Outfielder Consensus Ranks for the Second Half

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July 12, 2012

Phew what a bear. Starting pitchers remain on the docket for Monday, but thankfully only catchers tomorrow. Because there seem like there are about a million outfielders.

Of course, not all of them are any good, especially in a mixed league. And we probably ranked about three times as many as we needed to for mixed leaguers. But at least all the relevant names are here. Even if there are too many to recap in any comprehensive way, they’re here.

And there’s actually a lot of consensus here. At least until you get to Joey Bats. One of us thinks he’s not necessarily going to be much better in the second half. And of course Justin Upton inspired some different opinions. Surely some of you think he’s still too far up on the list despite his prodigious tools. Michael Bourn might not be such a two-cat guy any more, or maybe he still is. Desmond Jennings! Bryce Harper! Let’s all go nuts! (At least Kirk Nieuwenhuis is who we thought he was.)

I’ll discuss these with you in the comments — I always do — but know that I think it’s your right to emote, and my place to engage. It’s the best way to continually make the rankings better. Good luck!

FanGraphs Consensus Rankings:
Outfield
New Last Player Name Eno Sarris Mike Podhorzer Jeff Zimmerman Zach Sanders
1 2 Ryan Braun 1 1 1 1
2 3 Carlos Gonzalez 2 3 2 3
3 1 Matt Kemp 3 2 5 2
4 8 Andrew McCutchen 4 7 3 6
5 5 Jose Bautista 5 4 10 4
6 7 Josh Hamilton 6 5 7 5
7 60 Mike Trout 7 8 4 12
8 6 Curtis Granderson 9 10 6 9
9 12 Adam Jones 8 15 11 7
10 4 Justin Upton 10 6 9 17
11 9 Jay Bruce 12 12 15 8
12 10 Matt Holliday 13 9 12 19
13 13 Michael Bourn 11 21 13 10
14 11 Hunter Pence 14 13 14 15
15 N/A Adrian Gonzalez 16 11 16 18
16 26 Carlos Beltran 15 16 30 16
17 31 Jacoby Ellsbury 18 17 20 25
18 17 Shane Victorino 17 19 27 22
19 65 Mark Trumbo 24 31 19 13
20 32 Melky Cabrera 23 38 17 14
21 19 Nelson Cruz 28 14 21 29
22 22 Andre Ethier 20 34 35 11
23 18 Corey Hart 29 28 26 24
24 24 Michael Cuddyer 19 20 18 51
26 16 Alex Gordon 30 37 24 28
25 35 Jason Heyward 21 30 37 31
27 21 Shin-Soo Choo 25 22 31 45
28 14 Desmond Jennings 32 18 34 43
29 50 Alex Rios 48 24 23 34
30 72 Allen Craig 22 36 55 21
31 20 B.J. Upton 36 33 22 44
32 25 Ben Zobrist 42 25 25 46
33 41 Josh Willingham 26 65 39 23
34 47 Austin Jackson 41 45 33 35
35 64 Bryce Harper 31 46 62 20
36 44 Michael Morse 34 29 69 27
37 52 Martin Prado 35 52 36 36
38 15 Mike Stanton 39 42 8 72
39 59 Colby Rasmus 54 56 29 26
40 27 Nick Markakis 47 32 49 40
41 28 Lance Berkman 27 23 91 30
42 67 Jason Kubel 45 66 28 32
43 30 Ichiro Suzuki 40 35 45 60
44 33 Howie Kendrick 38 48 40 56
  N/A Adam Dunn 50 27 70 37
45 42 Yoenis Cespedes 37 58 53 41
46 39 Angel Pagan 52 41 56 53
47 49 Alejandro De Aza 53 44 43 62
48 43 Nick Swisher 61 54 38 52
49 37 Carl Crawford 33 26 46 102
50 34 Logan Morrison 46 40 64 63
51 40 Drew Stubbs 66 62 32 54
52 46 Torii Hunter 57 51 44 67
53 69 Dexter Fowler 58 68 48 48
54 29 Matt Joyce 44 63 61 61
55 97 Josh Reddick 43 67 75 49
56 45 Carlos Lee 73 49 57 55
57 36 Cameron Maybin 56 39 67 73
58 48 Emilio Bonifacio 51 71 93 38
59 106 Ben Revere 49 47 60 98
60 55 Lucas Duda 63 64 86 47
61 38 Chris Young 72 55 68 66
62 110 Trevor Plouffe 65 77 87 33
63 80 Juan Pierre 75 97 52 39
64 53 Kendrys Morales 55 53 101 57
65 N/A Chris Davis 64 59 58 90
66 54 Denard Span 76 72 82 42
67 62 Jeff Francoeur 68 61 50 93
68 63 Delmon Young 74 50 47 105
69 N/A Norichika Aoki 71 91 51 65
70 89 Brandon Belt 69 88 74 50
71 51 Coco Crisp 80 43 96 64
72 73 Michael Brantley 59 80 41 104
73 76 Carlos Quentin 60 70 99 58
74 57 J.D. Martinez 78 73 54 84
75 104 Dayan Viciedo 67 102 42 81
76 88 Cody Ross 62 84 66 89
77 83 Alfonso Soriano 77 87 72 68
78 N/A Tyler Colvin 83 92 65 70
79 58 Brennan Boesch 79 69 78 86
80 68 Alex Presley 70 74 59 123
81 70 Vernon Wells 90 75 94 76
82 95 Garrett Jones 89 111 63 80
83 23 Brett Gardner 84 57 92 113
84 101 Mitch Moreland 87 82 83 101
85 86 Will Venable 81 105 90 78
86 85 Yonder Alonso 95 89 113 59
87 N/A Rajai Davis 86 76 88 108
88 66 Peter Bourjos 94 107 73 85
89 94 Gerardo Parra 92 101 76 95
90 93 David Murphy 110 95 79 87
91 78 Tony Campana 82 78 84 130
92 82 Lorenzo Cain 88 60 121 106
93 71 Jayson Werth 98 117 89 75
94 74 Luke Scott 93 83 123 83
95 98 Andres Torres 99 85 125 74
96 77 Andy Dirks 100 86 95 103
97 90 David DeJesus 116 93 100 77
98 79 Jon Jay 85 108 80 116
99 N/A Michael Saunders 97 121 108 69
100 N/A Ryan Ludwick 91 124 71 112
101 N/A Bobby Abreu 122 90 98 92
102 91 Ryan Sweeney 102 109 115 82
103 100 Mike Carp 114 81 106 107
104 81 Jordan Schafer 96 94 128 94
105 N/A Todd Frazier 103 103    
106 96 Seth Smith 118 106 110 79
107 92 Chris Heisey 113 100 97 110
108 105 Kirk Nieuwenhuis 105 99 105 115
109 84 Jason Bay 108 79 116 122
110 N/A Raul Ibanez 132 123 77 97
111 75 Eric Thames 101 133 85 114
112 102 Aubrey Huff 123 113 111 88
113 103 Jarrod Dyson 104 98 109 126
114 N/A Quintin Berry 112 122 114 91
115 N/A Daniel Nava 129 118 122 71
117 N/A Steve Lombardozzi 115 128 102 99
116 N/A Gregor Blanco 107 96 130 111
118 109 Brian Bogusevic 125 114 112 96
119 N/A Brandon Moss 117 119 118 100
120 87 Nyjer Morgan 109 116 107 124
121 99 John Mayberry 120 115 104 118
122 61 Jose Tabata 124 131 81 121
123 N/A Ty Wigginton 128 104    
124 107 Roger Bernadina 121 112 120 125
125 N/A Xavier Avery 111 130    
126 N/A Nate Schierholtz 119 129 127 109
127 88 Marlon Byrd 106 134 117 131
128 56 Nolan Reimold 134 132 103 120
129 N/A Ryan Kalish 126 120 119 128
130 108 Ryan Raburn 127 110 131 129
131 N/A Scott Hairston 130 125 126 117
132 N/A Tony Gwynn Jr 131 126 124 119
133 N/A Scott Podsednik 133 127 129 127





 

With a phone full of pictures of pitchers' fingers, strange beers, and his two toddler sons, Eno Sarris can be found at the ballpark or a brewery most days. Read him here, writing about the A's or Giants at The Athletic, or about beer at October. Follow him on Twitter @enosarris if you can handle the sandwiches and inanity.

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Marge Bouvier
12 years ago

Adrian Gonzalez… hmmm…. not sure what I think of him. Has ZIPs taken into account the massive amount of sucking he’s been doing? Just go ahead and double that HR output in the 2nd half because he’s totally shown that his power is going to just magically return? This troubles me. Do these rankings make me want to go out and see what I can get? I could use a great 2nd half from a guy like him because, well, my team isn’t very good. I will take this gamble because I don’t have much else to lose. Would an Upton for AGon swap be something that might jump start a team that’s not performing to expectation? Reyes. Youk (but he’s getting better). Upton now might get traded.

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Eno SarrisMember since 2020
12 years ago
Reply to  Marge Bouvier

I’d rather not trade one buy low for another buy low. Why not put together a couple bench/iffy pieces to get AGonz, and then if both him and Upton take off your team will be much better for it.

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