With the first half of the season in the books, it’s time for one last RotoBaller rankings update. As with our May edition, these rest-of-season rankings come from yours truly and Mr. Kyle Bishop. We’re each talking about one position per day through Sunday, with today being my turn to trot around the outfield.

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2017 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Outfielders (Midseason Update)

Ranking	Tier	Player	Position	Kyle	Nick	Composite
1	1	Mike Trout	OF	1	1	1
2	1	Aaron Judge	OF	2	5	3.5
3	1	Bryce Harper	OF	4	8	6
4	2	Mookie Betts	OF	13	7	10
5	2	Kris Bryant	3B/OF	11	14	12.5
6	2	George Springer	OF	10	16	13
7	2	Charlie Blackmon	OF	14	15	14.5
8	2	Giancarlo Stanton	OF	15	26	20.5
9	2	Jose Ramirez	3B/OF	17	25	21
10	2	Cody Bellinger	1B/OF	22	24	23
11	3	Marcell Ozuna	OF	24	37	30.5
12	3	J.D. Martinez	OF	30	35	32.5
13	3	Nelson Cruz	OF	45	21	33
14	3	Ryan Braun	OF	35	41	38
15	3	Khris Davis	OF	63	28	45.5
16	3	A.J. Pollock	OF	55	38	46.5
17	3	Yoenis Cespedes	OF	48	45	46.5
18	3	Justin Upton	OF	60	53	56.5
19	3	Corey Dickerson	OF	74	47	60.5
20	3	Domingo Santana	OF	65	73	69
21	3	Andrew McCutchen	OF	57	86	71.5
22	4	Starling Marte	OF	71	83	77
23	4	Christian Yelich	OF	93	64	78.5
24	4	Michael Conforto	OF	67	107	87
25	4	Adam Duvall	OF	79	115	97
26	4	Andrew Benintendi	OF	84	118	101
27	4	Billy Hamilton	OF	107	133	120
28	4	Chris Owings	SS/OF	135	105	120
29	4	Matt Holliday	1B/OF	99	142	120.5
30	5	Tommy Pham	OF	98	143	120.5
31	5	Aaron Altherr	OF	122	#N/A	122
32	5	Scott Schebler	OF	116	130	123
33	5	Trea Turner	SS/2B/OF	126	125	125.5
34	5	Lorenzo Cain	OF	89	163	126
35	5	Brett Gardner	OF	132	121	126.5
36	5	Matt Kemp	OF	178	88	133
37	5	Keon Broxton	OF	106	164	135
38	5	Gregory Polanco	OF	154	119	136.5
39	5	Adam Jones	OF	170	112	141
40	5	Jay Bruce	OF	169	116	142.5
41	5	Cameron Maybin	OF	110	177	143.5
42	5	Michael Brantley	OF	200	93	146.5
43	6	Carlos Gonzalez	OF	214	102	158
44	6	Carlos Gomez	OF	145	171	158
45	6	Jackie Bradley	OF	118	199	158.5
46	6	Ian Desmond	OF	184	136	160
47	6	Mark Trumbo	OF	193	141	167
48	6	Jose Bautista	OF	146	209	177.5
49	6	David Peralta	OF	167	198	182.5
50	6	Steven Souza	OF	130	241	185.5
51	6	Shin-Soo Choo	OF	196	196	196
52	6	Mitch Haniger	OF	210	187	198.5
53	6	Stephen Piscotty	OF	208	191	199.5
54	6	Josh Reddick	OF	197	207	202
55	7	Joc Pederson	OF	182	224	203
56	7	Yasiel Puig	OF	202	211	206.5
57	7	Ender Inciarte	OF	147	278	212.5
58	7	Nomar Mazara	OF	261	174	217.5
59	7	Kole Calhoun	OF	216	237	226.5
60	7	Dexter Fowler	OF	264	190	227
61	7	Hunter Renfroe	OF	239	216	227.5
62	7	Brandon Drury	3B/OF	273	188	230.5
63	7	Joshua Bell	1B/OF	300	173	236.5
64	7	Avisail Garcia	OF	290	195	242.5
65	7	Aaron Hicks	OF	252	242	247
66	7	Manuel Margot	OF	206	291	248.5
67	7	Curtis Granderson	OF	259	246	252.5
68	7	Hunter Pence	OF	229	277	253
69	7	Kevin Pillar	OF	251	269	260
70	8	Mallex Smith	OF	260	#N/A	260
71	8	Max Kepler	OF	267	258	262.5
72	8	Michael Taylor	OF	220	314	267
73	8	Hernan Perez	3B/OF	237	298	267.5
74	8	Jarrod Dyson	OF	268	#N/A	268
75	8	Odubel Herrera	OF	271	268	269.5
76	8	Kyle Schwarber	C/OF	223	322	272.5
77	8	Delino DeShields	OF	275	#N/A	275
78	8	Melky Cabrera	OF	245	309	277
79	8	Yasmany Tomas	OF	317	249	283
80	8	Nick Markakis	OF	284	#N/A	284
81	8	Lonnie Chisenhall	OF	253	316	284.5
82	8	Danny Valencia	1B/3B/OF	294	#N/A	294
83	8	Ben Zobrist	2B/OF	328	261	294.5
84	8	Byron Buxton	OF	314	287	300.5
85	8	Jose Peraza	SS/OF	257	348	302.5
86	9	Denard Span	OF	304	#N/A	304
87	9	Carlos Beltran	OF	285	331	308
88	9	Ben Gamel	OF	311	308	309.5
89	9	Kevin Kiermaier	OF	310	#N/A	310
90	9	Eddie Rosario	OF	312	#N/A	312
91	9	Jayson Werth	OF	281	346	313.5
92	9	Jacoby Ellsbury	OF	288	341	314.5
93	9	Jason Heyward	OF	325	321	323
94	9	Robbie Grossman	OF	329	326	327.5
95	9	Randal Grichuk	OF	324	337	330.5
96	9	Seth Smith	OF	332	#N/A	332
97	9	David Dahl	OF	335	#N/A	335
98	9	Raimel Tapia	OF	#N/A	343	343

 

Midseason Outfield Rankings Analysis

Tier 1

Everyone can rejoice, as Mike Trout is back and here to save everyone from the darkness that has set over the 2017 season. Bryce Harper scared us a bit with a drop after a torrid April, but he still hit .287 with three homers in June and started off July scorching hot (13-for-30 with two homers BEFORE spanking two dingers in the first game of the second half) so we’re good here. But…but what’s this?

Player 3 has entered the game.

Yes, Aaron Judge is already up here after just one-half of a season, because that’s what doing historic things yields. We can argue about how sustainable his BABIP and HR/FB rates are based on his size, strength, friendly home park and everything, but we’re in uncharted waters here. Leading the league in homers, almost effortlessly winning the Home Run Derby, posting a 16.7 percent walk rate with a 1.139 OPS and having a legitimate chance at the American League Triple Crown in one’s rookie season simply leaves no other option.

Tier 2

The second tier houses many strong options, with a resurgent Mookie Betts headlining the group. I understand that April wasn’t a fun time for those of you who selected him in the first round, but this is rest-of-season and from May 1 on, the Mookman has swatted 14 homers with 12 steals alongside 52 runs and 42 RBI. That’s out of roughly 300 plate appearances (he had 730 last season), meaning the player he’s been over the last two-plus months would give owners an 115/32/100/25/.265 season. You can eat the average loss for that, and we know he’s capable of being a .300 hitter any day.

Then we have George Springer reaching new levels of power, Charlie Blackmon doing his thing (at Coors), Giancarlo Stanton mashing at near-Judgian levels, Jose Ramirez continuing his breakout and Cody Bellinger providing the rookie fireworks in the National League and saving everyone from rostering Adrian Gonzalez. What a hero.

Tier 3

Veterans J.D. Martinez, Nelson Cruz, Ryan Braun, Khris Davis, Yoenis Cespedes, Justin Upton and Andrew McCutchen (!) populate this spot, with A.J. Pollock sliding back here after failing to recapture his 2015 form. Corey Dickerson and Domingo Santana are the real stories here.

While Dickerson hasn’t stormed out to a fantastic July, he’s gone yard at least five times with a batting average of .294 or higher in each of the first three months. His hard-hit rate has hovered around 35 percent in each month as well, so I’m digging the rejuvenated No-Coors-No-Problem Corey. Meanwhile, Santana kicked off his second half with two doubles to give him 18 doubles and 15 homers to power his .293/.386/.503 slash line. Mix in nine steals and marks of 50 or more in both the runs scored and RBI columns, and you’ve got a stud.

Tier 4

Starling Marte comes back soon, so there’s that. He’s popped a homer and swiped four bags across 32 at-bats during his Minor-League tune-up, but I’m worried about him making huge value when you consider how outrageous the power spike is across the league. He’s never turned in a fly-ball rate above 30 percent in a season and is unlikely to be a huge beneficiary of the upper-cut movement, and while his speed definitely plays, just keep both feet on the ground here.

I refuse to be as bullish on Michael Conforto until he stops getting shielded from lefties. I still want to see more consistency from Adam Duvall -- same with Andrew Benintendi. Billy Hamilton has turned it on a bit, but is hitting just .221 with 10 steals since June began (32 games) and that lands him well outside of my top 100.

Tier 5

Kyle likes Tommy Pham more than me, and that’s okay. He’s got five-category talent and is a worthy consideration for the top 100 if you’re willing to gamble on his playing time continuing to show up with everyone at full health. He also likes Lorenzo Cain’s June power spike a lot more than I do, but I’m buying April and May being more indicative of his rest-of-season than June.

Brett Gardner waited a while to start hitting homers, but now he’s producing like a serious five-tool player worthy of being someone’s OF2/3 in an absolutely stacked lineup and the friendliest stadium a lefty-hitter could wish for. I think Matt Kemp tried to push through another hamstring injury and stunk it up in the process, but hopefully, the All-Star break gives him his form back. I also think Jay Bruce keeps this up all season long and ends up with 40 homers for the first time in his career.

Tier 6

I can’t give up on Carlos Gonzalez, and I’m willing to go down with that ship. He’s only 31 and I don’t think he’s playing hurt, so I just think the possibility of a streak is too much to pass up. It happened in the first half last season (19 HRs, .318 average) and the second half in ’15 (27 HRs[!], .285 average). Jackie Bradley Jr. is another streaky fellow that you can gamble on (he looked good in June), but I’m not sold on him compared to a commodity like CarGo.

Veterans like Ian Desmond, Mark Trumbo and Jose Bautista have all had their struggles and highlights, but their ceilings keep them around. Shin-Soo Choo probably deserves more love -- definitely don’t let him skirt by in your league. Mitch Haniger needs to show where his skillset is really going to settle down here after a torrid start and an injury, so No. 200 is right about where the dice roll feels good.

Tier 7

I meant to put Ender Inciarte higher, so that’s another one of those things that I’ll use this article to prop up. The Braves’ lone All-Star has scored 117 runs alongside a .319 average over the last calendar year, but his nine homers, 54 RBI and 19 steals aren’t exactly world-beating stats. Still, it’s better than where I have him and for that, I’m sorry (and correcting shortly).

Yasiel Puig has taken on some real post-hype life in ‘17 and kicked off his second half by bashing a walk-off three-run homer, as I’d definitely take him over his super-streaky teammate Joc Pederson, though Kyle disagrees. I’m not “sold” on Avisail Garcia, but I think he’s shown enough now where I’m not going to bury him toward the 300s either. Kyle thinks the same of Manuel Margot, apparently. That’s fair, but I don’t like buying into a one-dimensional piece of the Padres unless he boasts Hamiltonian speed. At least Hunter Renfroe has his power trickle down to some semblance of runs and RBI.

Tiers 8 & 9

There isn’t much here outside of the steadily-declining veteran, the injured guy with a solid yet unspectacular ceiling, and those young lottery tickets. David Dahl basically encapsulates all three categories, if you think of his rib cage as that of someone in their 40s. That was mean, but still. I’d rather bank on Byron Buxton’s upward trending bat and the fact that he’s currently playing. There are plenty of usable folks in here, but no one really standing out as an “I won’t go near him” player, though I am entirely off of the Kyle Schwarber train. I was low coming into the season and now just over it.

 

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