Rotographs Midseason Rankings – Third Base

While shortstop has been a wasteland, third base has been the infield oasis. Third base has turned out to be remarkably rich this year with some established guys taking another step forward and a strong core of young guys jumping a couple levels and arriving ahead of schedule.

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:

• Catcher
• First Base
• Second Base
• Shortstop

Rank	Player	Team	League	Paul	Zach	Jeff	Dan		AVG
1	Josh Donaldson	Blue Jays	AL	3	1	2	1		1.8
2	Todd Frazier	Reds	NL	1	3	3	3		2.5
3	Manny Machado	Orioles	AL	2	2	4	5		3.3
4	Nolan Arenado	Rockies	NL	4	4	5	2		3.8
5	Kris Bryant	Cubs	NL	5	5	1	4		3.8
6	Chris Davis	Orioles	AL	6	8	6	7		6.8
7	Kyle Seager	Mariners	AL	8	6	8	11		8.3
8	Alex Rodriguez	Yankees	AL	7	7	15	9		9.5
9	Evan Longoria	Rays	AL	9	9	10	10		9.5
10	Matt Carpenter	Cardinals	NL	12	13	19	6		12.5
11	Adrian Beltre	Rangers	AL	11	29	7	8		13.8
12	Maikel Franco	Phillies	NL	15	10	12	19		14.0
13	Xander Bogaerts	Red Sox	AL	10	11	20	16		14.3
14	Carlos Santana	Indians	AL	17	23	9	13		15.5
15	Pablo Sandoval	Red Sox	AL	18	16	17	14		16.3
16	Miguel Cabrera	Tigers	AL	19	18	14	17		17.0
17	Mike Moustakas	Royals	AL	22	14	18	24		19.5
18	Justin Turner	Dodgers	NL	14	15	32	18		19.8
19	Anthony Rendon	Nationals	NL	13	12	43	12		20.0
20	Pedro Alvarez	Pirates	NL	20	25	16	23		21.0
21	Trevor Plouffe	Twins	AL	21	22	22	20		21.3
22	Miguel Sano	Twins	AL	16	20	24	27		21.8
23	Yasmany Tomas	Diamondbacks	NL	27	27	11	31		24.0
24	Matt Duffy	Giants	NL	23	17	29	29		24.5
25	Yunel Escobar	Nationals	NL	26	26	26	21		24.8
26	Jung-ho Kang	Pirates	NL	24	19	30	32		26.3
27	Marcus Semien	Athletics	AL	36	21	23	28		27.0
28	Jimmy Paredes	Orioles	AL	37	31	21	22		27.8
29	Josh Harrison	Pirates	NL	42	24	35	15		29.0
30	Chase Headley	Yankees	AL	35	38	13	36		30.5
31	Ryan Zimmerman	Nationals	NL	34	33	33	26		31.5
32	Aramis Ramirez	Brewers	NL	29	34	39	25		31.8
33	Martin Prado	Marlins	NL	38	28	28	33		31.8
34	Brett Lawrie	Athletics	AL	25	40	31	37		33.3
35	Daniel Murphy	Mets	NL	28	39	25	44		34.0
36	Luis Valbuena	Astros	AL	31	35	41	30		34.3
37	Brock Holt	Red Sox	AL	30	36	36	39		35.3
38	Nick Castellanos	Tigers	AL	33	43	27	44		36.8
39	Jake Lamb	Diamondbacks	NL	41	32	42	34		37.3
40	David Freese	Angels	AL	46	30	34	40		37.5
41	Alex Guerrero	Dodgers	NL	39	42	49	35		41.3
42	Kelly Johnson	Braves	NL	32	43	49	44		42.0
43	Mark Reynolds	Cardinals	NL	47	43	37	42		42.3
44	Yangervis Solarte	Padres	NL	40	43	44	44		42.8
45	Giovanny Urshela	Indians	AL	43	37	48	44		43.0
46	David Wright	Mets	NL	49	43	38	43		43.3
47	Joey Gallo	Rangers	AL	44	43	49	38		43.5
48	Cody Asche	Phillies	NL	51	41	40	44		44.0
49	Will Middlebrooks	Padres	NL	48	43	49	41		45.3
50	Juan Uribe	Braves	NL	45	43	49	44		45.3
51	Chris Johnson	Braves	NL	51	43	45	44		45.8
52	Casey McGehee	Giants	NL	51	43	46	44		46.0
53	Cory Spangenberg	Padres	NL	51	43	47	44		46.3
54	Hector Olivera	Dodgers	NL	50	43	49	44		46.5