RotoGraphs June Consensus Ranks: Third Base

Third base has had some nicks and cuts but has survived fairly intact. Sure, Evan Longoria has takent some time to get going, and David Wright looks like he won’t be that counting stat monster going forward. And Nolan Arenado’s injury has been a disappointment. I’m sure some of you are even upset about the terrible start Mike Moustakas has had.

But, generally, the position looks pretty good still.

Though he was top two going in and might be top 20 in the rear view mirror, Miguel Cabrera is a beast at third base. Edwin Encarnacion only made us worry for a few weeks before turning it on. And Josh Donaldson has been a mad man, again.

And though the second half of the top ten looks a little iffy, it’s full of guys that are intriguing. Pedro Alvarez has the power, but there’s something in his plate discipline stats that looks like there might be even better on the way. Pablo Sandoval finally got aggressive again. Todd Frazier looks completely sustainable, and Ryan Zimmerman is back, allbeit in left field.

There are even some names in the low 20s that have jobs and skills and all that. It’s not a bad position.

Again, this is for 5×5 roto rest of season, 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	Name	Jeff	Zach	Mike	Eno
1	Miguel Cabrera	1	1	1	1
2	Edwin Encarnacion	2	2	2	2
3	Adrian Beltre	3	4	3	3
4	Josh Donaldson	5	3	4	4
5	David Wright	4	5	5	5
6	Evan Longoria	6	6	7	6
7	Kyle Seager	7	12	13	9
8	Pedro Alvarez	9	15	12	7
9	Brett Lawrie	11	13	14	8
10	Pablo Sandoval	10	8	18	12
11	Ryan Zimmerman	20	9	6	13
12	Todd Frazier	13	11	16	11
13	Martin Prado	12	18	9	16
14	Manny Machado	8	16	23	10
15	Matt Carpenter	19	10	10	18
16	Anthony Rendon	17	14	15	15
17	Aramis Ramirez	23	17	8	17
18	Carlos Santana	15	20	11	20
19	Chase Headley	22	19	17	14
20	Nolan Arenado	21	7	25	21
21	Jedd Gyorko	18	21	26	24
22	Matt Dominguez	25	23	22	22
23	Mark Reynolds	16	22	29	26
24	Chris Johnson	27	31	20	19
25	DJ LeMahieu	14	29	33	25
26	Trevor Plouffe	26	30	28	23
27	Nick Castellanos	24	32	24	29
28	Juan Francisco	29	41	19	28
29	Cody Asche	37	24	30	27
30	David Freese	33	28	21	36
31	Kelly Johnson	32	41	27	33
32	Lonnie Chisenhall	30	41	34	30
33	Mike Moustakas	31	41	32	32
34	Luis Valbuena	38	27	41	31
35	Conor Gillaspie	41	26	31	41
36	Juan Uribe	41	25	39	41
37	Marcus Semien	28	41	41	39
38	Jonathan Schoop	41	41	35	35
39	Mike Aviles	35	41	41	37
40	Eduardo Escobar	39	41	41	34
41	Will Middlebrooks	36	41	38	41
42	Wilmer Flores	40	41	37	41

Ranked by one analyst: Andrew Romine, Logan Forsythe, Ryan Flaherty, Mike Olt, and Kris Bryant.