- Matt Kemp's injuries hurt
- Mike Trout was born
- Ryan Braun doesn't need steroids to win back to back MVPs
- Adam Jones is the real deal
- If Yoenis Céspedes can stay healthy, he might be a top 25 OF next year
Singles - 1pt
Doubles - 2pts
Triples - 3pts
Homeruns - 2pts
RBI - 2pts
Runs Scored - 2pts
Walks - 1pt
Stolen Bases - 1pt
| Pre Season Rank | End of Season Rank | Name | Team | Fantasy Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1 | Ryan Braun | MIL | 807 |
| #N/A | 2 | Mike Trout | LAA | 795 |
| 16 | 3 | Josh Hamilton | TEX | 767 |
| 17 | 4 | Andrew McCutchen | PIT | 762 |
| 8 | 5 | Matt Holliday | STL | 717 |
| 2 | 6 | Curtis Granderson | NYY | 708 |
| 24 | 7 | Adam Jones | BAL | 683 |
| 61 | 8 | Álex Ríos | CWS | 679 |
| 15 | 9 | Alex Gordon | KC | 677 |
| 25 | 10 | Josh Willingham | MIN | 671 |
| 18 | 11 | Jay Bruce | CIN | 667 |
| 7 | 12 | Hunter Pence | SF | 657 |
| 65 | 13 | Jason Heyward | ATL | 656 |
| 13 | 14 | Carlos Beltrán | STL | 645 |
| 35 | 15 | Austin Jackson | DET | 645 |
| 19 | 16 | Michael Bourn | ATL | 644 |
| 4 | 17 | Carlos González | COL | 644 |
| 69 | 18 | Shin-Soo Choo | CLE | 636 |
| 5 | 19 | Justin Upton | ARI | 633 |
| 62 | 20 | Ángel Pagán | SF | 629 |
| 10 | 21 | Nelson Cruz | TEX | 629 |
| 31 | 22 | Martín Prado | ATL | 627 |
| 81 | 23 | Josh Reddick | OAK | 625 |
| 26 | 24 | Corey Hart | MIL | 622 |
| 22 | 25 | Nick Swisher | NYY | 621 |
| 54 | 26 | Alfonso Soriano | CHC | 618 |
| 36 | 27 | Andre Ethier | LAD | 604 |
| 28 | 28 | Torii Hunter | LAA | 602 |
| #N/A | 29 | Bryce Harper | WAS | 598 |
| 20 | 30 | B.J. Upton | TB | 594 |
| 58 | 31 | Jason Kubel | ARI | 584 |
| #N/A | 32 | Allen Craig | STL | 576 |
| 11 | 33 | Giancarlo Stanton | MIA | 573 |
| #N/A | 34 | Mark Trumbo | LAA | 565 |
| 33 | 35 | Yoenis Céspedes | OAK | 563 |
| 23 | 36 | Shane Victorino | LAD | 552 |
| 34 | 37 | Melky Cabrera | SF | 552 |
| 27 | 38 | Ichiro Suzuki | NYY | 542 |
| #N/A | 39 | Norichika Aoki | MIL | 540 |
| 77 | 40 | Alejandro De Aza | CWS | 532 |
| 70 | 41 | Colby Rasmus | TOR | 531 |
| 75 | 42 | Cody Ross | BOS | 531 |
| 60 | 43 | Michael Brantley | CLE | 521 |
| 39 | 44 | Dexter Fowler | COL | 519 |
| 30 | 45 | Desmond Jennings | TB | 511 |
| 82 | 46 | David DeJesús | CHC | 506 |
| 1 | 47 | Matt Kemp | LAD | 506 |
| 66 | 48 | David Murphy | TEX | 505 |
| 48 | 49 | Carlos Lee | MIA | 504 |
| #N/A | 50 | Michael Saunders | SEA | 501 |
All Star Break
Melky Cabrera was the only OF not in our top 20 heading into the season. Other then him the biggest surprise on this list is obviously Andrew McCutchen. I am not sure his power will produce another 18 HRs in the second half, but the batting average has a good shot of staying above .330 come September. Lets just hope the HR Derby didn't screw things up. Melky Cabrera is my pick for player to not be on this list come seasons end.
| Pre Season Rank | All Star Rank | Name | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | Fantasy Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | 1 | Andrew McCutchen | PIT | 81 | 309 | 58 | 112 | 17 | 5 | 18 | 60 | 28 | 64 | 14 | 4 | 0.362 | 0.414 | 0.625 | 1.039 | 435 |
| 16 | 2 | Josh Hamilton | TEX | 79 | 299 | 54 | 92 | 15 | 1 | 27 | 75 | 35 | 76 | 6 | 3 | 0.308 | 0.380 | 0.635 | 1.016 | 435 |
| 4 | 3 | Carlos Gonzalez | COL | 78 | 315 | 61 | 104 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 58 | 30 | 73 | 11 | 1 | 0.330 | 0.389 | 0.578 | 0.967 | 427 |
| 3 | 4 | José Bautista | TOR | 86 | 315 | 59 | 77 | 12 | 0 | 27 | 65 | 55 | 59 | 4 | 2 | 0.244 | 0.360 | 0.540 | 0.899 | 423 |
| 9 | 5 | Ryan Braun | MIL | 80 | 307 | 56 | 94 | 14 | 2 | 24 | 61 | 35 | 64 | 15 | 5 | 0.306 | 0.391 | 0.599 | 0.990 | 420 |
| 8 | 6 | Matt Holliday | STL | 83 | 319 | 56 | 101 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 56 | 42 | 64 | 4 | 2 | 0.317 | 0.397 | 0.520 | 0.917 | 408 |
| 13 | 7 | Carlos Beltran | STL | 82 | 297 | 50 | 88 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 65 | 41 | 60 | 8 | 4 | 0.296 | 0.382 | 0.542 | 0.924 | 400 |
| 2 | 8 | Curtis Granderson | NYY | 85 | 327 | 61 | 81 | 10 | 2 | 23 | 48 | 50 | 99 | 6 | 3 | 0.248 | 0.352 | 0.502 | 0.853 | 392 |
| 34 | 9 | Melky Cabrera | SF | 83 | 337 | 55 | 119 | 18 | 7 | 8 | 44 | 23 | 46 | 10 | 5 | 0.353 | 0.391 | 0.519 | 0.910 | 390 |
| 19 | 10 | Michael Bourn | ATL | 85 | 357 | 60 | 111 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 33 | 74 | 25 | 8 | 0.311 | 0.366 | 0.451 | 0.817 | 389 |
Preseason Ranking
Projected Starting Outfielders courtesy of MLB Depth Charts
** - Breakout Season Candidate
- Carlos Quentin will miss at least 4 weeks after knee surgery.
- Jesus Guzman is expected to fill in both LF and the cleanup spot.
- Grady Sizemore has been removed. Back surgery out 8-12 weeks
- Miami Marlins Right Fielder, Mike Stanton, is now to be recognized as Giancarlo Stanton
Who Would You Rather Have? Alex Gordon vs Andre Ethier
| Player | Team | Preseason Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Kemp | LAD | 1 |
| Curtis Granderson | NYY | 2 |
| José Bautista | TOR | 3 |
| Carlos Gonzalez | COL | 4 |
| Justin Upton | ARI | 5 |
| Jacoby Ellsbury | BOS | 6 |
| Hunter Pence | PHI | 7 |
| Matt Holliday | STL | 8 |
| Ryan Braun | MIL | 9 |
| Nelson Cruz | TEX | 10 |
| Player | Team | Preseason Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| Giancarlo Stanton | MIA | 11 |
| Carl Crawford | BOS | 12 |
| Carlos Beltran | STL | 13 |
| Michael Morse | WAS | 14 |
| Alex Gordon | KC | 15 |
| Josh Hamilton | TEX | 16 |
| Andrew McCutchen | PIT | 17 |
| Jay Bruce | CIN | 18 |
| Michael Bourn | ATL | 19 |
| B.J. Upton | TB | 20 |
| Chris Young | ARI | 21 |
| Nick Swisher | NYY | 22 |
| Shane Victorino | PHI | 23 |
| Adam Jones | BAL | 24 |
| Josh Willingham | MIN | 25 |
| Corey Hart | MIL | 26 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | SEA | 27 |
| Torii Hunter | LAA | 28 |
| Nick Markakis | BAL | 29 |
| Desmond Jennings | TB | 30 |
| Martin Prado | ATL | 31 |
| Drew Stubbs | CIN | 32 |
| Yoenis Cespedes | OAK | 33 |
| Melky Cabrera | SF | 34 |
| Austin Jackson | DET | 35 |
| Andre Ethier | LAD | 36 |
| Emilio Bonifacio | MIA | 37 |
| J.D. Martínez** | HOU | 38 |
| Dexter Fowler | COL | 39 |
| Jayson Werth | WAS | 40 |
| Brett Gardner | NYY | 41 |
| Matt Joyce | TB | 42 |
| Andy Dirks | DET | 43 |
| Coco Crisp | OAK | 44 |
| Jeff Francoeur | KC | 45 |
| Michael Cuddyer | COL | 46 |
| Cameron Maybin | SD | 47 |
| Carlos Lee | HOU | 48 |
| Bobby Abreu | LAA | 49 |
| Delmon Young | DET | 50 |
| Peter Bourjos | LAA | 51 |
| Logan Morrison | MIA | 52 |
| Jose Tabata | PIT | 53 |
| Alfonso Soriano | CHC | 54 |
| Brennan Boesch | DET | 55 |
| Jason Bay | NYM | 56 |
| Vernon Wells | LAA | 57 |
| Jason Kubel | ARI | 58 |
| Lucas Duda | NYM | 59 |
| Michael Brantley | CLE | 60 |
| Alex Rios | CWS | 61 |
| Ángel Pagán | SF | 62 |
| Lorenzo Cain | KC | 63 |
| Nyjer Morgan | MIL | 64 |
| Jason Heyward | ATL | 65 |
| David Murphy | TEX | 66 |
| Carlos Quentin | SD | 67 |
| Marlon Byrd | CHC | 68 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | CLE | 69 |
| Colby Rasmus | TOR | 70 |
| Ben Revere | MIN | 71 |
| Laynce Nix | PHI | 72 |
| Andrés Torres | NYM | 73 |
| Trevor Plouffe | MIN | 74 |
| Cody Ross | BOS | 75 |
| Nolan Reimold | BAL | 76 |
| Alejandro De Aza | CWS | 77 |
| Roger Bernadina | WAS | 78 |
| Will Venable | SD | 79 |
| Nate Schierholtz | SF | 80 |
| Josh Reddick | OAK | 81 |
| David DeJesus | CHC | 82 |
| Dayan Viciedo | CWS | 83 |
| Denard Span | MIN | 84 |
| Luke Scott | TB | 85 |
| Casper Wells | SEA | 86 |
| Franklin Gutiérrez | SEA | 87 |
| Alex Presley | PIT | 88 |
| Brian Bogusevic | HOU | 89 |
| Kosuke Fukudome | CWS | 90 |
| Jerry Sands | LAD | 91 |
| Darnell McDonald | BOS | 92 |
| Ryan Ludwick | CIN | 93 |
| John Jay | STL | 94 |
| Mike Carp | SEA | 95 |
| Julio Borbón | TEX | 96 |
| Endy Chávez | BAL | 97 |
| Brent Lillibridge | CWS | 98 |
| Jonny Gomes | OAK | 99 |
| Jordan Schafer | HOU | 100 |
Stats from last season
- 11 outfielders hit at least .300 last season
- 26 others hits .275 or better
- 5 outfielders hits 40+ doubles
- 24 hit at least 30
- 6 outfielders hit at least 10 triples
- Jose Bautista and Curtis Granderson were the only outfielders to hit 40 HRs
- 8 others hit at least 30
- 5 outfielders drove in 100+ runs
- 23 others knocked in over 80
- 42 outfielders struck out over 100 times!
- Drew Stubbs struck out 205 times
- Jose Bautista walked 132 times
- 13 other outfielders walked at least 70 times, with Nick Swisher(95) and Lance Berkman(92) the only others with at least 90
- Michael Bourn stole 61 bases
- 7 others stole at least 40
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