As we continue to wait around while the owners and players try to come to a deal for a 2020 MLB season, I'm forced to come up with different topics to power rank on each Monday. This time around, let's go with a surefire fun one that is bound to make some people mad. 

We're ranking the faces of each franchise. 

Now, we need to spell things out. The face of the franchise here is obviously totally subjective. I'm personally trying to decide what player is most prominently thought of when it comes to 30 individual teams. This won't even be close to a "top 30 players" rankings. Will some lesser players be ranked higher than ultra-elite studs? Yep. For example, I firmly believe Javier Baez to be much more visible and marketable to the average, casual fan than Christian Yelich. I would hope most Brewers fans would admit this is true, but I'm guessing that won't be the case. 

Some of the choices are pretty tough. Some for different reasons. Look at the World Series champs. Strasburg? Scherzer? Juan Soto and his Shuffle? On the opposite end, picking a face of the Orioles, Marlins, Mariners, etc. isn't exactly picking from a list of the Yankees' all-time great outfielders. 

Above all, I cannot possible reiterate enough this is an entirely subjective exercise. Disagree? That's cool. In the immortal words of The Dude, "well, that's like, your opinion, man." 

Face of the Franchise Rankings
1
Angels
Mike Trout is the rightful face of baseball and actually doesn't get enough attention. Blame his teammates.
2
Phillies
Overrated? Possibly. Maybe. Probably? Regardless, Bryce Harper is pretty damn famous among MLB players. If I'm wrong here, it's because I have him too low, not too high.
3
Dodgers
Cody Bellinger just won the MVP, but isn't it still probably Clayton Kershaw ? I feel like it is and we'll rank it as such, but Bellinger is making headway with the MVP. He would've made more with a deep playoff run last year.
4
Astros
Really tough call here. Alex Bregman , George Springer and Justin Verlander are the toughest omissions with Carlos Correa also being somewhat in the conversation, but I'm going with Jose Altuve.
5
Cubs
Kris Bryant is the better overall player, career-wise, but the pick here is Javier Baez and it's not really even close. Sorry, non-Cubs fans who whine on Twitter about MLB parading him around, but there is no player more exciting in so many different ways than Baez. Tags. Slides. Celebrations. Bombs. Throws. Diving plays. The works. He's off-the-charts fun and by far the most GIF-able player MLB has. That's why the league markets him so much. He makes it easy.
6
Cardinals
Yadier Molina is the easy pick. Cardinals fans, in general, GREATLY overrate him, yes. There is also, however, a large contingent of internet people who look at WAR and JAWS and act like that defines the value brought by Molina. I firmly believe there's a leadership component of being a catcher, that includes calling pitches, that cannot possibly ever be measured by numbers. I also firmly believe this is part of where Molina is sold short in numbers. He's one of baseball's best leaders behind the dish. And he's deservedly very well known among casual fans as the face of the post-Pujols Cardinals.
7
Yankees
This was one of the toughest choices. They are loaded and have so many stars. They don't, however, have anyone like Mariano Rivera or Derek Jeter who seems like a transcendent superstar that would make for a "face." I ended up picking Aaron Judge. He heads to his age-28 season an MVP-caliber player when healthy. Health is the question, yes, but he's got everything else.
8
Nationals
Before the playoff run last season, I would have picked one of the two aces (yes, Patrick Corbin is a third ace, but he's not nearly as much of a "face" as Scherzer or Strasburg). Knowing that many casual fans only watch national TV games during the regular season and, specifically, the playoffs, however, Juan Soto is the pick. He was so prominent last postseason and is a joy to watch.
9
Indians
Francisco Lindor. The charisma and marketability are off the charts. Plus, he was in the World Series not so long ago.
10
Rockies
Easy pick in Nolan Arenado. He's already on their Mount Rushmore.
11
Braves
Ronald Acuna deserves so much more attention than he's already been getting and it should all be positive. He should be higher on the list, and the bet is he will be in a few years. He's an absolute gift from the Baseball Gods.
12
Brewers
It's Christian Yelich and he's gotten some run in commercials (rightfully so!), but I still think he's a bit behind the pack of top-level, "hey, I know that guy!" picks from very casual fans.
13
Mets
It's Jacob deGrom and they play in the biggest media market we have. I just wonder how much Joe Casual Fan sees deGrom when someone asks who is a stud MLB player. The answer, whatever it is, is lower than it should be.
14
Giants
Might've had a REALLY tough choice here, but Madison Bumgarner signed elsewhere, so it's Buster Posey. They haven't won it all since 2014, so it's tough to gauge how much the general, casual public knows Posey. I feel like he still has cache.
15
Padres
It won't be long before it's Fernando Tatis Jr., but right now I think we have to go with Manny Machado and he's very recognizable to the general public.
16
Blue Jays
Sure, he mostly disappointed in the regular season, but it's Vlad Jr. The Home Run Derby performance alone shoots him up the charts.
17
Tigers
He's old. He's banged up. He's washed up. But Miguel Cabrera is still a very well-known entity. A sidenote: Good for the Tigers for not being completely buried in a ranking regarding the 2020 season.
18
Reds
I fear he's in his decline and he's obviously not their best player (that's Eugenio Suarez ), but I still think it's Joey Votto .
19
Athletics
Tough market, but both Marcus Semien and Matt Chapman deserve a lot more run than they get. Chapman is the pick here.
20
Rangers
With Adrian Beltre retiring, Elvis Andrus was primed to take over. But my man Joey Gallo took the mantle last season.
21
White Sox
The pick might well be Yoan Moncada or Eloy Jimenez in a few years. But it's Tim Anderson right now. Unfortunately, his ankle injury deprived us of lots of fun last season.
22
Twins
It feels like Byron Buxton should've taken this and run with it by now -- with top five potential -- but he hasn't. Joe Mauer retiring made it a tougher choice, for sure. I'll go with Jose Berrios by a nose over Eddie Rosario .
23
Red Sox
They just traded theirs! I guess I'll go with Xander Bogaerts, but they deserve to be owned for trading an MVP one season removed from winning it all. Ridiculous.
24
Rays
Who is the face of the Rays ? A parade for winning 90 games with a low payroll? A $/WAR trophy? The "Opener?" Since the departure of Evan Longoria I can't really pin down a single player. Blake Snell? Charlie Morton? Kevin Kiermaier? I'll go with Snell. He won a Cy Young and was pretty visible in recently playing video games and rubbing a good number of fans the wrong way.
25
Diamondbacks
Before his trade, Paul Goldschmidt would've been higher, but now it's Ketel Marte. He's an exceptional player who should be more well known.
26
Pirates
Their high-water mark in the past decade would've been toward the top with Andrew McCutchen. Now it's Josh Bell and, unfortunately, not as many people know of him and his ability to hit baseballs into the Allegheny River.
27
Mariners
The departures of King Felix and Ichiro send the Mariners plummeting down the charts. Is the current face of the team the holdover Kyle Seager, or is a new(ish)-comer like Mitch Haniger or Daniel Vogelbach? Tough call. I'll go Vogey. He's huge and has a weird home run swing, so that buys him a couple spots.
28
Royals
Whit Merrifield is a great player that so many fans haven't even heard of. It's a bit of a shame.
29
Orioles
He hit .179/.276/.326 last year, but I think it's still Chris Davis. Maybe I'm wrong and it's Trey Mancini. Either way, there isn't a lot here. Poor John Means.
30
Marlins
Tough choice between Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich and J.T. Realmuto, trickling down to Marcell Ozuna. Wait. Nevermind. Jorge Alfaro? Caleb Smith? Brian Anderson? Pick your poison. Choose your own adventure. The conclusion is always gonna be number 30 on this list.