#100. One hundred. Benjamin Franklin. C-note. One hunnit (RIP Nipsey Hussle.) That’s where you’ll find Jose Ramirez this week. Last week he was sitting at a no-so-nice #69 and he had another awful week: 6 games, 20 ABs, 4 hits, 0 runs, 0 HRs, 0 RBI, 0 SB. Sorry Ramirez fans — his season line: 193 ABs, 17 runs, 4 HRs, 15 RBI, 12 SBs, .197 is not a top-100 player anymore. However, this might be a perfect buy low opportunity since Ramirez is an avid Razzballer and doesn’t want to find himself missing from the most controversial column on the site.
Top 100 Hitters
Rank | Name | Position | Team | Last | Change |
1 | Cody Bellinger | 1B/OF | LAD | 1 | 0 |
2 | Christian Yelich | OF | MIL | 1 | -1 |
3 | Mike Trout | OF | LAA | 1 | -2 |
4 | Trevor Story | SS | COL | 4 | 0 |
5 | Nolan Arenado | 3B | COL | 6 | 1 |
6 | Javier Baez | 2B/SS/3B | CHC | 5 | -1 |
7 | Adalberto Mondesi | SS | KC | 7 | 0 |
8 | George Springer | OF | HOU | 8 | 0 |
9 | Mookie Betts | OF | BOS | 9 | 0 |
10 | Ronald Acuna Jr. | OF | ATL | 10 | 0 |
Not too much shake-up in my top 10. All of you are going to be mad at George Springer staying in the top 10, but it is looking like he won’t miss too much time and I still have him this high going forward. Sorry haters.
The other change at the tippy top was really just semantics E.B. White. Last week I had Bellinger, Yelich and Trout 1a, b and c respectively. I’m officially giving the nod to Bellinger this week. Yes Yelich has the HRs and RBI, but Belly has the runs, RBI and AVG. And look out lil Mikey Trout — Trevor Story has you beat in runs, HRs, RBI and SBs.
Rank | Name | Position | Team | Last | Change |
11 | Anthony Rendon | 3B | WAS | 12 | 1 |
12 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | ATL | 13 | 1 |
13 | Alex Bregman | 3B/SS | HOU | 14 | 1 |
14 | Joey Gallo | 1B/OF | TEX | 15 | 1 |
15 | J.D. Martinez | OF | BOS | 11 | -4 |
16 | Josh Bell | 1B | PIT | 40 | 24 |
17 | Eddie Rosario | OF | MIN | 21 | 4 |
18 | Rhys Hoskins | OF | PHI | 16 | -2 |
19 | Tim Anderson | SS | CHW | 17 | -2 |
20 | Whit Merrifield | 2B | KC | 18 | -2 |
There he is — Josh Bell. His numbers this year actually compare favorably to Yelich and Bellinger sans the speed game. Bell might unseat Springer in next week’s rankings if he can keep this up.
Don’t overreact to J.D.’s drop — his numbers aren’t so hot right now, but is there anyone else you are expecting to have an unbelievably explosive 2nd-half than Martinez? There is no better power threat in the game capable of going off at the drop of a hat.
On May 7th, Eddie Rosario’s batting average was sitting at a sad .225. In the 17 games since he’s hit .394 with 14 runs, 4 HR, 17 RBI and even snatched 2 SBs. The 15 games before that, however, he only had 8 hits (.136 AVG) so hopefully he isn’t that extremely streaky.
Rank | Name | Position | Team | Last | Change |
21 | Anthony Rizzo | 1B | CHC | 50 | 29 |
22 | Michael Brantley | OF | HOU | 22 | 0 |
23 | Marcell Ozuna | OF | StL | 23 | 0 |
24 | Mitch Haniger | OF | SEA | 20 | -4 |
25 | Charlie Blackmon | OF | COL | 24 | -1 |
26 | Pete Alonso | 1B | NYM | 27 | 1 |
27 | Kris Bryant | 3B/OF | CHC | 38 | 11 |
28 | Manny Machado | SS | SD | 19 | -9 |
29 | Bryce Harper | OF | PHI | 26 | -3 |
30 | Lorenzo Cain | OF | MIL | 29 | -1 |
There’s more than a few Razzball commenters who will be happy at that Rizzo course correction. Look, I was a little worried about his numbers when he wasn’t hitting over .230 at the end of April. Well he’s shut me up in May: 15/8/22/1/.359. Lot of helium possibly here despite the worldwide shortage (how did we run out of helium?!)
I’m still a believer in Machado and Harper, but right now the two biggest free agents from this Winter are two of the biggest disappointments from a fantasy perspective. They’re putting up a respectable counting stats, but their averages: Machado: .263 and Harper: .227 aren’t what their new teams expected. They’re both too good to stay down this low — they could easily come back strong.
Rank | Name | Position | Team | Last | Change |
31 | Xander Bogaerts | SS | BOS | 31 | 0 |
32 | Carlos Correa | SS | HOU | 32 | 0 |
33 | Yoan Moncada | 2B | CHW | 36 | 3 |
34 | Ozzie Albies | 2B | ATL | 33 | -1 |
35 | Elvis Andrus | SS | TEX | 42 | 7 |
36 | Francisco Lindor | SS | CLE | 34 | -2 |
37 | Trea Turner | SS | WAS | 35 | -2 |
38 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | StL | 25 | -13 |
39 | David Peralta | OF | ARI | 37 | -2 |
40 | Domingo Santana | OF | SEA | 28 | -12 |
I guess I was just in Goldschmidt denial. You expect to see him at the top of any hitter rankings so I became nose blind to him. Boy, I was wrong. Every season we’d all ask “Yea Goldy’s double-digit steals are nice — but when will they run out?” Well, we have our answer: now. He’s only attempted 1 the entire season. “Well that’s okay — he’ll still hit a bunch of HRs.” Okay — now this is where you’re really going to get mad — he has 1 HR in his last 30 games.
Santana’s first 19 games had me salivating: 12/4/24/3/.354. I moved him up as high as the mid-20s based on that performance. In the 33 games since? 14/6/17/1/.231.
Rank | Name | Position | Team | Last | Change |
41 | Andrew Benintendi | OF | BOS | 39 | -2 |
42 | Juan Soto | OF | WAS | 41 | -1 |
43 | Eugenio Suarez | 3B | CIN | 43 | 0 |
44 | Ketel Marte | 2B/SS/OF | ARI | 66 | 22 |
45 | Tommy Pham | OF | TBR | 44 | -1 |
46 | Austin Meadows | OF | TBR | 73 | 27 |
47 | Gleyber Torres | 2B | NYY | 53 | 6 |
48 | Jose Altuve | 2B | HOU | 30 | -18 |
49 | Jose Abreu | 1B | CHW | 48 | -1 |
50 | Willson Contreras | C | CHC | 46 | -4 |
Here’s my question to you! Who ends 2019 with the better fantasy season: Sterling Marte or Ketel Marte? Don’t look now — but Ketel has the early lead in every 5×5 category except stolen bases.
I’ve been a little reluctant on Austin Meadows due to his inexperience, but as my good friend Jalen Rose would say, “He’s young, but he’s readddyyyy!” Since my rankings last week he’s hit .360 with another HR and SB. Meadows could end the season with 25 HRs and 20 SBs with solid counting stats hitting for the wild card Rays.
Rank | Name | Position | Team | Last | Change |
51 | Rafael Devers | 3B | BOS | 95 | 44 |
52 | Mike Moustakas | 3B | MIL | 52 | 0 |
53 | Matt Chapman | 3B | OAK | 47 | -6 |
54 | Paul DeJong | SS | STL | 51 | -3 |
55 | Aaron Judge | OF | NYY | 54 | -1 |
56 | Starling Marte | OF | PIT | 55 | -1 |
57 | Giancarlo Stanton | OF | NYY | 56 | -1 |
58 | J.T. Realmuto | C | PHI | 60 | 2 |
59 | Hunter Dozier | 1B/3B | KC | 64 | 5 |
60 | Michael Conforto | OF | NYM | 57 | -3 |
I have been sleeping on Rafael Devers! He’s been killing it in May: 22 games, 22 runs, 7 HRs, 22 RBI, 3 SBs, .368 AVG. On the Sox he’s always a threat for 80+ runs/RBI and now he’s putting it together elsewhere. I apologize to the entire Devers family.
Rank | Name | Position | Team | Last | Change |
61 | Edwin Encarnacion | 1B | SEA | 49 | -12 |
62 | Jean Segura | SS | PHI | 58 | -4 |
63 | Jorge Polanco | SS | MIN | 74 | 11 |
64 | Luke Voit | 1B | NYY | 70 | 6 |
65 | Yasmani Grandal | C | MIL | 61 | -4 |
66 | Fernando Tatis Jr. | SS | SD | 62 | -4 |
67 | Vlad Guerrero Jr. | 3B | TOR | 63 | -4 |
68 | Eduardo Escobar | SS/3B | ARI | 76 | 8 |
69 | Max Muncy | 1B/3B | LAD | 65 | -4 |
70 | Victor Robles | OF | WAS | 59 | -11 |
Not much to say here really: Polanco continues to produce, Voit continues to produce, Escobar continues to produce. This is the land of the sub-elite players who do well enough to make the list, but not well enough to break the list.
Rank | Name | Position | Team | Last | Change |
71 | Khris Davis | DH | OAK | 45 | -26 |
72 | Alex Gordon | OF | KC | 67 | -5 |
73 | Jonathan Villar | 2B | BAL | 68 | -5 |
74 | Brandon Lowe | 2B | TBR | 71 | -3 |
75 | Ryan Braun | OF | LAD | 72 | -3 |
76 | Max Kepler | OF | MIN | NA | |
77 | Trey Mancini | OF/1B | BAL | 75 | -2 |
78 | Joc Pederson | OF | LAD | 77 | -1 |
79 | Hunter Pence | OF | TEX | 94 | 15 |
80 | Shin-Soo Choo | OF | OAK | 83 | 3 |
Here’s the good news about Khris Davis: he’s hitting .248. We’re oh so close to that .247 threshold. However, he’s now on the DL again and has been a bit of a disappointment so far this season.
Kepler was doing just enough to be in the 101-120 range for most of the season, but he’s making this list because of his last 8 games: 14/4/14/1/.471 in 34 ABs to bring his season line to 35/12/33/.276. Really not bad for a 3rd or 4th OF.
Rank | Name | Position | Team | Last | Change |
81 | Justin Turner | 3B | LAD | 79 | -2 |
82 | Nick Castellanos | OF | DET | 80 | -2 |
83 | Byron Buxton | OF | MIN | 100 | 17 |
84 | Eric Hosmer | 1B | SD | NA | |
85 | Yasiel Puig | OF | CIN | 82 | -3 |
86 | Gary Sanchez | C | NYY | 92 | 6 |
87 | Andrew McCutchen | OF | PHI | 85 | -2 |
88 | Dansby Swanson | SS | ATL | NA | |
89 | CJ Cron | 1B | MIN | NA | |
90 | Jarrod Dyson | OF | ARI | 87 | -3 |
Hosmer has rebounded nicely from his career-worst 2018. Hosmer is hitting 2nd, 4th and 5th in the Padres line-up most often which has lead to him having a pretty solid balance of runs and HRs: 29/30 respectively.
Y’all don’t want Dansby on here, but he’s got good numbers so far this year: 27/10/35/5/.262. Dansby has hit 2nd in 15 of the Braves last 16 games so his numbers could get even better going forward.
Rank | Name | Position | Team | Last | Change |
91 | Daniel Vogelbach | 1B | SEA | 98 | 7 |
92 | Stephen Piscotty | OF | OAK | 88 | -4 |
93 | Dwight Smith Jr. | OF | BAL | 93 | 0 |
94 | Avisail Garcia | OF | TBR | NA | |
95 | Wil Myers | 3B/OF | SD | 96 | 1 |
96 | Dee Gordon | 2B/OF | SEA | 86 | -10 |
97 | Nelson Cruz | DH | MIN | 81 | -16 |
98 | Michael Chavis | 2B/3B | BOS | NA | |
99 | David Dahl | OF | COL | 99 | 0 |
100 | Jose Ramirez | 3B | CLE | 69 | -31 |
Dee Gordon and Nelson Cruz are easy candidates to move up as soon as they’re healthy — but right now they’re going to hang around the 90s.
Michael Chavis makes his debut after Dustin Pedroia all but made his retirement announcement this year. That’s not to say Chavis hasn’t been deserving — in 122 ABs so far this year Chavis’s line: 20/10/26/2/.270 is top-100 worthy and more.
A lot of people were calling for Austin Riley to make his debut after hitting 5 HRs in his first 9 games, but I’m a little wary of rookies. Especially rookies who have a 15:2 K/BB ratio in their last 33 ABs. Pitchers are already starting to figure him out.
There you go dropping Muncy again, not sure why since he had a nice week again last week 6/23, 6 R, 3 doubles, 1 HR, 2 RBIs, 1 SB. And he follows that up with a 2/5 including his 11th dong last night! Patience!!!
Oh, one more thing, why isn’t Austin Riley top 100 yet??? You’re telling me Jose Ramirez is #100 but Austin Riley isn’t???? NO FREAKIN’ WAY!!!
Putting any stock into a bounce back year for Hosmer? He’s been hanging on the WW all season and has turned a corner over the last 5/6 weeks. Do you see him keeping it up and climbing the list or reverting back to last years production?
Absolutely 0 scientific evidence for this, but it’s interesting nonetheless;
Eric Hosmer’s WAR year-by-year:
2011: 1.4
2012: -0.5
2013: 3.5
2014: 0.8
2015: 3.6
2016: 1.2
2017: 4.1
2018: 1.4
2019 (so far): 0.5
We all should’ve seen this coming.
Moncada?
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Would you consider this trade?? In a 10 team keeper league.
Get: Machado ($31) & Cole ($27)
Trade: Trout ($51) $ Glasnow (4)
I’d consider it — but ultimately I like Trout and Glasnow more.
Senzel not in 100?
Not yet — let’s see if pitchers start figuring him out and how he responds.
What in the world is wrong with Eloy Jimenez?
I know people are hanging on to him but for how long??
Thanks
Bad K/rate
Bad BABIP
High ground ball rate, low line drive rate, low hard contact rate
His 15.7% swinging strike rate would be bottom 15 in the league.
68% contact rate would be bottom 10.
Pitchers just seem to be feeding him a lot of breaking balls and he is getting fooled.
He’s only 22 so he should be fine long term — but this year? He needs to be in AAA learning how to hit a curveball.
Thank you for finally doing the right thing and moving Ramirez to the bottom and soon off of this list. He currently is the #312 ranked player in my league’s YTD stats. His numbers are abysmal. There doesn’t seem to be any sign of a rebound coming either. I still haven’t benched him which is even more perplexing. I keep saying how much worse can it get but he defies logic and continues to do worse every week. Glad he was on the bench yesterday so I didnt have to even think about playing him.
But why do I still want to trade for him so badly?!
I have been getting some crappy offers for him. I’d sell him but I am not giving away 1st round regardless of how bad he is doing. I rather hold him and eat it. If I trade him away and he finds his stroke, I will never be able to stomach that after sitting going through a miserable 50+ games with him. I think if I sell him, he will automatically start to hit again with my luck.
As an Acuna, Santana, Albies, Moncada, Judge, Tatis Jr. owner in one league Woof!
I sure hope you’re right! My offense has been ugly so far, hopefully a big correction coming!
I own Albies and hes been very disappointing this season and as you know has been moved to 8th in the order. Ive actually benched him tonight in favor of Scott Kingery.
What do you see that makes him worthy of being so high? I hope youre right obviously but he looks like he might be a 4 month wonder.
Oh I think I’ve become nose blind to him as well…he’s going to tumble if he doesn’t start taking advantage of the lineup handed to him.
H2H Points 10 team.
1: is this team naughty or nice?
2: who should I add to play 2nd base?
Schoop/Murphy/Lourdes Gurriel
Contreras
Bell
( open )
Arenado
Seager
Soto
Hanniger
Robles
Guerrero Jr.
Cole
Woodruff
Paddack
Nola
Wheeler
Price
Flaherty
Fried
E.Rodriguez
RP: Hader
RP: Vasquez
Bench/IR: Eloy/Stanton/Kluber
Nice! OF could use a little work and there’s a few pitchers who’ve been unpredictable in your rotation — but really not bad.
Schoop.
Is Carlos Santana not repping top 100 because of the horrible offense he sits in the middle?
9 HRs and 36 BBs. Slugging over .550 the past month and doesn’t strikeout too much.
I thought he retired in shame after 2018! He’s someone who I was eyeing for one of those bottom spots — I’ve always wanted him to hit for a higher average and he’s actually doing it this year.
Bill James noted about Austin Riley.
A lot of people were calling for Austin Riley to make his debut after hitting 5 HRs in his first 9 games, but I’m a little wary of rookies. Especially rookies who have a 15:2 K/BB ratio in their last 33 ABs. Pitchers are already starting to figure him out.
Disregard this message – part of your intro.
You’re taking Stephen Piscotty over Jose Ramirez?
I’m taking 2 Piscotty’s over 4 Ramirez’s.
Galaxy brain math!
Aside from the fact, that the Rockies will play two of the next three weeks at home, both 7 games series, Tapia, Buxton or Avisail. Need two
I’d take Avisail and Buxton.
Franmil?
If he sustains this current streak and continues to overcome his weak start he’ll be on the come up.