Updated Consensus Ranks: Outfield

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May 11, 2012

Fridays used to mean shows and bars and friends, but they still hold the same excitement now that I’m a family man (and to tell the truth, they’ll mean shows and bars and friends again some day). The idea that I might have unstructured, unhurried time with my son, and maybe even time for a nap in the backyard with a beer by my side… that’s pretty exciting these days. When did I get this old.

Age has something to do with these ranks. It’s a double-edged sword. Have some years and a track record on you and we’ll give you more leash when you’re struggling. And yet you’ll have those that question if you’re done before your time. Be a young guy on the come and we’ll be tempted to have you number one with a bullet, but reason says that expectations should be tempered, especially those put upon teenagers.

Let’s look at the outfielder rankings, which have some high-profile movers and shakers and some interesting debuts.

Yes, Jose Bautista moved up. Yup. Mostly because Jacoby Ellsbury moved down. Mike Stanton and Alex Gordon are hitting some post-breakout lulls, and Shin-Soo Choo could have dropped further for his troubles. Lance Berkman drops for reminding us that his age will beget injuries.

Obligatory young star paragraph! Bryce Harper and Mike Trout! Gnash teeth, they should be up higher, gnash some more. In this case, caution is still a virtue. These guys are really young, and while you may think a guy that’s just above him in the ranks is much less palatable than the upside of Trout or Harper — I know you’re looking at Duda — take the rankings as a warning. Baseball is really hard and the best prospects take time to make it work. Even Ken Griffey Jr had a meh fantasy season at Harper’s age.

As for the rest of the crew, there’s plenty off fodder for discussion. And in this group, there are actually some guys (Yoenis Cespedes!) that took giant leaps in the rankings. Have at it!

FanGraphs Consensus Rankings:
Outfield
New Last Player Name Eno Sarris Mike Podhorzer Jeff Zimmerman Zach Sanders
1 1 Matt Kemp 1 2 1 1
2 2 Ryan Braun 2 1 2 2
3 4 Carlos Gonzalez 3 3 3 4
4 5 Justin Upton 5 5 4 8
5 6 Jose Bautista 8 4 5 5
6 7 Curtis Granderson 4 8 8 3
7 9 Josh Hamilton 6 6 7 6
8 8 Andrew McCutchen 7 9 9 11
9 12 Jay Bruce 10 10 12 7
10 10 Matt Holliday 9 7 10 18
11 11 Hunter Pence 12 11 11 12
12 17 Adam Jones 13 17 14 9
13 14 Michael Bourn 11 20 16 10
14 16 Desmond Jennings 16 15 13 14
15 13 Mike Stanton 14 13 6 27
16 15 Alex Gordon 18 19 17 15
17 19 Shane Victorino 15 16 25 13
18 28 Corey Hart 17 24 19 16
19 21 Nelson Cruz 23 14 21 24
20 22 B.J. Upton 27 26 23 20
21 20 Shin-Soo Choo 26 21 24 26
22 33 Andre Ethier 19 28 35 17
23 25 Brett Gardner 22 27 18 34
24 30 Michael Cuddyer 24 18 34 25
25 23 Ben Zobrist 31 23 29 22
26 34 Carlos Beltran 20 29 36 23
27 29 Nick Markakis 28 25 28 28
28 24 Lance Berkman 30 22 20 40
29 35 Matt Joyce 21 46 33 21
30 27 Ichiro Suzuki 34 12 41 36
31 3 Jacoby Ellsbury 41 30 26 42
32 33 Melky Cabrera 47 36 46 19
33 31 Howie Kendrick 25 34 30 62
34 43 Logan Morrison 37 33 39 43
35 39 Jason Heyward 29 38 40 46
36 32 Cameron Maybin 40 32 32 52
37 18 Carl Crawford 42 39 15 65
38 38 Chris Young 35 49 31 51
39 41 Angel Pagan 46 35 49 38
40 37 Drew Stubbs 44 55 27 47
41 52 Josh Willingham 32 58 53 31
42 81 Yoenis Cespedes 36 52 60 29
43 46 Nick Swisher 50 48 48 35
44 26 Michael Morse 33 71 22 59
45 50 Carlos Lee 54 41 37 54
46 42 Torii Hunter 48 43 42 53
47 54 Austin Jackson 52 53 38 45
48 64 Emilio Bonifacio 49 56 65 30
49 47 Alejandro De Aza 51 50 50 50
50 56 Alex Rios 58 31 64 49
51 44 Coco Crisp 59 40 44 60
52 49 Martin Prado 53 45 57 48
53 73 Kendrys Morales 39 47 67 68
54 68 Denard Span 67 61 59 41
55 48 Lucas Duda 64 57 66 44
56 87 Nolan Reimold 38 64 90 39
57 59 J.D. Martinez 65 63 45 61
58 53 Brennan Boesch 55 51 52 76
59 57 Colby Rasmus 61 62 56 57
60 91 Mike Trout 43 37 96 63
61 51 Jose Tabata 60 44 51 88
62 45 Jeff Francoeur 71 54 55 73
63 55 Delmon Young 73 42 54 85
64 95 Bryce Harper 45 80 92 37
65 58 Mark Trumbo 62 99 63 33
66 40 Peter Bourjos 57 94 47 72
67 65 Jason Kubel 72 59 68 75
68 62 Alex Presley 66 65 58 87
69 61 Dexter Fowler 75 60 69 74
70 66 Vernon Wells 76 66 89 58
71 36 Jayson Werth 106 110 43 32
72 NA Allen Craig 56 69 102 69
73 67 Michael Brantley 68 70 80 79
74 85 Luke Scott 78 76 93 56
75 93 Eric Thames 82 75 86 66
76 63 Carlos Quentin 74 100 73 78
77 NA Andy Dirks 81 78 105 64
78 NA Tony Campana 63 67 103 97
79 72 Jon Jay 70 97 61 103
80 97 Juan Pierre 93 86 97 55
81 98 Jordan Schafer 80 84 99 70
82 60 Lorenzo Cain 94 73 78 89
83 69 Alfonso Soriano 95 79 83 77
84 70 Jason Bay 96 68 82 90
85 71 Yonder Alonso 79 95 79 86
86 75 Will Venable 85 92 72 92
87 80 Nyjer Morgan 88 107 75 71
88 76 Marlon Byrd 87 83 76 96
89 78 Brandon Belt 69 96 71 107
90 74 David DeJesus 97 82 81 84
91 NA Ryan Sweeney 84 98 100 67
92 92 Chris Heisey 91 89 62 108
93 88 David Murphy 90 85 77 98
94 NA Gerardo Parra 77 90 104 82
95 86 Garrett Jones 83 102 70 101
96 77 Seth Smith 98 93 74 94
97 90 Josh Reddick 92 81 95 91
98 NA Andres Torres 97 77 106 81
99 82 John Mayberry 89 106 84 83
100 83 Mike Carp 101 72 91 102
101 94 Mitch Moreland 105 74 88 110
102 89 Aubrey Huff 104 104 94 80
103 NA Jarrod Dyson 86 87 107 105
104 84 Dayan Viciedo 102 91 85 109
105 NA Kirk Nieuwenhuis 99 88 108 104
106 79 Ben Revere 103 109 87 106
107 NA Roger Bernadina 100 103 109 93
108 96 Ryan Raburn 108 101 98 99
109 NA Brian Bogusevic 107 105 110 95
110 99 Trevor Plouffe 109 108 101 100





 

With a phone full of pictures of pitchers' fingers, strange beers, and his two toddler sons, Eno Sarris can be found at the ballpark or a brewery most days. Read him here, writing about the A's or Giants at The Athletic, or about beer at October. Follow him on Twitter @enosarris if you can handle the sandwiches and inanity.

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Matt K
12 years ago

not sure if kendrys was ever an outfielder.

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Eno SarrisMember since 2020
12 years ago
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qualifies there in at least one of my leagues, don’t know why either

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