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.