Justin Mason’s Top 50 3rd Basemen- July 1, 2020
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).
| Rank | Player | Team | Position(s) | Previous Rank | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nolan Arenado | COL | 3B | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Alex Bregman | HOU | 3B, SS | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Jose Ramirez | CLE | 3B | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Anthony Rendon | LAA | 3B | 2 | -2 |
| 5 | Rafael Devers | BOS | 3B | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Eugenio Suarez | CIN | 3B | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Max Muncy | LAD | 2B, 1B, 3B | 9 | 2 |
| 8 | Yoan Moncada | CWS | 3B | 10 | 2 |
| 9 | Josh Donaldson | MIN | 3B | 13 | 4 |
| 10 | DJ LeMahieu | NYY | 1B, 3B, 2B | 11 | 1 |
| 11 | Mike Moustakas | CIN | 2B, 3B | 14 | 3 |
| 12 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | TOR | 3B | 7 | -5 |
| 13 | Manny Machado | SD | 3B, SS | 12 | -1 |
| 14 | Kris Bryant | CHC | 3B, OF | 8 | -6 |
| 15 | Matt Chapman | OAK | 3B | 15 | 0 |
| 16 | Jeff McNeil | NYM | OF, 3B, 2B | 16 | 0 |
| 17 | Tommy Edman | STL | 2B, 3B | 24 | 7 |
| 18 | Miguel Sano | MIN | 3B | 17 | -1 |
| 19 | Eduardo Escobar | ARZ | 2B, 3B | 18 | -1 |
| 20 | Ryan McMahon | COL | 2B, 3B | 20 | 0 |
| 21 | Justin Turner | LAD | 3B | 21 | 0 |
| 22 | Yuli Gurriel | HOU | 1B, 3B | 19 | -3 |
| 23 | J.D. Davis | NYM | OF, 3B | 22 | -1 |
| 24 | Scott Kingery | PHI | 3B, OF | 23 | -1 |
| 25 | Hunter Dozier | KC | 3B, OF | 25 | 0 |
| 26 | Tommy LaStella | LAA | 2B, 3B | 26 | 0 |
| 27 | Jon Berti | MIA | 3B, SS, OF | 28 | 1 |
| 28 | Starlin Castro | WAS | 3B, 2B | 29 | 1 |
| 29 | Todd Frazier | TEX | 3B | 36 | 7 |
| 30 | Matt Carpenter | STL | 3B | 30 | 0 |
| 31 | Yandy Diaz | TB | 1B, 3B | 31 | 0 |
| 32 | Kyle Seager | SEA | 3B | 32 | 0 |
| 33 | Travis Shaw | TOR | 3B | 33 | 0 |
| 34 | Evan Longoria | SF | 3B | 34 | 0 |
| 35 | Maikel Franco | KC | 3B | 35 | 0 |
| 36 | Gio Urshela | NYY | 3B | 27 | -9 |
| 37 | Asdrubal Cabrera | WAS | 2B, 3B | 39 | 2 |
| 38 | David Fletcher | LAA | SS, OF, 2B, 3B | 37 | -1 |
| 39 | Hanser Alberto | BAL | 2B, 3B | 38 | -1 |
| 40 | Brian Anderson | MIA | OF, 3B | 36 | -4 |
| 41 | Marwin Gonzalez | MIN | 1B, 3B, OF | 41 | 0 |
| 42 | David Bote | CHC | 2B, 3B | 47 | 5 |
| 43 | Jake Lamb | ARZ | 1B, 3B | 42 | -1 |
| 44 | Jeimer Canderlario | DET | 1B, 3B | 43 | -1 |
| 45 | Nolan Jones | CLE | 3B | 44 | -1 |
| 46 | Colin Moran | PIT | 3B | 45 | -1 |
| 47 | Brandon Drury | TOR | 3B, OF | 50 | 3 |
| 48 | Alec Bohm | PHI | 3B | 48 | 0 |
| 49 | Ehire Adrianza | MIN | 1B, SS, 3B | 51 | 2 |
| 50 | Joey Wendle | TB | 2B, 3B | 51 | 1 |
Justin is the co-host on The Sleeper and The Bust Podcast and writes for Rotographs covering the Roto Riteup as well as other periodic articles. In addition to his work at Rotographs, Justin is the lead fantasy writer/analyst and co-owner for FriendswithFantasyBenefits.com, and the owner of The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational. He is also a certified addiction treatment counselor. Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinMasonFWFB.
You need to switch the teams for Ramirez and Rendon at 3 and 4.
Thank you
Typos in the opening paragraph, seems like the paragraph was just copied and pasted from yesteday’s 1B list. This is the 3rd base list and not the first base list. Also some of the teams are wrong such as Rendon and Ramirez.
Thank you
Where would you slot Carter Kieboom? Sounds like he will spend time at 3rd for Washington.
Thanks Justin. Why did you drop Urshela 9 spots? Is there some recent (negative) news?
Yeah, he sucks
Would you drop LaStella for weekly leagues (platoon risk)? Had a similar question about Voit (sharing time with Andujar/Ford), but the comments area for the 1B column got stale.
Any idea why Justin Turner is so low?
Below Eduardo Escobar, lol
Completely leaving off the 2 guys in ATL. Someone gets that job and is a starter, that is top 50 worthy.
You certainly are down on Kris Bryant. He should be no lower than 6th. Below Mike Moustakas? I don’t think so
Lol, yeah that’s totally absurd