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Fantasy Baseball: Midseason Third Baseman Rankings

And we move to the hot corner.

A word of warning to the readers: some of us are on different schedules due to the long weekend, etc. So I believe there may be some unsolved confusion over position eligibility for some players. As most of us think about the players that qualify in our own platform, there is a decent amount of difference between ESPN, Yahoo and CBS.

So, for players such as Jorge Cantu and Troy Glaus, those that didn’t rank them may have not realized they qualified. It just makes it a little more important to look at our individual rankings.

Rank Player Ray Jason Brian Seth Average
1 Evan Longoria 1 2 1 1 1.25
2 David Wright 5 1 2 3 2.75
3 Kevin Youkilis 3 3 3 4 3.25
4 Alex Rodriguez 2 4 6 2 3.5
5 Ryan Zimmerman 4 5 4 5 4.5
6 Mark Reynolds 9 6 7 6 7
7 Scott Rolen 13 8 5 10 9
8 Adrian Beltre 7 12 10 8 9.25
9 Pablo Sandoval 6 11 8 13 9.5
10 Michael Young 10 15 9 7 10.25
11 Martin Prado 12 7 16 9 11
12 Chone Figgins 8 9 NR 16 13.5
13 Troy Glaus 11 13 NR 11 14
T-14 Jorge Cantu NR 14 13 14 15.5
T-14 Casey McGehee 17 10 14 NR 15.5
16 Jose Bautista 16 16 11 20 15.75
17 Juan Uribe NR 18 12 18 17.25
18 Chipper Jones 14 NR 19 19 18.25
19 Michael Cuddyer NR NR 17 15 18.5
20 Aramis Ramirez NR NR NR 12 18.75
21 Kevin Kouzmanoff NR 17 NR 17 19
T-22 David Freese NR NR 15 NR 19.5
T-22 Ian Stewart 15 NR NR NR 19.5
T-24 Casey Blake 18 NR NR NR 20.25
T-24 Chase Headley NR NR 18 NR 20.25
T-26 Ty Wiggington 19 NR NR NR 20.5
T-26 Pedro Alvarez 20 NR 20 NR 20.5
T-26 Placido Polanco NR 19 NR NR 20.5
29 Neil Walker NR 20 NR NR 20.75

Star-divide

Obviously a lot of different names on the list. We had some interesting choices to make, like what to do with guys who had hot starts but have quickly cooled off like McGehee, Stewart and Headley? Or what to do about the now-injured David Freese or the recently uninjured Aramis Ramirez? And what will happen with Chipper Jones?

I believe all these questions are why the back end of each of our rankings is so different. 

One note about my own rankings: You'll notice Chone Figgins is ranked higher here than he was in my second base rankings (compared to others in both rankings.) I looked closer and changed my mind on a him a little bit. He's still not a great option at third, but he's a better fantasy player than I was giving him credit for. 

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Ramirez

I can’t believe I missed him – its not like he qualifies anywhere else…

I’d probably have him at 15 or 16 right now.

by Jason Hunt on Jun 30, 2010 10:20 PM EDT reply actions  

same here

I missed him as well. I used ESPN this time, guess he was really down in the rankings as I don;’t remember seeing his name. I did miss Cantu as well. He would have been low…>15.

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by itkonlyyou195 on Jul 23, 2010 10:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

Stewart

What’s the deal with Stewart? I traded for him in my Dynasty League and he’s killing me! I can’t win with my 3B being Stewart and Pedro Alvarez…yet.

by rmarx on Jul 1, 2010 9:28 AM EDT reply actions  

Youkilis?

Why is Youkilis in this category? He has played 1B most of the year and you already have the Redsox 3Bman included in Beltre.

by robg62 on Jul 1, 2010 9:39 AM EDT reply actions  

Eligibility

Since Youkilis still qualifies at third, its relevant to rank him here. When we do rankings for next season, he will only be at first base.

by Seth Walder on Jul 1, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions  

That saddens me.

In a keeper league I’m in I have Youk, Fielder, and A-Gon. Not going to be able to keep all 3 unless Beltre goes down and Youk plays 3rd.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 1, 2010 1:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

Definitely see if you can move one and which one could get you the best return. I have them Youk, A-Gon and Fielder long term, but I think that any of them should be able to get a pretty good return for some other need you may have.

by Jason Hunt on Jul 1, 2010 4:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’m in contention this year and my batting is pretty bad. Just traded Cliff Lee for Fielder so I’ll probably just ride it out unless I can deal one of them for a 3B.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 1, 2010 7:19 PM EDT up reply actions  

ray on wright

did he kick your dog or something?

by DB11 on Jul 1, 2010 10:33 AM EDT reply actions  

nono

I think he has outperformed expectations to date, but may not be the best fantasy 3bman from this point forward. Just a hunch. He has been great so far though.

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by Ray Guilfoyle on Jul 1, 2010 10:41 AM EDT up reply actions  

Agree

With the way he’s striking out I really think he has the potential to go on a prolonged slump. Not saying he will but I could see it happening but I really don’t see him being the #2 3B from this point forward.

This is the Texas Rangers, professional destroyers of hope, we're talking about. - BAC

by nikpin on Jul 1, 2010 1:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

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