The MLB is just ten days away from first pitch, so it’s starting to get to the best time to hold your fantasy baseball draft. These rankings take into account expected performance by combining several different factors, with an emphasis on opportunity and past performance.
1. Mike Trout (OF, LAA)
2. Bryce Harper (OF, WSH)
3. Jose Altuve (2B, HOU)
4. Trea Turner (SS, WSH)
5. Mookie Betts (OF, BOS)
6. Nolan Arenado (3B, COL)
7. Kris Bryant (3B, CHC)
8. Paul Goldschmidt (1B, ARI)
9. Giancarlo Standon (OF, NYY)
10. Clayton Kershaw (SP, LAD)
11. Max Scherzer (SP, WSH)
12. Charlie Blackmon (OF, COL)
13. Manny Machado (3B/SS, BAL)
14. Carlos Correa (SS, HOU)
15. Freddie Freeman (1B/3B, ATL)
16. Joey Votto (1B, CIN)
17. Anthony Rizzo (1B, CHC)
18. Corey Kluber (SP, HOU)
19. Stephen Strasburg (SP, WSH)
20. Aaron Judge (OF, NYY)
21. J.D. Martinez (OF, BOS)
22. Madison Bumgarner (SP, SF)
23. Chris Sale (SP, BOS)
24. Francisco Lindor (SS, CLE)
25. Corey Seager (SS, LAD)
26. Cody Bellinger (1B/OF, LAD)
27. George Springer (OF, HOU)
28. Jose Ramirez (2B/3B, CLE)
29. Gary Sanchez (C, NYY)
30. Rhys Hoskins (OF/1B, PHI)
31. Dee Gordon (OF/2B, SEA)
32. Brian Dozier (2B, MIN)
33. Josh Donaldson (3B, TOR)
34. Xander Bogaerts (SS, BOS)
35. Edwin Encarnacion (1B/DH, CLE)
36. Andrew Benintendi (OF, BOS)
37. Christian Yelich (OF, MIL)
38. Anthony Rendon (3B, WSH)
39. Justin Verlander (SP, HOU)
40. Byron Buxton (OF, MIL)
41. Daniel Murphy (2B, WSH)
42. Justin Turner (3B, LAD)
43. Carlos Martinez (SP, STL)
44. Justin Upton (OF, LAA)
45. Noah Syndergaard (SP, NYM)
46. Starling Marte (OF, PIT)
47. Alex Bregman (3B/SS, HOU)
48. Jose Abreau (1B, CHW)
49. Nelson Cruz (DH/OF, SEA)
50. Marcell Ozuna (OF, STL)
51. Jake Arrieta (SP, PHI)
52. Yu Darvish (SP, CHC)
53. Luis Severino (SP, NYY)
54. A.J. Pollock (OF, ARI)
55. Chris Archer (SP, TB)
56. Aaron Nola (SP, PHI)
57. Carlos Carrasco (SP, CLE)
58. Eric Hosmer (1B, SD)
59. Lorenzo Cain (OF, MIL)
60. Andrew McCutchen (OF, SF)
61. Wil Myers (1B/ SD)
62. Ryan Braun (OF, MIL)
63. Gerrit Cole (HOU, SP)
64. Jacob deGrom (SP, NYM)
65. Dallas Keuchel (SP, HOU)
66. Alex Wood (SP, LAD)
67. Rich Hill (SP, LAD)
68. Zach Greinke (SP, ARI)
69. Jonathan Schoop (2B, BAL)
70. Buster Posey (C/1B, SF)
71. Billy Hamilton (OF, CIN)
72. Jean Segura (SS, SEA)
73. Miguel Cabrera (1B, DET)
74. Shohei Ohtanin (SP/DH, LAA)
75. Robinson Cano (2B, SEA)
76. Adrian Beltre (3B/DH, TEX)
77. Miguel Sano (1B/3B/DH, MIN)
78. Yeonis Cespedes (OF, NYM)
79. D.J. LeMahieu (2B, COL)
80. Adam Jones (OF, BAL)
81. Trevor Story (SS, COL)
82. Jake Lamb (3B, ARI)
83. Ian Desmond (1B/OF, COL)
84. Ryan Zimmerman (1B, WSH)
85. Ian Kinsler (2B, LAA)
86. Greg Bird (1B, NYY)
87. Khris Davis (OF/DH, OAK)
88. Tommy Pham (OF, STL)
89. Kenley Jansen (RP, LAD)
90. Aroldis Chapman (RP, NYY)
91. Craig Kimbrel (RP, BOS)
92. Corey Knebel (RP, MIL)
93. Roberto Osuna (RP, TOR)
94. Adam Eaton (OF, WSH)
95. Jon Lester (SP, CHC)
96. Lance McCullers (SP, HOU)
97. Johnny Cueto (SP, SF)
98. Cole Hamels (SP, TEX)
99. Jose Quintana (SP, CHC)
100. Justin Smoak (1B, TOR)
101. Carlos Santana (1B, PHI)
102. Matt Carpenter (IF, STL)
103. Robbie Ray (SP, ARI)
104. James Paxton (SP, SEA)
105. David Price (SP/RP, BOS)
106. Rafael Devers (3B, BOS)
107. Yasiel Puig (OF, LAD)
108. Willson Contreras (C, CHC)
109. Masahiro Tanaka (SP, NYY)
110. Odubel Herrera (OF, PHI)
111. Kyle Schwarber (OF, CHC)
112. Kevin Kiermier (OF, TB)
113. Brett Gardner (OF, NYY)
114. Adam Duvall (OF, CIN)
115. Evan Longoria (3B, SF)
116. Hanley Ramirez (DH/1B/3B, BOS)
117. Jay Bruce (OF, NYM)
118. Whit Merrifield (2B/OF, KC)
119. Domingo Santana (OF, MIL)
120. Matt Olson (1B, OAK)
121. Travis Shaw (2B/OF, KC)
122. Gregory Polanco (OF, PIT)
123. Rougned Odor (2B, TEX)
124. Joey Gallo (1B/OF, TEX)
125. Jose Berrios (SP, MIN)
126. Ender Inciarte (OF, ATL)
127. Chris Taylor (2B/OF/SS, LAD)
128. Nick Castellanos (3B/OF, DET)
129. Didi Gregorius (SS, NYY)
130. Sean Doolittle (SP, WSH)
131. Marcus Stroman (SP, TOR)
132. Garrett Richards (SP, LAA)
133. Gio Gonzalez (SP, WSH)
134. Dexter Fowler (OF, STL)
135. Jonathan Gray (SP, COL)
136. Manuel Margot (OF, SD)
137. Jeff Samardzija (SP, SF)
138. Jonathan Villar (2B, MIL)
139. Josh Bell (1B, PIT)
140. Logan Morrison (1B, MIN)
141. Michael Conforto (OF, NYM)
142. Andrew Miller (RP, CLE)
143. Cody Allen (RP, CLE)
144. Aaron Altherr (OF, PHI)
145. Stephen Piscotty (OF, OAK)
146. Trevor Bauer (SP, CLE)
147. Josh Reddick (OF, OAK)
148. Zack Cozart (SS, LAA)
149. Jackie Bradley Jr. (OF, BOS)
150. Sonny Gray (SP, NYY)
perfect my draft is tomorrow night.
You seem to have veterans like Hanley, Cueto, and Hamels higher than anywhere I’ve seen…. I like it. Some of those guys are always bound to have throwback seasons and everyone misses out. (See Joey Votto last season)
Altuve > anyone else
One of Arrieta or Darvish will be a beast I bet.