End of Season Rankings: Third Base

The 2015 fantasy baseball season has come to a close, so it is time to look back at the season past and determine which players were the most valuable at each position. After looking at catchers last week, we continuing moving around the diamond and focus on third base.

The players were ranked based on their 2015 production, using the evaluation system explained and updated on this site some time ago. The valuations are built for $260 budgets and standard 5×5 roto fantasy leagues, where only one catcher is started. Players are listed only at their primary positions from 2015.

One important thing to note is the premium (or lack thereof) placed on the position a player occupies in your lineup. For example, while a first baseman may be able to accumulate superior overall numbers, the availability of such production lower in the rankings severely dampers the amount the player was worth. These rankings are meant to reflect a player’s value should he have occupied this spot in your lineup for the entire year. A player who missed time due to injury but put up great numbers during his time on the field would be worth less.

With all this in mind, here are your rankings.

End of Season Fantasy Rankings: Third Base

Name	pos	G	AB	HR	R	RBI	SB	AVG	$$
Josh Donaldson	3B	158	620	41	122	123	6	0.297	$36.12
Nolan Arenado	3B	157	616	42	97	130	2	0.287	$29.86
Manny Machado	3B	162	633	35	102	86	20	0.286	$27.46
Kris Bryant	3B	151	559	26	87	99	13	0.275	$19.79
Matt Carpenter	3B	154	574	28	101	84	4	0.272	$17.30
Todd Frazier	3B	157	619	35	82	89	13	0.255	$16.98
Matt Duffy	3B	149	573	12	77	77	12	0.295	$12.50
Kyle Seager	3B	161	623	26	85	74	6	0.266	$11.72
Adrian Beltre	3B	143	567	18	83	83	1	0.287	$11.67
Mike Moustakas	3B	147	549	22	73	82	1	0.284	$10.34
Evan Longoria	3B	160	604	21	74	73	3	0.270	$7.52
Yunel Escobar	3B	139	535	9	75	56	2	0.314	$6.78
Trevor Plouffe	3B	152	573	22	74	86	2	0.244	$5.93
Danny Valencia	3B	105	345	18	59	66	2	0.290	$4.06
Justin Turner	3B	126	385	16	55	60	5	0.294	$3.26
Jung-ho Kang	3B	126	421	15	60	58	5	0.287	$3.06
Brett Lawrie	3B	149	562	16	64	60	5	0.260	$1.25
Yangervis Solarte	3B	152	526	14	63	63	1	0.270	$1.00
Chase Headley	3B	156	580	11	74	62	0	0.259	$0.11
Martin Prado	3B	129	500	9	52	63	1	0.288	-$0.44
Luis Valbuena	3B	132	434	25	62	56	1	0.224	-$1.80
Miguel Sano	3B	80	279	18	46	52	1	0.269	-$2.77
Aramis Ramirez	3B	137	475	17	43	75	1	0.246	-$2.79
David Freese	3B	121	424	14	53	56	1	0.257	-$3.37
Nick Castellanos	3B	154	549	15	42	73	0	0.255	-$3.51
Maikel Franco	3B	80	304	14	45	50	1	0.280	-$3.72
Josh Harrison	3B	114	418	4	57	28	10	0.287	-$4.09
Juan Uribe	3B	119	360	14	40	43	2	0.253	-$7.76
Pablo Sandoval	3B	126	470	10	43	47	0	0.245	-$9.87
Lonnie Chisenhall	3B	106	333	7	38	44	4	0.246	-$9.93
Jake Lamb	3B	107	350	6	38	34	3	0.263	-$10.82
Andres Blanco	3B	106	233	7	32	25	1	0.292	-$11.86
Elian Herrera	3B	83	256	7	29	33	3	0.242	-$13.53
Jed Lowrie	3B	69	230	9	35	30	1	0.222	-$13.85
Adonis Garcia	3B	58	191	10	20	26	0	0.277	-$14.34
Tyler Saladino	3B	68	236	4	33	20	8	0.225	-$14.96
Andrew Romine	3B	109	184	2	25	15	10	0.255	-$15.30
David Wright	3B	38	152	5	24	17	2	0.289	-$15.50
Will Middlebrooks	3B	83	255	9	23	29	2	0.212	-$16.93
Eric Campbell	3B	71	173	3	28	19	5	0.197	-$17.86
Giovanny Urshela	3B	81	267	6	25	21	0	0.225	-$18.74
Gordon Beckham	3B	100	211	6	24	20	0	0.209	-$19.28
Pedro Ciriaco	3B	84	142	1	14	15	4	0.261	-$19.34
Hernan Perez	3B	112	263	1	14	21	5	0.243	-$19.54
Conor Gillaspie	3B	75	237	4	14	24	0	0.228	-$20.48
Alberto Callaspo	3B	97	230	1	20	15	0	0.235	-$21.22
Hector Olivera	3B	24	79	2	4	11	0	0.253	-$22.92
Casey McGehee	3B	109	237	2	14	20	1	0.198	-$23.16
Deven Marrero	3B	25	53	1	8	3	2	0.226	-$23.31
Javier Baez	3B	28	76	1	4	4	1	0.289	-$23.34
Cheslor Cuthbert	3B	19	46	1	6	8	0	0.217	-$23.58
Kaleb Cowart	3B	34	46	1	8	4	1	0.174	-$24.00
Brandon Drury	3B	20	56	2	3	8	0	0.214	-$24.03
Mike Olt	3B	30	94	4	7	5	0	0.191	-$24.20
Matt Duffy	3B	8	8	0	0	3	0	0.375	-$25.03
Kyle Kubitza	3B	19	36	0	6	1	0	0.194	-$25.09
Doug Bernier	3B	4	5	0	1	2	0	0.200	-$25.29
Brent Morel	3B	3	7	0	1	1	0	0.286	-$25.34
Cole Figueroa	3B	2	8	0	2	0	0	0.250	-$25.37
Don Kelly	3B	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.000	-$25.78
Daniel Muno	3B	17	27	0	2	0	1	0.148	-$25.82
Jeff Bianchi	3B	3	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	-$25.85
Reid Brignac	3B	17	13	0	2	0	0	0.077	-$25.95
Dustin Coleman	3B	4	5	0	0	0	0	0.000	-$26.05
Luis Jimenez	3B	16	16	0	1	0	0	0.063	-$26.35

SOURCE: @zvsanders | FanGraphs.com