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Welcome back! Another week, another Top 250 update. Let’s jump right into it.
Quick reminder, these rankings are for standard 5x5 rotisserie. I’ll do my best to explain any large rankings changes and feel free to ask player specific questions in the comments. This is your weekly forum to sound off with any fantasy questions you have. I’m here to help you!
Top 250
Rank | Last Week | Change | Player | Team | Position(s) | Pos Rank |
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Rank | Last Week | Change | Player | Team | Position(s) | Pos Rank |
1 | 1 | 0 | Mike Trout | LAA | OF | OF1 |
2 | 2 | 0 | Kris Bryant | CHC | 3B/OF | 3B1/OF2 |
3 | 3 | 0 | Bryce Harper | WAS | OF | OF3 |
4 | 4 | 0 | Paul Goldschmidt | ARI | 1B | 1B1 |
5 | 5 | 0 | Mookie Betts | BOS | OF | OF4 |
6 | 6 | 0 | Nolan Arenado | COL | 3B | 3B2 |
7 | 7 | 0 | Jose Altuve | HOU | 2B | 2B1 |
8 | 8 | 0 | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | SP | SP1 |
9 | 10 | 1 | Charlie Blackmon | COL | OF | OF5 |
10 | 11 | 1 | Max Scherzer | WAS | SP | SP2 |
11 | 9 | -2 | Anthony Rizzo | CHC | 1B | 1B2 |
12 | 14 | 2 | Chris Sale | BOS | SP | SP3 |
13 | 15 | 2 | Manny Machado | BAL | 3B/SS | 3B3/SS1 |
14 | 12 | -2 | Trea Turner | WAS | 2B/SS/OF | 2B2/SS2/OF6 |
15 | 17 | 2 | Joey Votto | CIN | 1B | 1B3 |
16 | 18 | 2 | Daniel Murphy | WAS | 2B/1B | 2B3/1B4 |
17 | 16 | -1 | Corey Seager | LAD | SS | SS3 |
18 | 20 | 2 | Francisco Lindor | CLE | SS | SS4 |
19 | 23 | 4 | Nelson Cruz | SEA | OF | OF7 |
20 | 13 | -7 | Miguel Cabrera | DET | 1B | 1B5 |
21 | 26 | 5 | George Springer | HOU | OF | OF8 |
22 | 29 | 7 | Josh Donaldson | TOR | 3B | 3B4 |
23 | 32 | 9 | Wil Myers | SD | 1B | 1B6 |
24 | 28 | 4 | Xander Bogaerts | BOS | SS | SS5 |
25 | 34 | 9 | Carlos Correa | HOU | SS | SS6 |
26 | 22 | -4 | Robinson Cano | SEA | 2B | 2B4 |
27 | 25 | -2 | Corey Kluber | CLE | SP | SP4 |
28 | 24 | -4 | Ryan Braun | MIL | OF | OF9 |
29 | 30 | 1 | Jacob deGrom | NYM | SP | SP5 |
30 | 31 | 1 | Giancarlo Stanton | MIA | OF | OF10 |
31 | 35 | 4 | Edwin Encarnacion | CLE | 1B | 1B7 |
32 | 33 | 1 | Johnny Cueto | SF | SP | SP6 |
33 | 36 | 3 | Jean Segura | SEA | 2B/SS | 2B5/SS7 |
34 | 41 | 7 | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | SP | SP7 |
35 | 45 | 10 | Yu Darvish | TEX | SP | SP8 |
36 | 47 | 11 | Chris Archer | TB | SP | SP9 |
37 | 38 | 1 | Christian Yelich | MIA | OF | OF11 |
38 | 39 | 1 | Jose Ramirez | CLE | 3B/2B/OF | 3B5/2B6/OF12 |
39 | 40 | 1 | Brian Dozier | MIN | 2B | 2B7 |
40 | 42 | 2 | Justin Verlander | DET | SP | SP10 |
41 | 43 | 2 | Kyle Seager | SEA | 3B | 3B6 |
42 | 44 | 2 | Jonathan Villar | MIL | SS/2B/3B | SS8/2B8/3B7 |
43 | 49 | 6 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | SP | SP11 |
44 | 27 | -17 | Jake Arrieta | CHC | SP | SP12 |
45 | 37 | -8 | Carlos Gonzalez | COL | OF | OF13 |
46 | 21 | -25 | A.J. Pollock | ARI | OF | OF14 |
47 | 48 | 1 | Kenley Jansen | LAD | RP | RP1 |
48 | 51 | 3 | Carlos Martinez | STL | SP | SP13 |
49 | 50 | 1 | Jon Lester | CHC | SP | SP14 |
50 | 46 | -4 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | SP | SP15 |
51 | 54 | 3 | Yoenis Cespedes | NYM | OF | OF15 |
52 | 55 | 3 | Khris Davis | OAK | OF | OF16 |
53 | 56 | 3 | Miguel Sano | MIN | 3B/OF | 3B8/OF17 |
54 | 57 | 3 | Buster Posey | SF | C | C1 |
55 | 52 | -3 | Hanley Ramirez | BOS | 1B | 1B8 |
56 | 53 | -3 | Carlos Santana | CLE | 1B | 1B9 |
57 | 58 | 1 | Ian Kinsler | DET | 2B | 2B9 |
58 | 59 | 1 | Dee Gordon | MIA | 2B | 2B10 |
59 | 60 | 1 | Wade Davis | CHC | RP | RP2 |
60 | 62 | 2 | Andrew Benintendi | BOS | OF | OF18 |
61 | 64 | 3 | Marcell Ozuna | MIA | OF | OF19 |
62 | 66 | 4 | Eric Hosmer | KC | 1B | 1B10 |
63 | 67 | 4 | Jose Abreu | CWS | 1B | 1B11 |
64 | 68 | 4 | Eric Thames | MIL | OF/1B | OF20/1B12 |
65 | 69 | 4 | Matt Carpenter | STL | 2B/1B/3B | 2B11/1B13/3B9 |
66 | 65 | -1 | Adam Duvall | CIN | OF | OF21 |
67 | 71 | 4 | Evan Longoria | TB | 3B | 3B10 |
68 | 72 | 4 | Rougned Odor | TEX | 2B | 2B12 |
69 | 63 | -6 | Michael Brantley | CLE | OF | OF22 |
70 | 84 | 14 | Ryan Zimmerman | WAS | 1B | 1B14 |
71 | 19 | -52 | Freddie Freeman | ATL | 1B | 1B15 |
72 | 90 | 18 | Ian Desmond | COL | OF | OF23 |
73 | 102 | 29 | J.D. Martinez | DET | OF | OF24 |
74 | 74 | 0 | Billy Hamilton | CIN | OF | OF25 |
75 | 75 | 0 | Adam Jones | BAL | OF | OF26 |
76 | 76 | 0 | Justin Upton | DET | OF | OF27 |
77 | 77 | 0 | Gerrit Cole | PIT | SP | SP16 |
78 | 83 | 5 | Zack Greinke | ARI | SP | SP17 |
79 | 79 | 0 | Dallas Keuchel | HOU | SP | SP18 |
80 | 80 | 0 | Jose Quintana | CWS | SP | SP19 |
81 | 70 | -11 | Trevor Story | COL | SS | SS9 |
82 | 78 | -4 | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | SP | SP20 |
83 | 85 | 2 | Jonathan Lucroy | TEX | C | C2 |
84 | 86 | 2 | Adrian Beltre | TEX | 3B | 3B11 |
85 | 87 | 2 | Matt Kemp | ATL | OF | OF28 |
86 | 88 | 2 | Mark Trumbo | BAL | OF | OF29 |
87 | 89 | 2 | Jay Bruce | NYM | OF | OF30 |
88 | 95 | 7 | Gary Sanchez | NYY | C | C3 |
89 | 96 | 7 | Aaron Judge | NYY | OF | OF31 |
90 | 97 | 7 | Cody Bellinger | LAD | 1B/OF | 1B16/OF32 |
91 | 99 | 8 | Michael Conforto | NYM | OF | OF33 |
92 | 82 | -10 | Andrew McCutchen | PIT | OF | OF34 |
93 | 91 | -2 | Odubel Herrera | PHI | OF | OF35 |
94 | 92 | -2 | Julio Teheran | ATL | SP | SP21 |
95 | 107 | 12 | Lance McCullers Jr. | HOU | SP | SP22 |
96 | 93 | -3 | Jake Lamb | ARI | 3B | 3B12 |
97 | 94 | -3 | Justin Turner | LAD | 3B | 3B13 |
98 | 98 | 0 | Jason Kipnis | CLE | 2B | 2B13 |
99 | 103 | 4 | Alex Bregman | HOU | 3B | 3B14 |
100 | 110 | 10 | Craig Kimbrel | BOS | RP | RP3 |
101 | 113 | 12 | Greg Holland | COL | RP | RP4 |
102 | 100 | -2 | Cody Allen | CLE | RP | RP5 |
103 | 101 | -2 | Ken Giles | HOU | RP | RP6 |
104 | 105 | 1 | Michael Fulmer | DET | SP | SP23 |
105 | 106 | 1 | Tanner Roark | WAS | SP | SP24 |
106 | 104 | -2 | Danny Salazar | CLE | SP | SP25 |
107 | 108 | 1 | Kelvin Herrera | KC | RP | RP7 |
108 | 126 | 18 | Rick Porcello | BOS | SP | SP26 |
109 | 114 | 5 | Mark Melancon | SF | RP | RP8 |
110 | 112 | 2 | Kyle Schwarber | CHC | OF | OF36 |
111 | 217 | 106 | Dellin Betances | NYY | RP | RP9 |
112 | 61 | -51 | Aroldis Chapman | NYY | RP | RP10 |
113 | 116 | 3 | Andrew Miller | CLE | RP | RP11 |
114 | 117 | 3 | Aledmys Diaz | STL | SS | SS10 |
115 | 118 | 3 | Starlin Castro | NYY | 2B | 2B14 |
116 | 130 | 14 | Stephen Piscotty | STL | OF | OF37 |
117 | 133 | 16 | Jackie Bradley Jr. | BOS | OF | OF38 |
118 | 81 | -37 | Gregory Polanco | PIT | OF | OF39 |
119 | 119 | 0 | DJ LeMahieu | COL | 2B | 2B15 |
120 | 120 | 0 | Eugenio Suarez | CIN | 3B | 3B15 |
121 | 121 | 0 | Chris Davis | BAL | 1B | 1B17 |
122 | 122 | 0 | Anthony Rendon | WAS | 3B | 3B16 |
123 | 73 | -50 | Todd Frazier | CWS | 3B | 3B17 |
124 | 123 | -1 | Alex Colome | TB | RP | RP12 |
125 | 124 | -1 | Roberto Osuna | TOR | RP | RP13 |
126 | 125 | -1 | Seung-Hwan Oh | STL | RP | RP14 |
127 | 111 | -16 | John Lackey | CHC | SP | SP27 |
128 | 115 | -13 | Brad Brach | BAL | RP | RP15 |
129 | 160 | 31 | Addison Reed | NYM | RP | RP16 |
130 | 128 | -2 | Elvis Andrus | TEX | SS | SS11 |
131 | 129 | -2 | Aaron Sanchez | TOR | SP | SP28 |
132 | 131 | -1 | Kenta Maeda | LAD | SP | SP29 |
133 | 132 | -1 | Lorenzo Cain | KC | OF | OF40 |
134 | 134 | 0 | J.T. Realmuto | MIA | C | C4 |
135 | 135 | 0 | Marcus Stroman | TOR | SP | SP30 |
136 | 136 | 0 | Marco Estrada | TOR | SP | SP31 |
137 | 127 | -10 | Addison Russell | CHC | SS | SS12 |
138 | 137 | -1 | Nomar Mazara | TEX | OF | OF41 |
139 | 138 | -1 | Maikel Franco | PHI | 3B | 3B18 |
140 | 139 | -1 | Jonathan Schoop | BAL | 2B | 2B16 |
141 | 145 | 4 | Brian McCann | HOU | C | C5 |
142 | 140 | -2 | Jake Odorizzi | TB | SP | SP32 |
143 | 141 | -2 | Chris Owings | ARI | SS/OF | SS13/OF42 |
144 | 142 | -2 | Brandon Belt | SF | 1B/OF | 1B18/OF43 |
145 | 143 | -2 | Madison Bumgarner | SF | SP | SP33 |
146 | 144 | -2 | Danny Duffy | KC | SP/RP | SP34/RP17 |
147 | 156 | 9 | Raisel Iglesias | CIN | RP/SP | RP18/SP35 |
148 | 109 | -39 | Edwin Diaz | SEA | RP | RP19 |
149 | 146 | -3 | Dustin Pedroia | BOS | 2B | 2B17 |
150 | 147 | -3 | Nicholas Castellanos | DET | 3B | 3B19 |
151 | 148 | -3 | Mike Moustakas | KC | 3B | 3B20 |
152 | 149 | -3 | Albert Pujols | LAA | 1B | 1B19 |
153 | 150 | -3 | Ender Inciarte | ATL | OF | OF44 |
154 | 151 | -3 | Mitch Haniger | SEA | OF | OF45 |
155 | 152 | -3 | Travis Shaw | MIL | 3B/1B | 3B21/1B20 |
156 | 153 | -3 | Dexter Fowler | STL | OF | OF46 |
157 | 155 | -2 | Randal Grichuk | STL | OF | OF47 |
158 | 158 | 0 | Salvador Perez | KC | C | C6 |
159 | 159 | 0 | David Robertson | CWS | RP | RP20 |
160 | 161 | 1 | Avisail Garcia | CWS | OF | OF48 |
161 | 162 | 1 | Taijuan Walker | ARI | SP | SP36 |
162 | 163 | 1 | Willson Contreras | CHC | C/OF | C7/OF49 |
163 | 164 | 1 | Brett Gardner | NYY | OF | OF50 |
164 | 165 | 1 | Jacoby Ellsbury | NYY | OF | OF51 |
165 | 183 | 18 | David Price | BOS | SP | SP37 |
166 | 166 | 0 | Tony Watson | PIT | RP | RP21 |
167 | 168 | 1 | James Paxton | SEA | SP | SP38 |
168 | 169 | 1 | Troy Tulowitzki | TOR | SS | SS14 |
169 | 170 | 1 | Max Kepler | MIN | OF | OF52 |
170 | 171 | 1 | Kendrys Morales | TOR | DH | DH1 |
171 | 172 | 1 | Eduardo Nunez | SF | 3B/SS/OF | 3B22/SS15/OF53 |
172 | 173 | 1 | Josh Harrison | PIT | 2B/3B | 2B18/3B23 |
173 | 154 | -19 | Kole Calhoun | LAA | OF | OF54 |
174 | 174 | 0 | Jose Peraza | CIN | SS/2B/OF | SS16/2B19/OF55 |
175 | 175 | 0 | Brandon Crawford | SF | SS | SS17 |
176 | 176 | 0 | Javier Baez | CHC | 3B/2B/SS | 3B24/2B20/SS18 |
177 | 177 | 0 | Matt Shoemaker | LAA | SP | SP39 |
178 | 178 | 0 | A.J. Ramos | MIA | RP | RP22 |
179 | 182 | 3 | Evan Gattis | HOU | C | C8 |
180 | 184 | 4 | Luis Severino | NYY | SP/RP | SP40/RP23 |
181 | 191 | 10 | Michael Pineda | NYY | SP | SP41 |
182 | 192 | 10 | Mike Leake | STL | SP | SP42 |
183 | 196 | 13 | Yasmani Grandal | LAD | C | C9 |
184 | 198 | 14 | Aaron Altherr | PHI | OF | OF56 |
185 | 185 | 0 | Yasmany Tomas | ARI | OF | OF57 |
186 | 188 | 2 | Manuel Margot | SD | OF | OF58 |
187 | 190 | 3 | Cesar Hernandez | PHI | 2B | 2B21 |
188 | 203 | 15 | Mike Napoli | TEX | 1B | 1B21 |
189 | 216 | 27 | Mark Reynolds | COL | 1B | 1B22 |
190 | NR | N/A | Yonder Alonso | OAK | 1B | 1B23 |
191 | 186 | -5 | Victor Martinez | DET | DH | DH2 |
192 | 187 | -5 | Brandon Phillips | ATL | 2B | 2B22 |
193 | 189 | -4 | Ervin Santana | MIN | SP | SP43 |
194 | 200 | 6 | Dylan Bundy | BAL | RP/SP | RP24/SP44 |
195 | 201 | 6 | Sean Manaea | OAK | SP | SP45 |
196 | 197 | 1 | Matt Wieters | WAS | C | C10 |
197 | 167 | -30 | Drew Pomeranz | BOS | SP | SP46 |
198 | 157 | -41 | Kevin Gausman | BAL | SP | SP47 |
199 | 193 | -6 | Jerad Eickhoff | PHI | SP | SP48 |
200 | 194 | -6 | Gio Gonzalez | WAS | SP | SP49 |
201 | 195 | -6 | Matt Moore | SF | SP | SP50 |
202 | 199 | -3 | Jon Gray | COL | SP | SP51 |
203 | 202 | -1 | Matt Harvey | NYM | SP | SP52 |
204 | 180 | -24 | Hunter Pence | SF | OF | OF59 |
205 | 204 | -1 | Yasiel Puig | LAD | OF | OF60 |
206 | 205 | -1 | Ryon Healy | OAK | 3B | 3B25 |
207 | 206 | -1 | Jeff Samardzija | SF | SP | SP53 |
208 | 207 | -1 | Ben Zobrist | CHC | 2B/OF | 2B23/OF61 |
209 | 208 | -1 | Brandon Drury | ARI | 3B/2B/OF | 3B26/2B24/OF62 |
210 | 240 | 30 | Corey Dickerson | TB | OF | OF63 |
211 | 249 | 38 | Keon Broxton | MIL | OF | OF64 |
212 | NR | N/A | Ian Happ | CHC | OF | OF65 |
213 | NR | N/A | Bradley Zimmer | CLE | OF | OF66 |
214 | 210 | -4 | Rich Hill | LAD | SP | SP54 |
215 | 211 | -4 | Aaron Nola | PHI | SP | SP55 |
216 | 218 | 2 | Ivan Nova | PIT | SP | SP56 |
217 | NR | N/A | Jason Vargas | KC | SP | SP57 |
218 | 213 | -5 | Jedd Gyorko | STL | 2B/3B/SS | 2B25/3B27/SS19 |
219 | 214 | -5 | Yuli Gurriel | HOU | 3B/1B | 3B28/1B24 |
220 | 235 | 15 | Joey Gallo | TEX | 3B | 3B29 |
221 | 236 | 15 | Neil Walker | NYM | 2B | 2B26 |
222 | 212 | -10 | Brad Miller | TB | SS/1B/2B | SS20/1B25/2B27 |
223 | 215 | -8 | Yadier Molina | STL | C | C11 |
224 | 220 | -4 | Noah Syndergaard | NYM | SP | SP58 |
225 | NR | N/A | Alex Wood | LAD | RP/SP | RP25/SP59 |
226 | 248 | 22 | Matt Bush | TEX | RP | RP26 |
227 | NR | N/A | Corey Knebel | MIL | RP | RP27 |
228 | 221 | -7 | Kevin Kiermaier | TB | OF | OF67 |
229 | NR | N/A | Andrew Triggs | OAK | SP/RP | SP60/RP28 |
230 | 222 | -8 | Chase Headley | NYY | 3B | 3B30 |
231 | NR | N/A | Alex Cobb | TB | SP | SP61 |
232 | 223 | -9 | Steven Souza Jr. | TB | OF | OF68 |
233 | 238 | 5 | Welington Castillo | BAL | C | C12 |
234 | 181 | -53 | Joc Pederson | LAD | OF | OF69 |
235 | 224 | -11 | Melky Cabrera | CWS | OF | OF70 |
236 | 225 | -11 | Justin Wilson | DET | RP | RP29 |
237 | 227 | -10 | Zach Britton | BAL | RP | RP30 |
238 | 228 | -10 | Steven Matz | NYM | SP | SP62 |
239 | 232 | -7 | Hunter Renfroe | SD | OF | OF71 |
240 | 234 | -6 | Julio Urias | LAD | SP | SP63 |
241 | NR | N/A | Didi Gregorius | NYY | SS | SS21 |
242 | 229 | -13 | Jeremy Hellickson | PHI | SP | SP64 |
243 | 230 | -13 | Yangervis Solarte | SD | 3B/2B | 3B31/2B28 |
244 | 231 | -13 | Sonny Gray | OAK | SP | SP65 |
245 | 233 | -12 | Vince Velasquez | PHI | SP | SP66 |
246 | 241 | -5 | Zach Davies | MIL | SP | SP67 |
247 | 219 | -28 | Kendall Graveman | OAK | SP | SP68 |
248 | 245 | -3 | Matt Holliday | NYY | OF | OF72 |
249 | 246 | -3 | Devon Travis | TOR | 2B | 2B29 |
250 | 209 | -41 | Carlos Gomez | TEX | OF | OF73 |
Quick Hits
- Injuries account for most of the big drops in this week’s update. Freddie Freeman was the biggest blow by far. The Braves first baseman was having a career year and looking like a potential MVP candidate. He was also a top 5 player in fantasy. I was ready to move him up to top 10 in my rankings but he instead falls due to suffering a fractured wrist. The initial timetable for his return is 8-10 weeks. This most likely puts him out past the All-Star break. Luckily for fantasy owners, 1B has been a rather deep position. You’re not getting a Freeman replacement, but there are plenty of serviceable guys out there. Freeman drops to player #71 and 1B #15 for me. I’m holding on to him in my DL spot and hoping for him to pick up right where he left off and give me a big boost in the 2nd half of the season.
- It wouldn’t be a week of fantasy baseball without some closer news. Consensus top 3 RP option Aroldis Chapman hit the DL this past week with a shoulder injury. He is set to miss around a month of action. Dellin Betances jumps into the top 10 RP right away. A month of his performance is already elite stuff, but when you add on saves to the equation, top 10 is what you get. Hold on to Chapman though. He should take the closer’s role back once healthy. Jeurys Familia looks to be out most if not all of 2017, so he is no longer inside my top 250. I predicted he would lose his job to Addison Reed this year, it’s a bummer this is the circumstances upon which he lost the role. Now, I just need Addison Reed to make me look good. In Milwaukee, the Brewers are giving Neftali Feliz a ‘break’ from closing. He was a fringe top 250 option before and now he is out of the top 250. Corey Knebel looks to be the favorite to take over for him. Knebel is trailing just Chris Devenski for most strikeouts for a reliever. Oh and his 0.82 ERA and 1.05 WHIP are pretty good too.
- Both Bradley Zimmer and Ian Happ made their big league debuts over the past week. Both have huge upside and both started out quite well. Happ is hitting .353 with 2 HR 4 RBI and 5 R through his first 5 games with the Cubs. He’s also reached base in 11 of his 22 PA. Zimmer only has 2 games under his belt. He was 0 for 3 with 3 Ks in his 1st game and 2 for 4 with a double and a home run in his 2nd. Zimmer appears to have to inside track to playing time in Cleveland. Happ may have to force the issue (which he is certainly doing so far). Both warrant an add if they are still available due to the high upside.
Losing Faith
Here’s a few of players who dropped in the rankings and, if their poor performances continue, could soon be outside my top 250:
- Kevin Gausman (7.19 ERA & 1.86 WHIP)
- Joc Pederson (Just 1 HR and that was on Opening Day!)
- Brad Miller (Hitting just .205, now he’s hurt)
- Kendall Graveman (Cooled since his hot start. 6.35 ERA in 3 May starts)
Hello, Goodbye
The following players are new additions to the top 250:
- Yonder Alonso
- Ian Happ (see above)
- Bradley Zimmer (see above)
- Jason Vargas
- Alex Wood (21 Ks in 11 scoreless innings over last 2 starts)
- Corey Knebel (see above)
- Andrew Triggs
- Alex Cobb
- Didi Gregorius (Top 100 hitter last season)
The following players are no longer in my top 250:
- Jeurys Familia
- Neftali Feliz
- Asdrubal Cabrera
- Curtis Granderson
- Logan Forsythe
- David Dahl (Not sure where he played once healthy)
- Jason Heyward
- Adrian Gonzalez
- Felix Hernandez
See you next week!