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Third Base: Updated March Rankings and Tiers

We rolled out our final update on 2017 rankings this past weekend. While there haven’t been seismic shifts, some players have naturally seen their stocks rise or fall since our initial valuations were made in December. However, our third base rankings, tiers, and auction values have remained shockingly consistent – the top 15 haven’t budged. With that in mind, I’ll offer thoughts on where I diverge significantly with each individual ranker today. It’s kinda like our rankings debates, except they’re not here to defend themselves! Ain’t it grand?

As before, this round of rankings features picks from myself, Nick Mariano, Bill DubielBrad JohnsonHarris Yudin and Jeff Kahntroff.

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2017 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Third Basemen (March Updates)

Ranking Tier Player Position Brad Kyle Nick Bill Harris Jeff Auction $
1 1 Kris Bryant 3B/OF 2 2 3 5 3 4 46
2 1 Nolan Arenado 3B 6 5 4 3 4 5 44
3 1 Manny Machado SS/3B 7 8 8 10 8 10 39
4 1 Josh Donaldson 3B 12 14 13 8 7 11 37
5 2 Jonathan VIllar SS/3B 16 32 34 28 38 19 28
6 2 Kyle Seager 3B 43 37 49 59 47 77 23
7 2 Matt Carpenter 1B/2B/3B 44 48 58 58 65 52 21
8 2 Adrian Beltre 3B 47 38 52 51 64 75 20
9 3 Anthony Rendon 3B 69 83 76 102 79 47 18
10 3 Evan Longoria 3B 53 69 84 106 63 83 18
11 3 Todd Frazier 3B 89 78 67 65 73 91 18
12 3 Alex Bregman 3B 75 81 77 84 93 86 18
13 3 Jose Ramirez 3B/OF 106 99 86 96 100 45 17
14 3 Justin Turner 3B 58 73 89 163 78 76 16
15 3 Jake Lamb 3B 83 70 88 176 136 59 14
16 4 Miguel Sano 3B 79 82 197 165 128 98 11
17 4 Jung-ho Kang 3B 147 138 131 202 245 150 7
18 4 Maikel Franco 3B 181 180 177 169 137 169 7
19 4 Eduardo Nunez SS/3B 188 203 193 132 191 134 7
20 4 Ryon Healy 3B 178 161 234 131 210 170 5
21 4 Mike Moustakas 3B 195 172 176 257 138 192 5
22 4 Eugenio Suarez 3B 176 229 228 263 256 175 4
23 4 Nick Castellanos 3B 215 220 178 295 246 193 4
24 4 Jose Reyes SS/3B 165 218 292 321 255 139 3
25 4 Yangervis Solarte 3B 251 225 231 314 211 324 3
26 5 Hernan Perez 3B/OF 290 236 353 310 241 158 2
27 5 Jedd Gyorko 2B/3B 296 274 270 270 287 271 2
28 5 Yulieski Gurriel 3B 365 350 259 261 208 328 2
29 5 Martin Prado 3B 305 348 312 292 263 329 1
30 5 Jae-gyun Hwang 3B 321 #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 1
31 5 Jhonny Peralta 3B 219 321 307 386 372 325 1
32 5 Danny Valencia 1B/3B/OF 374 297 379 218 367 363 1
33 5 Yunel Escobar 3B 309 386 315 392 264 362 1
34 5 Yoan Moncada 3B 442 397 338 335 244 349 1
35 6 Brandon Drury 3B/OF 336 381 237 419 349 386 1
36 6 Pablo Sandoval 3B 253 459 298 389 327 393 1
37 6 Matt Duffy SS/3B 256 422 326 412 289 432 1
38 6 Adonis Garcia 3B 472 404 321 293 371 397 1
39 6 Travis Shaw 1B/3B 396 409 328 420 368 355 1
40 6 David Wright 3B 297 390 412 394 423 #N/A 1
41 6 Chase Headley 3B 392 495 316 398 330 392 1
42 6 Wilmer Flores 1B/3B 410 393 395 427 369 1
43 6 Jurickson Profar SS/3B 409 414 488 441 365 395 1
44 6 Luis Valbuena 1B/3B 486 410 405 437 458 402 1
45 6 David Freese 1B/3B 416 493 432 424 370 487 1
46 6 Greg Garcia 2B/SS/3B 436 465 485 #N/A 1
47 6 Mark Reynolds 3B #N/A #N/A #N/A 463 1
48 6 Brock Holt 3B/OF 494 489 #N/A #N/A 425 454 1
49 6 Andres Blanco 3B #N/A 472 1
50 6 Conor Gillaspie 3B 473 484 #N/A #N/A 482 1
51 6 Cheslor Cuthbert 3B #N/A #N/A 481 483 1

 

Third Base Rankings Analysis: Divergent Opinions

Jeff: Jose Ramirez, Cleveland Indians

Jeff fully buys into Ramirez’s breakout and sees him as a top-50 overall player. Meanwhile, I’ve got him just barely inside the top 100. Ramirez is unlikely to hit .300 again. While he makes a lot of contact, he doesn’t hit the ball especially hard, and speed can only help you so much. Even with a .363 OBP last year in a good lineup, he only managed a modest 160 R+RBI. Ramirez will still be valuable thanks to his ability to contribute across the board, but he’s certainly not worth a fourth-round pick.

 
Harris: Maikel Franco, Philadelphia Phillies

Here’s a situation in which I’d love to be wrong, given my personal rooting interest. Harris is significantly more bullish on Franco, ranking him over 40 spots higher. The 24-year-old has an intriguing profile in today’s whifftastic environment, with enough pop to threaten 30 homers but without the typical pile of Ks to go along with them. Unfortunately, he does have a pretty serious pop-up problem, which keeps his BABIP suppressed and mitigates the advantage of fewer strikeouts.

 
Nick: Ryon Healy, Oakland Athletics

Shifting gears, Healy is a player I’m buying. He was lightly regarded as a minor leaguer, barely mentioned by prospect mavens when they reviewed Oakland’s decidedly unspectacular farm system. Despite always being on the old side for his level, Healy hadn’t distinguished himself in his first three minor league seasons. In 2016, however, he began raking at Double-A, and didn’t stop even as he was promoted to the majors at midseason. Healy totaled 27 homers – half of them in the majors – after hitting 32 in the three prior seasons combined. When this kind of surge occurs, generally what you want to see is a tangible adjustment in mechanics or approach on the part of the hitter. We’ve got that here, as Healy lowered his hands to flatten out his swing path and load to a lower position. Nick cares naught for this evidence. He’s the low man on Healy, over 70 spots below me.

 
Bill: Adrian Beltre, Texas Rangers

Beltre is a marvel. Dude’s turning 39 next month and he just hit .300/.358/.521 with 32 homers, 89 runs, and 104 RBI, while providing his usual superb work in the field. Even with the lull in home runs he suffered in 2014-15, he’s still averaged 28 homers (and 62 extra-base hits) per season this decade. During that time, he’s hit below .296 once and never posted a strikeout rate above 12.5%. Guess how many other players did that?

 
Brad: Eugenio Suarez, Cincinnati Reds

Last season, Brad and I were driving the Suarez bandwagon, ranking him as a top-10 shortstop. He didn’t fulfill that destiny, despite logging the 20/10 season each of us expected. That was partly due to the flood of talent at the position, but it was mainly a result of middling run production and a lousy batting average. Suarez is just eligible at third base now, and with the pool being so deep, he’s not even a top-20 option for me.

 

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