Rotographs June Consensus Ranks: Second Base

The key word for second base is: close. When it comes to the top three, apparently the rest-of-season projections have changed the order daily over the past three days. Jeff Zimmerman had to call it, at some point, and it was Jose Altuve by the slimmest of margins.

For me, the closest rankings came later.

If you add stolen bases to homers (they have similar value, actually), you could say that basically between the eleventh- and fifteenth-ranked second basemen, you’ve got a bunch of players that are projected to hit around .260 with 18 or so homers plus stolen bases. Not quite catcher-dom, but close.

Of course there are some guys beyond that ranking that have the upside to join. I like Anthony Rendon, Jed Lowrie and Rougned Odor a little more than most. Jeff likes DJ LeMahieu’s batting average skills. Zach maybe thinks that Kolten Wong will steal some bases. Mike likes Omar Infante — you’ll have to let him say why. This position doesn’t *quite* dry up after the top 15, so that counts as good news.

Again, this is for 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. The table is designed to be sortable in case you prefer one of the rankings.

RG Player Jeff Zach Mike Eno
1 Robinson Cano 3 1 2 2
2 Jose Altuve 1 2 4 3
3 Jason Kipnis 5 3 1 1
4 Ian Kinsler 2 4 5 4
5 Dustin Pedroia 4 6 3 5
6 Daniel Murphy 6 5 7 7
7 Brian Dozier 7 7 16 6
8 Howie Kendrick 8 8 17 10
9 Brett Lawrie 9 16 12 8
10 Dee Gordon 13 13 11 9
11 Martin Prado 10 17 8 16
12 Brandon Phillips 11 12 13 15
13 Chase Utley 12 10 15 13
14 Aaron Hill 14 14 10 12
15 Neil Walker 16 9 14 11
16 Matt Carpenter 21 11 9 18
17 Anthony Rendon 22 15 20 14
18 Ben Zobrist 20 21 6 17
19 Emilio Bonifacio 18 18 22 19
20 Jedd Gyorko 19 20 21 22
21 Jed Lowrie 25 22 19 20
22 Kolten Wong 28 19 23 24
23 Omar Infante 27 23 18 29
24 Brad Miller 15 40 24 21
25 DJ LeMahieu 17 27 30 26
26 Rougned Odor 33 25 25 23
27 Dustin Ackley 23 32 29 27
28 Scooter Gennett 29 29 26 30
29 Kelly Johnson 26 40 28 28
30 Derek Dietrich 40 26 32 25
31 Gordon Beckham 40 24 31 33
32 Jonathan Schoop 32 40 27 31
33 Mike Aviles 30 28 40 35
34 Marcus Semien 24 40 37 39
35 Luis Valbuena 35 30 40 36
36 Nick Franklin 31 40 35 40
37 Alberto Callaspo 36 40 39 32
38 Mookie Betts 40 33 40 34
39 Jordy Mercer 40 40 33 34
40 Rickie Weeks 40 31 40 37
41 Josh Rutledge 34 40 38 40
42 Brian Roberts 40 34 40 38

Ranked by one analyst: Dan Uggla, Logan Forsythe, Ryan Flaherty and Steve Lombardozzi.





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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steve
9 years ago

Uggla got a ranking, but not LaStella?