2017 Rest-Of-The-Season Rankings: Cueto No!

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Another week, another edition of the 2017 Rest-Of-The-Season Rankings.

First off, I want to apologize for the slightly late post this week. Our site was down for a while, but now that it is fixed the So-Called Fantasy Experts are ready to once again put out high-quality Fantasy content for our readers.

We have just entered August which means we have passed the non-waiver trade deadline. It was a pretty fun deadline, and there were plenty of players that went from teams who are out of contention to contenders.

These players, such as Sonny Gray, Yu Darvish and Melky Cabrera (just to name a few off of the top of my head) all received a nice boost to their Fantasy value now that they are playing for a better team. However, those are not the only reasons why a player’s stock could be up this week. In fact, only one of my three players in the “Stock Up” section were given their boost due to a trade, even though I could have chosen plenty more if I wanted to.

Besides that, I don’t believe there is much else to say about this week in baseball, so let’s get into the rankings.

2017 Rest-Of-The-Season Rankings

Stock Up

Raisel Iglesias, SP/RP, Cincinnati Reds

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I give in. I had been keeping Iglesias off of these rankings for so long because the Reds have been struggling, and that has led to Iglesias not having a great amount of save opportunities. However, the Reds realized that so they found alternative ways to get him into the game, and he has been great. His 1.95 ERA with over 10 K/9 is useful for any Fantasy team, even if he only has 17 saves.

Domingo Santana, RF, Milwaukee Brewers

Domingo Santana has been one of the main reasons that the Brewers have been so unexpectedly good this season. The reason for him rising in this week’s rankings is not due to a recent spike in performance, but rather due to the fact that he is continuously proving that he can sustain this high level of performance through the second half of the season. His .285 batting average, 18 home

His .285 batting average, 18 home runs, and 57 RBI have made him one of this year’s biggest breakout stars, and he continues to fly under the radar in the eyes of all owners, except the ones who own him.

Jonathan Lucroy, C, Colorado Rockies

Alright, Jonathan, I am giving you one last chance for this year.

Jonathan Lucroy has been one of the best offensive catchers in the league for quite some time now. However, this year has been quite the opposite for him. He has struggled mightily all year, and after many weeks of advising people to stick with him, I pretty much gave up on the year.

That is until he was traded to the Colorado Rockies. Could a move to Coors Field be what he needs to turn it around? It certainly can’t hurt, and it also doesn’t hurt that he will now be playing in a stacked offensive lineup. If you have a chance to buy low on him, I would do it now.

 

Stock Down

Johnny Cueto, SP, San Francisco Giants

Johnny Cueto has officially made history by becoming the first player in the history of these rankings to be included in the “Stock Down” section for back-to-back weeks. I already mentioned in last week’s 2017 Rest-Of-The-Season Rankings that Cueto’s performance this year was well below his standards and that it was finally time to stop giving him the benefit of the doubt. Now you can add the fact that he experienced forearm tightness during a rehab start. Cueto no!

2017 Rest-Of-The-Season Rankings

Rank	Name	Team	Positions
1	Mike Trout	LAA	CF
2	Bryce Harper	WSH	RF
3	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI	1B
4	Nolan Arenado	COL	3B
5	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B
6	Mookie Betts	BOS	RF
7	Charlie Blackmon	COL	CF
8	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SP
9	Joey Votto	CIN	1B
10	Max Scherzer	WSH	SP
11	Daniel Murphy	WSH	1B,2B
12	Aaron Judge	NYY	RF,DH
13	Chris Sale	BOS	SP
14	Kris Bryant	CHC	1B,3B,LF,RF
15	Anthony Rizzo	CHC	1B,2B
16	Corey Seager	LAD	SS
17	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	SP
18	George Springer	HOU	CF,RF
19	Ryan Zimmerman	WSH	1B
20	Corey Kluber	CLE	SP
21	Zack Greinke	ARI	SP
22	Buster Posey	SF	C,1B
23	Stephen Strasburg	WSH	SP
24	Jean Segura	SEA	2B,SS
25	Dee Gordon	MIA	2B
26	Robinson Cano	SEA	2B
27	Ryan Braun	MIL	LF
28	Jacob deGrom	NYM	SP
29	Miguel Cabrera	DET	1B,DH
30	Josh Donaldson	TOR	3B
31	Miguel Sano	MIN	1B,3B,RF,DH
32	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	SS
33	Freddie Freeman	ATL	1B,3B
34	Giancarlo Stanton	MIA	RF
35	Cody Bellinger	LAD	1B,LF
36	Nelson Cruz	SEA	RF,DH
37	Manny Machado	BAL	3B,SS
38	Brian Dozier	MIN	2B
39	Trea Turner	WSH	2B,SS,CF
40	Kenley Jansen	LAD	RP
41	Yu Darvish	LAD	SP
42	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	SP
43	Carlos Martinez	STL	SP
44	Michael Fulmer	DET	SP
45	Elvis Andrus	TEX	SS
46	Marcell Ozuna	MIA	LF,CF,RF
47	Jose Ramirez	CLE	2B,3B,LF
48	Khris Davis	OAK	LF,DH
49	Billy Hamilton	CIN	CF
50	Edwin Encarnacion	CLE	1B,DH
51	Christian Yelich	MIA	LF,CF
52	Chris Archer	TB	SP
53	Alex Wood	LAD	SP,RP
54	Robbie Ray	ARI	SP
55	Salvador Perez	KC	C,DH
56	Jon Lester	CHC	SP
57	David Price	BOS	SP
58	Gerrit Cole	PIT	SP
59	Jay Bruce	NYM	1B,RF
60	Craig Kimbrel	BOS	RP
61	Lance McCullers	HOU	SP
62	Marcus Stroman	TOR	SP
63	Wil Myers	SD	1B,RF
64	A.J. Pollock	ARI	CF
65	Francisco Lindor	CLE	SS
66	J.T. Realmuto	MIA	C
67	James Paxton	SEA	SP
68	Greg Holland	COL	RP
69	Jake Arrieta	CHC	SP
70	Justin Verlander	DET	SP
71	Jason Vargas	KC	SP
72	Ervin Santana	MIN	SP
73	Jose Quintana	CHC	SP
74	Madison Bumgarner	SF	SP
75	Justin Turner	LAD	3B
76	Travis Shaw	MIL	1B,3B
77	Justin Smoak	TOR	1B
78	Zach Britton	BAL	RP
79	Jake Lamb	ARI	3B
80	Eduardo Nunez	BOS	3B,SS,LF
81	Zack Cozart	CIN	SS
82	Jonathan Villar	MIL	2B,3B,SS
83	Eric Thames	MIL	1B,LF,RF
84	Jose Peraza	CIN	2B,SS,LF,CF
85	Jose Abreu	CWS	1B,DH
86	Matt Carpenter	STL	1B,2B,3B
87	Corey Dickerson	TB	LF,DH
88	Justin Upton	DET	LF,CF
89	J.D. Martinez	ARI	RF
90	Mark Reynolds	COL	1B
91	Yasmani Grandal	LAD	C
92	Luis Severino	NYY	SP,RP
93	Gio Gonzalez	WSH	SP
94	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	SP
95	Ivan Nova	PIT	SP,RP
96	Zack Godley	ARI	SP,RP
97	Cole Hamels	TEX	SP
98	Jose Berrios	MIN	SP
99	Drew Pomeranz	BOS	SP
100	Eric Hosmer	KC	1B
101	Yonder Alonso	OAK	1B
102	Chris Davis	BAL	1B
103	Jose Bautista	TOR	RF,DH
104	Kyle Seager	SEA	3B
105	Wade Davis	CHC	RP
106	Anthony Rendon	WSH	3B
107	Aroldis Chapman	NYY	RP
108	Yoenis Cespedes	NYM	LF,CF
109	DJ LeMahieu	COL	2B
110	Adrian Beltre	TEX	3B,DH
111	Adam Duvall	CIN	LF,RF
112	Gary Sanchez	NYY	C,DH
113	Michael Brantley	CLE	LF
114	Matt Kemp	ATL	LF,RF,DH
115	Gregory Polanco	PIT	LF,RF,CF
116	Domingo Santana	MIL	RF
117	Lorenzo Cain	KC	CF,RF
118	Alexander Colome	TB	RP
119	Kenneth Giles	HOU	RP
120	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	2B
121	Avisail Garcia	CWS	LF,RF,DH
122	Cody Allen	CLE	RP
123	Ender Inciarte	ATL	LF,CF
124	Scott Schebler	CIN	LF,CF,RF
125	Edwin Diaz	SEA	RP
126	Mark Melancon	SF	RP
127	Raisel Iglesias	CIN	SP,RP
128	Cesar Hernandez	PHI	2B
129	Michael Conforto	NYM	LF,CF,RF
130	Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B
131	Adam Jones	BAL	CF
132	Ian Desmond	COL	1B,LF,CF
133	Mark Trumbo	BAL	RF,DH
134	Danny Duffy	KC	SP,RP
135	Lance Lynn	STL	SP
136	Johnny Cueto	SF	SP
137	Jimmy Nelson	MIL	SP
138	Sonny Gray	NYY	SP
139	Evan Longoria	TB	3B,DH
140	Carlos Gonzalez	COL	RF
141	Chris Owings	ARI	2B,SS,CF,RF
142	Kendrys Morales	TOR	1B,RF,DH
143	Andrew Benintendi	BOS	LF,CF
144	Jonathan Schoop	BAL	2B
145	Chris Taylor	LAD	2B,3B,SS,LF,CF
146	Yasiel Puig	LAD	RF
147	Trey Mancini	BAL	1B,LF,DH
148	Starling Marte	PIT	LF,CF
149	Carlos Correa	HOU	SS
150	Didi Gregorius	NYY	SS
151	Yasmany Tomas	ARI	LF,RF
152	Willson Contreras	CHC	C,LF
153	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	CF,RF
154	Mike Moustakas	KC	3B,DH
155	Seung-Hwan Oh	STL	RP
156	Kelvin Herrera	KC	RP
157	Dylan Bundy	BAL	SP,RP
158	Rick Porcello	BOS	SP
159	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	SP
160	Julio Teheran	ATL	SP
161	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	SP
162	Albert Pujols	LAA	1B,DH
163	Carlos Santana	CLE	1B,RF,DH
164	Starlin Castro	NYY	2B
165	Kevin Pillar	TOR	CF
166	Ian Kinsler	DET	2B
167	David Peralta	ARI	LF,RF
168	Rougned Odor	TEX	2B
169	Jonathan Lucroy	COL	C,1B,DH
170	Brandon Phillips	ATL	2B
171	Matt Adams	ATL	1B,LF
172	Jacoby Ellsbury	NYY	CF,DH
173	Nomar Mazara	TEX	LF,RF,DH
174	Andrew Miller	CLE	RP
175	Joey Gallo	TEX	1B,3B,LF
176	Yangervis Solarte	SD	2B,3B,1B
177	Odubel Herrera	PHI	CF
178	Corey Knebel	MIL	RP
179	Ben Zobrist	CHC	2B,LF,RF,1B
180	Roberto Osuna	TOR	RP
181	Brian McCann	HOU	C,DH
182	Sean Manaea	OAK	SP
183	Marwin Gonzalez	HOU	1B,2B,3B,SS,LF
184	Brett Gardner	NYY	LF,CF
185	Matt Wieters	WSH	C
186	Hanley Ramirez	BOS	1B,DH
187	Brandon Crawford	SF	SS
188	Cameron Maybin	LAA	LF,CF,RF
189	Addison Russell	CHC	SS
190	Yadier Molina	STL	C
191	Kole Calhoun	LAA	RF
192	Melky Cabrera	KC	LF,DH
193	Stephen Piscotty	STL	CF,RF
194	Troy Tulowitzki	TOR	SS
195	Todd Frazier	NYY	1B,3B,DH
196	Tanner Roark	WSH	SP
197	Logan Morrison	TB	1B
198	Felipe Rivero	PIT	RP
199	Felix Hernandez	SEA	SP
200	Trevor Story	COL	SS

 

 

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