2016 Fantasy Baseball Top 250 Rankings: Rest of Season, Week 10

Ten Weeks. Two and a half months. Forty percent of the season. Say it any way you want, but it’s time. It’s time to stop being so patient and start to drop some of those sleepers that never broke out for some players who are actually doing something.

It’s also time to rethink your strategy. If you see you’ve got no chance in wins or K’s, but could pick up three points in HR if you add a hot power bat, then it’s time to drop that inconsistent fringe pitcher who occasionally blows up your ratios for an Adam Duvall out-of-nowhere type.

Speaking of Adam Duvall, let’s go ahead and get to this week’s Fantasy Baseball Top 250 Rankings.

Stock Rising

Jonathan Villar, SS/3B, Milwaukee Brewers

Psych! I’m not starting with Duvall. I’ve got to start with a guy who has been a top-10 overall contributor thus far on both ESPN and Yahoo thanks mostly to his 21 stolen bases, which leads all of baseball.

I’ve got to confess I didn’t want to believe his hot May (18 R, 16 RBI, 14 SB, .355 AVG) at first. But take a look at his batted ball stats: he has a career high walk rate, an almost 3 to 1 GB/FB (meaning his speed might be able to sustain a lot of that .407 BABIP).

He also has career high line drive and hard hit percentages so he is making better contact. Don’t expect him to hit for the same AVG and RBI as he did in May, but those run and steal numbers are legit.

Adam Duvall, OF, Cincinnati Reds

Alright, here he is, as promised. Don’t let the fact he’s finally getting his first full-time job at age 27 fool you. Duvall’s 16 HR is currently tied for fourth in MLB with the likes of David Ortiz and Robinson Cano.

And the power isn’t really out-of-nowhere: He hit 35 HR between AAA and the bigs last season. He might still be out there in your league since he plays on the lowly Reds.

Wilson Ramos, C, Washington Nationals

Let’s play word association: dumpster fire, wasteland, the catcher position in fantasy baseball 2016. Other than Buster Posey and Jonathan Lucroy, Ramos is the only catcher ranked in the top 300 so far this season.

He’s actually been better than Posey so far. I’m not saying that will stay the same, and his .364 BABIP will likely regress bringing down his average with it, but his HR/FB and hard hit rates look a lot like his injury-shortened 2013, when he hit 16 HR and drove in 59 runs in just 78 games.

Evan Gattis, C/OF, Houston Astros

Gattis is currently ranked 415th in the Yahoo game. So why do you care? Because of that aforementioned dumpster-fire catcher position, where that is actually good enough for fifth best among all catchers!

And guess what? Gattis just started his 5th game there last week, earning him eligibility in Yahoo. He’s already up to eight games started this season, so those of you in ten or twenty game eligibility leagues should go ahead and stash now.

He’s been on fire at the plate since he made the switch, too. Eight of his nine homers have come since he came back from working on his catching in the minors on May 17.

Stock Falling

Luke Gregerson, RP, Houston Astros

Gregerson has been relieved of his closing duties for the time being after blowing his fifth save of the season on June 4. While he may well get the job back, there are a lot of interesting arms in the Houston bullpen.

Ken Giles is the big name (and 5.76 ERA), but Will Harris has the shiny ratios (0.34 ERA, 0.71 WHIP).

Francisco Liriano, SP, Pittsburgh Pirates

What in the name of Ray Searage is going on? After not posting an ERA north of 3.38 in his three years with the Pirates, this year’s Liriano looks a lot like the post-Tommy John American League version, except with a career high 1.64 WHIP to boot.

He’s more than halfway to his 2015 walk total in less than a third of the innings. There are whispers he could be moved to the bullpen to make room for top prospects Tyler Glasnow and Jameson Taillon. As my confidence in him has dropped, so has his ranking.

 

Hunter Pence, OF, San Francisco Giants

Mike Moustakas, 3B, Kansas City Royals

As usual, injuries knock a couple big names from the ranks. Pence will miss at least eight weeks and maybe more after undergoing surgery to repair a torn hamstring.

Moustakas will miss the rest of the season after tearing his ACL in a collision with teammate Alex Gordon.

Fantasy Baseball Top 250 Rankings

Rank	Name	Team	Positions
1	Mike Trout	LAA	CF
2	Bryce Harper	WSH	CF,RF
3	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SP
4	Manny Machado	BAL	3B,SS
5	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B
6	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI	1B
7	Nolan Arenado	COL	3B
8	Josh Donaldson	TOR	3B,DH
9	Mookie Betts	BOS	CF,RF
10	Jake Arrieta	CHC	SP
11	Giancarlo Stanton	MIA	RF
12	Miguel Cabrera	DET	1B
13	Anthony Rizzo	CHC	1B
14	Chris Sale	CWS	SP
15	Kris Bryant	CHC	3B,LF,RF
16	Max Scherzer	WSH	SP
17	Jose Bautista	TOR	RF,DH
18	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	CF
19	Chris Davis	BAL	1B,RF,DH
20	Robinson Cano	SEA	2B
21	Edwin Encarnacion	TOR	1B,DH
22	Jose Fernandez	MIA	SP
23	Buster Posey	SF	C,1B
24	George Springer	HOU	CF,RF
25	Starling Marte	PIT	LF,CF
26	Madison Bumgarner	SF	SP
27	J.D. Martinez	DET	RF
28	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	SP
29	Carlos Correa	HOU	SS
30	Jose Abreu	CWS	1B,DH
31	Corey Kluber	CLE	SP
32	David Price	BOS	SP
33	Charlie Blackmon	COL	LF,CF
34	Zack Greinke	ARI	SP
35	Yoenis Cespedes	NYM	LF,CF
36	Todd Frazier	CWS	3B
37	Nelson Cruz	SEA	RF,DH
38	Stephen Strasburg	WSH	SP
39	Jon Lester	CHC	SP
40	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	SS
41	Johnny Cueto	SF	SP
42	David Ortiz	BOS	1B,DH
43	Eric Hosmer	KC	1B
44	Justin Upton	DET	LF
45	Jacob DeGrom	NYM	SP
46	Lorenzo Cain	KC	CF
47	Matt Carpenter	STL	2B,3B,1B
48	Ryan Braun	MIL	LF,RF
49	Corey Seager	LAD	SS
50	Daniel Murphy	WSH	1B,2B,3B
51	Joey Votto	CIN	1B
52	Carlos Gonzalez	COL	RF
53	Kenley Jansen	LAD	RP
54	Matt Harvey	NYM	SP
55	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	SP
56	Wade Davis	KC	RP
57	Aroldis Chapman	NYY	RP
58	Craig Kimbrel	BOS	RP
59	Francisco Lindor	CLE	SS
60	Adrian Beltre	TEX	3B
61	Jonathan Lucroy	MIL	C,1B
62	Kyle Seager	SEA	3B
63	Danny Salazar	CLE	SP
64	Gregory Polanco	PIT	LF,RF
65	Gerrit Cole	PIT	SP
66	Cole Hamels	TEX	SP
67	Jason Kipnis	CLE	2B
68	Ian Kinsler	DET	2B
69	Ian Desmond	TEX	SS,LF,CF
70	Hanley Ramirez	BOS	1B,LF,DH
71	Brian Dozier	MIN	2B
72	Felix Hernandez	SEA	SP
73	Adam Jones	BAL	CF
74	Adrian Gonzalez	LAD	1B
75	Jason Heyward	CHC	CF,RF
76	Matt Kemp	SD	RF
77	Sonny Gray	OAK	SP
78	Albert Pujols	LAA	1B,DH
79	Trevor Rosenthal	STL	RP
80	Jeurys Familia	NYM	RP
81	Stephen Piscotty	STL	1B,LF,RF
82	Rougned Odor	TEX	2B
83	Freddie Freeman	ATL	1B
84	David Robertson	CWS	RP
85	Mark Melancon	PIT	RP
86	Justin Verlander	DET	SP
87	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	2B
88	Prince Fielder	TEX	1B,DH
89	Chris Archer	TB	SP
90	Zach Britton	BAL	RP
91	Carlos Martinez	STL	SP
92	Maikel Franco	PHI	3B
93	Yu Darvish	TEX	SP
94	Cody Allen	CLE	RP
95	Roberto Osuna	TOR	RP
96	Gerardo Parra	COL	LF,CF,RF
97	Trevor Story	COL	SS
98	Mark Trumbo	BAL	1B,LF,RF,DH
99	Jordan Zimmermann	DET	SP
100	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	SP
101	Evan Longoria	TB	3B
102	Salvador Perez	KC	C
103	Christian Yelich	MIA	LF,CF
104	Jeff Samardzija	SF	SP
105	Jose Quintana	CWS	SP
106	Adam Eaton	CWS	CF,RF
107	Troy Tulowitzki	TOR	SS
108	Michael Wacha	STL	SP
109	Hector Rondon	CHC	RP
110	Kole Calhoun	LAA	RF
111	Jonathan Villar	MIL	3B,SS
112	Miguel Sano	MIN	3B,RF,DH
113	Jacoby Ellsbury	NYY	CF
114	Russell Martin	TOR	C
115	Francisco Rodriguez	DET	RP
116	Steven Matz	NYM	SP
117	Jonathan Papelbon	WSH	RP
118	Marcus Stroman	TOR	SP
119	Adam Wainwright	STL	SP
120	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	SP
121	Brandon Belt	SF	1B,LF
122	Kenta Maeda	LAD	SP
123	Taijuan Walker	SEA	SP
124	Francisco Liriano	PIT	SP
125	Dexter Fowler	CHC	CF
126	Eugenio Suarez	CIN	3B,SS
127	Wil Myers	SD	1B,CF
128	Brett Gardner	NYY	LF,CF
129	Hisashi Iwakuma	SEA	SP
130	A.J. Ramos	MIA	RP
131	Ben Zobrist	CHC	2B,LF
132	Lance McCullers	HOU	SP
133	Elvis Andrus	TEX	SS
134	Anthony Rendon	WSH	2B,3B
135	Matt Duffy	SF	2B,3B
136	Kendrys Morales	KC	1B,DH
137	Rich Hill	OAK	SP
138	John Lackey	CHC	SP
139	Victor Martinez	DET	1B,DH
140	Brian McCann	NYY	C,1B
141	DJ LeMahieu	COL	2B
142	David Peralta	ARI	LF,RF,CF
143	Wilson Ramos	WSH	C
144	Adam Duvall	CIN	LF
145	Marco Estrada	TOR	SP,RP
146	Jung-Ho Kang	PIT	3B,SS
147	Julio Teheran	ATL	SP
148	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	SP,RP
149	Brandon Crawford	SF	SS
150	James Shields	CWS	SP
151	Addison Russell	CHC	2B,SS
152	Marcell Ozuna	MIA	CF,RF
153	Michael Conforto	NYM	LF
154	Evan Gattis	HOU	C,LF,DH
155	Yasiel Puig	LAD	RF
156	Stephen Vogt	OAK	C,1B,DH
157	Randal Grichuk	STL	LF,CF,RF
158	Andrew Miller	NYY	RP
159	Drew Smyly	TB	SP
160	Yordano Ventura	KC	SP
161	Odubel Herrera	PHI	CF
162	Matt Wieters	BAL	C
163	Jake Odorizzi	TB	SP
164	Nick Castellanos	DET	3B
165	Carlos Beltran	NYY	RF,DH
166	Scott Kazmir	LAD	SP
167	Mike Napoli	CLE	1B,LF,DH
168	Collin McHugh	HOU	SP
169	Jay Bruce	CIN	RF
170	Kevin Pillar	TOR	LF,CF
171	Joe Ross	WSH	SP
172	Alexander Colome	TB	SP,RP
173	Ben Revere	WSH	LF,CF,RF
174	Melvin Upton Jr.	SD	LF,CF
175	Byung-ho Park	MIN	1B,DH
176	Devon Travis	TOR	2B
177	Brad Ziegler	ARI	RP
178	Santiago Casilla	SF	RP
179	Starlin Castro	NYY	2B,SS
180	Jaime Garcia	STL	SP
181	Jake McGee	COL	RP
182	Dellin Betances	NYY	RP
183	Wei-Yin Chen	MIA	SP
184	Drew Pomeranz	SD	SP,RP
185	Nomar Mazara	TEX	RF
186	Sam Dyson	TEX	RP
187	Huston Street	LAA	RP
188	Carlos Santana	CLE	1B,DH
189	Khris Davis	OAK	LF,DH
190	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	SP
191	Michael Brantley	CLE	LF,CF
192	Jackie Bradley	BOS	LF,CF,RF
193	Jeremy Jeffress	MIL	RP
194	Colby Rasmus	HOU	LF,CF,RF
195	Joc Pederson	LAD	CF
196	Josh Harrison	PIT	2B,3B,LF,RF
197	Billy Hamilton	CIN	CF
198	Steven Wright	BOS	SP,RP
199	Welington Castillo	ARI	C
200	Yan Gomes	CLE	C
201	Jeanmar Gomez	PHI	RP
202	Gio Gonzalez	WSH	SP
203	Michael Pineda	NYY	SP
204	Neil Walker	NYM	2B
205	Carlos Gomez	HOU	CF
206	Patrick Corbin	ARI	SP
207	Mike Fiers	HOU	SP
208	Matt Holliday	STL	1B,LF
209	Fernando Rodney	SD	RP
210	Ryan Madson	OAK	RP
211	Jason Hammel	CHC	SP
212	Travis Shaw	BOS	1B,3B
213	Jean Segura	ARI	2B,SS
214	Ender Inciarte	ATL	LF,CF,RF
215	Yasmani Grandal	LAD	C
216	Steve Cishek	SEA	RP
217	Corey Dickerson	TB	LF,DH
218	Mark Teixeira	NYY	1B
219	Justin Turner	LAD	1B,3B
220	Vincent Velasquez	PHI	SP,RP
221	Curtis Granderson	NYM	RF
222	Dee Gordon	MIA	2B
223	Mike Leake	STL	SP
224	Steven Souza	TB	RF
225	Jake Lamb	ARI	3B
226	Francisco Cervelli	PIT	C
227	Chris Tillman	BAL	SP
228	Ian Kennedy	KC	SP
229	Jurickson Profar	TEX	2B,SS
230	Brett Lawrie	CWS	2B,3B
231	Billy Burns	OAK	CF
232	Jonathan Schoop	BAL	2B
233	Josh Reddick	OAK	RF
234	Alcides Escobar	KC	SS
235	Kevin Gausman	BAL	SP,RP
236	Byron Buxton	MIN	CF
237	Shin-Soo Choo	TEX	RF
238	Arodys Vizcaino	ATL	RP
239	Joe Panik	SF	2B
240	Travis d'Arnaud	NYM	C
241	Aledmys Diaz	STL	2B,SS
242	Brandon Phillips	CIN	2B
243	Denard Span	SF	CF
244	Michael Saunders	TOR	LF,RF
245	Aaron Nola	PHI	SP
246	Alex Wood	LAD	SP
247	Leonys Martin	SEA	CF
248	Danny Valencia	OAK	3B,LF
249	Luke Gregerson	HOU	RP
250	Jose Reyes	COL	SS