It's crunch time with Opening Day around the corner, and we are back with more fantasy baseball rankings to help you crush your league drafts. Time is running out for the fantasy baseball draft season. We continue our rankings series with our MLB team's fantasy baseball third base rankings and tiers for points leagues and H2H points leagues.
Third base, like first base, can taper off once the elite options are off the draft board. Fantasy managers might want to prioritize the hot corner in their upcoming baseball drafts. Jose Ramirez leads the way, while Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Austin Riley, Manny Machado, and Rafael Devers follow suit. Once the top five 3B are off the board, Mark Vientos and Junior Caminero are the fallback options and have the upside to finish in the elite tier at the position in 2025.
The 3B rankings below are specifically designed for points leagues, put together by RotoBaller's MLB points expert Nicklaus Gaut. We also have many other fantasy baseball rankings, tools, and resources to help you win in 2025, including our constantly-updated fantasy baseball points rankings for all positions. Be sure to also download our free fantasy baseball mobile app so you can stay on top of all the MLB news and analysis articles.
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Third Base Fantasy Baseball News and Injuries
- Connor Norby Will Miss Four Weeks
- Cam Smith Starting In Right Field On Monday
- Brooks Lee To Start Season On Injured List
- Connor Norby Makes Early Exit On Saturday
- Brandon Drury Suffers Fractured Thumb
- Spencer Steer To Open Season On Injured List
- Javier Baez Starting In Center Field On Saturday
- Brooks Lee Scratched With Back Tightness
- CJ Alexander Options To Triple-A
- Will Wagner Heating Up At The Plate
- Ramon Urias Returns To Action On Thursday
- Cam Smith Stays Hot, Smacks Fourth Spring Homer
- Brady House Reassigned To Minor-League Camp
- Rafael Devers Unlikely To Play Third Base Before End Of Spring Training
- Alec Bohm Back In Wednesday's Lineup
Third Base Base Rankings for Points Leagues (March)
These first base rankings are for points and head-to-head points leagues. You can also see our roto fantasy baseball rankings.
Before we get to the rankings, let's quickly review points leagues and how they differ from other formats. Typically, points leagues have different league settings and scoring formats than other fantasy baseball leagues. Different MLB stats and categories are assigned different point values, and those can vary by individual league settings. Those different point buckets are then added up over the course of a scoring period or season.
In many cases, hitters who walk more and strike out less are preferred for points leagues. Also, many league formats tend to give more weight to pitchers than normal, as they can easily accrue points through categories like Innings Pitched. These are the general frameworks that we use for our points league rankings below, and explain why they look different than more standard 5x5 roto fantasy baseball rankings.
| Ranking | Tier | Player | Position |
| 1 | 1 | Jose Ramirez | 3B |
| 2 | 1 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B/3B |
| 3 | 1 | Austin Riley | 3B |
| 4 | 2 | Manny Machado | 3B |
| 5 | 2 | Rafael Devers | 3B |
| 6 | 2 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. | 3B/OF |
| 7 | 2 | Alex Bregman | 3B |
| 8 | 2 | Matt Chapman | 3B |
| 9 | 2 | Alec Bohm | 1B/3B |
| 10 | 3 | Jake Burger | 1B/3B |
| 11 | 3 | Mark Vientos | 3B |
| 12 | 3 | Isaac Paredes | 1B/3B |
| 13 | 3 | Nolan Arenado | 3B |
| 14 | 3 | Jordan Westburg | 2B/3B |
| 15 | 3 | Eugenio Suarez | 3B |
| 16 | 4 | Junior Caminero | 3B |
| 17 | 4 | Ryan McMahon | 3B |
| 18 | 4 | Max Muncy | 3B |
| 19 | 4 | Brendan Donovan | 2B/3B/OF |
| 20 | 4 | Joey Ortiz | 3B/SS |
| 21 | 4 | Maikel Garcia | 2B/3B |
| 22 | 4 | Luis Rengifo | 2B/3B/SS/OF |
| 23 | 4 | Royce Lewis | 3B |
| 24 | 5 | Willi Castro | 2B/3B/SS/OF |
| 25 | 5 | Christopher Morel | 2B/3B/OF |
| 26 | 5 | Geraldo Perdomo | 2B/3B/SS |
| 27 | 5 | Josh Jung | 3B |
| 28 | 6 | Ke'Bryan Hayes | 3B |
| 29 | 6 | Jeimer Candelario | 1B/3B |
| 30 | 7 | Matt Shaw | 2B/3B/SS |
| 31 | 7 | Cam Smith | 3B |
| 32 | 7 | Connor Norby | 2B/3B |
| 33 | 7 | Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 2B/3B/SS |
| 34 | 7 | Matt Vierling | 3B/OF |
| 35 | 7 | Yoan Moncada | 3B |
| 36 | 7 | Jose Miranda | 1B/3B |
| 37 | 7 | Brooks Lee | 2B/3B/SS |
| 38 | 7 | Josh Smith | 3B/SS/OF |
| 39 | 7 | Jonah Bride | 1B/3B |
| 40 | 8 | Josh Rojas | 2B/3B |
| 41 | 8 | Miguel Vargas | 3B/OF |
| 42 | 8 | Oswaldo Cabrera | 1B/2B/3B |
| 43 | 8 | Ernie Clement | 3B/SS |
| 44 | 8 | Gio Urshela | 1B/3B |
| 45 | 8 | Lenyn Sosa | 2B/3B |
| 46 | 8 | Dylan Moore | 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF |
| 47 | 8 | Wilmer Flores | 1B/3B |
| 48 | 8 | Jose Caballero | 2B/3B/SS |
| 49 | 8 | Mauricio Dubon | 1B/2B/3B/OF |
| 50 | 8 | Justin Turner | 1B/2B/3B |
| 51 | 9 | Deyvison De Los Santos | 1B/3B |
| 52 | 9 | Paul DeJong | 3B/SS |
| 53 | 9 | Jhonkensy Noel | 1B/3B/OF |
| 54 | 9 | Kyle Farmer | 2B/3B/SS |
| 55 | 9 | Ramon Urias | 1B/2B/3B |
| 56 | 9 | Oliver Dunn | 3B |
| 57 | 9 | Donovan Solano | 1B/2B/3B |
| 58 | 9 | Jose Tena | 2B/3B |
| 59 | 9 | Chase Meidroth | 2B/3B/SS |
| 60 | 9 | DJ LeMahieu | 1B/3B |
| 61 | 9 | Chris Taylor | 2B/3B/OF |
| 62 | 9 | Gabriel Arias | 3B/SS |
| 63 | 9 | Kike Hernandez | 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF |
| 64 | 9 | Amed Rosario | 2B/3B/SS/OF |
| 65 | 9 | Miguel Rojas | 2B/3B/SS |
| 66 | 9 | Adam Frazier | 2B/3B/OF |
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