12/15/20

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• James McCann to NYM (4:44)
• David Dahl to TEX (14:58)
  • The TEX lineup as a whole
• Nate Lowe traded to TEX (24:24)

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With drafts beginning to ramp up, it is important to monitor where players are being draft on a regular basis. Throughout draft season, I will be doing that work for you with regular updates on the Average Draft Position on NFBC up until Opening Day.

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12/10/20

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• Carlos Santana to KC (2:30)

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12/8/20

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• Lance Lynn to CWS; Dane Dunning + Avery Weems to TEX (0:50)
• Raisel Iglesias to LAA (22:07)
• LAST SECOND MOVE: Adam Eaton to CWS (1:02:37)

2021 THIRD BASE, PT. 1

The King

• Jose Ramirez 8 (34:10)

The Stars

• Manny Machado 21 (38:10)
• DJ LeMahieu 28 (already discussed at 1B/2B)
• Nolan Arenado 34 (49:03)
• Alex Bregman 37 (54:02)

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Approximately 67 minutes of joyous analysis.

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With baseball officially inching closer to an actual season, it is time to update draft ranks for those of you that are like me and still have leagues that still need to draft. I will likely be updating each set of ranks I release once or twice before opening day as news of the schedule, players opting out of the season, and other information could shake things up tremendously. However, here are my current third base ranks as of now. (Beginning of tiers are highlighted in blue). Read the rest of this entry »

OK, I thought shortstop was the deepest position this year, but I thiiink I’m anointing third base even deeper. Keep in mind that my main league focus is a 15-team mixer so I see someone like Solak down at 39 (11 games at 3B) and get pretty excited about it. For me, when a position is remarkably deep, I don’t necessarily let it sit and just take someone later but rather I’m more apt to dive in and leverage that depth for multiple positions. I could see myself getting 3B, CI, and UT out of this pool.

If you want to check out my list from September with some commentary on the Top 30, you can still find that here.

Let me know what you think in the comments!

UPDATE: Frazier & Camargo added

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01/29/20

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2020 THIRD BASE PREVIEW

I POSTED LAST YEAR’S JANUARY 29TH POST BECAUSE I’M AN IDIOT AND I’M STILL TYPING 2019 WHERE 2020 BELONGS. IF YOU DOWNLOADED BEFORE 6:09 PM CENTRAL (nice!), PLEASE DELETE & RE-DOWNLOAD. 

Interesting CIs Multi-Positionals (2:00)

• Scott Kingery
• Justin Turner
• J.D. Davis
• Hunter Dozier
• Ryan McMahon
• Yandy Díaz
• Brian Anderson
• Gio Urshela

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01/22/20

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Marcell Ozuna to ATL (3:03)

2020 THIRD BASE PREVIEW

First Rounders (13:44)

• Alex Bregman
• Nolan Arenado

Three Gems (20:41)

• Jose Ramirez
• Anthony Rendon
• Rafael Devers

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Hello Draft Season!

Here are my top 50 3rd basemen for 2020. Paul and I will be discussing the position on the Sleeper and the Bust on Wednesday, so definitely check that out. For more ranks of mine for 2020, you can click the links below: Read the rest of this entry »

01/15/19

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NOTABLE TRANSACTIONS/INJURIES/RUMORS

• Josh Donaldson to MIN (5:30)
  • Miguel Sanó extended; 2020 outlook (10:25)
• ATL/WAS answers at 3B
  • ATL: Austin Riley, Johan Camargo, or trade? (20:00)
  • WAS: Asdrúbal Cabrera, Starlin Castro, Howie Kendrick, or trade? (33:50)

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