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Top 100 Fantasy Baseball Keeper Values for 2016

Keeper Value Rankings are intended for Keeper Leagues in which a fantasy owner must forfeit a designated draft round in order to keep a player into the up-coming season. These rankings are based on Keeper "Values". In the marketing world, Value can be defined as: the extent to which a good or service (player) is perceived by its customer (fantasy owner) to meet his/her needs or wants.

The Keeper Values are derived from my 15 step Keeper Valuation Formula. The product is a quanitative depiction of a players ability to meet/exceed fantasy owners needs based on the cost they payed for the player in the previous season (2015 ADP). The higher the score, the higher the return the fantasy owner will receive from the player, keeping him at their associated cost. Approaching Keeper selections with this "value" based attitude, will greatly increase the effectiveness of a fantasy owner's draft in a Keeper League.

TIER SCORE EXPLANATION
1 >75 Finders Keepers! These are the Elite Keeper Values. MUST BE KEPT.
2 50-75 Great Keeper values. Unless you have a full load of Tier 1 players, these guys need to be kept.
3 25-49 You are gaining value with these players, but not as much as your opponents are, potentially. Consider if your options are limited.
4 0-24 Break even point. Minimal value. Only consider if you have a large quantity of Keeper selections.
5 -99-0 Keeping these players will hurt your overall draft, as you are not adding any value. Dont waste a Keeper selection here.
6 <-100 The associated costs make it impossible to return any value, these players will ruin your draft. Stay far away.

 

Top 100 Keeper Values for 2016

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Rank Player Team Position ADP Score
1 Carlos Correa HOU SS 23 122.66
2 Bryce Harper WAS OF 3 114.31
3 Manny Machado BAL 3B, SS 9 113.23
4 Nolan Arenado COL 3B 6 108.99
5 Kris Bryant CHC 3B, OF 10 108.69
6 A.J. Pollock ARI OF 15 108.25
7 Kyle Schwarber CHC C, OF 23 101.04
8 Mike Trout LAA OF 1 99.18
9 Dallas Keuchel HOU SP 20 97.83
10 Josh Donaldson TOR 3B 3 97.41
11 Jake Arrieta CHC SP 8 95.62
12 Dee Gordon MIA 2B 7 95.52
13 Miguel Sano MIN 3B 23 92.28
14 Mookie Betts BOS OF 6 91.98
15 Paul Goldschmidt ARI 1B 1 91.77
16 Noah Syndergaard NYM SP 19 91.68
17 Lorenzo Cain KC OF 17 90.57
18 Carlos Martinez STL SP 9 89.12
19 Jose Fernandez MIA SP 16 88.1
20 Charlie Blackmon COL OF 7 87.91
21 Jacob deGrom NYM SP 9 84.9
22 Chris Archer TB SP 13 83.47
23 Corey Seager LAD SS 23 79.82
24 Clayton Kershaw LAD SP 1 78.27
25 Danny Salazar CLE SP 19 77.91
26 Eric Hosmer KC 1B 15 77.32
27 Adam Eaton CWS OF 20 75.55
28 Starling Marte PIT OF 5 73.72
29 Joey Votto CIN 1B 6 73.52
30 Gregory Polanco PIT OF 18 72.97
31 Francisco Lindor CLE SS 23 71.32
32 Gerrit Cole PIT SP 7 70.37
33 Xander Bogaerts BOS SS 15 69.81
34 Lance McCullers HOU SP 23 69.37
35 Chris Davis BAL 1B, OF 7 69.16
36 Nelson Cruz SEA OF 6 68.96
37 Carlos Carrasco CLE SP 10 66.8
38 Yoenis Cespedes NYM OF 6 63.54
39 J.D. Martinez DET OF 20 63.08
40 Rougned Odor TEX 2B 18 63.08
41 Curtis Granderson NYM OF 22 62.58
42 Marcus Stroman TOR SP 15 61.96
43 David Peralta ARI OF 23 60.44
44 Kendrys Morales KC 1B 23 60.26
45 DJ LeMahieu COL 2B 23 60.2
46 Jose Altuve HOU 2B 2 59.67
47 Anthony Rizzo CHC 1B 2 59.35
48 Dexter Fowler FA OF 23 57.63
49 Todd Frazier CIN 3B 7 57.43
50 Ben Revere WAS OF 14 55.68
51 Raisel Iglesias CIN SP 23 54.69
52 Michael Wacha STL SP 13 54.6
53 Matt Duffy SF 2B, 3B 23 54.45
54 Francisco Liriano PIT SP 15 54.24
55 Sonny Gray OAK SP 8 52.95
56 Randal Grichuk STL OF 23 51.96
57 Brandon Belt SF 1B, OF 19 51.68
58 Shelby Miller ARI SP 20 51.44
59 Steven Matz NYM SP 23 51.34
60 Matt Carpenter STL 2B, 3B 9 51.34
61 Zack Greinke ARI SP 4 48.97
62 Billy Burns OAK OF 23 48.29
63 Russell Martin TOR C 16 48.05
64 Maikel Franco PHI 3B 23 47.65
65 Khris Davis OAK OF 21 47.08
66 Taijuan Walker SEA SP 18 46.8
67 Prince Fielder TEX 1B 6 46.08
68 Matt Harvey NYM SP 5 45.52
69 Jason Heyward CHC OF 7 43.29
70 Michael Pineda NYY SP 17 42.75
71 Garrett Richards LAA SP 11 42.52
72 Chris Sale CWS SP 3 41.08
73 Max Scherzer WAS SP 2 40.88
74 Kevin Pillar TOR OF 23 40.86
75 Carlos Rodon CWS SP 21 39.98
76 Hunter Pence SF OF 10 39.88
77 Travis d'Arnaud NYM C 17 39.69
78 Jung-ho Kang PIT 3B, SS 23 38.89
79 Gerardo Parra COL OF 23 38.71
80 Patrick Corbin ARI SP 23 38.61
81 Michael Conforto NYM OF 23 37.08
82 Mitch Moreland TEX 1B 23 36.42
83 Joc Pederson LAD OF 17 36.37
84 Andrew McCutchen PIT OF 1 35.99
85 Mike Moustakas KC 3B 23 35.92
86 Jose Quintana CWS SP 15 34.79
87 Shin-soo Choo TEX OF 13 34.61
88 Josh Reddick OAK OF 17 34.55
89 Brandon Crawford SF SS 23 34.16
90 Ender Inciarte ATL OF 20 33.89
91 Luis Severino NYY SP 23 33.8
92 Addison Russell CHC 2B, SS 23 33.65
93 George Springer HOU OF 4 33.16
94 Madison Bumgarner SF SP 3 32.74
95 Brian McCann NYY C, 1B 12 30.94
96 Collin McHugh HOU SP 15 30.58
97 Corey Kluber CLE SP 4 29.92
98 John Lackey CHC SP 18 28.57
99 Jake Odorizzi TB SP 16 28.36
100 Stephen Vogt OAK C, 1B 23 27.9

 

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