Fantasy Baseball 2020: Third Baseman Rankings!

Studio thirty four. This he's in BFS. He is Frank Standfell. I am Greg Susman's having a happy Monday to you. Here to talk about the deepest position in fantasy baseball today, the third base position. Yes, we are here to talk about the third base position. But before we do, I just leave. But I slept very well. It was tough to get out of bed. I don't know. I didn't stay up too late. Nothing crazy last night. Just man alarm went off today. It was tough getting out of bed.

How about you something well? I was I was up thinking about work pretty early and I was like very up before my alarm went off. Taking with the third base ranks early in the morning. Greg, No, not really, I was just thinking about the whole stuff I had to do before anyone was like, oh, man, I gotta do my third base ranks, right, So I you know, I just I was just often about very early. I was in College Park, Maryland over the weekend. It was cool being back. Nostalgic. Not so cool with the result,

but cool being back. Oh does that mean Maryland actually played? Is that why you were there? You went to a game? Yes? What happened? Who they face? Oh? College game Day? Was there? What happened? They lost? They were very badly. The first time out, the under sixteen time out was the first time basketball. It would be down nine nothing. They wind up tying the game three Michigan State. They went on a seven point run. Michigan stay good. Yeah there it

was good. Um, Maryland, Maryland good. I didn't think so that was wrong. Um. In the second half, they never got closer than nine any point, and you were there to watch it all in person. It was very bad. I'm sorry. Greg. Well, outside of that, that was the rest of your weekend. It was awesome because after the game, we got like two beers and a mixed drink. It was like a fifteen dollars total, and I was like I love color. I haven't seen these prices since. How

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doesn't seem good. That seems terrible. He said. He was fine pitching even afterwards, get a little more soreness, so he wanted to be cautious and he's not sure if he'll be ready for opening day. He is not going to be ready for opening day. Greg, and this is one of your keepers. I take it ready, it is, Frank. So we did get an update earlier today. Noon Raise manager Kevin Cass said Monday that Blake Snell it's quote feeling good and remains on track to play catch on Tuesday.

So obviously something to monitor here when it comes to Blake's now. And again just another picture that is going to fall down draft boards right now due to injury. Luis Savourno after the year, Chris Sale with the flu is obviously falling down draft boards, going to start the year on the I L Mike Clevinger. Uh, We've actually seen some positive reports from cleve I saw just last week. I mean he was ramping up his throwing activity. Guy looks like he's ready to pitch right now. Hopefully they

don't push him too quickly. But some good news there out of Clevinger. And then obviously everything that's going on with Blake Snow Greig gets a Cornzon shot in his left elbow, his throwing arm, the same elbow where he had a clean up last year mid season. Man, this this is a scary situation. Look, I think if you're going into perhaps you're gonna get him a bit of

a value. Same thing when it comes to auctions. I think he went for like eighteen dollars in labor yesterday in the mixed the twelve team mixed auction yesterday, um, which obviously is much lower than he would have gone for normally. But um, there's a there's risk, there's there's obviously a big reward, but I would say right now the uh, the risk outweighs the reward in my opinion

when it comes to Blake Snow. Yeah, you know, I get very nervous where it comes to these picture injuries and they normally more often than not come back to bite you in the ass and other times like you're fine, but what reserving shot ready like this would be a fifteen d fifteen a d Elston he had he and you have to work his way back up. It's really really scary as the Blake Snell Uh, as a Blake Snell owner here, do you hear out what to do?

I wouldn't pay eighteen dollars from I couldn't. Just to put that in perspective, Blake Snell went for eighteen dollars yesterday and then trying to see someone else who went for a simone price like Clevinger went for seventeen, Granky went for nineteen, so her Shaw twenty. So at an eighteen dollar price tag, that's someone who based on these other prices is like a fourth, fifth round starting pitcher.

Still might be too much risk to take on there when it comes to Blake's Now, there was more going on of course last night. Is there more going around the last weekend in regards to fantasy baseball? Before we continue, let's talk a little fantasy basketball for this evening. For Yeah, and I know earlier today you met up with not met up with you, you did the tip drill with

Drew dig Meyer of Deli Rodo dot com. And obviously Drew and those guys have been phenomenal all season long and especially recently when it comes to the NBA tip draw. I know you had a chance to speak to him about who he's targeting at the center position tonight. Let's take a look at that on tonight's NBA dfeste. Let's move over to the center here. And this one another obvious one for us as Incleuveland Tristan Thompson. He's not expected to play, which means increased playing time for Andre

Drummond tonight. The top matchup though it gets ready to go there, Yeah, that's the big thing with Andrea Drummond. Now, you know the press texts dipped all the way down to seventy. And that's in large part because when you have Tristan Thompson playing behind you, they have to regulate

Andre Drummond's minutes more than they did in Detroit. You know, he's playing kind of low thirties, uh sometimes, you know, struggling to get up at the thirty minutes because Tris and Thompson behind him was it needs to play eighteen to twenty five minutes on each and every night. So you remove Tristan Thompson from that equation, fins out that front court for the Calves a little bit and gives that minutes upside Andre Drummond to get back into the

thirty thirty six range. He's always handled his own pretty well against Rudy Gobert. We think he'll be able to do so tonight. And the seventy price tag is miles away from the price tags you were paying for Andre Drummond in Detroit earlier in the season, so we think he's severely under priced here. Bff's there, Andre Jonman, the guy you don't want to get in your lab tonight. Without Tristan Thompson expected to play for Cleveland rank yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense obviously what

Drew dick Meyer said about Tristan Thompson. Since German was traded over to the Cleveland Cavs obviously had to split some time there, which are just in Thompson still playing around twenty five minutes to night with him expected out tonight, we should expect Andre Drummond to get back into the thirties in minutes and obviously had a suppressed price tag. He's someone that you should be building your lineups around,

especially at the center position. All right, So heading back to fantasy baseball, though, Frank, I was just so anxious and answy to talk to you about publicks. Now, what else did I miss over the weekend about players gonna hurt like Aaron Judge. Yeah, Aaron Judge on Friday apparently extend some discomfort again while swinging, and I know that he was going to undergo some test today. I haven't seen any results or anything mentioned about Aaron Judge so far.

We can check that out during the break and see if anything. There's nothing on Aaron Judge. All right, so we'll have to pay attention and to see I know that he is someone who's going for cheaper prices right now at auctions and slipping non draft boards because again his dealt with injuries in the past, had the oblique last year, has the shoulder right now, had surgery on the other shoulder a couple of years ago. You don't know if he's going to be ready for opening day.

They still they keep saying that there's a chance that he could be ready for opening Day, but obviously that's all up in the air right now. When it comes to Aaron Judge and another one, Greig, where if he's good to go by opening day, or even if he misses the first week or so, you're gonna get him at a massive discount when it comes to Fantasy baseball. So he was typically someone I wasn't targeting because he was still a second third round pick and I didn't

really like that price. Say if he starts falling into the four fifth round and you know you're getting him at that value, then maybe there's a chance that I do jump in on him right at that cost. We talked to last week we're doing our outfielders. How you commented how high I have Aaron Judge, and I said, if your mains hurt, it all changes. It's scary right now, and I don't see how I can keep him where I have them, which was outfielder there number ten, you're

not driving. Here's the top swelve outfielder right now, there's no there's no way. I'll have to figure out where I'm going to drop him. I don't know where that's going to be quite yet, but it's probably gonna be closer to He has ten play that much. So over the weekend his a DP was thirty two, So it really hasn't fallen that far. I thought it would have,

you know, dropped a little bit further than that. But those are from drafts one from Friday through yesterday, and his a DP is at thirty two, so still you know, solid third round pick. When it comes to Fantasy Baseball, that seems like too big of a price action you would spend. H don't fifteen bucks? Can we get him in fifteen bucks? Probably? Not? Alright? Alright? Where I want to be the next Daily Fantasy Millionaire. Dunk on your NBA dfs competition with Daily Rodal dot com and dominate

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weekend was that Joe Musgrove is dealing with shoulders. I did see that. I'm so sorry and I felt terrible because I woke up yesterday in a little breakfast prep myself, got everything ready to watch Joe Musgrove against the Toronto Blue Perfect Sundown Pirates broadcast is talking about how Joe Musgrove is hitting nine miles per hour consistently on the gun. The fastball Vello was up late last year. That's when

he started performing well. The breaking pitches look great. And then, of course, late last night on a Sunday evening, Greg, we got the news Joe Musgrove is dealing with shoulder discomfort. So do with that what you will. I mean, most people he's more nothing more than a back end rotation piece anyway, your SP five, R s P six, maybe even if you're playing a twelve team league, he's one of your bench starting pitchers. But somebody I was targeting

once again is Joe Musgrove. Let's see what comes out of this, Greig. I'm sorry, Frankie, right, okay, all Rlet's move over our third DAS rankings. Frank And this is the first time this season we have a different player at number one. This is weird. This is years for me for a couple of reasons. Your number one overall third baseman, my number one here is Alex Bregman. Your number one third basement overall is Josie Ramirez. And this is weird for me because I am the Josie Ramirez guy.

You know that about me. I've been on Josie Ramirez forever. And I'm also the guy that likes to ignore first half like they don't matter. He's just say, hey, the second half was great, Like who cares about the first half. I can't do that right now, because we saw how bad that Jose Ramirez can be. You yourself, as a Jose Ramirez owner, suffered through that first half. Where he batted under two hundred for most of the half. Still ran,

but he couldn't fine, he couldn't hit a damn thing. Now, the second half was un freaking real, and he's one of the only players legitimately there's a chance to go if not forty forty, and you're getting him way later than you're getting Trout and yell at Nacunia, you know, and way later. But that slump was really disgusting, Frank and if he middles out somewhere, I'm going to rather

have Alex Bregman. I feel safer drafting Alex Bregman that I do no one A Ronando because those start home road splits and Josier mirrors, because we know how bad that slump can be. Alex Bregman is not going to hit the depths that Jose Ramirez did. You're not getting stolen basis. I get that, and everything else you should better average. I like Alex Bregman more than I like the other two guys, which is, by the way, he is third in your poll right now through the top

third basement. The first baseman you want to draft, it's Arnadano by far and away number one you have by far, then Jose Ramirez, then Alex Bregman. Alex Bregman is my number one overall third basement and I think some people might be scared off by the whole cheating scandal when it comes to you're not wrong, uh. Injury risk also going up with those hit by pitches, Greg. But I will preface this by saying, in a head to head points league, Alex Bregman should be the number one third

baseman off the board. In fact, he should probably be a top ten pick overall, maybe even higher than that. He was the number one hitter in head to head points leagues last year. That was Alex Bregman. And I really do like no Erronado as well. I think you can make the argument for any of these three third baseman to be the number one third baseman this year,

Greg Nolan. Erronado's average offensive line over the past five seasons three d batting average, forty home runs, one and four runs scored, one and twenty four ribbies and three stolen bases. He is as elite of a four category contributor as you can find. Of course, there is risk that he could be traded away from Colorado, which would affect his overall production because his home road splits, as

Greg mentioned, are very stark. He's much better in coors Field, like most hitters who played for the Rockies, So how you have to keep that in mind. As of now, it looks like Nolan Arronado is going to stay put with the Colorado Rockies and Alex Bregman, the guy just continues to get better and better. Say what you want about him, whether it's cheating related or not. I guess

we're gonna find out this upcoming season. But look in two thousand, eighteen eighties sixty homers up over a hundred, runs, over a hundred Ribbies, ten Stone bass p s. Last year, Greg ops over a thousand and twenty two runs, hundred and twelve r b I's five steals and stole basis are coming down. I don't know if you're gonna get many steals out of Bregman anymore. UM and Craig Miss

actually spoke with him on Fantasy Supports today. We had an interview with Alex Bregman and said he's focused on getting off to a quicker start because the past couple of seasons he really gets off to a slow start. Had absolutely ridiculous second half last year with an OPS over eleven hundred. If he gets off to a faster start, and of course there is an opportunity for Alex Bregman to have a even better season. Maybe it's three fifteen, three twenty with forty home runs and and the rest

of those county sets. Greg from me, I do have Jose Aramirez first, because uh, these are for Roto rankings five by five, and I just think the ability to get thirty stolen bases what we saw out of him. You know, from July one on last year and only forty nine games, he finally figured out stop trying to lift the ball so much. Zira miror Is, You're a great hitter the way that you are. You don't need

to change a single thing. In the first half, Greg, his flyball percentage was nearly fifty percent from July one on the fly ball percentage was he lowered it nine percentage points, started hitting more line drives, started pulling the ball more. That is what made Jose Aramire is a great player. A couple of seasons ago. You brought up that upside, Greg, someone that can flirt at type season. I don't know that we'll see the batting average well

over three anymore. I think he can approach two eighty average, twenty five home runs, five stolen bases, really good county stacks in the middle of the Cleveland Indians lineup. This just comes down to preference. What categories do you want? If you trust that you can find stolen bases later on in the draft, then go ahead by all means, take a Bregman, take a Eranado. I don't have a

problem with either of those guys. Greg I like building out my foundation early on with everything and holds your mirrors to me, is one of those players that will give you everything. I think he started to figure it out there in the second half, and it's frankly, it's something that I do trust going into this show. So I agree you figured it out in the second half. He was amazing. He talked about how he became the line drive hit her again. But it's really hard to

get that first half out of my mind. Like it happened, and it wasn't like it happened five years ago. It just happened. That's really scary, Like to invest what you're gonna have to invest in here as your number one overall third basement. You want a little more safety than you're a safe player normally. Do you want that? I want the safe stolen basis? Greg, That's when it comes down to and you know, look, Greg, last year I was all over a position scarcity didn't really work out

for me. I was pulling outfielders up the board. You know, maybe this year I'm going a little bit too far when it comes to the category scarcity, batting average, stolen basis. But I do trust what I saw from Josei miire is in that second half. And look, if you don't understand, you want someone a little bit more safe. Aeronado is the safet of the three. If you want safety, you think he's gonna remain in Colorado, then take non Arnado. There's no doubt about that. But there is a chance

that Bregman continues to get even better. And if he does get better than what we saw last year, then that means he's going to be better than non Arronado. And if Josier Miirez is the player he was over those final forty nine games for an entire season again, then he's more than likely the number one third base and he's probably you know, thirty thirty player with a good batting average as well. Greg, those final forty nine games he had three one awesome. He was awesome, man,

you know, I love him. I think it's more of a type of league format do you play in more than anything. I think if you play in Rhodo again, for me, it's Jose and if you play in head to head points it's Alex Bregman. And if you're a safe player, then just take Eronado right up next. Let's get you are fourth and fifth, top third basion because I think there's a clear drop off after that. For me, I think it's the same for you. Um for me, I haven't at the Rendon raffievers you have it, Rafi

devers Anthony Rendon. How come I just expect a little bit more power out of Anthony Rendon and he is switching leagues. It's kind of like the Mookie Bets argument that I made. Greg. I think Anthony Rendon is a phenomenal player and I still have in my top five. But if I'm splitting hairs, I mean last year was a career year for Anthony Rendon, and of course he came in a contract year, so I'm not gonna be completely skeptical of what I saw from Anthony Rendon, because

I do trust that he is a great player. The bad of ball data was great last year. The stack cast data was awesome when it came to Anthony Rendon. He doesn't strike out under fourteen percent strike out right now three years in a row. Really great plate discipline. Except instead of getting the thirty four home runs in the juice ball, a hundred and twenty six r B I s, I think we're probably closer to right around

thirty home runs close to a three batting average. Good counting stats for me, Greg Raphael Devers can get even better. I mean, he did what he did last year and and his what age twenty to twenty three season um look three eleven batting average, a hundred and twenty nine runs scored. He'll even chip in five to ten soul and basses. That is Raphael Devers. And he really really cut down on his strikeouts from C to SE. That's

the biggest difference when it comes to Raphael Devers. The strides that he's made is that he's just making more contact. Extremely aggressive swinger reminds me a lot of Javier Baias go to swing it pitches outside the strike zone. But Greg, I look at Rafael Devers and I see a player that is a sending. Not that Rendon is necessarily descending, but I think that if Devers continues to get better, that better will be better right now. But it comes

down to splitting hairs. I do like both of those guys. I like both of them to Endeavor's year last year was just remarkable. Was the year that we hoped he had UH the year prior batting three eleven compared the two forty UH the year the year before that. Um, I think there is he was a much much better hitter. But again I go with safety and quite frankly, I just trust and Rendown a little bit more to give you what he did last year more than ever. Maybe

that's where my head's at. What I think, Rendown, you know what you're getting. I think Devers could still be ascending, or maybe last year is a career here, I don't know. I'm not altor Raffie Denvers by any means that we're splitting hairs. I just trust more what every Rendown did. I think that don't worry about him changing leaks. Probably not professional hitter, professional hitter. I like that the babbit was the same exact number in back to back years

at I love points the lead type of stuff. He walks almost as much as he caves, Like that's the stuff. I absolutely love all these numbers across that we were all very similar over the past few years. And the only thing one up with the all runs and everyone's home runs went up because the US Ball clue Raffie nevers. So for me, I'm taking every rendown very very confidently.

It's again just like he's safer pick. It reminds me of my bregmant, Like it's just why I take a chance we can get safety here with a any rendom, And I think that's maybe play an area that I'm growing as a fantasy ping Greg, is that you know, I'm starting to take more risks early on in drafting me more like you, I think. So we're we're swapping.

We're swapping draft philosophies here. Normally I do like the safer player, but it's hard to argue with what Raffi Devons did last year, and on the off chance that he is again ascending um and potentially even getting better than what we saw last year and I think that season will outproduce what Anthony Rendon will do in year one with the Angels. At number six, we got the same third baseman. We'll go through that next year of our top third baseman right here on the BFFs. Want

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it rocking, Frank, keep it going. Let's go. This is a deep position, man. We gotta get as many in as we possibly can. So my six and seven here for me, or many Machado and you on Mocado. Those are your six and seven. Yeah, let's go. I've talked to you a lot, so that's kind of why we're on the same page year at six and seven. These are two players that very in on I'm interested in drafting because I believe that they very easily wind up in the top tier. You're getting them at a not

top tier price. Yeah, these are players that you're getting in the fourth fifth round range right now. And Manny Machado, we've seen him have a down year before and then bounce back um the following year. We've seen in two thousand and seventeen he hit two fifty nine and then bounced back the next year. We batting average, thirty seven home runs, a hundred and seven Ribbies. That was the year that he spent half the year with the Dodgers,

half the year with the Baltimore Orioles. And he was someone who was a borderline first round pick last year, first year, mega contract, new location in San Diego. I'm kind of giving him a pass for what we saw last year out of Manny Machado. Uh. And he struggled against right handed pitching in two thousand nineteen, which is not like him to thirty nine batting average seven OPS in his career to seventy five batting average in eight oh eight OPS. And that's with a huge sample size

of data. So I expect him to bounce back against right handed pitching. Greg. If you are a conspiracy theorists, I have this for your Jeff Zimmerman of Rhodograss tweeted this out a couple of weeks ago that Manny Machado was hit by a pitch on August eighth last season. Before that hit bi pitch, he was batting two seventy two three triple slash after the Hippi pitch to thirteen three,

three seventy five. So if you continued to play through some kind of in jury after the hit by pitch, then I think that that's that's what can explain the final two months slump there. But we like Fernando Tatis, Greg still likes Tommy fam It's a solid line up there. I think that there's gonna be, you know, opportunities for county stats and maybe you know seven eight stolen bases, thirty to thirty five home runs to eighty. He's just solid Greg across the board. He's not going to hurt

you anywhere. It's a clear life rank. He's all right finding those solid guys aren't going to hurt you. That's why I think I found hope. Yeah, I hope so as well. And look Joan Moncata last year really reminded me a lot of what we saw from Raphael. He was actually more aggressive last year. He was someone in the past who was a little bit more passive, and he was. He has a really good eye at the plate, but last year started chasing pitches outside of the zone

nine percent more than in eighteen. Yet his contact rate on pitches both inside and outside of the zone went up. He struck out less last year as well. His four h six babit was incredibly high for you on Moncada, but look at the quality of contact that he makes point eight mile per hour average eggit velocity nine seven percentile in baseball career best twelve percent barrel rate, and he maintained high babbos across every level in the minor

leagues as well. So I think he's another one like Devor's who could take that next examply and he's someone that we're drafting as like a borderline first round pick next year, Greg, you on Moncada wouldn't surprise me if it's to eighty to ninety. I don't think he's gonna hit over three hundred like he did last year, but

approach thirty home runs really take that next step. Counting stats are gonna be there, really good line up, ten to fifteen stolen bases, another one doesn't hurt you anywhere, and he's probably going to give you more speed than Manny Machado as well. Totally. And if you've made the case for put Moncada ahead of Machado, I think I would actually be okay with it. But I think there's a clear top seven, and Moncada has that ability over thirty home runs proce just power in a good line

up in a good ballpark. It all ends up to be really nice year from me on Moncada. Then we get to my eight nine, which I feel very passionately about as well, specifically Vladim errig Guerrero Jr. I think also could I kind of ascend like we thought he was gonna happen last year. It didn't. Maybe there's a little project fatigue on him and people may have written him off way too quickly. So I like Vladimir Guerrero.

And then in there I also Chris Bryan. I know you have Chris Bryant way late later than I do, and I think I get that you don't like Chris Bryant. I understand that, but I think the heat has just gone too far. He's not nearly as bad as you think he is. Great. I think you should pull up his Baseball Savant stat cast page. I have a fan graphs page, and you'll see a lot of You see a lot of blue on that page. Blue. It's a lot of white and green on his fan graphs. Ice

cold for Chris Bryant. The stat cast data the bad and ball data for Chris Bryant, and it really doesn't do much outside of hit home runs. Fine, they'll give you a run thirty home runs, and he's gonna score runs runs scored a scatters category as well. Seventy seven RBIs last year, fifty two r BIS the year before, seventy three r bis and two thousand seventeen expected to

lead off. The guy's not going to be a contributor in rb I's not going to steal many bases that it's been seven to four each of the past three seasons. Average is fine, not gonna hurt you, they're not going to help you. So but average runs and home runs that's pretty good. I would say he's more of a two and a half category player. No, I mean I don't. I don't think he's gonna hit two eighty. I think it's I think that's who gazy. I think he's probably

more of like a town he's never been. But his stat cast data, Gregg says that he got incredibly lucky least like he was hurt last year too. Well, he's hurt every year. Look at the year before that in two thousand and eighteen, he played a hundred and two games. He's dealt with shoulders. Something's not hurt every year. He was hurting eighteen. All right, he played a hundred forty

seven games last year. But he has dealt with like nagging stuff, you know what I'm saying, Greg, Like he's played through it before and and that might be why it's hurt his performance in the past. All Right, Maybe maybe he's a three category contribute. That's fine, Agree to disagree. You think he's gonna hit two eighty. I think he's probably closer to like at two sixty. That's fine. Yeah, I'm out on Chris Bryan. I'm not gonna have him anywhere. I just think that's why I have him ranked the

way that I do. I have him down at fresh brankings back up like, I think you've just you've gone too far here, you really have, So I don't think there's much upside there is my opinion. Why can't Chris Bryant be better better than Josh Donaldson. You guys have gonna hurt. You have Ben hurt. Last year you wouldn't draft Shosh and I was roll. Now he's back inside your top eight. He's in the best lineup in baseball, Greg Chris Bryant is leading off a regular field. What

is it? So what he's not gonna give you RBIs Josh Donaldson is going to give you home runs. He's going to give you r bis, gonna give you run scores, gonna give you run more run scored at a better average. And is he gonna batting average? Yes, slightly better, slightly better batting average, more home runs out of Josh Town. It's definitely way more RBIs. We're talking like thirty more rbs and they're both talk gonna give you stolen basis.

So pick and choose. What do you want? You want a little more average time he's speaking choosing you have him everybody by five spots. It's not like they're all in the same tear for me, they're all in the same time. My tears from six through sixteen, I wouldn't mind getting again. This is a deep position pick and choose who you want. Josh Donaldson isn't the best line up in baseball with the Minnesota Twins get hurt again. I don't have any shares of him yet because no,

I've been drafting Manny Machado everywhere. Like, to me, he's the best value on the board. Like so, I haven't wound up with Josh Jonalson. But if if you're just asking me, let's say we're in the sixth round, my first what is that? Eight third basement are are already gone, and I'm deciding between Josh Donaldson, Matt Chapman, and Chris Bryant. I'm not taking Chris Bryant. I'm taking either Josh Jonalson or Matt Chapman. Mat Chapman to me, is young Josh Donaldson.

He does a lot of the same things. Good played, disciplined, walks a lot, hits the ball extremely hard, hits the ball in the air, and his batting average was incredibly unlucky. Last year. He went from like two eighty to nine. Nobody's always been like a tithe of the hitter. But his quality of contact Regy, it's all so hard that his batting average based on actually improved his play discipline a ton from when he was in the minors to the Major He doesn't strike out as much as he

used to. Any projections system's batting fifty Matt Chapman. I think he could be better than that. Literally, I think he'd be like he's done at once. Yeah, but I mean he's only been up in then the majors for what two and a half years, So he's one of those guys. Were you still young enough where he can take that next step as well? Greg, he is a

year younger than Chris Bryan. It makes him younger like Josh Donaldton and match happened to me are just their clones to sixty good home runs, power numbers runs RB. I that's fine, really, I think you can make the argument. Look, if you think he's safer, you're not worried about as many injuries. Fine, yeah, I mean you can. Honestly, Greg, you can talk me into moving Match Chapman ahead of

Josh Jhnson. Now. The only reason why I didn't is because you're almost paying for Matt Chapman to do what Josh Donaldson does every single year until he's or cowls Josh Donaldson and Greg. If you're worried about the injuries, that's fine, then you should be fading before. To be fair, I'm not taking I'm not I'm not taking Josh Donaldson the same exact things last year. But again, look best

linem in baseball, just put get it. Where does easily Mayhew following all this because he's a different player than these other guys, right Like, we're talking about Matt Chapman, we're talking about Chris Bryant, We're talking about Josh Donaldson. These are all guys that are gonna get your thirty home runs score close to a hundred runs ideally have close to hundred RB eis Obviously Chris Bryan hasn't gotten near that recently. Lea Mayhew for me is number ten

for you, he's right around the same number. He's rund the same number here. Where does where does he kind of fall in this mix? I think he gets drafted in a similar range as Donaldson, as Matt Chapman, and I don't have a problem with that. I think it comes down to draft philosophy what you need on your team in that moment. If you want to put an emphasis on power, then I think you lean with a

Josh Donaldson or a Matt Chapman. But if you want to solidify your batting average and your run scored, then then you can leave with D. L. Mayhew. And again, taking someone like le Mayhew allows you to take risks on power hitters later on in your draft that are going to hurt your batting average. So LEA. Mayhew last year, while it was a career season, he had three seven. We have seen him hit for that hive of a

batting average in the past. When he has now led, he has won a batting title in both the National League and the American League. His expected batting average was three twenty two last year. That was the third best in baseball. His quality of contact GJ. Mayhew was ridiculous. His swing is built for Yankee Stadium. He's a line drive hitter. He hits the ball to right field. I think you expect some natural regression, but it wouldn't surprise

me at all. If he hits three fifteen, if he hits three twenty, if he even approaches that number, that we saw last year. But he's going to give you a batting average probably closer to twenty home runs than the what do you have twenty seven last year? That's not realistic. I think eighteen to twenty home runs really good run scored could lead the American League, and run scored to be honest, uh, seventy to a d r

BIS and a handful of stolen basis. Greg. It just comes down to what you want at that point in the AFT. If you want to continue to build out your runs and your batting average, you know that you can find home run, home runs and RBIs later on in your in your drafts, then I think Mayhew was the answer for you. Um I think that he is right in the same range, fifth sixth round. I don't have a problem where he's going, you know, le maayhew A. This this interesting because I don't want him. I'd rather

have Chapman, Bryant, Pinstripe, Prime, Donaldson. If it's my sense, I don't want my third basement basement because you want power run. Second base sucks and we'll talk about that later in the week. Say they sucks. And I was doing my second base rankings earlier today and I was like, oh my god, you're right. You're right about that. This is horrible and I feel Mayhew has versatility everywhere first, second, third base. But if you use him anywhere other than

second base, you are making a mistake. It's like using a catcher at first base. Don't do it. I think you're making a big mistake. Dj Le Mayhew as your second nation, makes a whole lot more, says your third basement. I'd rather have the power guys and then maybe think he was my second basement. That's cool that averaging runs, but that fits well with remember whole stadium. You have power guys in dead All right, we've gone through basically the first half. We got a touch on flat. We

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backslash dunk to learn more. All here, we gonna get a lot to do. Frank, Let's let's roll right through power through power hour. Right now, it's talk more about a lad Yeah. I think Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Can have an Anthony Rendell in type season. Greg, it wouldn't surprise me one bit. Talk about him being in better shape this upcoming season in his second season, and I tweeted out a video of a home run that he hit yesterday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Just ridiculous. It was like

a frozen rope that went like four hundred feet. It was like, this guy's hands are incredibly quick. I think that last year obviously got a taste in the majors, got worn down a little bit, We saw some fatigue later on, comes back to shape, comes back this year to camp in better shape. Um, and what he did in the minor leagues, Greg and two thousand, eight three one batting average, thousands, seventy three o p s. He's

gotta raise the launchego. He hit too many groundballs, but I think if he does that, we're looking at someone who can approach the three D batting average twenty five to thirty home runs, good counting stats because they have a solid line up out there in Toronto, good ballpark to hit in other good ballparks that hidden in his division in the American League East. After Machado and Yoan Maka to go off the board, Greg Vladim mcguarreo Jr. Is the next third baseman that I would be looking

for the problem is I that point? More often than not, he's already gone. Yeah, because there's someone that likes lad more than I do. There's obviously hype surrounding um Latimer, as there should be, but you can't make that jump, which is kind of exciting. Let's move on to the next crew over third base man, hear a frank and it's my it's really the start. Oh my next tier and it's Max Munsey's in there, Mike mus Stocks is in there like I. Justin Turner is in there as well.

I bumped Justin turn up because it Justin Turner and I feel he's underappreciated. Munsey stock Is are similar to Donaldson and to Chapman, as these guys are just monstrous power hitters, and he's just get a little bit later and the value is still really good. Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense. Um, Max Munsey someone who if you thought it was a fluke, it's clearly not a fluke when it comes to Max Munsey improved

against left handed pitching last year. Gonna bat uh, you know, towards the top of that Dodger's lineup, probably gonna score over a hundred runs as long as he stays healthy, remains in that lineup. Um, not gonna help you in batting average, obviously, he's actually gonna hurt. He's probably more like a two fifty two STICKSI hitter, but going to hit a thirty five home runs maybe even approach forty RBIs might be a little bit low because he's again

probably gonna bat second in the lineup. But I think that Maxi Monty is very similar to those players that you mentioned Greg. Same thing with Mike mustak is, same thing with a Uhniyo Suarez, who I all have in the same area. It's you know, I have months He at twelve, Chris Bryan at thirteen, I have Mustakis at fourteen, Jeff McNeil at fifteen, uh and then a U Henio Suarez at sixteen, Jeff McNeil, similar to DJ Lemayhew, you gotta use that guy at second base or even in

your outfield. You're not using him at third base in my opinion, Greg, But that rounds out my top sixteen. Suarez I have a little bit lower, just because I think him and Micha Umsakis are gonna give you similar numbers. Great, but I worry about the shoulder injury. I agree, isn't playing it. Is he gonna be ready for opening Day?

I don't know, you know, so my question with Anyo Suarez was where how far drawings remember sixteen third basement right exactly where I have him too, And I'm wondering I did with Miguel Sha know, ahead of him, I don't think so. I think that's because at least with Suarez, he's not gonna bat h He's not gonna have as such, uh such of a low batting average as mcguils soon know.

He's gonna hit like two sixty probably similar power. Maybe Snow has more power upside, but hasn't shown the ability to stay healthy as well, So you know, if you're talking about risk, I think Snow does have a little bit more than a u Heno Sauarez, okay um, I want to open about Justin Turner. We drest him. I don't mind Justin Turner as like a corner infielder. No, it's fine if we could get him for I don't have the auction values. You have forty five tabs open,

and that's not one of them. I I changed it back to a DP, right, he legitimately has thirty tabs open. Computer. You never know what you're gonna need. You just say Turner nine dollars nine dollar corner infielder. Expensive, maybe too expensive. We'll talk more about it, but he is what he is. It's fine. He's gonna give you a good batting average.

You know, he's gonna miss probably thirty games throughout the course of the season, good county stats, lift the ball with the Dodgers, gonna hit twenty five home runs, he's firing. He gives a good batting average at a good point in the draft as well. Nine dollars his average auction value over at the NFBC and his a DP from over the weekend Greg is one. So he's the twenty second third baseman off the board. It's just it's so weird. That's how deep the position is that you're talking about

Justin Turner as the twenty second third baseman off the board. Greg, It's crazy, It's ridiculous. Where do you have him again? I haven't met, Sorry Greig. My reasoning Miguel Sinnell. I love Miguel Sinell, and I think he has the upside to hit fifty home runs. Juli Gurriel, I think is probably gonna give you similar numbers to Justin Turner and probably going to stay healthy as an been as injury prone as a Justin Turner in the past. A really good line up with the Houston Ashtari is my number

twenty third baseman. And it's interesting cause they never been the Julie Gurriel guy and I always neither. I'm always surprised about how old he is. He started five. That just turns younger. He came over a little bit later than then some of the other Cubans came to the league. Juli gary Hell was amazing last year. There's thirty home runs essentially all those RV eyes. He was awsome, doesn't really strike out, which I like a lot, makes a

lot of contact, always hits for good batting average. The difference for him last year was he raised the launch angle and the juice ball. So I'd be a little skeptical that he comes close to the thirty home runs he hit last year, but you know, mid twenties, I think he can approach that good county seat. Is gonna play every day for the Houston Astros, really good lineup.

The only other name I have ahead of Turner as well greg is Scott Kingary because I think he could be player this year, very very n and the and the position versatility third base in outfield. It helps, especially in deeper leagues where is war. I have ed wardo Escarty one. I'm I don't know. I'm just not buying it. Look if I'm wrong. If edwardo Escuar comes out and has another fantastic season, that's fine. He really really struggled in the second half. Is that something that's gonna carry

over this year? I do worry about it with him. He's gonna hit in the middle of the Arizona diamond Backs lineup, so the RBI opportunities should continue to be there. But last year strikes me as a career year in terms of the power. I think he's probably gonna give you similar power numbers. So like a Gurio twenty three, maybe home runs not nearly as good of a batting average man. I'm out, man, he's better on a point, so he hits a lot of doubles. We got about

six minutes left. She's some sleepers were like, yeah, let's go all right. So I asked you about a month ago because I looked at the list list. I looked at the list, and there was one name on the list is the first name he's talking about that long ago, and it was Brave Story Basement Austin Riley. And you had obviously not gotten there yet. You haven't looked into it um and you weren't super in and I kind of tried to sell. He was like, hey, he's a

really good lineup. He's obviously a top prospect. Like I feel like people kind of overlooking him now that he just had some time to research. Now you've been about Austin Riley. I like Austin Riley. I have him as my seven third baseman right now, and I have just ahead of him the Yankee guys and to R and g or Schella, who I think are great values right now as well. Austin Riley. The risk with Austin Riley is that he still is in a position battle with

Johann Camargo. So obviously Riley has more prospect pedigree and has higher upside. And what I really like so far is I think he has like thirteen spring training at bats. I tweeted this out yesterday, drink Greg, he only has one strikeout in thirteen at bats so far in the spring. What he really struggled with in the Major's last season was a thirty six percent strikeout rate. That's something that we need to see him cut down, obviously, uh and at every level in the minors he struck out less

than the thirty six percent. So if he does that, I think it could be like a two sixty ish hitter with obviously very big power upside in a really good lineup. But he still needs to win that third base job against Johan Camargo first, So there still is a little bit of a downside here, Greg. But I also do really like the Yankees guys with Andrew Harror and he Sella. Considering the injuries to stand and Judge, I think at least for the early part of the

season they have pretty regular playing time. We will be in the ladder, but we'll both be able to hit. Obviously, Charla has his career year last year out of nowhere, and he changes the launch angle, and he bought the stack cast evolution obviously, and do har went through all of his shoulder injuries last year, but he's been practicing

uh full bore in spring training and beforehand. But you do wonder how the position switch could affect his swing and mentally, I think there's question marks running both Yankee third basement eligible players. That's fine. I'm just looking for exposure to a really good lineup going late in draft. It was kind of the reason why you know, people were drafting DJ le Mayhew last year. If you did look out and get a d J. L. Mayhew, you're like, all right, he's a super utility guy for the New

York Yankees. Really good line up. Let me's just take a shot here and see what works out. And then look what happened with DJ le Mayhew, Uh, Andrew Hard We've seen the upside in the past. Someone who can hit near three hundred. The hit tool is obviously there, and then we started to see the power developed. Will that carry over? He did have shoulder surgery so something

to consider. Maybe the power takes a little bit of a step back for Andy Harr, but I do think especially early on Greg, he's going to see every day playing time, whether it's in left field, d H, first base, H third base. I think if they play six or seven times a week, he's probably be playing in five or six of those games. Is Mgel and har And I would say the same thing for g Orhella. In that one game, maybe he doesn't play a third they'll

put Andy harder there. I'd like to see for Shella, I could do what he did last year again because he really came out of nowhere as a corner infielder. Though I don't mind it, Okay, who was your other sleeping was a list? Um? That would be yeah, look, not gonna give you a good batting average, obviously gonna hurt you there, but hitting in the middle of a solid lineup Toronto, and he completely bottomed out last year.

I realized that, Greg. But you know, his average season in the two seasons before last year up over thirty home runs, close to a two sixty batting average, solid counting stats. He gets on base via the walk, um, the strikeouts are gonna hurt you. I'm buying that last year was not the real Travis Shaw. I think this everything went wrong for last year. He dealt with a risk injury. I said he was trying to tweak his his swing all season long, which ended up not working.

But a really really cheap corner infielder in deeper league fifteen team mixed roto, maybe even a twelve team roto UM and obviously in ale only. I think someone that you could look at as well who can hit home runs with a to forty fifty batting average. I think that's fair. Where he's going. He's free, He's he's like a one dollar player. I agree. I like Travis Shaw as a utility or as a corner I have no

issue with that. All right, Uh, quickly, Frank, explain them met guys to me, j D. Davis and Jeff MacNeil. So Jeff McNeil is probably going to play the outfield more than anything. The same thing when it comes to UM. When it comes to J. D. Davis and j D Davis has a great stack cast numbers. Greg, I mean you look at the stack cast page. He hits the ball extremely hard, just didn't get the opportunity to play every day. He's dealing with the injury in camp right now,

so we'll see how that plays out. But expected to play left field quite regularly for the Mets is J D Davis. Uh. And then when it comes to when it comes to Jeff McNeil, he's basically DJ Lemahew, like, really good contact hitter, hit for batting average in every level of the miners, actually showed a little bit of power in the miners as well, So maybe you know he can actually maintain those twenty home runs that he hit last year. You can actually chip in a handful

of stolen basis. He is dtail La Mayhew like Greig. I'm gonna hit near the top of the Mets lineup. You're gonna give you a good batting average, probably to not the same batting average as La Mayhew, but that's why you get him like twenty to thirty picks later. All Right, there you have it. That's our third base preview tomorrow. We'll move onto the short stops for l Coast to coast. He is coming up next. I want to thank Shan Waimaki and Alex Psamo for their help.

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