2020 Multi-Positional Players

Players who play multiple positions are being valued more and more every year. The act-first nature of FAAB has made the flexibility very useful. If you can find room for the best free agents every week by shifting players around the lineup to ensure you’re cutting your worst (or perceived worst since there’s obviously some guesswork with it), you’re adding value. There is no real consensus on how much extra value to give players with multiple positions so it’s more art than science. At the very least, I’d use it as a tiebreaker, favoring the guy with another position or two.

Let’s take a look at the guys with multiple positions heading into 2020. The industry standard is 20 games so we’ll start with that, but I’ll do this with 10+ games and list the games played at each position so you can see exactly where they qualify and apply your league rules. I’m going to go position-by-position using their primary as the starting point. I really don’t believe you should ever use a catcher at a different position so I’m not listing those.

Even one of the very best – Yasmani Grandal – isn’t enhanced by his 1B eligibility. His 632 PA last year was his first time over 513. He might still get his “off” days from behind the dish at 1B or DH with the White Sox, but they have locked in guys at each position with Jose Abreu and Edwin Encarnacion so there are no guarantees.

PRIMARY FIRST BASE

• Brandon Belt – 144 1B, 15 OF
• Yuli Gurriel – 110 1B, 42 3B
• Eric Thames – 105 1B, 12 OF
• Garrett Cooper – 73 1B, 31 OF
• Neil Walker – 69 1B, 26 3B
• Brandon Dixon – 61 1B, 33 OF
• Austin Nola – 59 1B, 15 2B (maybe he can regain that C eligibility from last year as they don’t currently have a true backup behind Tom Murphy)
• Michael Chavis – 49 1B, 45 2B
• Howie Kendrick – 48 1B, 23 2B, 15 3B
• Cheslor Cuthbert – 46 1B, 40 3B
• Logan Forsythe – 46 1B, 33 3B, 15 SS
• Dominic Smith – 36 1B, 33 OF
• Jose Osuna – 31 1B, 25 OF, 19 3B
• Sam Travis – 29 1B, 19 OF
• Aledmys Diaz – 26 1B, 25 2B, 19 3B

PRIMARY SECOND BASE

• Starlin Castro – 117 2B, 45 3B
• Ryan McMahon – 113 2B, 22 3B, 19 1B
• Jonathan Villar – 111 2B, 97 SS
• Luis Rengifo – 104 2B, 12 SS
• Hanser Alberto – 90 2B, 66 3B
• Enrique Hernández – 85 2B, 43 OF, 11 SS
• Whit Merrifield – 82 2B, 77 OF
• Jose Peraza – 78 2B, 39 SS, 35 OF
• Nicky Lopez – 76 2B, 33 SS
• DJ LeMahieu – 75 2B, 52 3B, 40 1B
• Greg Garcia – 74 2B, 13 3B
• Max Muncy – 70 2B, 65 1B, 35 3B
• Wilmer Flores – 64 2B, 16 1B
• Addison Russell – 63 2B, 21 SS
• Brock Holt – 60 2B, 11 1B
• Derek Dietrich – 58 2B, 21 1B, 16 OF
• Garrett Hampson – 50 2B, 33 OF, 15 SS
• Luis Arraez – 49 2B, 21 OF, 17 3B
• Ildemaro Vargas – 48 2B, 14 3B
• Joey Wendle – 48 2B, 27 3B, 10 SS
• Tommy La Stella – 46 2B, 30 3B
• Tony Kemp – 43 2B, 33 OF
• Ronny Rodriguez – 31 2B, 20 SS, 13 1B
• Adeiny Hechavarria – 29 2B, 27 SS
• Chris Owings – 25 2B, 15 OF, 13 3B, 10 SS
• Shed Long – 24 2B, 16 OF
• Mauricio Dubón – 22 2B, 10 SS

PRIMARY SHORTSTOP

• Freddy Galvis – 110 SS, 32 2B
• Kevin Newman – 104 SS, 23 2B
• Gleyber Torres – 77 2B, 65 2B
• Luis Urias – 41 SS, 26 2B
• Tim Beckham – 41 SS, 13 OF, 10 3B
• Niko Goodrum – 38 SS, 32 OF, 22 2B, 18 1B
• Jon Berti – 32 SS, 28 OF, 20 3B
• Myles Straw – 26 SS, 18 OF
• Erik Gonzalez – 26 SS, 16 3B
• Johan Camargo – 25 SS, 18 3B, 16 OF
• Ehire Adrianza – 24 SS, 24 3B, 20 1B

PRIMARY THIRD BASE

• Eduardo Escobar – 144 3B, 33 2B
• Colin Moran – 121 3B, 11 2B
• Manny Machado – 119 3B, 37 SS
• Kris Bryant – 115 3B, 44 OF
• Rio Ruiz – 114 3B, 12 1B
• Mike Moustakas – 105 3B, 47 2B
• Hunter Dozier – 100 3B, 20 OF
• Alex Bregman – 99 3B, 65 SS
• Asdrúbal Cabrera – 98 3B, 31 2B
• David Fletcher – 90 3B, 42 2B, 39 SS, 23 OF
• Jeimer Candelario – 69 3B, 20 1B
• David Bote – 67 3B, 50 2B
• Brian Anderson – 67 3B, 55 OF
• Brandon Drury – 65 3B, 25 OF, 16 2B, 12 1B
• Tommy Edman – 55 3B, 29 2B, 13 OF
• Yandy Diaz – 50 3B, 22 1B
• Pablo Sandoval – 45 3B, 23 1B
• Ryon Healy – 44 3B, 11 1B
• Jung ho Kang – 44 3B, 15 SS
• Matt Thaiss – 43 3B, 13 1B
• Daniel Robertson – 43 3B, 26 2B, 16 SS
• Jake Lamb – 36 3B, 24 1B
• Ty France – 36 3B, 21 2B
• Ryan Goins – 23 3B, 14 SS
• Brad Miller – 19 3B, 17 OF, 13 2B

PRIMARY OUTFIELD

• Cody Bellinger – 136 OF, 36 1B
• Joc Pederson – 122 OF, 20 1B
• Leury Garcia – 120 OF, 19 SS
• Ketel Marte – 96 OF, 83 2B, 11 SS
• Trey Mancini – 93 OF, 57 1B
• Jeff McNeil – 93 OF, 37 2B, 31 3B
• Mark Canha – 90 OF, 15 1B
• J.D. Davis – 79 OF, 31 3B
• Chad Pinder – 77 OF, 21 2B, 17 3B
• Scott Kingery – 69 OF, 41 3B, 18 SS, 10 2B
• Chris Taylor – 69 OF, 39 SS, 20 2B
• Marwin Gonzalez – 59 OF, 40 3B, 21 1B
• Jay Bruce – 59 OF, 16 1B
• Jake Bauers – 53 OF, 31 1B
• Danny Santana – 51 OF, 44 1B, 17 2B
• Josh VanMeter – 48 1B, 18 2B, 17 1B
• Charlie Culberson – 46 OF, 10 1B
• Dylan Moore – 45 OF, 31 SS, 18 2B, 14 3B
• Harold Castro – 44 OF, 34 2B, 10 3B
• Matt Beaty – 36 OF, 35 1B
• JT Riddle – 31 OF, 12 SS
• Ian Happ – 29 OF, 13 2B
• Yairo Munoz – 28 OF, 21 3B, 17 SS