With a 162 games (maybe 154 soon?) a season, it can be hard to decide which of the 81 games at your home park are worth shelling out the dough to go watch. One deciding factor can be who your home team is playing. And with that in mind, I look at the nine players that if they come through to face your favorite team, you should do everything you can to be in the ballpark when they are there; because, lists.

9. P, Dallas Keuchel – Houston Astros

The bearded wonder might not be the most exciting pitcher to watch (6.4 Ks per 9) but his mastery of inducing the ground balls, his fantastic job fielding his position (2014 Gold Glove winner) and the beard are all enjoyable to take in. Kid Keuchy is on fire to start the 2015 season, starting 6-0 with a 1.67 ERA and an outstanding .974 WHIP. He’s probably not the biggest firework maker on this list but he is a great watch and if his defense is up to snuff he’s got a decent shot at flirting with a few no-hitters this year. It’s also fun to watch people from Houston actually cheer from something called Dallas. Probably the only time you’ll ever see that.

8. CF, Billy Hamilton – Cincinnati Reds

There is something fun about watching someone try to steal a base. And few do it as well as Billy Hamilton. The Reds Centerfielder is refining his craft in his second full season in the league, having grabbed 17 bags being caught only twice so far this season. Every time he gets on first base, second base, and even a little bit on third base you can feel the excitement of everyone anticipating when, not if, he’s going to run. It also doesn’t hurt that his speed in the outfield makes every shot to the gap a little more interesting. Now if only he can get on base more than 30% of the time. Right now, he is the actual real life, Willie Mays Hayes. Someone start making him do pushups anytime he doesn’t hit the ball on the ground.

7. 1B, Miguel Cabrera – Detroit Tigers

The first triple crown winner in my lifetime is one of those hitters that no matter what you’re doing when he steps to the plate you pause whatever conversation, text message, facebook status you are doing and watch. He’s amazing. His ability to hit a baseball is fantastic. And he’s been doing it for 12 years. He was a phenom coming up with the Marlins. He turned into a superstar with the Tigers. You probably couldn’t pick him out of a police line-up. For some reason, he doesn’t seem to get the credit, but trust me on this. He’s one of the best players to ever play the game. He might be the greatest all-around hitter of his generation. And he probably still has six years left.

6. P, Sonny Gray – Oakland Athletics

Sonny Gray is one of those pitchers that shouldn’t throw as hard as he does. He’s 5’11 and 180 pounds and fires in 95 MPH lasers and breaks off wicked change-ups and sliders to make hitters look silly. He’s young and talented and wears his awesome striped stirrups with high pants. He also strikes people out. And strikeouts are fun to watch. He’s averaged 8 K/9 for his career and every night he takes the hill he has the potential for a lights out pitching performance (He opened the 2015 season with a 8 inning, 1 hit performance).

[Editor’s Note: Garret Is a diehard A’s fan, and it’s shocking Sonny Gray is not higher on this list. Also, Garret is the Editor of this website, so make of this note what you will.]

5. RF, Giancarlo Stanton – Miami Marlins

Do chicks still dig the long ball?

They most likely do. And there is no longer ball hit than that from Giancarlo Stanton. When you go see Stanton play get a seat as far back in the outfield as you can. You actually might want to get one outside of the stadium.

4. P, Felix Hernandez – Seattle Mariners

The best pitcher in the American League by leaps and bounds, King Felix is amazing to watch, in person or on TV he’s worth the time every time. He has a perfect game on his record already, so the likelihood of you getting a double dose of perfection when in attendance is low, but history is always a possibility. There is a very good chance that Felix Hernandez has the highest chance of getting a 20 strike-out game of any pitcher in baseball right now. And that is fun. Just like Miguel Cabrera is for hitters, I feel like Felix is maybe the best pitcher of a generation, and people don’t really give him as much credit as he deserves. If he’s pitching in your town, go see him.

3. P, Clayton Kershaw – Los Angeles Dodgers

Currently the best and most exciting pitcher in the Majors, Clayton steps onto the mound and baseball fans swoon. It is just how it is with him. I’m not sure if it’s because he’s a lefty and there is some mythical fascination with left handed pitchers that society has over right-handed pitchers, but there is something more magical about Kershaw than any other pitcher in the league. When he’s on the hill I like to tune into Dodgers television on my MLB.tv and just listen to Vin Scully describe his unique delivery. There are few things as sweet as that at 10pm CT on a Wednesday night (West Coast baseball is one of the best late night tune-ins a guy in Texas can have. I love just having a game on as I finish work and everyone else in the house is asleep and there is no better voice than Vin.) Bonus: If you go see Kershaw, you get to see Yasiel Puig.

2. CF, Mike Trout – Angels

I refuse to write out the city for the Orange County baseball team. I don’t know what I’m supposed to refer to them as, so they are just the Angels [Editor’s Note: I hate the Angels more than any other team in baseball, so I will take a shot at them any way I can]. The Angels are lucky to have Mike Trout. He is amazing. The thing that is so fantastic about him is that everything he does is unsurprising. He robs a home run, makes leaping on a 9-foot wall to catch a ball in flight look like a routine fly ball.

1. RF, Bryce Harper – Washington Nationals

Bryce Harper isn’t the best player in baseball. I would argue it’s a wide margin for him to be there. But he might easily be the most exciting. It’s not just his skill that is fun to watch. He can play defense (has a cannon arm), hits absolutely monster home runs (currently leads the majors) and has the potential to go nuclear at any point (loves to argue with umpires, coaches, teammates). Harper is still a kid, much like Trout, but he is a man of a baseball player. If the Nationals are coming through your town go check them out, and enjoy the Bryce Harper show.