RotoGraphs June Consensus Ranks: Outfielders

When you start ranking outfielders, all you can think about is how many there are. It seems impossible. And then something funny happens, somewhere in the 60s for me — you run out of ones you really want in your lineup. And then there’s a ton left, yes, but they’re all mix and match fantasy platoon outfielders. And they aren’t super easy on the eyes.

I mean, sure, when he’s healthy Carl Crawford is useful. And if batting average isn’t a great concern, you can use Curtis Granderson and Colby Rasmus and Michael Saunders. And yeah, if you can platoon, Matt Joyce, David Murphy and Garrett Jones are fine options. But if you’re in a twelve-team weekly lineup, you’re holding your nose at those final outfielders.

Is the outfield less deep than it seems? Even the final outfielders in a twelve-team mixer — Dexter Fowler, Kole Calhoun, Josh Willingham — seem more like bench pieces for plug and play goodies than starters. How do you feel about your outfielders?

Again, this is for rest of season 5×5 roto, and though Jeff Zimmerman mostly uses the rest of season projections, it’s not just a computer ranking. We’ve left off the color coding in favor of a simple up or down arrow — those arrows are only next to big movers from their preseason position. The table is designed to be sortable in case you prefer one of the rankings.

RG	Player	Jeff	Zach	Mike	Eno
1	Mike Trout	1	1	1	1
2	Ryan Braun	3	6	2	2
3	Andrew McCutchen	2	7	3	4
4	Yasiel Puig	4	3	7	3
5	Adam Jones	5	9	5	5
6	Carlos Gomez	11	5	6	8
7	Jacoby Ellsbury	8	10	8	7
8	Carlos Gonzalez	6	18	4	6
9	Jose Bautista	10	4	10	10
10	Giancarlo Stanton	9	2	19	9
11	Shin-Soo Choo	19	8	13	12
12	Justin Upton	13	11	18	11
13	Hunter Pence	15	14	11	13
14	Alex Rios	14	15	12	14
15	Nelson Cruz	12	12	26	15
16	Jay Bruce	24	21	9	17
17	Yoenis Cespedes	17	26	21	16
18	Brandon Moss	27	16	20	21
19	Jayson Werth	26	24	15	20
20	Matt Holliday	30	20	16	23
21	Michael Cuddyer	22	17	33	18
22	Alex Gordon	18	13	34	27
23	Starling Marte	25	25	17	28
24	Billy Hamilton	7	40	27	25
25	George Springer	16	36	23	24
26	Jason Heyward	29	35	14	22
27	Coco Crisp	20	34	32	26
28	Michael Brantley	31	28	28	29
29	Melky Cabrera	23	22	69	19
30	Charlie Blackmon	34	23	49	30
31	Brett Gardner	39	27	35	36
32	Austin Jackson	32	44	31	31
33	Josh Hamilton	37	31	38	32
34	Torii Hunter	21	32	53	35
35	Desmond Jennings	33	49	25	34
36	Angel Pagan	44	19	44	37
37	Leonys Martin	36	47	30	33
38	Allen Craig	38	37	48	41
39	Bryce Harper	45	60	22	38
40	Carlos Beltran	51	51	24	43
41	Mark Trumbo	52	30	56	39
42	Norichika Aoki	43	46	39	52
43	Matt Kemp	49	43	36	52
44	Martin Prado	42	58	46	45
45	Domonic Brown	46	75	29	42
46	Rajai Davis	35	45	67	49
47	Christian Yelich	53	62	41	40
48	Michael Morse	57	29	54	60
49	Nick Markakis	41	50	62	48
50	Michael Bourn	40	56	58	50
51	Ben Zobrist	58	61	40	46
52	Marcell Ozuna	50	48	64	44
53	Khris Davis	59	57	47	47
54	Ben Revere	48	87	37	51
55	Gregory Polanco	39	39	94	53
56	Evan Gattis	69	52	50	68
57	Alejandro De Aza	47	84	61	54
58	Dexter Fowler	77	33	75	61
59	Kole Calhoun	54	100	42	57
60	Oswaldo Arcia	71	70	43	69
61	Josh Willingham	73	53	74	55
62	Gerardo Parra	55	74	70	58
63	Junior Lake	67	66	59	67
64	Adam Eaton	68	80	51	62
65	Marlon Byrd	56	54	93	59
66	Shane Victorino	75	85	55	56
67	Emilio Bonifacio	62	73	76	63
68	Carl Crawford	97	55	57	71
69	Curtis Granderson	76	76	52	77
70	Dayan Viciedo	63	67	72	81
71	Matt Joyce	84	68	68	64
72	Colby Rasmus	72	77	66	76
73	Alfonso Soriano	28	96	71	99
74	Will Venable	66	102	45	84
75	Michael Saunders	60	64	89	85
76	Denard Span	61	78	73	86
77	David Murphy	87	59	87	65
78	Chris Carter	64	88	63	90
79	Lorenzo Cain	88	72	84	70
80	B.J. Upton	78	99	60	78
81	Carlos Quentin	94	41	86	95
82	Oscar Taveras	121	38	92	66
83	Corey Dickerson	102	69	78	72
84	Lucas Duda	83	65	91	83
85	Garrett Jones	80	71	98	79
86	Andre Ethier	82	82	100	80
87	James Jones	110	97	65	75
88	Josh Reddick	86	93	80	91
89	Wil Myers	74	104	88	88
90	Seth Smith	118	42	121	74
91	Nick Swisher	89	108	79	82
92	Dustin Ackley	79	92	101	89
93	Chris Young	85	101	77	98
94	Cameron Maybin	107	63	121	73
95	Drew Stubbs	70	91	121	87
96	Michael Choice	65	121	90	97
97	Eric Young	90	86	106	92
98	Nate Schierholtz	93	107	81	93
99	David DeJesus	99	94	99	94
100	Chris Denorfia	101	79	114	105
101	Justin Ruggiano	95	121	82	104
102	Cody Ross	109	110	83	100
103	Jose Tabata	91	111	102	112
104	Juan Lagares	106	83	121	106
105	Robbie Grossman	117	121	85	96
106	Jonny Gomes	121	81	109	108
107	Craig Gentry	121	89	108	103
108	A.J. Pollock	103	105	104	111
109	Ryan Ludwick	116	95	107	107
110	Jackie Bradley Jr	98	117	113	98
111	Jon Jay	119	90	121	102
112	Kelly Johnson	104	120	96	115
113	Ichiro Suzuki	105	121	95	117
114	Joc Pederson	112	106	121	101
115	Peter Bourjos	115	109	97	121
116	David Lough	96	121	120	113
117	Alex Presley	100	119	121	114
118	Jarrod Dyson	114	98	121	121
119	Nate McLouth	108	121	117	118
120	Grant Green	121	114	121	109
121	Aaron Hicks	120	121	105	121
122	Jason Kubel	121	115	121	120
123	Chris Heisey	121	118	119	121

Ranked by one analyst: Raul Ibanez, Kyle Blanks, Ryan Doumit, Ryan Raburn, Jesus Guzman, Charlie Culberson, Scott Van Slyke, Anthony Gose, Jimmy Paredes, Abraham Almonte, Logan Forsythe, Marc Krauss, Jordan Schafer, Darin Ruf, Danny Santana, Chris Colabello,