Four score and seventeen-hundred rankings posts ago, my Fordfathers said, “Stop calling us Fordfathers, you idiot, it’s forefathers.” In order to form a more perfect fantasy baseball ranking system, we stopped ranking for fantasy baseball and simply said, “Eff it, let’s just let Grey rank 500 or so Mr. So-and-So’s.” Or, more succinctly, the top 500 for 2020 fantasy baseball. A few years ago, the top 500 was only a top 300 for fantasy baseball. Before that, it was 16 AD and I was drafting in one-person leagues because no one knew fantasy baseball or baseball. In a few years from now, this is going to be a top 10,000 and I’m going to be ranking Ronald Acuña Jr. Jr. Jr. Today, in this year, twenty after twenty, comes the top 500 for 2020 fantasy baseball. Or as I like to call it, “Did he really rank Mr. So-and-So before Mr. So-and-So Jr.?” If Mr. So-and-So Jr. would stop chasing pitches in the dirt, I might’ve ranked him in front of Mr. So-and-So. This post isn’t meant to send shockwaves through your system. The pipe cleaner that the doctor uses to get the clogged wax from your ears is meant for that. This is simply to give you an idea of where guys are ranked in relation to other positions, i.e., you know I like Ketel Marte better than Keston Hiura, according to the top 20 2nd basemen, but do I like Ketel Marte better than Starling Marte or anyone else in the Marte family? Okay, it’s not that simple. You should read the blurbs for all players, but this top 500 should give you an idea. You’ll notice after the top 200, positions start to get clumped together. I might be the only fantasy baseball ‘pert to tell you this, but it doesn’t matter where, say, Jurickson Profar is ranked vs. Sean Doolittle. If you need saves, Profar isn’t going to help you. He can be ranked 50 spots in front of Doolittle and it doesn’t matter. That’s why I have the 2020 fantasy baseball rankings broken down by positions. If you need a 1st baseman, where Evan White vs. Garrett Cooper matters, but where Evan White is ranked vs. Kevin Kiermaier really doesn’t matter. Also, there’s no comments about players, which you really should know prior to drafting. In other words, Alex Bregman might be in the 20’s overall, but am I drafting him? Well, you’d know if you read my top 20 for 2020 fantasy baseball.  There’s also a top 100 for 2020 fantasy baseball to help you. Also, there’s Rudy’s War Room, which is downloadable, and it comes with Razzball Subscriptions. Anyway, here’s the top 500 for 2020 fantasy baseball:

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# Name Team ESPN Y! $ AB R HR RBI SB AVG IP W SV ERA WHIP K
Trea Turner PHI SS SS 39 606 107 22 101 30 0.293
Jose Ramirez CLE 3B 3B 37 549 88 33 109 22 0.269
Shohei Ohtani LAA DH DH 36 544 101 37 106 13 0.264 154 12 0 2.67 1.04 194
Julio Rodriguez SEA OF OF 35 577 104 32 81 33 0.281
Aaron Judge NYY OF OF 31 548 109 41 102 10 0.283
Yordan Alvarez HOU OF OF 31 531 93 43 112 1 0.304
Kyle Tucker HOU OF OF 30 553 91 31 105 20 0.272
Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL OF OF 30 509 96 26 68 30 0.277
Bo Bichette TOR SS SS 30 603 107 25 86 17 0.287
Mookie Betts LAD OF 2B/OF 30 582 112 29 84 16 0.268
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR 1B 1B 29 582 96 33 107 8 0.283
Juan Soto SD OF OF 29 518 91 34 102 7 0.287
Manny Machado SD 3B 3B 29 569 94 30 106 8 0.266
Bobby Witt Jr. KC SS/3B SS/3B 28 586 91 24 77 24 0.257
Freddie Freeman LAD 1B 1B 28 591 106 25 91 10 0.309
Pete Alonso NYM 1B 1B 27 581 92 40 111 3 0.263
Austin Riley ATL 3B 3B 26 589 96 37 104 2 0.276
Rafael Devers BOS 3B 3B 26 572 94 34 108 5 0.286
Corbin Burnes MIL SP SP 26 206 14 0 2.56 0.95 256
Fernando Tatis Jr. SD SS/OF SS/OF 26 461 88 34 81 19 0.286
Marcus Semien TEX 2B 2B/SS 25 637 104 31 79 22 0.246
Gerrit Cole NYY SP SP 25 202 15 0 2.88 0.99 261
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B 1B 25 554 94 29 105 7 0.291
Mike Trout LAA OF OF 25 423 86 36 81 1 0.279
Michael Harris II ATL OF OF 25 564 93 20 77 25 0.271
Cedric Mullins BAL OF OF 25 597 96 20 62 35 0.256
Randy Arozarena TB OF OF 24 579 83 20 89 30 0.260
Francisco Lindor NYM SS SS 24 592 101 27 104 17 0.261
Dansby Swanson CHC SS SS 24 591 78 27 84 14 0.262
Brandon Woodruff MIL SP SP 23 194 14 0 2.77 0.98 233
Adolis Garcia TEX OF OF 23 591 81 30 96 24 0.248
Kyle Schwarber PHI OF OF 23 557 81 41 97 7 0.223
Matt Olson ATL 1B 1B 23 587 92 37 111 1 0.246
Ozzie Albies ATL 2B 2B 23 579 82 27 87 14 0.254
Dylan Cease CHW SP SP 22 191 14 0 2.86 1.13 238
Sandy Alcantara MIA SP SP 22 214 11 0 2.79 1.02 203
Shane McClanahan TB SP SP 22 168 13 0 2.74 1.01 188
Jazz Chisholm Jr. MIA 2B 2B 21 557 79 26 69 19 0.251
Nolan Arenado STL 3B 3B 21 576 77 30 101 3 0.268
Emmanuel Clase CLE RP RP 21 70 6 37 2.19 0.88 75
Luis Robert CHW OF OF 20 454 71 16 68 15 0.279
Spencer Strider ATL SP SP 20 164 12 0 2.83 1.03 231
Justin Verlander NYM SP SP 20 179 17 0 2.54 0.94 196
Oneil Cruz PIT SS SS 20 541 79 30 77 18 0.246
Corbin Carroll ARI OF OF 20 527 81 21 71 27 0.271
Teoscar Hernandez SEA OF OF 20 517 76 29 83 7 0.264
Max Scherzer NYM SP SP 20 164 15 0 2.63 0.96 191
Aaron Nola PHI SP SP 20 201 16 0 2.76 0.98 227
Alex Bregman HOU 3B 3B 19 559 97 24 90 2 0.266
Gunnar Henderson BAL 3B SS/3B 19 537 68 25 81 12 0.269
Starling Marte NYM OF OF 18 531 91 15 64 20 0.273
Alek Manoah TOR SP SP 18 196 15 0 2.97 1.00 197
Luis Castillo SEA SP SP 18 186 14 0 2.94 1.10 203
Kevin Gausman TOR SP SP 18 188 14 0 2.94 1.09 214
Yu Darvish SD SP SP 18 191 13 0 3.21 1.02 194
Corey Seager TEX SS SS 18 587 87 30 91 2 0.268
Salvador Perez KC C C 18 564 68 31 83 1 0.257
Daulton Varsho TOR C/OF C/OF 18 521 71 22 81 13 0.242
Ryan Pressly HOU RP RP 18 63 5 35 2.37 0.93 80
Felix Bautista BAL RP RP 17 67 6 30 2.29 0.95 90
Jacob deGrom TEX SP SP 17 107 10 0 2.26 0.83 167
J.T. Realmuto PHI C C 17 481 66 17 73 15 0.266
Eloy Jimenez CHW OF OF 17 455 65 28 71 0 0.291
Shane Bieber CLE SP SP 17 196 12 0 3.31 1.08 193
Julio Urias LAD SP SP 17 188 15 0 3.35 1.11 182
George Springer TOR OF OF 17 477 78 24 68 11 0.262
Max Fried ATL SP SP 17 183 15 0 2.89 1.03 171
Cristian Javier HOU SP SP 16 161 12 0 3.24 1.04 201
Framber Valdez HOU SP SP 16 202 16 0 3.03 1.17 189
Zac Gallen ARI SP SP 16 181 12 0 3.24 1.02 192
Andres Gimenez CLE 2B 2B/SS 16 548 71 16 76 23 0.277
Nathaniel Lowe TEX 1B 1B 16 579 86 26 94 5 0.277
Josh Hader SD RP RP 16 58 3 31 2.94 1.03 97
Ryan Helsley STL RP RP 16 65 5 30 2.64 0.92 91
Willy Adames MIL SS SS 16 574 79 32 90 7 0.242
Gleyber Torres NYY 2B 2B 16 549 81 25 78 11 0.261
Tommy Edman STL 2B/SS 2B/SS 15 569 76 11 54 26 0.260
Hunter Greene CIN SP SP 15 164 10 0 3.72 1.16 209
Nestor Cortes NYY SP SP 15 171 13 0 3.41 1.05 174
Will Smith LAD C C 15 503 71 25 83 1 0.258
Christian Yelich MIL OF OF 15 571 104 17 63 16 0.257
Tyler O’Neill STL OF OF 15 531 74 31 88 17 0.246
Jose Abreu HOU 1B 1B 15 581 83 26 109 0 0.273
Jordan Walker STL 3B 3B 15 521 73 27 82 14 0.262
George Kirby SEA SP SP 15 161 12 0 3.32 1.14 166
Tim Anderson CHW SS SS 15 508 81 16 51 17 0.291
Wander Franco TB SS SS 15 580 84 22 77 14 0.291
Xander Bogaerts SD SS SS 15 549 87 17 82 7 0.292
Carlos Correa MIN SS SS 15 558 83 23 71 2 0.283
Christian Walker ARI 1B 1B 15 564 79 33 87 2 0.240
Vinnie Pasquantino KC 1B 1B 15 533 71 27 82 1 0.279
Byron Buxton MIN OF OF 15 331 58 25 63 8 0.233
Joe Ryan MIN SP SP 15 177 14 0 3.21 1.07 181
Jeremy Pena HOU SS SS 15 541 75 24 79 12 0.243
Amed Rosario CLE SS SS/OF 15 609 81 12 68 20 0.281
Jake McCarthy ARI OF OF 15 561 86 11 71 33 0.263
Anthony Santander BAL OF OF 15 563 77 35 92 1 0.244
Taylor Ward LAA OF OF 14 541 73 31 97 6 0.282
Zack Wheeler PHI SP SP 14 158 10 0 3.31 1.05 164
Adley Rutschman BAL C C 14 491 79 18 61 5 0.271
Jordan Romano TOR RP RP 14 62 5 35 2.87 1.04 75
C.J. Cron COL 1B 1B 14 543 71 28 86 0 0.251
Alejandro Kirk TOR C C 14 479 66 16 77 0 0.282
Kyle Wright ATL SP SP 14 174 12 0 3.63 1.22 161
Kenley Jansen BOS RP RP 13 61 4 39 3.40 1.10 83
Bryan Reynolds PIT OF OF 13 555 81 24 70 6 0.272
Ryan Mountcastle BAL 1B 1B 13 558 74 24 88 5 0.253
Devin Williams MIL RP RP 13 59 5 26 2.46 1.03 93
Willson Contreras STL C C 13 422 74 23 68 5 0.247
Robbie Ray SEA SP SP 13 191 13 0 3.76 1.18 215
Blake Snell SD SP SP 13 127 10 0 3.79 1.24 166
Carlos Rodon NYY SP SP 13 99 8 0 3.43 1.15 124
Steven Kwan CLE OF OF 13 574 103 7 56 17 0.303
Chris Bassitt TOR SP SP 13 189 12 0 3.61 1.17 171
Hunter Renfroe LAA OF OF 12 508 63 30 79 2 0.251
Logan Webb SF SP SP 12 187 11 0 3.41 1.14 168
Clay Holmes NYY RP RP 12 65 5 30 2.81 1.05 68
Ian Happ CHC OF OF 12 581 79 19 83 9 0.256
Clayton Kershaw LAD SP SP 12 112 10 0 3.07 1.04 117
William Contreras MIL C C 12 446 62 23 77 1 0.247
Anthony Volpe NYY SS SS 12 506 69 15 72 20 0.254
Jordan Montgomery STL SP SP 12 184 13 0 3.56 1.11 166
Joe Musgrove SD SP SP 12 150 10 0 3.17 1.07 149
Luis Garcia HOU SP SP 11 174 12 0 3.59 1.11 178
MJ Melendez KC C/OF C/OF 11 486 74 22 66 3 0.229
Jeffrey Springs TB SP SP 11 153 10 0 3.08 1.05 166
Andrew Vaughn CHW 1B/OF 1B/OF 11 554 73 18 82 0 0.264
Eugenio Suarez SEA 3B 3B 11 538 73 32 90 0 0.227
Matt Chapman TOR 3B 3B 11 533 78 30 86 3 0.227
Kris Bryant COL OF OF 11 454 79 22 68 5 0.276
Patrick Sandoval LAA SP SP 11 161 12 0 3.34 1.27 168
Ty France SEA 1B 1B/3B 11 562 73 18 79 0 0.271
Giancarlo Stanton NYY OF OF 11 407 61 33 74 0 0.238
Oscar Gonzalez CLE OF OF 11 519 67 23 75 2 0.294
Jesus Luzardo MIA SP SP 10 142 8 0 3.21 1.06 164
Logan Gilbert SEA SP SP 10 182 9 0 3.71 1.16 177
Camilo Doval SF RP RP 10 61 3 30 3.04 1.22 72
Jose Miranda MIN 1B/3B 1B/3B 10 551 79 22 90 1 0.283
Pablo Lopez MIN SP SP 10 174 11 0 3.24 1.14 177
Rowdy Tellez MIL 1B 1B 10 533 71 36 91 1 0.251
Lance Lynn CHW SP SP 10 135 10 0 3.48 1.09 139
Anthony Rizzo NYY 1B 1B 10 481 74 29 78 7 0.226
Kodai Senga NYM SP SP 10 152 10 0 3.61 1.19 143
Thairo Estrada SF 2B/SS 2B/SS/ OF 9 574 87 16 63 23 0.262
Daniel Bard COL RP RP 9 63 2 31 3.51 1.25 70
Alec Bohm PHI 3B 1B/3B 9 591 81 18 75 6 0.286
Seth Brown OAK 1B/OF 1B/OF 9 539 69 28 81 9 0.238
David Bednar PIT RP RP 9 57 3 22 2.81 1.06 73
Miguel Vargas LAD 1B 1B 9 509 67 17 72 8 0.271
Kendall Graveman CHW RP RP 9 61 4 25 3.30 1.31 64
Nico Hoerner CHC SS SS 9 551 81 13 62 24 0.284
Luis Severino NYY SP SP 9 120 12 0 3.39 1.04 134
CJ Abrams WSH SS 2B/SS 9 573 77 6 61 31 0.274
Josh Jung TEX 3B 3B 9 538 64 24 75 4 0.242
Ke’Bryan Hayes PIT 3B 3B 8 544 73 9 81 22 0.252
Brandon Lowe TB 2B 2B 8 494 67 26 74 3 0.226
Freddy Peralta MIL SP SP 8 136 9 0 3.88 1.12 142
Ryan McMahon COL 3B 2B/3B 8 483 63 20 67 6 0.252
Tony Gonsolin LAD SP SP 8 157 10 0 3.64 1.13 145
Brandon Nimmo NYM OF OF 8 584 107 17 66 5 0.276
Lucas Giolito CHW SP SP 8 171 12 0 3.82 1.31 182
Masataka Yoshida BOS OF OF 8 547 81 16 66 4 0.284
Dustin May LAD SP SP 8 95 7 0 2.64 1.07 102
Alex Verdugo BOS OF OF 8 589 86 13 59 3 0.284
Josh Rojas ARI 2B/3B 2B/3B 8 421 61 9 51 18 0.261
Max Muncy LAD 2B/3B 2B/3B 7 441 62 26 71 2 0.219
Jonathan India CIN 2B 2B 7 510 83 20 65 9 0.256
Josh Bell CLE 1B 1B 7 563 71 19 83 0 0.261
Brandon Drury LAA 1B/2B/ 3B 1B/2B/ 3B 7 509 61 21 67 3 0.258
Joey Meneses WSH 1B/OF 1B/OF 7 576 68 20 74 2 0.261
Javier Baez DET SS SS 7 564 70 19 68 10 0.234
Adalberto Mondesi BOS SS SS 7 352 49 7 44 27 0.253
Alex Lange DET RP RP 7 61 5 24 3.05 1.28 80
Riley Greene DET OF OF 7 559 74 15 83 7 0.272
Cody Bellinger CHC OF OF 7 481 66 21 73 15 0.228
Mitch Haniger SF OF OF 7 482 61 23 72 1 0.241
Charlie Morton ATL SP SP 7 167 12 0 3.76 1.17 192
Nick Castellanos PHI OF OF 7 538 64 15 71 3 0.259
Nick Lodolo CIN SP SP 6 129 8 0 3.51 1.20 158
Brady Singer KC SP SP 6 184 10 0 3.53 1.08 186
Luis Arraez MIA 1B/2B 1B/2B 6 557 93 7 53 5 0.312
Jeff McNeil NYM 2B/OF 2B/OF 6 557 89 10 57 3 0.306
Ramon Laureano OAK OF OF 6 477 56 14 59 15 0.231
Jon Gray TEX SP SP 6 151 11 0 3.77 1.21 154
Seiya Suzuki CHC OF OF 6 407 67 19 48 8 0.257
Harrison Bader NYY OF OF 6 441 53 13 51 17 0.256
Paul Sewald SEA RP RP 6 65 6 18 2.84 0.87 77
Lane Thomas WSH OF OF 5 505 77 19 49 10 0.237
Sonny Gray MIN SP SP 5 153 10 0 3.64 1.17 150
Lars Nootbaar STL OF OF 5 464 76 20 54 7 0.254
Jake Cronenworth SD 1B/2B 1B/2B/SS 5 571 79 18 78 5 0.247
Drew Rasmussen TB SP SP 5 154 10 0 3.33 1.06 138
Triston Casas BOS 1B 1B 5 471 57 19 66 1 0.243
Chris Sale BOS SP SP 5 84 5 0 3.26 1.02 98
Josh Naylor CLE 1B 1B/OF 5 434 56 18 64 2 0.259
Wil Myers CIN 1B/OF 1B/OF 5 403 49 18 53 5 0.246
Jack Flaherty STL SP SP 5 130 7 0 3.57 1.23 119
Justin Turner BOS 3B 3B 5 481 69 15 79 0 0.274
Merrill Kelly ARI SP SP 5 192 12 0 3.61 1.15 163
Grayson Rodriguez BAL SP SP 5 106 8 0 3.37 1.07 127
Eduardo Escobar NYM 3B 3B 5 481 61 23 72 1 0.234
Miles Mikolas STL SP SP 5 187 13 0 3.66 1.09 141
David Robertson NYM RP RP 4 64 5 24 3.06 1.19 84
Raisel Iglesias ATL RP RP 4 49 4 24 2.93 1.00 57
Seranthony Dominguez PHI RP RP 4 60 4 12 3.18 1.12 73
Andrew Heaney TEX SP SP 4 124 8 0 3.88 1.26 144
Jose Leclerc TEX RP RP 4 56 2 15 3.70 1.21 68
Brendan Donovan STL 2B/3B/ OF 1B/2B/ SS/3B/OF 4 470 69 8 51 7 0.286
Tyler Stephenson CIN C C 4 443 61 16 67 1 0.284
Evan Phillips LAD RP RP 4 57 6 14 2.79 0.96 73
Gabriel Moreno ARI C C 4 421 57 18 59 6 0.277
A.J. Minter ATL RP RP 4 66 7 10 2.71 0.95 89
Ross Stripling SF SP SP 4 148 8 0 3.77 1.07 131
Alexis Diaz CIN RP RP 4 61 3 17 3.52 1.25 81
Zach Eflin TB SP SP 4 138 8 0 3.71 1.14 118
Pete Fairbanks TB RP RP 4 51 2 10 2.24 0.89 73
Sean Murphy ATL C C 4 502 66 20 73 1 0.244
Noah Syndergaard LAD SP SP 4 142 10 0 3.82 1.22 128
Jose Urquidy HOU SP SP 4 171 12 0 3.81 1.12 139
Cal Raleigh SEA C C 3 412 53 20 60 1 0.219
Alex Cobb SF SP SP 3 155 11 0 3.56 1.28 157
Eric Lauer MIL SP SP 3 174 11 0 3.85 1.24 177
Carlos Estevez LAA RP RP 3 59 3 18 3.77 1.30 57
David Peterson NYM SP SP 3 121 9 0 3.71 1.31 142
Martin Perez TEX SP SP 3 190 13 0 3.84 1.29 167
Kyle Finnegan WSH RP RP 3 64 5 15 3.41 1.12 66
Jason Adam TB RP RP 3 56 4 10 3.10 1.02 64
Cal Quantrill CLE SP SP 3 184 10 0 3.48 1.19 144
Scott Barlow KC RP RP 3 72 5 20 3.21 1.03 76
Bryson Stott PHI 2B/SS 2B/SS 3 493 64 15 70 14 0.276
Jose Altuve HOU 2B 2B 3 393 66 18 42 10 0.289
Marcus Stroman CHC SP SP 3 181 10 0 3.43 1.14 156
Oscar Colas CHW OF OF 2 476 64 21 81 12 0.231
J.D. Martinez LAD DH DH 2 502 68 18 81 0 0.268
Nathan Eovaldi TEX SP SP 2 166 11 0 3.71 1.21 159
Carlos Carrasco NYM SP SP 2 149 13 0 3.52 1.30 153
Ezequiel Tovar COL SS SS 2 402 51 11 41 14 0.264
Kevin Ginkel ARI RP RP 2 51 2 12 3.79 1.34 55
Jhoan Duran MIN RP RP 2 71 7 12 2.51 1.02 90
Luis Urias MIL 2B/SS/ 3B 2B/SS/ 3B 2 502 68 20 74 3 0.241
Trevor May OAK RP RP 2 61 1 15 4.09 1.36 79
Jean Segura MIA 2B 2B 2 531 82 12 54 15 0.279
Jarred Kelenic SEA OF OF 2 391 54 16 61 10 0.197
Ketel Marte ARI 2B 2B 2 509 68 13 59 5 0.258
Triston McKenzie CLE SP SP 2 111 7 0 3.28 1.02 113
Edward Cabrera MIA SP SP 2 132 8 0 3.34 1.18 147
Tyler Glasnow TB SP SP 2 82 6 0 2.71 0.96 114
Andres Munoz SEA RP RP 1 61 3 8 2.51 0.93 89
Justin Steele CHC SP SP 1 148 9 0 3.46 1.29 154
Bryan De La Cruz MIA OF OF 1 477 63 16 66 5 0.271
Hunter Brown HOU SP SP 1 118 8 0 3.41 1.12 118
Bryce Harper PHI DH OF 1 273 47 16 54 7 0.277
Joc Pederson SF OF OF 1 412 58 24 68 4 0.249
Michael Conforto SF OF OF 1 408 51 17 59 0 0.254
Juan Yepez STL OF 1B/OF 1 364 49 16 56 0 0.262
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. ARI OF OF 1 477 62 10 68 5 0.281
Jose Alvarado PHI RP RP 1 53 5 6 2.97 1.25 78
Jorge Lopez MIN RP RP 1 70 4 7 3.41 1.25 71
Keibert Ruiz WSH C C 1 404 54 14 59 3 0.261
Roansy Contreras PIT SP SP 1 131 7 0 3.61 1.24 139
Michael Kopech CHW SP SP 1 129 10 0 3.89 1.23 133
Whit Merrifield TOR 2B/OF 2B/OF 1 461 51 9 57 15 0.254
Trevor Rogers MIA SP SP 1 135 8 0 3.72 1.31 138
Aaron Bummer CHW RP RP 1 51 4 7 2.51 1.31 63
Reid Detmers LAA SP SP 1 142 9 0 3.89 1.26 143
Tyler Mahle MIN SP SP 1 117 8 0 3.81 1.24 124
Garrett Whitlock BOS SP SP 0 103 8 0 3.24 1.06 113
Bailey Ober MIN SP SP 0 109 7 0 3.47 1.12 98
Kolten Wong SEA 2B 2B 0 441 58 12 51 16 0.264
Trey Mancini CHC 1B/OF 1B/OF 0 471 57 20 66 1 0.241
Josiah Gray WSH SP SP 0 158 8 0 3.91 1.33 164
Andrew Benintendi CHW OF OF 0 538 86 14 56 9 0.283
Domingo German NYY SP SP 0 127 10 0 4.07 1.13 111
Charlie Blackmon COL OF OF 0 518 69 17 81 4 0.265
Jorge Soler MIA OF OF 0 481 62 24 74 0 0.221
Mike Yastrzemski SF OF OF 0 504 69 20 62 6 0.226
Jesse Winker MIL OF OF 0 431 67 17 66 1 0.266
Dylan Carlson STL OF OF 0 461 63 12 57 8 0.261
Michael Fulmer CHC RP RP 0 65 3 11 3.76 1.32 59
Yandy Diaz TB 3B 1B/3B 0 459 52 10 58 0 0.285
Edward Olivares KC OF OF -1 476 63 19 76 16 0.272
Taylor Rogers SF RP RP -1 65 5 5 3.71 1.12 82
Brandon Marsh PHI OF OF -1 387 53 13 48 14 0.240
Erik Swanson TOR RP RP -1 60 6 5 2.31 0.95 78
Giovanny Gallegos STL RP RP -1 63 6 6 3.46 1.07 74
Chris Martin BOS RP RP -1 61 6 6 2.89 1.02 77
Garrett Mitchell MIL OF OF -1 371 49 12 45 18 0.226
Matt Barnes MIA RP RP -1 53 3 12 3.81 1.38 66
Jose Siri TB OF OF -1 412 59 14 51 14 0.226
Rafael Montero HOU RP RP -1 64 5 6 3.31 1.10 70
Ryan Tepera LAA RP RP -1 61 5 8 3.93 1.14 58
Trent Grisham SD OF OF -1 473 62 18 57 10 0.209
Manuel Margot TB OF OF -1 456 51 10 55 12 0.267
Nolan Gorman STL 2B 2B -1 364 48 20 57 4 0.233
Jonah Heim TEX C C -1 417 56 18 62 2 0.216
Tyler Anderson LAA SP SP -1 172 8 0 4.09 1.19 134
James Karinchak CLE RP RP -1 52 4 5 2.34 1.12 75
Hunter Harvey WSH RP RP -1 57 3 5 2.77 1.11 66
Trevor Stephan CLE RP RP -1 61 6 3 2.67 1.08 80
Austin Hays BAL OF OF -2 502 62 15 66 3 0.254
Jameson Taillon CHC SP SP -2 181 8 0 4.17 1.16 155
Kerry Carpenter DET OF OF -2 429 51 22 58 2 0.261
Taijuan Walker PHI SP SP -2 163 11 0 3.98 1.18 141
Adam Ottavino NYM RP RP -2 62 7 6 2.66 1.02 74
Leody Taveras TEX OF OF -2 447 54 8 49 16 0.264
Gregory Soto PHI RP RP -2 62 3 9 3.79 1.36 64
Robert Suarez SD RP RP -2 51 4 4 2.77 1.08 64
Joe Barlow TEX RP RP -2 50 3 6 3.77 1.23 45
Brusdar Graterol LAD RP RP -2 52 3 8 3.01 1.05 54
Matt Bush MIL RP RP -2 61 3 4 3.59 1.06 76
Rodolfo Castro PIT 2B/3B 2B/SS/ 3B -2 506 54 22 62 10 0.224
Elias Diaz COL C C -2 378 36 16 48 0 0.237
Oswaldo Cabrera NYY OF SS/OF -2 375 47 11 44 8 0.257
Marcell Ozuna ATL OF OF -2 415 51 20 56 3 0.218
Steven Matz STL SP SP -2 123 7 0 4.11 1.28 121
Jared Walsh LAA 1B 1B -2 418 49 14 52 2 0.237
Mark Canha NYM OF OF -2 447 64 14 56 3 0.253
Brett Baty NYM 3B 3B -2 331 46 16 53 1 0.261
Dylan Coleman KC RP RP -2 66 5 4 3.80 1.33 72
Luis Garcia WSH 2B/SS 2B/SS -2 459 54 12 51 6 0.271
A.J. Puk MIA RP RP -2 63 2 5 3.33 1.12 74
Gio Urshela LAA 3B 3B -2 327 44 10 42 1 0.271
Craig Kimbrel PHI RP RP -2 55 5 7 4.12 1.34 66
Kenta Maeda MIN SP SP -2 140 8 0 4.03 1.24 138
Lance McCullers Jr. HOU SP SP -3 77 7 0 3.43 1.21 83
Brad Boxberger CHC RP RP -3 63 4 8 3.44 1.31 69
Aroldis Chapman KC RP RP -3 42 2 6 3.81 1.32 59
Yoan Moncada CHW 3B 3B -3 437 61 15 58 3 0.229
Eric Haase DET C C/OF -3 338 46 15 54 0 0.233
Dylan Floro MIA RP RP -3 57 3 8 4.03 1.14 52
Andrew Chafin ARI RP RP -3 56 3 6 3.04 1.12 63
Luis Rengifo LAA 2B/3B 2B/SS/ 3B -3 421 54 15 43 7 0.252
Mark Melancon ARI RP RP -3 58 2 5 4.41 1.41 37
Nick Gordon MIN 2B/OF 2B/SS/ OF -3 414 51 7 45 10 0.266
Brandon Hughes CHC RP RP -3 62 2 7 3.81 1.14 69
Diego Castillo SEA RP RP -3 57 5 6 3.02 1.11 55
Chris Taylor LAD 2B/OF 2B/OF -3 392 48 13 51 12 0.225
Wilmer Flores SF 1B/2B/ 3B 1B/2B/ 3B -3 412 61 15 64 1 0.234
Joey Votto CIN 1B 1B -3 441 52 15 58 1 0.220
Adam Wainwright STL SP SP -3 143 10 0 3.94 1.26 108
Tanner Scott MIA RP RP -3 60 4 4 3.81 1.44 88
Daniel Hudson LAD RP RP -3 46 4 5 3.25 1.06 66
Christian Vazquez MIN C C/1B -3 376 43 8 50 4 0.269
Jonathan Loaisiga NYY RP RP -3 67 6 3 3.41 1.17 63
Matt Mervis CHC 1B 1B -3 381 38 15 42 1 0.254
Darick Hall PHI DH DH -3 402 56 18 64 1 0.223
Luis Garcia SD RP RP -3 60 5 3 3.23 1.17 66
Alex Kirilloff MIN OF 1B/OF -3 373 47 16 52 3 0.261
Isaac Paredes TB 1B/2B/ 3B 1B/2B/ 3B -3 309 41 18 46 0 0.241
Spencer Torkelson DET 1B 1B -3 486 64 22 63 1 0.217
Spencer Steer CIN 3B 1B/3B -4 466 56 19 61 2 0.223
Jorge Polanco MIN 2B 2B -4 449 58 17 56 4 0.242
Mychal Givens BAL RP RP -4 64 4 6 3.41 1.34 74
Jonathan Hernandez TEX RP RP -4 51 3 5 3.18 1.36 47
DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B/2B/ 3B 1B/2B/ 3B -4 361 51 8 41 3 0.268
Harold Ramirez TB 1B/OF 1B/OF -4 409 53 8 58 4 0.276
Jalen Beeks TB RP RP -4 63 4 4 2.62 1.14 71
Drey Jameson ARI SP SP -4 124 6 0 4.14 1.29 112
Danny Jansen TOR C C -4 304 43 15 48 1 0.243
Enrique Hernandez BOS OF 2B/OF -4 427 63 14 52 2 0.219
Mike Clevinger CHW SP SP -4 154 10 0 4.02 1.17 139
Isiah Kiner-Falefa NYY SS SS -4 304 47 3 31 15 0.272
Jurickson Profar FA OF OF -4 341 46 7 34 4 0.233
Jorge Mateo BAL SS SS -4 324 37 7 31 21 0.222
Michael A. Taylor MIN OF OF -4 420 54 10 51 8 0.248
Randal Grichuk COL OF OF -4 441 58 19 71 3 0.262
Avisail Garcia MIA OF OF -4 454 51 16 55 4 0.229
Elvis Andrus CHW SS SS -4 414 54 8 47 13 0.257
Adam Duvall BOS OF OF -4 414 49 18 59 1 0.217
Max Kepler MIN OF OF -4 404 56 19 59 5 0.235
Brayan Bello BOS SP SP -4 104 6 0 3.71 1.35 121
Ramon Urias BAL 2B/3B 2B/3B -4 461 56 15 61 2 0.257
Michael Brantley HOU OF OF -4 371 63 7 51 1 0.280
DL Hall BAL SP SP -4 61 4 0 3.19 1.32 84
Austin Meadows DET OF OF -4 403 51 15 56 4 0.241
Eury Perez MIA SP SP -4 53 3 0 3.79 1.12 68
David Peralta LAD OF OF -4 464 53 15 61 2 0.254
Braxton Garrett MIA SP SP -4 97 5 0 3.94 1.28 103
Ezequiel Duran TEX 3B 2B/3B -4 308 41 11 39 8 0.242
Vaughn Grissom ATL 2B 2B -4 317 37 7 32 14 0.286
Trevor Story BOS 2B 2B -5 284 32 11 35 7 0.244
TJ Friedl CIN OF OF -5 405 61 12 41 15 0.246
MacKenzie Gore WSH SP SP -5 109 5 0 4.21 1.36 117
Esteury Ruiz OAK OF OF -5 407 51 3 39 32 0.219
Jake Fraley CIN OF OF -5 347 41 17 54 7 0.241
Ha-Seong Kim SD SS/3B SS/3B -5 371 42 8 41 7 0.253
Kyle Stowers BAL OF OF -5 338 43 17 48 2 0.244
Trayce Thompson LAD OF OF -5 329 48 17 47 5 0.219
Jared Shuster ATL SP SP -5 90 7 0 4.28 1.34 72
Myles Straw CLE OF OF -5 539 75 1 35 26 0.238
Drew Waters KC OF OF -5 388 53 12 51 10 0.218
Jack Suwinski PIT OF OF -5 377 49 22 56 4 0.206
Andrew McCutchen PIT OF OF -5 421 57 15 51 6 0.216
Ryne Nelson ARI SP SP -5 133 8 0 4.23 1.34 114
Shea Langeliers OAK C C -5 394 46 17 54 1 0.224
Jon Berti MIA 2B/3B 2B/3B/ OF -5 289 36 2 28 21 0.243
Tommy Pham NYM OF OF -5 389 41 14 48 9 0.233
Eddie Rosario ATL OF OF -5 344 46 14 52 5 0.228
Joey Gallo MIN OF OF -5 384 54 23 58 4 0.179
Kevin Kiermaier TOR OF OF -5 374 43 9 46 8 0.224
Victor Robles WSH OF OF -5 332 37 7 40 15 0.221
Chas McCormick HOU OF OF -5 397 51 14 53 5 0.252
Nick Senzel CIN OF OF -5 381 43 7 41 10 0.238
Tyrone Taylor MIL OF OF -5 297 33 15 36 3 0.241
AJ Pollock SEA OF OF -5 371 41 14 48 4 0.242
Vidal Brujan TB 2B/OF 2B/OF -5 264 29 5 26 14 0.248
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Jeimer Candelario WSH 3B 3B -5 477 52 15 56 0 0.220
Garrett Cleavinger TB RP RP -5 48 2 1 2.27 0.96 72
Jimmy Herget LAA RP RP -5 70 4 4 3.51 1.02 67
John Schreiber BOS RP RP -5 62 4 3 2.59 1.06 71
Jose Trevino NYY C C -5 364 41 12 44 3 0.256
Anthony Rendon LAA 3B 3B -5 303 41 12 45 1 0.233
Joey Bart SF C C -5 358 38 12 41 2 0.219
Eduardo Rodriguez DET SP SP -5 158 7 0 3.94 1.31 144
Ranger Suarez PHI SP SP -5 161 9 0 4.03 1.31 146
Garrett Cooper MIA 1B 1B -5 424 41 10 54 0 0.254
Hunter Dozier KC 1B/3B/ OF 1B/3B/ OF -5 481 56 15 63 5 0.232
Evan Longoria ARI 3B 3B -6 306 38 13 41 1 0.236
Kyle Gibson BAL SP SP -6 162 7 0 4.17 1.31 134
Carl Edwards Jr. WSH RP RP -6 65 5 4 3.91 1.26 60
Nick Fortes MIA C C -6 276 44 11 41 4 0.243
Matt Carpenter SD DH OF -6 367 51 16 56 1 0.251
Lucas Sims CIN RP RP -6 51 4 5 4.37 1.34 66
Alex Vesia LAD RP RP -6 55 5 3 2.47 1.09 77
Sean Manaea SF SP SP -6 172 9 0 4.19 1.26 169
Alex Wood SF SP SP -6 103 6 0 4.26 1.31 108
Francisco Alvarez NYM C C -6 324 34 15 44 0 0.246
Corey Kluber BOS SP SP -6 152 8 0 4.31 1.31 127
Jose Berrios TOR SP SP -6 174 10 0 4.36 1.31 156
Johnny Cueto MIA SP SP -6 166 8 0 3.91 1.25 112
Kyle Bradish BAL SP SP -6 141 7 0 4.31 1.36 144
Joe Jimenez ATL RP RP -6 61 4 5 2.81 1.06 83
Clarke Schmidt NYY SP SP -6 98 7 0 4.18 1.25 103
Eric Hosmer CHC 1B 1B -6 303 39 10 41 3 0.273
Michael King NYY RP RP -6 54 5 3 3.12 1.12 64
Aaron Civale CLE SP SP -6 144 8 0 4.27 1.20 138
Endy Rodriguez PIT C C -6 311 38 14 40 1 0.271
Ji-Man Choi PIT 1B 1B -6 412 51 14 62 0 0.231
Joe Mantiply ARI RP RP -6 62 3 5 3.09 1.06 65
Miguel Castro ARI RP RP -6 66 5 3 4.31 1.39 71
Bo Naylor CLE C C -6 271 26 8 33 3 0.217
Tanner Houck BOS SP SP -6 74 6 2 3.38 1.13 76
Rowan Wick CHC RP RP -6 61 4 2 4.14 1.46 69
Logan O’Hoppe LAA C C -6 244 27 8 26 2 0.251
Jonathan Aranda TB 2B 2B -6 365 48 12 52 4 0.271
Aledmys Diaz OAK 2B/OF 1B/2B/ SS/3B/OF -6 486 57 14 63 2 0.248
Christian Bethancourt TB C/1B C/1B -6 371 37 8 43 1 0.267
Mitch Keller PIT SP SP -6 165 6 0 4.14 1.36 149
Ryan Jeffers MIN C C -6 314 41 13 44 0 0.211
Oswald Peraza NYY SS SS -6 226 34 7 37 10 0.272
Jace Peterson OAK 3B 3B/OF -6 429 51 11 54 14 0.228
Brice Turang MIL SS SS -6 331 31 6 35 12 0.239
Royce Lewis MIN SS SS -6 281 31 9 33 7 0.279
Travis d’Arnaud ATL C C -6 258 31 10 36 0 0.253
J.D. Davis SF 3B 1B/3B -6 393 51 15 55 2 0.258
Jose Suarez LAA SP SP -6 138 7 0 4.08 1.28 129
Omar Narvaez NYM C C -6 347 34 8 43 0 0.231
Jesus Aguilar OAK 1B 1B -6 383 44 15 51 1 0.229
Gavin Sheets CHW OF 1B/OF -6 361 42 13 47 0 0.251
Ian Anderson ATL SP SP -6 82 4 0 3.71 1.31 71
Elly De La Cruz CIN SS SS -6 132 15 4 16 7 0.234
Christopher Morel CHC 2B/OF 2B/SS/ 3B/OF -6 255 31 8 37 6 0.224
Cole Irvin BAL SP SP -6 179 8 0 4.28 1.18 129
Dylan Moore SEA SS/OF 2B/SS/ OF -6 297 43 5 31 23 0.219
J.P. Crawford SEA SS SS -6 564 54 8 44 5 0.253
Brandon Crawford SF SS SS -6 421 51 12 56 1 0.236
German Marquez COL SP SP -6 184 8 0 4.41 1.34 161
Max Stassi LAA C C -6 293 26 8 29 0 0.208
Anthony DeSclafani SF SP SP -6 105 6 0 4.12 1.11 94
Jonathan Schoop DET 2B 2B -6 467 54 15 59 3 0.231
Michael Wacha SD SP SP -6 126 9 0 4.12 1.27 110
Brandon Belt TOR 1B 1B -6 306 38 12 39 1 0.218
Cody Morris CLE SP SP -6 72 6 0 3.55 1.33 84
Yasmani Grandal CHW C C -7 346 44 14 48 0 0.207
Tony Kemp OAK 2B/OF 2B/OF -7 452 54 6 40 12 0.241
Patrick Wisdom CHC 3B 1B/3B/ OF -7 272 38 16 33 3 0.198
Mike Soroka ATL SP SP -7 81 3 0 4.21 1.34 61
Austin Nola SD C C -7 303 37 4 39 1 0.267
Nick Pratto KC 1B 1B/OF -7 271 34 14 39 3 0.202
Joey Wendle MIA 2B/SS/ 3B 2B/SS/ 3B -7 316 43 8 38 10 0.267
Bryce Elder ATL SP SP -7 65 5 0 3.91 1.36 58
James Paxton BOS SP SP -7 43 3 0 4.38 1.37 49
Adam Frazier BAL 2B/OF 2B/OF -7 432 43 5 39 10 0.261
Nicky Lopez KC 2B/SS/ 3B 2B/SS/ 3B -7 447 54 1 23 15 0.262
Dean Kremer BAL SP SP -7 167 9 0 4.06 1.31 123
Jacob Stallings MIA C C -7 356 33 6 37 0 0.247
Sixto Sanchez MIA SP SP -7 41 3 0 3.68 1.13 38
Luis Campusano SD C C -7 291 26 8 33 0 0.254
Shintaro Fujinami OAK SP SP -7 124 4 0 4.58 1.39 87
Carlos Santana PIT 1B 1B -7 422 53 15 58 0 0.212
Bubba Thompson TEX OF OF -7 256 32 6 28 17 0.213
Akil Baddoo DET OF OF -7 376 46 7 39 14 0.218
Alek Thomas ARI OF OF -7 276 31 6 29 7 0.274
Sal Frelick MIL OF OF -7 179 22 4 18 8 0.287
Jesus Sanchez MIA OF OF -7 312 41 16 44 2 0.216
Marco Gonzales SEA SP SP -7 174 11 0 4.21 1.31 102
Mike Zunino CLE C C -7 312 30 15 39 0 0.187
Cal Mitchell PIT OF OF -7 336 32 10 36 5 0.251
Jose Azocar SD OF OF -7 263 28 3 31 12 0.232
Alex Call WSH OF OF -7 321 37 12 33 7 0.241
Graham Ashcraft CIN SP SP -7 139 8 0 4.37 1.39 106
Francisco Mejia TB C C -7 273 33 7 36 0 0.254
Nelson Cruz SD DH DH -7 283 26 12 31 0 0.234
Jo Adell LAA OF OF -7 271 25 12 31 3 0.219
Yonathan Daza COL OF OF -7 417 62 3 36 0 0.293
Josh Lowe TB OF OF -7 217 28 7 23 7 0.246
Miguel Rojas LAD SS SS -7 487 43 7 46 7 0.251
Sam Huff TEX C C -7 227 27 12 34 0 0.206
Reese McGuire BOS C C -7 301 37 6 35 2 0.262
Zach Plesac CLE SP SP -7 141 7 0 4.38 1.29 107
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Jay
Jay
3 years ago

Why so low on Clevinger? I mean you even have RP like Anderson and Giles over him. How high would he be if it werent for the injury?

Vanguard
Vanguard
3 years ago

Looking for a little keeper advice.
10 team Roto, other keeper’s are:
Hitters-Freeman (7th rd), Hiura (17th rd) Eloy (14th rd), Moustakas (11th rd), Bichette (15th rd)
Pitchers – Giolito (16th rd), Fried (13th rd), Gallen (12th rd)

Given Paxton’s injury and the unreliability of Glasnow.
Who would you keep?
I’d have to give up another pitcher and Glasnow (21st rd) to keep Paxton (8th rd).
Feel like there are so many pitching options available trying to make the best choice.

Thanks!

Cable
Cable
3 years ago

and how would I go about getting them…..thanks

Cable
Cable
3 years ago

Trying to find H/H points league player rankings is tough …..top 300

Madx34
Madx34
3 years ago

I am also looking for keeper help
I can keep 3 players from this list and based on where I drafted them last year I have one two or 3 years of eligibility:

Bellinger 1
Abreu 1
Muncy 1
Clevinger 1
Bieber 2
T Anderson 2
Glasnow 2
Senzel 3

Which 3 would you keep?
I am thinking Bellinger and Bieber for sure but I am torn on the 3rd . One year of abreu , 2 of Anderson? Someone else?

Thanks!

Nick
Nick
3 years ago

Hi Grey and all. Looking for keeper help. Yahoo 10 team league 5×5 H2H $260. Can keep 5 of the following.

Trevor Story $18
Nolan Arenado $33
Anthony Rendon $26
Freddie Freeman $33
Adalberto Mondesi $10
Xander Bogaerts $23
Mike Clevinger $13
Luis Castillo $13
Vlad Guerrero Jr $10
Sonny Gray $6
Luis Robert $5
Brandon Woodruff $6

Off the top thinking I have to Keep Story, Mondesi, and Clevinger. Wondering how to fill out the other 2. Thanks for your insight!

Billy Blanks
Billy Blanks
3 years ago

Keeper League Question: Urias and Degrom for Arenado. Who’s the winner?

DonnieB
DonnieB
3 years ago

Hi GREY…love your Top 500. You are the best and most prolific expert in fantasy sports. And the most entertaining. I have a couple keeper questions fora 12 team auction roto where you can keep 8.

Will Smith at $10 for two years OR
Yasmani Grandal at $3 for one year

Trevor Bauer at $16 for one year OR
Mike Soroka at $10 for two years OR
Zac Gallen at$10 for two years

George Springer at $33 for two years OR
Eduardo Escobar at $2 for two years

Thanks. Lots of titles in recent years thanks to you.

TarmanGotHim
TarmanGotHim
3 years ago

Grey!

Salutations. First post of the year. It’s about that time again.

Hope all is well.

2 leagues, one is in its 4th year, keeper, this year keep 5.

I made some dumb choices and some dumb draft choices and mixed with bad luck I took 1st in 2017, 2nd in 2018, and essentially last in 2019.

I kept Hoskins over Bellinger along with Stanton, Benintendi, and Juan Soto (I traded Kris Bryant for Soto and Bellinger at the deadline the year before).

My keeper backfired.

This is what I got and I’m not thrilled what so ever as I don’t really know who to keep. I will name the guys that are keepable lol.

Keep 5

Obvious
-Juan Soto*

The rest
-Yordan Alvarez*
-Ozzie Albies*
-Jack Flahtery*
-Shane Bieber*
-Luis Castillo
-Victor Robles
-Rhys Hoskins
-Giancarlo Stanton
-Tim Anderson
-Marcus Semien

* is who I plan to keep. I don’t want to keep 2 pitchers but I think Soto, Albies, Alvarez which is OF, OF, 2B going into the draft and 2 SP I can really focus on bats in the first half of the draft.

It’s a shit show. I have one top 15 guy. I’m
Overblowing it because I know my guys are solid and I’ll draft well this year, but some of the choices I made and not keeping Bellinger came back to bite me now that we’re keeping more than 3 players.

Thanks Grey!

CJ
CJ
3 years ago

Hello sir! Happy 2020! Quick dynasty trade question. Your opinion has always helped! My Nola and T Anderson for his Flaherty. Need SP help as Stras and Corbin are my guys beside Nola. Have Lindor and Amed at SS. Feels like a no brainer but thinking what you say is always good. Thanks Grey!

CJ
CJ
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Thanks for the quick reply! Cheers!

Joe Shmoe
Joe Shmoe
3 years ago

Hi there…Brando Lowe has no HRs? Typo!

uncle ernie
uncle ernie
3 years ago

Thanks for the advise earlier. I made it My JD and Devers For his Bellinger. Still a no go? The reason this seems ok is because out of Devers JT and Lindor I can only keep 2 of them so what combo sounds best for Bellinger. Thanks again

uncle ernie
uncle ernie
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Best combo agree

Nightpandas
Nightpandas
3 years ago

Hey Grey

Got a counter of my Paddock for his Villar and Darvish

Too much? I would lose Paddock as a keeper but keep the other two and would not keep either Gallen or C Seager

Yankee My Wanky!
Yankee My Wanky!
3 years ago

Grey,
Great to have baseball around again. Excellent work yet again with the rankings.

So, to get right to it, I have a Keeper question. It is a 12 Team Yahoo H2H League with OPS and Holds, and we can keep up to 2 players. I have the following potentials:

Rendon in the 3rd
Bellinger in the 4th
Bieber in the 9th
Giolito in the 12th

I think that’s it. I was initially thinking Rendon and Bellinger, but now I may be leaning Bellinger and Bieber. Bellinger is a must, but the other? Thoughts?

Thanks much Grey.

Yankee My Wanky!
Yankee My Wanky!
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Cool. Thanks much Grey.

Big Magoo
Big Magoo
3 years ago

You could probably cut your work in half on this post each year by making a top 250 followed by “SAGNOF+catchers+fill lineup holes” for picks 251+. Just trying to give you some more mustache grooming time.

Some position players are jumping out at me when looking at recent ADP. Escobar is around 120 overall, is 2B/3B eligible, and is coming off of a 94/35/118/.269 season. Even with some regression, that feels like an overcorrection. Segura is outside of the top 200 now. .280/15/15 isn’t unreasonable to expect there. Andujar is around 260. Is anyone confident that Urshela will hold down the 3B job all season? Travis Shaw is outside of the top 300. Should get plenty of playing time. Good home park. Could be a 30 HR guy practically for free.

Big Magoo
Big Magoo
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Doesn’t Shaw make everyone swoon? He’s swooning his way onto the waiver wire in a lot of early drafts. Tinkered with his swing after two good years for some strange reason, and then his season was lost by the time he tried to fix it. Says he’s back to his old ways. Worth a flier.

I’m not sure how many people outside of deep/dynasty leagues know who Isan Diaz is. Now you’re just making things up.

Big Magoo
Big Magoo
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

I’m just referring to casual fantasy players, as I alluded to above. I’d be surprised if many of them even heard of Diaz.

Did you own Shaw last year? I always find it interesting how player evaluation differs based on personal experience. A bust like Shaw might be removed completely from his previous owners’ draft boards, while guys who performed well down the stretch and maybe helped win you a championship (like an Olson) get moved way up. See it every year.

Big Magoo
Big Magoo
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Shaw was a mess last year, but I think it was due to his ill-advised swing change. Don’t think it takes 2+ years for the league to develop a scouting report on you, and he was solid in ’17 and ’18. Going back to what worked for him. It doesn’t hurt that he won’t have to face a couple of divisional lefties (Price and Paxton, for a good chunk of time anyway) either.

Actually thought he was in the 31-32 year old range, but he’ll still be 29 on opening day. Isn’t that crazy? Feels like he’s been around longer.

Keith Cameron
Keith Cameron
3 years ago

Hey Grey,

Is there anywhere to grab your rankings that include OBP?

Sorry if you answered this above.

Keith Cameron
Keith Cameron
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Sorry – those are based on your projections?

You led me to the promised land last year – and I want to get there again!

Keith Cameron
Keith Cameron
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Follow-up here…so Rudy’s OBP rankings place Belli in front of Yelli…assuming Trout and Tildaddy are gone…who are YOU taking third? Seeing you have Yelli ranked ahead of Belli in your standard rankings, and they are only a dollar apart in value…

mike laga
mike laga
3 years ago

based on these rankings, closers will be tough to come by. what would be the strategy for a 12 teamer with only 5 on the bench?

Cram It
Cram It
3 years ago

Keep 6, no term limits. 12 team points league.
Keeping – Acuna, Bregman, Alonso, Giolito, Scherzer

Now, every team typically keeps 2 SP to 4 bats, so there’s plenty of pitching to be had. But I hate to throw back my third strong SP option, Nola. I’m actually debating keeping Nola over Scherzer. My next best bat keeper is Hoskins or maybe Lux? I liked Hoskins coming in, but you seem to have soured on him.

So you like Nola as the last keeper or Hoskins? I’ll probably keep Hoskins for the upside, plus the abundance of pitching available, regardless of what you say. Man, you are such a good listener! Thanks!

NUX
NUX
Reply to  Cram It
3 years ago

Classic Cram!!

“I’ll hang up and *not* listen”

FWIW Cram, I am still in on Hoskins. I been making bold statements all off-season in my dynasty about him.

How ridic is all this NYMess stuff btw, Wilpons gonna Wilpon, ughhhh

SteveNZ
SteveNZ
3 years ago

The top 500! Shit’s getting real. I’m getting (more than) the vibe that you need to get out of the first round or two with some speed.

Obviously you’re talking in terms of standard roto.

Would you say that this is a *little* less relevant to H2H? I know you never want to punt a category altogether, but I’ve generally found that speed is a little less important there. Might lead me to pass over someone like Treat Urner in the first round for example.

That said, there are some pretty need power/speed combo guys in the first round…

SteveNZ
SteveNZ
Reply to  SteveNZ
3 years ago

pretty *neat*

SteveNZ
SteveNZ
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Yeah but I’m thinking there’s not quite the same imperative to come out of the first couple of rounds with some speed in H2H.

I mean if I follow your rankings (and I will) it would be hard not to, but it might make me less likely to draft Treat and Mondesi, for example.

SteveNZ
SteveNZ
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Or JD over Mondesi, that kind of thing. Yeah, sorry, I’m splitting hairs a little bit – it is my first real baseball conversation of 2020 and I’m taking some time to find my feet haha.

Elsewhere the Auckland team in the Australian Baseball League made the playoffs in just its second year (to my shame I haven’t seen a game), but got knocked out in the semis by a team whose leading hitter was Delmon Young!

And Josh Collmenter had a great year for our guys! Baseball, eh?

SteveNZ
SteveNZ
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

So, pitching.

My H2H is QS instead of W, so it makes sense to look a little earlier than I might otherwise for a #1. Based on putting your rankings and Rudy’s QS projections into a bag and shaking them up, the guy who falls out and who is not one of the top, top guys is Corbin.

Sound about right as a target?

Or could I afford to wait until where Bauer and company are ranked?

SteveNZ
SteveNZ
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

OK – cool. Yeah – one of your other writers is out on him too, I think?

I grabbed him off the wire last season after you identified that he was breaking out, and he basically carried my pitching all year, so me likey him too.

SteveNZ
SteveNZ
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Also, where are you getting your ADP numbers at this stage of the year?

SteveNZ
SteveNZ
Reply to  SteveNZ
3 years ago

Awesome – thanks! Though it’s not really til Yahoo opens that I’ll be able to get an idea of how our draft might go. Guys are not shy about taking top pitchers early, which hopefully means lots of great hitters for me!

Harley Earl
Harley Earl
3 years ago

I went back and re-read your comments about Bregman in your top 20. Absolutely fascinating find.

How in the world did you dig that stuff? I know, I know, that’s what we play you to do with our 1-cent clicks everyday.

But that’s incredibly insightful and I think it is definitely valid. Excellent work Grey. Really.

Harley Earl
Harley Earl
Reply to  Harley Earl
3 years ago

EDIT:

That’s what we pay you to do with our one-cent clicks everyday.

Harley Earl
Harley Earl
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Haha! You need a lot of damn clicks!!!

Smitty
3 years ago

Stoked! I drew #3 in my annual Roto Mixed 12 teamer. I won it last year because of your influence. Gonna go get speed early and land some pitching nuggets. Really like the chances of getting a couple quality SP’s available later: (Snell, L. Castillo, Darvish, S. Gray, Morton, Bauer, Severino & Berrios) not to mention another VERY fine group of SP’s rated below these! Fired up! Congrats on finishing your rankings! Gonna be a great season, appreciate ya

Urban Cowboy
Urban Cowboy
3 years ago

Keeper swap dilemna. I have been offered DeGrom for my Arenado. I still have Devers and Moncada so have to get rid of someone at 3B. Thoughts?

Harley Earl
Harley Earl
Reply to  Urban Cowboy
3 years ago

Offer Moncada and see what he does. I’d try to keep Arenado and Devers.

DeGrom has had some injury issues. He had Tommy John surgery in 2010 and missed all of 2011. They say the lifespan on that surgery is usually 7-8 years, and DeGrom had some issues early last season if you recall. My bet is DeGrom’s elbow gives out in the next two years or at least he starts to slow down.

Urban Cowboy
Urban Cowboy
Reply to  Harley Earl
3 years ago

He declined on Moncada and is after Arenado. The current Arenado drama and fact he may be shipped out of the high altitude has me iffy about him. On the flip side, I get what you are saying about DeGrom.

Urban Cowboy
Urban Cowboy
Reply to  Harley Earl
3 years ago

He won’t budge on DeGrom for Moncada but is offering me Thor. This would allow me to keep Arenado and Devers. Feel like I can get more than Thor for Moncada????

erad
erad
3 years ago

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Harley Earl
Harley Earl
3 years ago

Hey Grey and anyone else who wants to comment, dynasty trade question for you.

Trade Julio Rodriguez and Luis Patino for Jose Ramirez? I need 3B but not sure I need it that bad.

Phil
Phil
3 years ago

It’s like my birthday when Grey’s Top 500 comes out. I now have meaning and purpose to my days.

Pick 4 of the following choices (I have to give up the round value in parentheses), and I have the last pick in the first round, snake draft:

deGrom (1)
Yelich (2)
Lindor(3)
Juan Soto (12)
Ozzie Albies (4)
Eloy Jimenez (13)
Luis Castillo (10)
Bo Bichette (24)

PB&J
PB&J
3 years ago

What’s up, Grey!

I get to keep three guys this year. $280 budget, 12 team mixed league.
Hitting: R, HR, RBI, AVG, OPS, SB, K
Pitching: QS, W, ERA, WHIP, Saves, K, K/9

Which three would you go with:

Villar $17
Rendon $34
Moustakas $28
Rizzo $42
Acuna $27
Betts $58
Springer $31
Tatis $11
Gibson $10
Pineda $9
Will Smith (RP) $14
Iglesia $16
Corbin $17
Clevinger $30
Boyd $8
Soler $8
Duffy $8

I’m leaning toward Acuna and Tatis. The third spot I’m thinking its either Soler or Corbin.

Thanks!

KrazyIvan
KrazyIvan
3 years ago

1st pick question. Playing in a H2H league where there are 10 hitting categories. We get to keep one hitter from last year and I’ve got Mookie. I have the #1 overall pick-Is trout a clear pick over Bellinger or would you take a chance that Cody could repeat.
Thanks

Donkey Teeth
Admin
Reply to  KrazyIvan
3 years ago

Definite chance for repeat but I think Trout’s the clear pick still…

Coolwhip
Reply to  KrazyIvan
3 years ago

The only absolutes in life are: Death, Taxes, and Mike Trout.

Danny
Danny
3 years ago

Sup grey
5 year contract to Seth Brown or Trent Grisham? I Want a high floor, less risk

Thanks

Donkey Teeth
Admin
Reply to  Danny
3 years ago

Grisham for me

baby seal
baby seal
3 years ago

Video of Anime Grey yelling out the window about his problems was great, LOL.

There’s a crazy man in my apt building, or near my building (hard to tell, but he’s somewhere below me), who has these psychotic outbursts yelling out the window, chanting things such as, “U-S-A!, U-S-A!, U-S-A!”

Or some crazier ones dropping incoherent F-bombs that I can’t recall at this time, since waking up to that at 9am on a Saturday morning is something you try to forget.

baby seal
baby seal
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Very on brand!

baby seal
baby seal
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

hahaha, maybe my favorite thing you’ve ever bestowed upon me. I member

Sooooo… I just entered my first ever NFBC draft! $150 DC, 1-hour clock, bought a 3-pack to save those precious $25.

Of course, guy with the first pick isn’t online! Started at 5:25 EST, so he’s got 40mins left… can’t imagine those 4-hour waits.

KDS style — got my first pick, which was 7th overall. I’ve always liked the middle in fantasy, and figured I’m almost guaranteed to get a 5-category guy here. Thinking it’ll likely be Story or Lindor.

But really, I got the 3-pack so I could do one draft now before spring training (hoping to capitalize on some values), and get familiar w/ everything on the site (kind of confusing tbh!). One draft before the season starts (injuries). And I might try one of those 55 secs per round drafts, depending how this goes, since that seems like a war of attrition (as they say), and think that suits me well.

Let me know if you got any random tips!

Then I’ll probably do one regular non-draft and hold league on here. Maybe an RCL too?!?

PS, checkout my dumb story I wrote for you here: https://razzball.com/top-100-for-2020-fantasy-baseball/#comment-2938497

PPS, in the time in took me to write this nonsense, 3 picks went off the board!!! Shiz is moving. Legooooo

baby seal
baby seal
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

UPDATE: had the choice between those 2 and went Story!

Down for all things Razzball! I’ll keep my eyes and ears peeled for more info :)

Thanks for the advice. Makes sense since pitchers are so fragile — and getting “talented setup men” is how you get a tent to rise among fantasy baseballers!

PS, having gone through this, (probably not an original thought), DCs are likely what sort of mess up certain ADPs like setup men going earlier than they should.

Catcha later. I’m tired and not feelin’ to hot! Took way too long to write that haha

baby seal
baby seal
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

hahaha thanks!

baby seal
baby seal
3 years ago

Think my Razzball sub from last year is still ticking, since I joined the party a bit late.

Any way to see how much time I have left? Can I still see Rudy’s War Room for this year / how?

And finally, happy to add on to my purchase if that’s the move — let me know.

Thanks!

baby seal
baby seal
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Sound the alarms!! Ok, thanks

Nightpandas
Nightpandas
3 years ago

Thanks for all the hard work….

Like either of these trades ?

K/9 , qs, obp slg plus standard cats

Keep 11 – 15 teams

My Ohtani (p only) and Dahl for his Villar and Darvish

My Ohtani (p only) and Dahl for his Gallo and Weaver

Thanks Grey

Five-on-One
Five-on-One
3 years ago

Grey – As always, thank you for all the work, posts and rankings. I rely on them year-in and year-out, and have been VERY successful. I do have a question, however…

In your “Fill my holes with dry rice to reduce moistness” Tier for SPs, you say that “If they make it to around 50 overall, or under $30, then I’d happily draft one to reduce my moistness, and remove the dry rice from my holes.” However, you have zero SPs priced at $30 or above (yes, I know, never draft a top SP), and the guys in this Tier are all either $18 or $19. But realistically, none will go for so little. And you seem willing to go considerably higher for them.

So what is my question? I’m not really sure. I guess, why the low auction value if you are willing to go to nearly $30 for these guys?

Thanks.

Five-on-One
Five-on-One
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

But you would pay under $30? $24-$27 might be a reasonable prediction in my league – go get one or two? Or pass?

Five-on-One
Five-on-One
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Agree Cole won’t go for under $30, but many of the guys in this Tier will. Advice received: in a twelve teamer try to stick reasonably close to Grey’s auction values.

Gracias.

Coolwhip
3 years ago

That 120 – 170 range is going to be the Money Rounds again… so much value for so little price.
Last year I gleaned guys like Muncy, Grandal, Castillo, Glasnow, Ryu, Morton… looking forward to it again.

Coolwhip
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

hmmm… you might be right now that i think about it. rankings range where there’s a mix of known value and decent chance for upside to “take the next step”. top 100 is usually known value with a handful of hype trains. After the money range is usually total speculation or low ceiling “high” floor types.

Coolwhip
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Hmmmmm part 2… For sure, would be good footnotes and/or contextual arguments for sleeper posts and then looking at as a whole in a draft prep type article like you do. The how-to “oh wow, i just drafted the sexiest mock team alive using RB rankings” sorta thing.

Homer's got the Runs
Homer's got the Runs
3 years ago

Not sure if my first post went through or not. Keeper trade in h2h league. Players you can keep as long as you want no pick or value attached. Would you trade Clevinger for Matt Olson? Reason I ask is Clevinger has the higher ranking but I tend to value hitters a little more.

Bterry
Bterry
3 years ago

Like a kid at Christmas waiting for this every year. Cheers for never disappointing. I am not regretting moving Flaherty for an 8th round pick and keeping Yordan for my last keeper spot tho. Can’t win em all I guess.

Bterry
Bterry
Reply to  Bterry
3 years ago

Am regretting*

The Wild Card
The Wild Card
3 years ago

Grey, thanks for all the help last year, it lead to winning the title for the 2nd time. I have a keeper question for this year. 12 team league, 6×6 (OBP), $300 auction budget with 10 keepers and $5 add to their cost every year,

7 “I think” no doubters,

2B Huira – $6
3B Rendon – $44
OF Acuna – $15
OF Soto – $10
OF Meadows – $6

SP deGrom – $32
SP Giolitio – $5

Who would you keep out of the rest for your final 3 keepers

Grandal $14
Freeman $57
Soroka $5
Wheeler $11
Keiboom $6
Taylor Rogers $5
Machado $40

fyi, we are in the middle of voting to change a pitchng category from L’s to K/9 so that would hurt Soroka even more.

Gregg Buie
Gregg Buie
3 years ago

Morning Grey,
When can I expect to see your TEIRS?

RBCommenter
RBCommenter
3 years ago

Hi Grey, DK,

Thanks for all your help.

Who wins this deal:

Treat Urner/Chapman
for
HR to the Izzo/Bieber/Thor

Duda Want to Build a Snowman?
Duda Want to Build a Snowman?
Reply to  RBCommenter
3 years ago

Treat side for me

Malicious Phenoms
Malicious Phenoms
Reply to  RBCommenter
3 years ago

Turner + Chapman

mcmi11ions
mcmi11ions
3 years ago

Hi Grey. I missed your top 100 yesterday, so I’m give you a little somethin sumthin here today. My keepers for my keep 10 forever league, 12 teams…

Acuna
Bellinger
Lindor
Bregman
Mondesi
Rendon
Bryant
Benintendi
McNeil
Bieber

As always, counting on your pitcher ranks/pairings come draft time. “I appreciate you.” And that’s me quoting DJ Khaled!

cmutimmah
cmutimmah
3 years ago

David Price – I think he gets elevated going to a similar lineup and pitching to pitcherhitters

I assume Grey does too, so where was BoSox David Price vs LAD David Price?

Big Ticket
Big Ticket
3 years ago

Grey! I’m so sad that the ranks are almost over. Thanks for all your work.

Question on Paxton …225 feels pretty low since he can be stashed on DL/IL/IR/PUP/WTF. There’s obviously risk with more setbacks, but the chance he gives 120 elite innings seems higher than guys like Luzardo or Heaney that you have 50 spots ahead of him. Are you just concerned that he has a setback and returns in September?

Donkey Teeth
Admin
Reply to  Big Ticket
3 years ago

I think he’s a pass for me. So many other arms…why spend your draft capital on one that’s already hurt?

Dave D
Dave D
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Paxton has a terrible track record of staying healthy. 225 seems generous. Just wait until round 30 and grab his progenitor, Rich Hill.

MattH
MattH
3 years ago

Great job on the rankings, Grey! I don’t know how you do it. Thanks!

John
John
3 years ago

So Shohei Ohtani the hitter plus Shohei Ohtani the pitcher = what in daily moves leagues?

Donkey Teeth
Admin
Reply to  John
3 years ago

Top 50 for me

Dave D
Dave D
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Not sure WTF they will do if he hits for himself on days he pitches. Basically will be donuts. Good luck with him, DT. I love him in real life but fantasy is a little messy with him.

Homer's got the Runs
Homer's got the Runs
Reply to  John
3 years ago

Keeper trade option in h2h league. Would you trade Mike Clevinger straight up for Matt Olson? Would that be considered fair? Thinking of making that offer to another league mate.

LOLmets
LOLmets
3 years ago

That would be amazing if JD Davis got 534 at bats hope so

Malicious Phenoms
Malicious Phenoms
Reply to  LOLmets
3 years ago

Mets are gonna Mets though. lol

LOLmets
LOLmets
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Cespedis could maybe get 400 at bats. And Davis defense is bad so when they play Marisnick in center Nimmo slides to left and Davis sits. Universal DH cant come soon enough for JD Davis.

LOLmets
LOLmets
Reply to  Grey
3 years ago

Even with Cespedis out for the year Davis isn’t a lock for 534 at bats becasue of his defesne.

LOLmets
LOLmets
Reply to  LOLmets
3 years ago

From Amazin Avenue

“Davis’s defense never improved, even in left field. FanGraphs had him at -4.7 UZR and -11 DRS. It’s hard to accurately judge defense, even with the defensive metrics in place, but the eye test backed it up. He misjudged fly balls and could not quite get to others that perhaps natural outfielders would’ve caught.”

Dave D
Dave D
Reply to  LOLmets
3 years ago

I vote for 3B.

Dave D
Dave D
3 years ago

Pick #110 will be a tough choice between Zac and Zack… I’m waiting a little longer on Zach.

Donkey Teeth
Admin
Reply to  Dave D
3 years ago

I’m taking Sack there

Dave D
Dave D