Top 20 2nd Basemen for 2026 Fantasy Baseball

One super quick word about the top 20 2nd basemen for 2026 fantasy baseball and all the 2026 fantasy baseball rankings, each ranking appears insanely long and it is, but I imagine in a lot of leagues guys won’t have eligibility, because I’m using the extremely lax Yahoo position eligibility (five games started). Without further ado because this post is longer than the combined length of the Gutenberg Bible and Steve Guttenberg’s IMDB page, I mention where tiers start and stop and all projections are mine and cannot be reproduced without the express written consent of Major League–Damn, I’m being told I did not have the express written consent to use MLB’s warning. It was expressly written for them. You guys! Here’s Steamer’s 2026 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Hitters and 2026 Fantasy Baseball Projections for Pitchers. Subscriptions are up and running, and you can already get Rudy’s Draft War Room. Anyway, here’s the top 20 2nd basemen for 2026 fantasy baseball:

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NOTE II: Free agents are marked as such and not yet projected. They are ranked for where they’re currently worth drafting.

1. Jazz Chisholm Jr. – Went over him in the top 20 for 2026 fantasy baseball.

2. Brice Turang – This is a new tier. This tier goes from here until Ketel. I call this tier, “Paula Cole singing Where Have All The Great 2nd Basemen Gone?” Okay, I agree with Paula — this one time! — the great 2nd basemen feel a bit meh, but here’s the good news on 2nd basemen, there are a bunch of mid-tier alternatives. The top guys are maybe okay (Brice and Ketel), and the bottom guys suck (from Semien down, ew), but the middle guys, and there’s a lot of them, are fun! Maybe they don’t all pan out, but a flyer on Ozzie Albies at, say, pick 150 when he was a top 40 guy for a good four years? Not bad! I know he’s no guarantee. If he were, I would’ve ranked him up here. I’m merely stating there’s some interesting mid-tier options at 2nd base. Something the top 20 1st basemen felt a little lacking.

As for Turang, I’m worried I can’t project him successfully because he went 7/50 and 18/24 the last two years, so is he a 20/50 player? A 7/50 player again? 18/24? Even more power and even less speed? I don’t know. One option might even be 7/20. Well, I hope it’s not, at least. So, yeah, that’s a small problem, something you don’t really want with a top draft pick. I’d happily draft a 17/30 or a 7/50 player, but how do you draft the rest of your team if you don’t know what you’re getting? You’re either light on speed or way heavy on speed. It’s not bad, but it’s not ideal. 2026 Projections: 96/15/71/.277/31 in 571 ABs

3. Ketel Marte – He gets around 30/7/.280 whether he plays in 150 games or 125 games. So, that’s nice. There’s a few reasons to be concerned: HardHit% down, and FB% up. In an aging player that can quickly become, “This vet now hits 15 homers and .250.” Whether that’s about to happen or not is, to my knowledge, impossible to know for sure. That is there though, and will happen at some point. Might not be until 2028 for all we know. 2026 Projections: 94/29/84/.278/7 in 509 ABs

4. Maikel Garcia – This is a new tier. This tier goes until Keaschall. I call this tier, “Jumping from a plane named Maybe Okay, screaming whee…” By the tier name, I mean we’re moving out of the Paula Cole top guys who are fine, if slightly concerning to good value and exciting.

As for Maikel, kinda similar to Turang. One year he went 7/37, then went 16/23. His HardHit% is not very high, but did go up (30-33%) and his fly balls went up too (30-37), while not being too high (not literally), but this all tells me Maikel could actually be on an upward trajectory — in the lineup; for walks; for contact; for launch angle; for the ball off the bat; for his career; for all of it. 2026 Projections: 89/16/71/.274/27 in 579 ABs

5. Nico Hoerner – A MLB manager sees 2B for 2nd baseman and is like, “That two must mean they’re supposed to bat 2nd.” Okay, that doesn’t track for all of them, but there’s enough examples for it to work. “It” being whatever you want it to mean! Stop badgering me, I’m a gentle flower! I put the bougie in bougainvillea. So, Nico is consistently one of the most underrated guys. I might be underrating him by ranking here. Last year he was the 81st best player on the Player Rater, and now he’s being drafted around 115. It’s like this every year. You’ll have to trust me. He is a lock for 85/7/60/.280/30 if he’s in the two-hole again, which he should be — Ignore this, I’m now yelling at the Cubs to hit him second and Bregman third. Or Nico leadoff and move Busch down. Don’t hit Nico sixth, that makes no sense. 2026 Projections: 93/7/63/.284/31 in 587 ABs

6. Luke Keaschall – Already gave you my Luke Keaschall sleeper. It was written while keeping it real, but not too real. 2026 Projections: 74/16/71/.283/32 in 547 ABs

7. Jose Altuve – This is a new tier. This tier goes until Edwards. I call this tier, “The price is right, snitches!” This tier might not be filled with all young, incredibly sexy players, but there’s some really nice prices here (assuming the players can be had here) and I’d draft any of them.

As for Altuve, am I excited to draft him at 40 overall? No, never, not at all. Am I excited to draft a guy, who can fit in my pocket, who seemingly goes 25/10/.270 every year in 150 games with counting stats, at pick 100 or something later? I cannot giddy up enough. I am at maximum giddy. 2026 Projections: 85/25/73/.268/9 in 581 ABs

8. Jackson Holliday – Mentioned in my Dylan Beavers fantasy, how Jackson Holliday was already washed at 21, then, buried, like, three sentences later, I said not really, but people’s reading comprehension is what it is, so people were like, “Jackson Holliday is less washed than you, you freakin’ joker!” JaHo is not washed. I was using hyperbole for emphasis and humor. Please do not get one’s panties in a bunch. No one wants to see you irritated with bunched panties. Last year, Holliday went 17/17/.242 and a hilariously awful HardHit% of 28.6. If he’s gonna hit 56 MPH grounders to 2nd base, that could be an issue, but he’s 22 years old! He can get stronger and better. An outside chance for a 20/20/.260 season here? Or better? Yeah, I’d take that Holliday, and if not, Matt’s got something like six kids behind him. Did Matt Holliday and Vlad Guerrero have a skeet off at the 2004 All-Star Game? 2026 Projections: 77/15/61/.252/20 in 571 ABs

9. Ozzie Albies – In his final 62 games last year — his 2nd half — he went 9/7/.272. Okay, sounded better in my head, but, dare I say, prorate that out–[Mr. Prorater crashes through ceiling]–What are you doing?! Use a door! “My bad, but Ozzie would go 23/18/.270 in 162 games with those numbers.” Thanks! Now get out! Not through the ceiling! 2026 Projections: 71/21/76/.254/15 in 587 ABs

10. Jordan Westburg – Another failed Orioles prospect that isn’t really failed. Well, not yet. After going 18/6/.264 and 17/1/.265 in back-to-back seasons, if he has one more season that looks like that, then see: Everyone’s thoughts on Adley Rutschman. Westburg is remarkably consistent across the board with .312/.313 OBPs, 4.9/4.8 BB%, 21.7/22.7 K%, 57/59 runs, respectively across two seasons. The killer has been 107/85 games. If he can stay on the field for 145 games, we should get: 2026 Projections: 78/24/63/.265/5 in 567 ABs

11. Xavier Edwards – Ah, now it’s time for XEd, “You slowly place the condom on the banana–before you peel it!” Wait, I’m confusing XEd with something else. XEd does feel like the last of a dying breed — the ol’ nothing power, steals guy, who can hit for a decent average. There was a time when those guys fed families. Now they can’t feed themselves. If you vote for me, I will focus on affordability–Wait, that’s not right either. XEd has speed and average, draft if you need. 2026 Projections: 79/4/46/.292/31 in 578 ABs

12. Ceddanne Rafaela – This is a new tier. This tier goes until Durbin. I call this tier, “One penny under.” Okay, this is last The Price is Right tier, but it’s a continuation of the tier above kinda. The main difference is I’m more excited for the tier above, but this tier isn’t bad. Being one penny under is extremely good. They’re not perfectly on the money, but very close. Not priced poorly either. This tier and the last tier are what I was talking about earlier when I said there are a lot of mid-tiered options.

As for Ceddanne, if one hits the same batting average three years in a row, it allows you to sleep with Khris Davis’s wife (if she consents), then Ceddanne’s about to have a threesome with her, Khris and their mail carrier. He’s like trip-cherries on a slot machine every year. 15/19/.246, then 16/20/.249. That was in 544 ABs then 546! (Crazy thing is his 28 game sample his rookie year prorates out the same shizz too.) Yo, does Ceddanne have OCD? Each year, that’s around 140th best player, and for that I’ll pay around 140th draft price overall! 2026 Projections: 81/16/72/.247/21 in 548 ABs

13. Bryson Stott – Like Yelich longed to be next to Bellinger again in the rankings, ya think Stott misses Hoerner? There is one way for Stott to get back to him, steal 30 bags and hit .280 with 15 homers again. And maybe hit lefties. 2026 Projections: 71/12/54/.261/27 in 508 ABs

14. Matt McLain – Let me text BDon for my McLain blurb…Hmm, why is he texting me a picture of his face photoshopped onto Justin Verlander’s body and McLain on Kate Upton’s body? That’s weird! Well, whatever. McLain went 15/18/.220 last year, but the .220 does appear to be a bit of an outlier. Reds have room to move him up to leadoff if he starts hot, and don’t count anyone out in Great American nor at age 26. 2026 Projections: 77/17/54/.248/20 in 517 ABs

15. Luis Garcia Jr. – One thing the 2nd basemen have going for them is “if you squint hard enough, you can kinda see how these guys could go 20/20.” Will they? Lol, sure seems unlikely, but fiction is a well-selling genre. 2026 Projections: 61/17/68/.277/18 in 492 ABs

16. Otto Lopez – Try to throw a rock and find a guy who can’t, maybe, who knows, possibly, go 20/20 here. I’ll wait (I ain’t waiting). Lopez likely doesn’t have the power to get there anyway, but he does have the speed. 2026 Projections: 61/14/64/.267/21 in 554 ABs

17. Gleyber Torres – His 2019 never stops being hilarious. He’s a 15-homer hitter who hit 38 homers in 2019! Come on, stop it, bouncy ball, you are drunk on bounciness. 2026 Projections: 80/15/69/.255/5 in 546 ABs

18. Brandon Lowe – Here’s what I said this offseason, “Traded to the Pirates. Let me play a game with you, Can You Spot The Outlier? Here we go: 21 homers in Trop one year, 21 homers in Trop one year, 31 homers in Big Stein one year. Any guesses? 31 homers in Big Stein? Good eye! So, PNC was better for lefties than Trop. Actually, PNC was one of the best parks for lefties and Tropicana was one of the worst. Top five fields for the last three years for lefties: Coors, Fenway, GAB, Marlins then PNC. Trop was bottom two. For homers, PNC was 14th best, so average. Trop was 24th, so still better. Lowe really should be platooned out vs. lefties too, but if the Pirates are trading for him, will they platoon him out? Seems doubtful. He also can’t stay healthy, so there’s that too.” And that’s me quoting me! 2026 Projections: 58/21/62/.246/3 in 437 ABs

19. Caleb Durbin – Gonna give him 25-steal projections but to say I’m confident in that I’d be lying. The good news is the upside is closer to 45 steals, and I don’t think his downside is less than the 18 steals he stole last year. Though, and I’m sorry my brain insists I tell you this, I didn’t think he’d only steal 18 bags last year, so I guess he could steal less. At the All-Star Break, they should have a 50-yard dash between Josh Naylor and everyone who stole less bags than Naylor. 2026 Projections: 64/12/58/.264/25 in 531 ABs

20. Jorge Polanco – This is a new tier. This tier goes until Keith. I call this, “Rationalizations” This tier feels like those options in your draft when you rationalize like, “You drafted Jackson Holliday at 115 overall and I got Marcelo Mayer at 300 and they’re essentially the same player.” No, they’re not. They could be, but they’re not. Or, “You took Edwards at 155! Haha, sucker! I got Caballero at 265, you loser! And Caballero’s better!” Wait until Caballero starts twice in the first ten games of the season and you want to drop him.

As for Polanco, here’s what I said this offseason, “Signed with the Mets to play 1st base. Ah, I see, this is about defense because JoPo’s played one game in his career at first base. Overpaying for mid-tier guys and letting top guys walk? It’s cool that the Mets invited back Brodie Van Wagenen to do a little guest GM’ing. This has the feel of, “Guy signs last big contract before he declines into oblivion,” but he did cut his Ks last year (29.3% to 15.6) and his power was real. 2nd base is a wasteland, so maybe he’s got one more season of worthwhile stats in him.” And that’s me quoting me! 2026 Projections: 56/20/71/.254/5 in 425 ABs

21. Luis Arraez – Went over him in the 1st basemen rankings.

22. Marcelo Mayer – On one hand, it’s so awesome the Red Sox gave Mayer a chance. On the other hand, he went 4/0/.228 in 44 games. On a third hand that is actually Hamburger Helper, 44 games does not a career make. He looks like he has a starting job, and immense upside. Could be a 25+ homer, 12-steal hitter. Might struggle on average, at least this year. 2026 Projections: 54/14/49/.237/3 in 421 ABs

23. Jose Caballero – Has Anthony Volpe been DFA’d yet? I’m kidding, of course. Aaron Boone has said Anthony Volpe just needs another 900 games as a Yankee to show what he can do. Caballero had a 5/49 season, which would be awesome if it didn’t come with 52 runs and 36 RBIs. It’s incredibly hard to draft/roster a guy who plays three times a week. So, his projections are actually worth more than his ranking here. If he had an everyday job, I’d be higher on him. There is a chance that Volpe, who had shoulder surgery, has a setback or returns and is the backup vs. starter, but he has blackmail on Boone, I think, so doubtful. 2026 Projections: 55/6/31/.229/41 in 333 ABs

24. Ernie Clement – Went over him in the 1st basemen rankings.

25. Colt Keith – Went over him in the 1st basemen rankings.

26. Marcus Semien – This is a new tier. This tier goes from here until when I’m ready to stop! Or I guess Cronenworth. I call this tier, “Punter, American and British definition applies.” This tier has a ton of options. Are they good? Haha, no, don’t be a fool, but maybe one or two sneaks out of here with some value.

As for Semien, here’s what I said this offseason, “Traded to the Mets. Semien traded to the Mets, the home of the original F-Bomb. Every time Semien homers in Metco, they should explode an apple and say it’s an F-Bomb. If you don’t know what I’m talking  about, Gary Carter originated the phrase F-bomb. I am not joking.

I’m sorry, who are you calling a word nerd? Semien in the Big Apple is some sick Prince Charming/Sleeping Beauty fanfiction subreddit. I do not need to know more! It also won’t help his incredibly sad offensive trajectory the last two years.” And that’s me quoting me! 2026 Projections: 64/16/64/.235/10 in 434 ABs

27. Willi Castro – Here’s what I said this offseason, “Signed with the Rockies. Zac Veen and Jordan Lawlar should start their own team. Call themselves the Prospblocked, play in Hoboken in the shadow of NYC, and have their mascot be a sun that is in the middle of an eclipse.” And that’s me quoting me! 2026 Projections: 63/13/48/.253/17 in 476 ABs

28. Andres Gimenez – Didn’t realize how awful he was last year. He went 7/12/.210 in 329 ABs. He got out of bed for that? Could do that while the bat boy rolls him around on a mattress. On defense, a mattress might knock down more grounders, too. Nowhere does it say in the official rulebook that you can’t Tempur-Pedic memory foam on the baseball diamond. 2026 Projections: 51/10/54/.247/16 in 418 ABs

29. Luisangel Acuña – Traded to the White Sux for Luis Robert. From Luis to Luisangel. What’s next? They gonna trade Luisangel for Luisangelfoodcake? Imagine Ronald Acuña Jr. and Luisangel Acuña was a Jr. too. Awkward family trips to Disney! Or even worse, imagine it was Ronald Acuña Jr. but Luisangel Acuna, and they found out they weren’t related because of the lack of tilde. Effin’ crazy shizz! Luisangel Acuña to the White Sux tells me I was way off on my Lenyn Sosa sleeper. That team hates him! First, Murakami and now Acuña. Sosa ain’t ever playing. So, this trade is a huge boost to Luisangel’s value. He went from “maybe not breaking camp” to an everyday regular. His speed really is his attraction. He stole 57 bags one year in the minors and White Sux have no reason to not let him steal. He makes incredibly weak contact and might not crack 10 homers, but, at 2nd base, 5/30/.240 plays. 2026 Projections: 47/5/44/.243/32 in 491 ABs

30. Brendan Donovan – This guy is a great example of someone who is better in real life than fantasy. Shame we don’t play Real Life Baseball! 2026 Projections: 66/12/58/.283/5 in 471 ABs

31. Brooks Lee – Bruce Lee’s most famous quote was “Be Water.” Brooks Lee be water. Do you think this is a coincidence? A lot of guys in this tier are this: “His numbers aren’t that bad…Wait, that was in 500-ish at-bats? Hmm, that is not good.” 2026 Projections: 61/17/66/.247/4 in 534 ABs

32. Chase Meidroth – His name would make a good pinup girl’s name in the 1950s. “Welcome back from Germany, thank you for saving the world. Oh no my bikini top unlatched!” That’s Chase Meidroth. In 450 ABs last year, he went 5/14/.253. Ya see now why I was talking nonsense and nothing about him? I will say something I’ve said 5,000 times before. There’s no one set of rankings for every league size. If you’re in a AL-Only league, Meidroth is more interesting because everyday at-bats. If you’re in a 12-team mixed league, you’d never draft Meidroth, unless you’re his mom — Hey, Mrs. Meidroth! This is why we have multiple rankings for different types of leagues. 2026 Projections: 63/8/41/.263/16 in 506 ABs

33. Brett Baty – Pete Alonso appears like an outlier for Mets’ recent hitter development, but Baty banging on the door last year, and, like the B-52s might request, a little bit louder now. He needs a Launch Angle adjustment, unless he wants to be a 20-homer, .260 hitter. The eight steals last year were interesting too. Mets need to commit to him for everyday at-bats, which I would be shocked about. Shock me, Mets, shock me! It’s all good under the hood, too — harder contact, Barrel%. It’s all louder. Bang, bang on the door, baby! 2026 Projections: 53/16/56/.258/4 in 331 ABs

34. Tommy Edman – He’s been meh so long I forget why we ever liked him. He seems uninterested in stealing or the Dodgers don’t let him. He also makes a lot of terrible contact. Leave that wet noodle you’re swinging at the hotel pool for the next kid. 2026 Projections: 52/15/57/.232/5 in 376 ABs

35. Luis Rengifo – FREE AGENT 2026 Projections:

36. Jonathan India – What if whatever India got he passed onto Matt McLain before leaving Cincy? Like India did payback for those polio blankets hundred years ago? I’m merely thinking aloud! 2026 Projections: 56/10/51/.241/3 in 481 ABs

37. Lenyn Sosa – Went over him in the 1st basemen rankings.

38. Ha-Seong Kim – Here’s what I said this offseason, “Signed with the Braves for $20 million for a year. I don’t usually mention the money, because it doesn’t matter for us, unless it does. Here it might because that’s the most the Braves have every spent on a player ever. Ozzie Albies is making that over the course of six seasons. Putting Ha-Seong Kim receiving $20 Millies in my “So What Does That Mean For Tarik Skubal Next Year” Generator and it’s got smoke coming out its ears, and it’s refusing to give me a number, saying it would be too big and in the trillions. With that much committed to Kim, I’m more excited for him. Wonder if he gets leadoff at-bats too. Could be a sneaky late MI.” And that’s me quoting me! Sadly, in a Back to the Future-like twist, Past Me didn’t know future Kim would be Mr. Bungle and fall on the ice and knock himself out for five months from mid-January to May-June. 2026 Projections: 48/10/41/.236/14 in 307 ABs

39. Jared Triolo – Went over him in the 1st basemen rankings.

40. Jake Cronenworth – Went over him in the 1st basemen rankings.

41. Christian Moore – This is a new tier. This tier goes from here until Campbell. I call this tier, “Not being real.” If I were being real, I wouldn’t even rank these guys, and they’re likely around 400 overall, so you’re not drafting them in all leagues. These are extreme deep league flyers for upside, and you expect nothing. The projections are even pie-in-the-sky.

As for Moore, how does Less sound? Less Moore? Yes, if it’s like last year: 7/3/.198, but he was a touted prospect and the Angels can’t mold prospects into anything — have you heard this story before? Maybe Moore will be great in 2037, taking the path of Jo Adell and 7 Years in Tibet Than Two More Years in Triple-A. 2026 Projections: 42/13/46/.212/5 in 361 ABs

42. Hyeseong Kim – The most interesting thing about the Dodgers winning back-to-back championships is you could take away from that how Dave Roberts is a great manager. You could! My takeaway is any old dummy can win the World Series as a manager with that team. Dave Roberts did more for the Red Sox World Series in ’04 than either Dodgers’ WS title, prove me wrong. Any hoo! I don’t know if Kim will play. I think he should, but the Dodgers don’t seem to love him. 2026 Projections: 26/6/31/.251/17 in 302 ABs

43. Travis Bazzana – Already gave you a Travis Bazzana fantasy. It was written while getting every question wrong on Jeopardy! 2026 Projections: 36/12/38/.239/16 in 333 ABs

44. Cole Young – Fun fact! Cole Young is the man who originated the French Dip sandwich. Not Ryan Phillippe. That’s an actor. [finger to earbud] Okay, hearing Cole Young didn’t either. So, I have Young ranked here as a placeholder in case Mariners don’t sign someone. My guess is they will. 2026 Projections: 31/6/32/.221/6 in 287 ABs

45. Adael Amador – Have the Rockies signed Ramon Urias or someone equally old and terrible yet? How about now? 2026 Projections: 28/5/33/.246/12 in 312 ABs

46. Nasim Nunez – Roster Resource, which I think does a good job, has Nasim as the Nats’ 2nd baseman and I’ll admit to eye rolling that a little. Not saying the Nats are replete with options, but Nasim Nunez is their starter? Really? I wish sites would write OPEN in a team’s projected lineup, as in it’s an open competition to fill the spot. For fantasy, I prefer Nasim, but it might be Nasim and Orelvis Martinez at 45/55 or vice versa or just someone else they sign. 2026 Projections: 36/5/29/.241/17 in 364 ABs

47. Kristian Campbell – Recently, a high ranking official at the Campbell Soup company said their soup was garbage. Ya think he rostered Kristian Campbell last year in fantasy? It wasn’t that long ago people were clamoring for Kristian Campbell, and not just because they were dumb. He seemed good. Now? He was pretty badly exposed but can come back. He has no current starting job in the majors and he wasn’t great after a demotion last year, so, well, hope, I guess. 2026 Projections: 19/4/23/.242/4 in 161 ABs

48. Romy Gonzalez – This is the final tier — no, you’re happy! This tier goes to until the end — no dur! I call this tier,”Odds, ends and ends as in butts.”

As for Romy, went over him in the 1st basemen rankings.

49. Brayan Rocchio – Putting Brayan Rocchio in the ranks and leaving off Mauricio Dubon was hard for me. I battled with myself for a full three seconds. Honestly, neither are good. These are not good guys at the end of an overall 500 ranking, or this deep into the 2nd basemen. I’m sorry, did you think they’d be good? They’re not. If you want, I can say they’re good and lie to you. Brayan Rocchio? Good! 2026 Projections: 51/9/48/.248/10 in 361 ABs

50. Brooks Baldwin – Which Baldwin brother is this? The crazy one? Oh, wait, they’re all crazy. 2026 Projections: 41/14/44/.251/8 in 374 ABs

51. Gabriel Arias – If a guy has a full-time job in the major leagues, I should have ranked and projected him, but some of these guys are pushing the limits of that. The Age of Arias means “turning 26 in February” and not “an epoch.” 2026 Projections: 54/12/51/.219/10 in 461 ABs

52. Michael Massey – His career line of 36/12 isn’t too bad. It’s only in 1195 ABs, but a small caveat! A mere asterisk! 2026 Projections:  41/7/38/.256/7 in 312 ABs

53. Gavin Lux – Here’s what I said this offseason, “Traded to the Rays. Wow, Gavin Lux about to become a world class middle reliever. Gavin Lux went 5/1/.269 in 140 games last year in a hitters’ park. Can a guy hit negative homers in 150 games played? The A&E Biography on Juan Pierre would tell you no, but Gavin Lux could approach those negative numbers.” And that’s me quoting me! 2026 Projections: 68/5/52/.264/3 in 437 ABs

54. Jeff McNeil – Here’s what I said this offseason, “Traded to the A’s. The prospblock rides west! From prospblocking Ronny Mauricio, Luisangel Acuña, Mark Vientos, Brett Baty–Yes, somehow McNeil blocked four guys. Don’t ask how. Well, now his job is to block Zack Gelof. McNeil will attempt to wet blanket Bing Bong like no one else has been able to before. I’m truly hoping the A’s only give McNeil 150-200 ABs, but Gelof and his 45 K% wasn’t exactly making a strong case for himself.” And that’s me quoting me! 2026 Projections: 57/15/55/.257/3 in 454 ABs

55. Vaughn Grissom – Here’s what I said this offseason, “Traded to the Angels. When the Angels set their sights on guy who was once interesting, but hasn’t been in three years, boy, nothing coming between them! Guessing Grissom will be their 2nd baseman, but only if he’s terrible. If he’s actually good, he’ll be sent to the minors.” And that’s me quoting me! 2026 Projections: 42/8/51/.267/12 in 406 ABs

56. Nolan Gorman – Was helped by the departure of Nolan Arenado. Last year, Gorman went 14/1/.205 in 351 ABs. His additional at-bats can be summed up by the idiom: Our loss is his gain. 2026 Projections: 54/19/64/.202/3 in 446 ABs

57. Nick Gonzales – Has no real platoon partner on the Pirates unless the Pirates teach Nick Yorke to hit from the other side so they can platoon The Nickies, which sounds like a band. “Ayo, I’m Nick Yorke, mate, and my partner Nick Gonzales and we’re here to shag some birds in Piccadilly Circus. And this is MTV 2!” However, if Nick Gonzales was on MTV, it would be as a contestant on The Challenge with Johnny Bananas. Not in freakin’ Piccadilly on Headbangers’ Ball. 2026 Projections: 51/9/49/.262 in 447 ABs

58. Casey Schmitt – From a Headbangers Ball mention to a guy who is mostly known for showing his balls in his uniform pants. A perfect ending. 2026 Projections: 40/10/38/.234/1 in 322 ABs

Omitted but considered: Mauricio Dubon, Zack Gelof, Nick Yorke, Javier Sanoja, Tyler Freeman, Ronny Mauricio, Jeremiah Jackson, Javier Baez, Alex Freeland, Blaze Alexander, Brice Matthews, Ma’s Muncy, Thairo Estrada, Thomas Saggese, Edmundo Sosa, Tim Tawa, Daniel Schneemann, Davis Schneider, Angel Martinez, Max Anderson,. Tyler Fitzgerald, Dylan Moore, Ramon Urias, Edouard Julien, Ryan Ritter, Adam Frazier, Ryan Bliss, David Hamilton, Orlando Arcia, Juan Brito, Miguel Rojas, Cody Freeman, Max Schuemann, Leo Rivas, Kyle Farmer, Jared Thomas, Shay Whitcomb, James Triantos, Orelvis Martinez, Jose Fermin, Jose Tena, Amed Rosario, Santiago Espinal