Third Base Rankings

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19 responses to “Third Base Rankings”

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   Stevie YaYo

   February 4, 2009

   In a vacuum, Alex Gordon seems to be ranked high at #10. But then you realize that he isn’t there because he’s that good, but because everyone else at the position has become so bad? (Though I can easily see Adrian Beltre outperforming him, but what’s two slots in the rankings?)

   Third base? Not so deep.

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   randy

   February 4, 2009

   hiow big is jay bruce for keeper league, am thinking of trading joe mauer and king felix for bruce——-thanks

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   Donald Trump

   February 4, 2009

   I have no real complaints here, but I think Yahoo has M Cabrera avail at 3b.

   I would keep king and maur over bruce.

4. 

   Dreamweapon

   February 4, 2009

   Re: Miggy–I know he had 14 games there last season, so if that is enough for Yahoo then he would be. ESPN requires 20 prior season/10 current, so he doesn’t make it.

   Re: that trade. Felix Hernandez has a near 3:1 career K:BB ratio and is all of 23 years old. Mauer has won two of the past three AL batting crowns. Either one of those guys should be more than enough for Bruce, being asked to give up both is obscene. I would tell the guy to walk East until his hat floats if it was me.

   I agree with most of these, but I think Huff might be too low, maybe far too low. He was pretty comfortably a top-5 option last season on the raw numbers, if memory serves. 100/30/100/.300 is nothing to sneeze at, he has had a history of success (although there was an intervening period of suckiness), he plays in a decent offensive park, the team should get better (when Wieters and his 1.000 OPS shows up in mid-May), and Huff is in a contract year, so it would be no surprise if he was in pinstripes by mid-July. It’s not hard to imagine him blowing away everyone in the third tier, and eclipsing half the guys in the second. Granted, he could fall back to some 22/75 type BS, but at the same time, that seems about the absolute peak possible production of a guy like, say, Carlos Guillen, who seems like a spent force. Just my $0.02.

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   Keith

   February 5, 2009

   Similarly to the Huff mention, Mora was out of his mind at the end of last year. It’d be foolish to count on it again, but I think I’m inclined to fill out my middle infield early and then take a shot at a Beltre / Huff / Mora value-type later on. It’s definitely not a deep crew, but several of those guys in those bottom two tiers are going to prove to be much more valuable than anticipated – now just to figure out which ones!

6. 

   RotoScoop

   February 5, 2009

   Stevie Ya Yo – Agreed. I had a hard time ranking #s 9-12, and could easily see Beltre moved up to 9. He’s certainly safer. And in another contract year. I just personally usually side with the younger player with more upside.

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   RotoScoop

   February 5, 2009

   Randy – As much as I like Bruce, no way would I give up Mauer and Felix for him. I’d reject that.

8. 

   RotoScoop

   February 5, 2009

   Donald – If you click on Cabrera’s Yahoo player page, it only shows 1B – but that could change once the actual fantasy system is unveiled. I forget what their minimum requirement is, but I know it used to be very lax. He’d be in the first tier at #3 as a third baseman.

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   RotoScoop

   February 5, 2009

   Aubrey Huff was out of his mind last year (same with Mora over the final 6 weeks), and while it was a big surprise, it wasn’t completely out of nowhere (he used to be a good prospect). But I personally wouldn’t count on it again. I realize I have him ranked far lower than most will. He won’t end up on any of my teams. Maybe I should have put him ahead of C. Guillen (probably), but I don’t like banking on 32 year olds repeating a career season.

10. 

    Stefan

    February 5, 2009

    Dalton: Do Eric Chavez, Lyle Overbay, and Nick Johnson really have more value at their respected positions than the great, Pablo Sandoval??? Come on, man…or are you savin

11. 

    Stefan

    February 5, 2009

    Dalton: Do Eric Chavez, Lyle Overbay, and Nick Johnson really have more value at their respected positions than the great, Pablo Sandoval??? Come on, man…or are you savin

12. 

    Anonymous

    February 5, 2009

    -my comment got cut-off-

    …or are you saving him for the catcher’s spot?

13. 

    RotoScoop

    February 6, 2009

    Yeah I was saving Sandoval for the catcher position, since if he’s available there no one would use him at any other spot. He’s eligible there in Yahoo. That said, it’s possible he’s not in all leagues, so as a 3B, I’d put him in the 4th tier – def. above those scrubs you mentioned.

14. 

    Donald Trump

    February 7, 2009

    Time to move a-fraud down a notch or two…

15. 

    RotoScoop

    February 7, 2009

    why’s that? B/c he did steroids 6 years ago?

16. 

    Donald Trump

    February 8, 2009

    because we all know he is a mental case with an ego as fragile as a 8 year old girl.

17. 

    RotoScoop

    February 8, 2009

    True, but would you really knock him down? How far?

18. 

    Donald Trump

    February 8, 2009

    I would def take wright and miggy over him just because of the risk of emotional meltdown. True, there really isnt very far for him to fall, and I didn’t really mean that he should be knocked down severely, I was more making a comment about his roid problems. It just further cements what a loser he is, if you can call a multimillionaire, famous, madonna-dating slugger a loser.

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    Wright, Most the Time Says

    February 11, 2009

    Move Youk down and put Blaylock up. Youk may be a one hit wonder.