Rotographs Midseason Rankings – Second Base

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July 15, 2015

Not only are you getting the keystone rankings today, but the Catchers and First Basemen are also updated with the guys missed the first time around. So Carlos Santana and John Jaso are in with the catchers and guys like Todd Frazier have been fully ranked at 1B by our rankers.

Remember when I ranked Kinsler over Kipnis? That was rich. I’ll take my heat for being wrong there, but I still remain a touch skeptical on trusting Kipnis fully. This upcoming portion of the season – the second half – has long been a problem for Kipnis. He hasn’t been great at holding up in the dog days and delivering the frontline production we expect and have seen in previous first halves.

His career .683 OPS in the second half is well off the All-Star level .816 he’s amassed in the first half over the last four seasons. All that said, I’m still more in on Kipnis than I have been previously and ranked him quite highly, though still came in last among the quartet of rankers. Hilariously, despite feeling better about Kipnis as a player, he’s actually a spot lower than those May rankings where I had Kinsler ahead of him. Don’t worry, Kinsler is well behind him now (though still a starter in all formats). 

For this update, you will have the rankings from me, Zach Sanders, Jeff Zimmerman, and Dan Schwartz. Mike Podhorzer is currently on vacation.

Other positions:

Rank Player Team League Paul Zach Jeff Dan AVG
1 Jose Altuve Astros AL 1 1 1 1 1.0
2 Jason Kipnis Indians AL 5 2 4 2 3.3
3 Brian Dozier Twins AL 3 3 5 3 3.5
4 Dee Gordon Marlins NL 2 7 2 4 3.8
5 Mookie Betts Red Sox AL 4 6 3 5 4.5
6 Kolten Wong Cardinals NL 6 4 8 6 6.0
7 Ian Kinsler Tigers AL 7 10 6 10 8.3
8 Dustin Pedroia Red Sox AL 8 8 12 7 8.8
9 Robinson Cano Mariners AL 16 5 7 9 9.3
10 Howie Kendrick Dodgers NL 10 9 9 11 9.8
11 Anthony Rendon Nationals NL 11 14 20 8 13.3
12 Rougned Odor Rangers AL 12 16 11 16 13.8
13 Joe Panik Giants NL 9 13 19 21 15.5
14 Neil Walker Pirates NL 15 11 16 20 15.5
15 DJ LeMahieu Rockies NL 27 15 10 13 16.3
16 Ben Zobrist Athletics AL 14 17 13 22 16.5
17 Brandon Phillips Reds NL 18 22 14 17 17.8
18 Logan Forsythe Rays AL 13 12 43 12 20.0
19 Daniel Murphy Mets NL 20 24 18 18 20.0
20 Jimmy Paredes Orioles AL 25 27 15 15 20.5
21 Justin Turner Dodgers NL 22 20 26 26 23.5
22 Marcus Semien Athletics AL 32 19 17 28 24.0
23 Devon Travis Blue Jays AL 21 18 25 33 24.3
24 Jace Peterson Braves NL 37 21 28 14 25.0
25 Matt Duffy Giants NL 17 33 22 32 26.0
26 Wilmer Flores Mets NL 28 25 27 24 26.0
27 Addison Russell Cubs NL 23 29 37 19 27.0
28 Luis Valbuena Astros AL 29 26 29 27 27.8
29 Delino DeShields Rangers AL 19 28 38 31 29.0
30 Danny Espinosa Nationals NL 30 31 32 25 29.5
31 Brett Lawrie Athletics AL 24 36 31 29 30.0
32 Chris Owings Diamondbacks NL 41 23 23 38 31.3
33 Martin Prado Marlins NL 40 34 21 34 32.3
34 Alex Guerrero Dodgers NL 33 32 46 23 33.5
35 Johnny Giavotella Angels AL 39 41 24 39 35.8
36 Cesar Hernandez Phillies NL 34 30 44 36 36.0
37 Scooter Gennett Brewers NL 35 40 30 39 36.0
38 Steve Pearce Orioles AL 45 37 33 30 36.3
39 Brock Holt Red Sox AL 31 41 40 35 36.8
40 Chase Utley Phillies NL 38 38 35 37 37.0
41 Eddie Rosario Twins AL 26 41 47 39 38.3
42 Jonathan Schoop Orioles AL 36 41 41 39 39.3
43 Omar Infante Royals AL 44 41 34 39 39.5
44 Rob Refsnyder Yankees AL 42 35 47 39 40.8
45 Aaron Hill Diamondbacks NL 48 41 36 39 41.0
46 Arismendy Alcantara Cubs NL 49 41 39 39 42.0
47 Enrique Hernandez Dodgers NL 43 41 47 39 42.5
48 Yangervis Solarte Padres NL 46 39 47 39 42.8
49 Emilio Bonifacio White Sox AL 51 41 42 39 43.3
50 Asdrubal Cabrera Rays AL 47 41 47 39 43.5
51 Cory Spangenberg Padres NL 51 41 45 39 44.0
52 Tim Beckham Rays AL 50 41 47 39 44.3





 

Paul is the Editor of Rotographs and Content Director for OOTP Perfect Team. Follow Paul on Twitter @sporer and on Twitch at sporer.

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meatballsfly
9 years ago

How is Rougned Odor rated higher than Devon Travis after the first half? I understand there is a component of expected return for the rest of season, but isn’t Travis being disrespected at 27th 2nd baseman in baseball. Even with his large absence he made a huge impact at the position, both for power and average. And of course, he plays for the run machine that is the Blue Jays.

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Paul SporerFanGraphs Staff
9 years ago
Reply to  meatballsfly

Hold up. I had a major typo on my D.Travis rank. It’s 31 when he should be 21. That’ll move him up some. One second, lemme update that error.

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Scotttttt
9 years ago
Reply to  Paul Sporer

D Travis since coming back from injury:

10r 0hr 6rbi 1sb .379avg .859OPS

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Paul SporerFanGraphs Staff
9 years ago
Reply to  Paul Sporer

with a .458 BABIP and 87 ISO. Those numbers hurt Travis more than they help in terms of my confidence. That said, I didn’t make my ranking based on those numbers.

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