that grow them out. And generally, only the best players are able to grow them out. You never see too many bench players growing out a luscious flow. Perhaps this has something to do with a flow helping a player’s performance, but now we’re getting way too into baseball superstition.

My Top Five Flows

I have to disagree slightly with Clevinger’s rankings, though. There are plenty of good flows around the game that could make this list. So with that, here is my list of the top five baseballs flows in the game right now.

1. Bryce Harper
2. Mike Clevinger
3. Josh Hader
4. Yuli Gurriel
5. Noah Syndergaard

Clevinger’s locks are good but Bryce Harper’s flow is just magical. It’s something that really can’t be beat around baseball. He’s too good and his hair too perfect. Clevinger fits into second place, just ahead of Brewers lefty Josh Hader.

Yuli Gurriel’s hair is wild. He can take his helmet off after an at-bat and it’s something different every time. But it still looks so well conditioned that it earns a spot on my list. Noah Syndergaard wraps up the list.  I feel I would be remiss if I didn’t mention a single Mets pitcher in this top five. Practically every Mets starter has a long, beautiful flow, but Syndergaard gets the nod. It would have been Jacob Degrom, but he recently cut his hair short, which I think is a big mistake.

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This offseason is slow, I know, but perhaps thinking about the best hairdos in the game right now will help bring warm thoughts of the spring that’s going to be here in less than two weeks.