Points Leagues: Top 100 Hitters ROS

Well folks it’s that time of the season. With the All Star Game next week it’s time to reassess things for the second half of the season. There’s still quite a bit of baseball left to be played so now is the time to take a look at your team and see where you can improve. So to help you out with those tough decisions, I have re-run the numbers to rank the top 100 hitters for the rest of the season. These numbers are pulled from the Razzball Steamer ROS projections and then I totaled up the points according to this scoring format (ESPN standard):

Run 1 point

Total Bases 1 point

RBI 1 point

Walk 1 point

Stolen Base 1 point

Strikeout minus 1 point

This week we’ll be looking at hitters. Tune in next week for the ROS pitching projections. So, what can we expect as the season moves into it’s second half?

Since we’re just looking at hitters this week, I have only included Shohei Ohtani’s batting stats. We’ll revisit his total projection next week once I run the pitching numbers but I imagine he will be at the top of the overall list.

The projections still believe in Juan Soto. Sexy Dr Pepper has been a disappointment for a guy who was in the running to be the number one overall pick. He has given us reason to hope with some strong recent numbers. If you’ve held him this long, keep holding to see if he is turning things around. If you don’t have him, I would at least kick the tires to see if his manager has run out of patience.

Cody Bellinger is back and that means he should be the guy you thought you were getting when you drafted him in the first round. He has looked a little rusty in his return but that’s to be expected after so much time on the shelf. Once he shakes that off, look out. The window to buy low on him is about to slam shut.

Corey Seager could return shortly after the break and once healthy should be in the mix as the top short stop.

Francisco Lindor has a very favorable projection but I’m not quite sure I’m ready to buy in. He has finally shown signs of life recently but… that first half was just brutal.

Fernando Tatis Jr checks in at 25 in the ROS projections which obviously is a bit down from his loft third place point total. He may come back down to earth but I’m certainly not betting on it.

Wander Franco is hovering just outside the top 50. That’s pretty good for a rookie, even if he is the top prospect in the game. Expect some ups and downs as pitchers get more tape on him.

I have a feeling Jake Cronenworth will outperform his projections and find himself in the top 50. I like what I’ve been seeing from him and with such a stacked lineup surrounding him, he should have plenty of opportunities to showcase his bat.

Luke Voit is poised for strong second half. He’s swinging a hot at going into the break and should be able to build on that success going forward.

Mike Yastrzemski just sneaks in to the top 100. Despite a low average he’s still getting it done with doubles and bombs,

Get Miguel Rojas on your team if he’s out there, which he is in about 80% of leagues. It’s not every day that you can geta top 100 hitter for free this late in the season.

Cedric Mullins is notably absent from this list. His projections add up to  123 landing him at 132. I disagree with the projections here, I think the breakout is real and even if there is some regression, Mullins will be a top 50 bat over the season’s second half.

Those are my quick thoughts on the projections and the full top 100 is below.

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