Fantasy Baseball 2012 - Third Base Rankings (End of Season Update)

• Congrats to Miggy on the Triple Crown
• Chase Headley really made a name for himself this season
• Hanley Ramirez is back to Fantasy Star status
• ARod continues to slip down these rankings year after year
• Sayonara Chipper!

How Fantasy Points Are Scored:

Singles - 1pt

Doubles - 2pts

Triples - 3pts

Homeruns - 2pts

RBI - 2pts

Runs Scored - 2pts

Walks - 1pt

Stolen Bases - 1pt

Pre Season Rank	All Star Rank	Name	Team
1	1	Miguel Cabrera	DET
25	2	Chase Headley	SD
26	3	Edwin Encarnación	TOR
8	4	David Wright	NYM
11	5	Aramis Ramírez	MIL
5	6	Adrián Béltre	TEX
10	7	Ryan Zimmerman	WAS
4	8	Hanley Ramírez	LAD
28	9	Kyle Seager	SEA
16	10	David Freese	STL
22	11	Pedro Alvarez	PIT
6	12	Michael Young	TEX
24	13	Mike Moustakas	KC
17	14	Mark Reynolds	BAL
7	15	Álex Rodríguez	NYY
#N/A	16	Chris Johnson	ARI
9	17	Brett Lawrie	TOR
2	18	Kevin Youkilis	CWS
#N/A	19	Todd Frazier	CIN
12	20	Chipper Jones	ATL

All Star Break

I can't imagine many people thought that Chase Headley would nearly match his 2011 numbers in the first half of the 2012 campaign.  Edwin Encarnacion has just been on an absolute tear this year but it is hard to imagine him staying on pace to hit 46 HRs.  Headley is my pick to not be on this list come September.

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
8	1	David Wright	NYM	82	302	56	106	27	2	11	59	50	47	9	7	0.351	0.441	0.563	1.004	437
1	2	Miguel Cabrera	DET	86	343	52	111	26	0	18	71	32	50	3	1	0.324	0.382	0.557	0.938	436
25	3	Edwin Encarnación	TOR	83	308	55	91	14	0	23	58	37	56	9	2	0.295	0.382	0.565	0.947	400
5	4	Adrián Béltre	TEX	82	319	51	104	18	0	15	54	18	40	1	0	0.326	0.358	0.524	0.881	366
9	5	Aramis Ramírez	MIL	78	301	47	82	27	2	10	52	30	43	2	1	0.272	0.346	0.475	0.821	353
4	6	Hanley Ramírez	MIA	84	323	46	80	17	2	12	44	34	60	12	4	0.248	0.323	0.424	0.747	339
24	7	Chase Headley	SD	86	315	39	84	20	1	8	42	50	88	10	4	0.267	0.368	0.413	0.780	336
7	8	Álex Rodríguez	NYY	82	305	46	82	10	1	13	38	36	77	9	1	0.269	0.357	0.436	0.793	320
14	9	Brett Lawrie	TOR	81	327	51	95	16	2	8	33	17	52	11	8	0.291	0.334	0.425	0.759	319
16	10	David Freese	STL	79	293	39	86	14	1	13	51	22	76	1	2	0.294	0.348	0.481	0.829	318
Excludes: Jose Bautista (OF) Mark Trumbo (OF) Martin Prado (OF) Neil Walker (2B)

Preseason Ranking

Projected Starting Third Basemen courtesy of MLB Depth Charts
** - Breakout Season Candidate

3/27 -

• Casey Blake has been release by the Rockies.  Jordan Pacheo should be the opening day 3b.
• Jack Hannahan beat out Lonnie Chisenhall for the Indians starting 3b position.  Chisenhall will start the year in the minors.

2/28 update - Oakland's Scott Sizemore will miss the 2012 season after tearing his ACL

Who Would You Rather Have? Brett Lawrie vs Kevin Youkilis

Name	Team	Preseason Ranking
Miguel Cabrera	DET	1
Kevin Youkilis	BOS	2
Evan Longoria	TB	3
Hanley Ramirez	MIA	4
Adrián Béltre	TEX	5
Michael Young	TEX	6
Álex Rodríguez	NYY	7
David Wright	NYM	8
Aramis Ramirez	MIL	9
Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	10

Name	Team	Preseason Ranking
Chipper Jones	ATL	11
Pablo Sandoval	SF	12
Plácido Polanco	PHI	13
Brett Lawrie**	TOR	14
Scott Rolen	CIN	15
David Freese	STL	16
Mark Reynolds	BAL	17
Ian Stewart	CHC	18
Ryan Roberts	ARI	19
Danny Valencia	MIN	20
Alberto Callaspo	LAA	21
Pedro Alvarez	PIT	22
Mike Moustakas**	KC	23
Chase Headley	Sd	24
Edwin Encarnacion	TOR	25
Kyle Seager**	SEA	26
Juan Uribe	LAD	27
Jordan Pacheo	COL	28
Jack Hannahan	CLE	29
Brent Morel	CWS	30
Casey McGehee	PIT	31
Josh Donaldson	OAK	32
Jimmy Paredes	HOU	33

Stats from last season

• Michael Young, Pablo Sandoval, and Aramis Ramirez were the only third basemen to hit over .300
• 12 others hit over .275
• Mark Reynolds, Adrian Beltre and Evan Longoria hit 30+ HRs
• 12 third basemen hit between 15-26 HRs
• Michael Young and Adrian Beltre drove in 100+ RBI
• Just 4 other had 75+ RBI
• Michael Young was the only third basement to hit 40+ doubles
• 6 other had at least 30
• 5 third basemen struck out over 100 times
• 11 others did at least 80 times
• Just 4 third basemen walked more than 50 times

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