Saturday, February 9, 2013

3B Rankings for 13'


 
Outside of Beltre and Ramirez, who are over 30, 3B can state it has some of the best young players at any position in baseball. 3B is good position to build your Dynasty League around.  Of course Miggy is in a class by himself and will outshine any other third baseman again this year and should be a top 3 overall pick. Picks 2, 3 and 4 I feel can be interchangeable. The rankings and explanations after the break.

 

Rank
Player
AB
R
HR
RBI
SB
AVG
OPS
Value
1
Miguel Cabrera
585
108
36
116
3
0.318
0.992
$51
2
Evan Longoria
545
86
29
100
6
0.278
0.885
$26
3
Adrian Beltre
535
82
28
93
2
0.301
0.872
$25
4
Aramis Ramirez
525
88
29
99
4
0.291
0.843
$22
5
David Wright
560
85
22
85
14
0.279
0.828
$22
6
Hanley Ramirez
565
82
20
82
21
0.269
0.782
$22
7
Pablo Sandoval
540
76
21
86
3
0.291
0.834
$15
8
Brett Lawrie
535
77
17
71
16
0.279
0.788
$12
9
Ryan Zimmerman
505
77
21
78
4
0.283
0.828
$12
10
Chase Headley
535
75
18
77
13
0.265
0.783
$9
11
W. Midlebrooks
505
65
23
77
8
0.265
0.777
$6
12
Michael Young
545
74
11
71
3
0.297
0.766
$10
13
Pedro Alvarez
535
71
26
80
2
0.241
0.765
$3
14
Todd Frazier
505
66
22
73
8
0.251
0.772
$2
15
Martin Prado
560
81
11
66
8
0.293
0.781
$12
16
David Freese
480
65
16
71
2
0.281
0.793
$1
17
Mike Moustakas
555
70
19
77
4
0.251
0.725
$1
18
Kyle Seager
550
68
15
69
10
0.262
0.725
$4
19
Marco Scutaro
535
78
7
57
6
0.282
0.721
$2
20
Kevin Youkilis
430
70
19
63
2
0.258
0.816
$1
20
Chris Johnson
485
60
15
65
4
0.264
0.748
$1
20
Manny Machado
525
61
17
64
9
0.244
0.709
$1

 

Longo, Beltre, and Ramirez all have pros and cons as a top tier 3B. Longo is great when he is healthy but has only completed 2 of his 5 MLB seasons. Beltre’s line-up is in a state of flux after losing Hamilton, Napoli, and Young so will Beltre be asked to set the table or drive in Runs. Then Ramirez who can put up a 30/100 when he is healthy seems to have freak injury every other year. What I  like about Ramirez over the other two is his ADP is 30+ picks after the others and he is in a contract year. Contract year players have a huge incentive to produce.

The next group, from Wright to Headley, all hasve20HR and 80RBI potential. Wright could put up bigger numbers this year but the Mets will be horrific and Wright will lose ABs and get pitched around. Han Ram should go 20/20 but will be drafted as a SS earlier in drafts.  Sandoval gives you the high BA , Lawrie could go 20/20 but may hit in the 2 hole and lose some RBI opportunities. Then Zimmerman who I have never been high on is also injury prone.

The bottom half of 3B all have good qualities and will bring great value from their draft position. It’s a situation where you may target specific counting categories. You may choose HR and RBI over BA with Alvarez and Freese or take R and BA while sacrificing power like the multi-positional Young and Prado. Youkilis and Machado probably have the largest upside as to current ADP but they are a big risk/reward pick.

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