Third Base Rankings: RotoGraphs Consensus

Consensus Ranks: OF, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, and RP and SP.

Tiered Ranks: C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, NL OF, AL SP, NL SP, Holds.

And just because I’ve just finished up watching the Angels in Spring Training, I’ll jump to an absence on this list: Mark Trumbo. He’s not there because he’s not a third baseman yet. In the game I attended, he was the DH. Despite projecting him to be the starting third baseman for the FanGraphs Positional Rankings, I now believe the Angels will mix and match at third base — as they have done before — and that Trumbo won’t be the fulltime third baseman. The team can keep saying that they want to try him there, but if they keep running Alberto Callaspo out there in the spring, their actions speak louder. That means my projection of 461 at-bats, 24 home runs and a .243 batting average could really be dead-on. That’s a crowded team. If that more conservative projection holds true, Trumbo would be worth a little less than Lonnie Chisenhall on my list.

I don’t hate Pablo Sandoval, I just think that a couple of third-basemen will offer more well-rounded lines or more power. Ryan Roberts was held in different esteem by most of us — I felt that even with regression he’d be useful. It’s a little strange to see Daniel Murphy so close to David Freese despite the only Mets fan in the room being sour on his projections. Here’s the thing I may have factored more heavily than the others: Murphy is playing second base again, where he’s blown out his knee two straight years making the turn on double plays. My projections are not heavy on playing time.

The rest of our rankings are pretty similar. Well, we’ll see about Pedro Alvarez.

Player Name	Eno Sarris	Mike Podhorzer	Jeff Zimmerman	Zach Sanders	Staff Consensus	FantasyPros All Experts
Jose Bautista	1	1	1	1	1	view
Evan Longoria	2	2	2	3	2	view
Pablo Sandoval	6	4	3	2	3	view
David Wright	4	3	5	4	4	view
Adrian Beltre	3	6	6	5	5	view
Brett Lawrie	5	5	4	6	5	view
Ryan Zimmerman	7	8	7	7	6	view
Aramis Ramirez	10	7	10	9	7	view
Michael Young	15	9	8	8	8	view
Alex Rodriguez	8	10	9	14	9	view
Kevin Youkilis	9	11	12	13	10	view
Mark Reynolds	11	13	11	10	10	view
Martin Prado	16	12	15	11	11	view
Ryan Roberts	12	20	20	12	12	view
Mike Moustakas	13	15	16	20	12	view
Emilio Bonifacio	21	22	13	15	13	view
David Freese	14	18	18	21	13	view
Daniel Murphy	26	17	14	16	14	view
Chase Headley	18	19	17	19	14	view
Danny Valencia	17	21	22	17	15	view
Edwin Encarnacion	24	14	19	22	16	view
Brent Morel	22	16	23	26	17	view
Chipper Jones	25	23	21	18	17	view
Lonnie Chisenhall	20	29	25	27	18	view
Pedro Alvarez	19	33	26	25	19	view
Placido Polanco	31	28	28	24	20	view
Scott Rolen	32	31	27	28	21	view
Jimmy Paredes	23	24	–	–	22	view
Ian Stewart	33	32	32	23	23	view
Chris Davis	–	26	24	–	24	view
Alberto Callaspo	34	25	31	–	25	view
Jed Lowrie	27	27	–	–	25	view
Juan Uribe	–	34	33	30	26	view
Chris Johnson	–	–	34	29	27	view
Mike Aviles	28	–	–	–	28	view
Casey McGehee	35	–	29	–	28	view
Kyle Seager	29	–	–	–	29	view
Chone Figgins	30	35	–	–	29	view
Wilson Betemit	–	–	30	–	30	view
Sean Rodriguez	–	30	–	–	30	view
Brandon Inge	–	–	35	–	31	view

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