Life is good! I finished my third base rankings. Had a nice relaxing week off for Thanksgiving. Went out shopping on Black Friday (Thursday) and didn’t get assaulted. And I continued to work on my projections for the 2016 MLB season, with Jordan Zimmermann being the only player of note switching teams. I fear the changes I’ll have to make once the Winter Meetings get here.
While you may be anxiously waiting for baseball season to roll around again, this is actually the busiest time of year for Fantasy Baseball writers.
In addition to the aforementioned projections, we here at socalledfantasyexperts.com are also getting a head start on our player profiles and all the other incredible content we’re planning for our 2016 Fantasy Baseball Draft Package. It’s going to be huge. Huge.
Until draft season rolls around though, we’ve been getting more familiar with the player pool by inviting various experts from around the industry to participate in a series of Early 2016 Fantasy Baseball Rankings.
If you missed them we’ve already covered Catcher Rankings, First Base Rankings, and Second Base Rankings. This week we move on to our first draft of Third Base Rankings for the 2016 season.
Before we get to the rankings though, let me introduce you to the crew we’ve got on hand this week.
Meet the Experts
Ray Guilfoyle – Ray is the managing editor at Fake Teams, covering fantasy baseball, football, basketball, hockey and even some English Premier League soccer. Follow him on Twitter at@FakeTeams.
Jim Finch – Jim is one of the main men over at Fantasy Assembly. It’s from him that I blatantly stole the idea of doing rankings with an associated podcast from. They were selfish at Fantasy Assembly and kept their rankings in house. We’ll forgive Jim since he’s sharing with us now. He’s on probation though. Jim is on Twitter at @TheJimFinch.
Fabian Taylor – Fabian is one of our own. His work for So-Called Fantasy Experts has been extraordinary. He’s one of the top new baseball writers in the industry and you’ll be hearing a lot more from him. Check out all his work at SCFE and follow him on twitter at @CanucksRule247
Joel Henard – Joel joined the SCFE team just recently and the podcasts we’ll do around these rankings will be the real kick-off of our relationship. He’s the voice behind The Fantasy Insiders and we’re looking forward to the skills he brings to the mic.
Mike Hilbig – Mike , @TheFantasyDr, is the co-host of The Fantasy Insider Show, where you’ll here us talk about these rankings later this week.
Doug “RotoDaddy” Anderson – The RotoDaddy moniker came about when my son was born in 2003, not because I spank everybody in Fantasy Baseball (though it does happen quite a bit). You can follow me on Twitter at @RotoDaddy, although right now I don’t post very often because I’m buried in player projections and profiles.
Early 2016 Third Base Rankings
| Player |
Guilfoyle
|
Finch
|
Taylor
|
Henard
|
Hilbig
|
Anderson
|
Consensus
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Donaldson |
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| Manny Machado |
1
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
| Nolan Arenado |
3
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
| Kris Bryant |
4
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
| Todd Frazier |
5
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
| Kyle Seager |
7
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
9
|
6
|
| Anthony Rendon |
6
|
6
|
10
|
7
|
9
|
10
|
7
|
| Evan Longoria |
9
|
7
|
9
|
9
|
6
|
11
|
8
|
| Adrian Beltre |
11
|
9
|
6
|
10
|
10
|
8
|
9
|
| Matt Carpenter |
10
|
11
|
8
|
11
|
8
|
7
|
10
|
| Maikel Franco |
8
|
12
|
11
|
14
|
12
|
6
|
11
|
| Mike Moustakas |
14
|
14
|
13
|
8
|
13
|
13
|
12
|
| Jung-ho Kang |
12
|
10
|
15
|
15
|
18
|
14
|
13
|
| Matt Duffy |
19
|
16
|
14
|
12
|
11
|
19
|
14
|
| Trevor Plouffe |
17
|
18
|
16
|
13
|
22
|
18
|
15
|
| David Wright |
15
|
13
|
19
|
NR
|
14
|
16
|
16
|
| Nick Castellanos |
23
|
15
|
17
|
20
|
25
|
17
|
17
|
| Justin Turner |
16
|
24
|
12
|
NR
|
21
|
21
|
18
|
| Chase Headley |
22
|
NR
|
22
|
15
|
15
|
23
|
19
|
| Yasmany Tomas |
20
|
19
|
20
|
21
|
24
|
24
|
20
|
| Pablo Sandoval |
18
|
23
|
18
|
NR
|
20
|
22
|
21
|
| Daniel Murphy |
NR
|
20
|
24
|
18
|
NR
|
12
|
22
|
| Jake Lamb |
25
|
17
|
21
|
22
|
NR
|
25
|
23
|
| Brett Lawrie |
24
|
25
|
NR
|
NR
|
17
|
20
|
24
|
| Martin Prado |
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
17
|
16
|
NR
|
25
|
| Hector Olivera |
21
|
22
|
23
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
26
|
| Josh Harrison |
NR
|
21
|
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
15
|
27
|
| Yangervis Solarte |
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
19
|
19
|
NR
|
28
|
| Luis Valbuena |
NR
|
NR
|
25
|
25
|
23
|
NR
|
29
|
| Yunel Escobar |
NR
|
NR
|
NR
|
23
|
NR
|
NR
|
30
|
Early Sleepers and Busts at Third Base
Ray Guilfoyle:
Sleepers – Nick Castellanos, Hector Olivera
Busts – Evan Longoria, Nolan Arenado
Jim Finch:
Sleeper – Nick Castellanos
Joel Henard:
Sleeper – Nick Castellanos
Bust – Matt Duffy
Mike Hilbig:
Sleeper – Maikel Franco
Bust – Pablo Sandoval
Doug Anderson:
Sleeper: Josh Harrison|
Bust: Todd Frazier
Hopefully our Third Base Rankings have helped give you a little bit of your baseball fix. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below. There doesn’t seem to be much disagreement in our rankings for the most part. Maybe that’s because after the Top 5 or 6, third base is kind of a boring position, filled with mediocrity.
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