RotoAce provides detailed third base fantasy baseball rankings broken into tiers, along with 2017 projections for all of the major statistical categories.
2017 FANTASY BASEBALL THIRD BASE RANKINGS AND PROJECTIONS
TIER 1 | Age | PA | Avg. | R | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | BB% | K% |
1. Kris Bryant, ChC | 25 | 660 | .282 | 112 | 37 | 107 | 8 | .376 | .536 | .912 | 11.4 | 23.1 |
2. Nolan Arenado, Col | 25 | 661 | .291 | 101 | 39 | 118 | 2 | .353 | .557 | .910 | 8.6 | 15.2 |
3. Josh Donaldson, Tor | 31 | 658 | .281 | 111 | 35 | 105 | 5 | .381 | .535 | .916 | 13.2 | 18.2 |
4. Manny Machado, Bal | 24 | 660 | .295 | 101 | 35 | 104 | 5 | .355 | .530 | .885 | 8.1 | 16.2 |
TIER 2 | Age | PA | Avg. | R | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | BB% | K% |
5. Jonathan Villar, Mil | 25 | 631 | .271 | 89 | 14 | 57 | 48 | .346 | .406 | .752 | 10.1 | 24.2 |
6. Kyle Seager, Sea | 29 | 651 | .271 | 86 | 26 | 94 | 4 | .347 | .475 | .822 | 9.7 | 15.8 |
7. Adrian Beltre, Tex | 37 | 628 | .294 | 80 | 23 | 89 | 1 | .349 | .475 | .824 | 7.4 | 11.4 |
8. Alex Bregman, Hou | 23 | 626 | .275 | 81 | 21 | 83 | 11 | .341 | .463 | .804 | 8.4 | 17.1 |
9. Matt Carpenter, SL | 31 | 659 | .270 | 96 | 21 | 82 | 2 | .373 | .475 | .848 | 13.4 | 19.1 |
10. Todd Frazier, ChW | 31 | 655 | .242 | 84 | 34 | 95 | 12 | .313 | .462 | .775 | 8.7 | 22.2 |
11. Anthony Rendon, Was | 26 | 629 | .277 | 79 | 19 | 83 | 10 | .357 | .456 | .813 | 10.5 | 17.8 |
12. Evan Longoria, TB | 31 | 658 | .267 | 84 | 28 | 89 | 1 | .326 | .469 | .795 | 7.6 | 20.7 |
TIER 3 | Age | PA | Avg. | R | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | BB% | K% |
13. Miguel Sano, Min | 23 | 601 | .246 | 80 | 30 | 94 | 1 | .340 | .494 | .834 | 12.2 | 31.7 |
14. Jose Ramirez, Cle | 24 | 625 | .288 | 71 | 11 | 71 | 22 | .345 | .423 | .768 | 7.9 | 9.7 |
15. Maikel Franco, Phi | 24 | 624 | .272 | 76 | 27 | 88 | 1 | .326 | .471 | .797 | 7 | 16.1 |
16. Justin Turner, LAD | 32 | 598 | .281 | 75 | 21 | 79 | 4 | .351 | .459 | .810 | 8.1 | 17.4 |
17. Jake Lamb, Ari | 26 | 616 | .256 | 76 | 24 | 83 | 5 | .335 | .463 | .798 | 10.3 | 25.1 |
18. Eduardo Nunez, SF | 29 | 538 | .274 | 56 | 11 | 56 | 29 | .319 | .399 | .718 | 5.7 | 14.9 |
TIER 4 | Age | PA | Avg. | R | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | BB% | K% |
19. Mike Moustakas, KC | 28 | 598 | .271 | 83 | 25 | 81 | 1 | .335 | .472 | .807 | 7.9 | 12.9 |
20. Ryon Healy, Oak | 25 | 615 | .279 | 71 | 20 | 79 | 0 | .322 | .452 | .774 | 5.7 | 20.1 |
21. Eugenio Suarez, Cin | 25 | 605 | .255 | 70 | 20 | 75 | 8 | .316 | .416 | .732 | 7.8 | 23.4 |
22. Jose Reyes, NYM | 33 | 564 | .269 | 72 | 10 | 49 | 19 | .323 | .388 | .706 | 7.3 | 15.1 |
23. Jung-Ho Kang, Pit | 29 | 495 | .267 | 61 | 20 | 68 | 4 | .352 | .468 | .820 | 8.7 | 21.3 |
24. Nick Castellanos, Det | 25 | 559 | .273 | 66 | 19 | 71 | 1 | .326 | .457 | .783 | 7 | 23.3 |
25. Javier Baez, ChC | 24 | 441 | .264 | 49 | 16 | 58 | 11 | .308 | .438 | .746 | 4.9 | 24.1 |
26. Yoan Moncada, CWS | 21 | 325 | .251 | 40 | 10 | 40 | 17 | .331 | .397 | .728 | 9.9 | 26.5 |
27. Yulieski Gurriel, Hou | 32 | 505 | .278 | 58 | 15 | 63 | 4 | .321 | .434 | .755 | 5.8 | 12.3 |
28. Hernan Perez, Mil | 26 | 461 | .266 | 42 | 10 | 46 | 21 | .298 | .388 | .686 | 4.2 | 20.2 |
29. Yangervis Solarte, SD | 29 | 563 | .272 | 64 | 15 | 67 | 1 | .331 | .421 | .754 | 7.2 | 13.4 |
30. Jedd Gyorko, SL | 28 | 495 | .247 | 53 | 21 | 66 | 0 | .312 | .437 | .749 | 7.8 | 21.8 |
TIER 5 | Age | PA | Avg. | R | HR | RBI | SB | OBP | SLG | OPS | BB% | K% |
31. Matt Duffy, TB | 26 | 560 | .269 | 54 | 9 | 54 | 12 | .322 | .385 | .707 | 6.3 | 15.7 |
32. Martin Prado, Mia | 33 | 620 | .287 | 71 | 9 | 60 | 2 | .339 | .396 | .735 | 7.1 | 11.2 |
33. Brandon Drury, Ari* | 24 | 491 | .279 | 57 | 14 | 60 | 2 | .329 | .441 | .770 | 6.3 | 18.6 |
34. Travis Shaw, Mil | 26 | 473 | .251 | 53 | 17 | 59 | 3 | .318 | .439 | .757 | 8.4 | 23.8 |
35. Jurickson Profar, Tex | 24 | 498 | .262 | 55 | 11 | 55 | 9 | .334 | .394 | .728 | 8.9 | 17.7 |
36. Chase Headley, NYY | 32 | 554 | .253 | 59 | 14 | 60 | 4 | .329 | .385 | .714 | 9.3 | 21.9 |
37. Trevor Plouffe, Min | 30 | 501 | .251 | 54 | 16 | 62 | 1 | .309 | .418 | .727 | 7.5 | 19.4 |
38. Danny Valencia, Sea | 32 | 486 | .269 | 58 | 16 | 61 | 1 | .325 | .435 | .760 | 7.3 | 21.4 |
39. Adonis Garcia, Atl | 31 | 525 | .269 | 55 | 14 | 58 | 3 | .305 | .407 | .712 | 4.4 | 16.6 |
40. Pablo Sandoval, Bos | 30 | 506 | .268 | 51 | 13 | 59 | 0 | .321 | .412 | .733 | 6.6 | 14.5 |
41. Jhonny Peralta, SL | 34 | 488 | .259 | 49 | 13 | 55 | 1 | .321 | .409 | .730 | 7.7 | 18.2 |
42. David Freese, Pit | 33 | 497 | .261 | 51 | 12 | 55 | 1 | .335 | .393 | .728 | 8.4 | 24.5 |
43. David Wright, NYM | 34 | 284 | .257 | 33 | 8 | 34 | 3 | .347 | .411 | .758 | 11.9 | 24.2 |
44. Yunel Escobar, LAA | 34 | 578 | .285 | 58 | 7 | 50 | 1 | .342 | .374 | .716 | 7.3 | 12.4 |
45. Marwin Gonzalez, Hou | 28 | 328 | .261 | 33 | 7 | 33 | 6 | .303 | .392 | .695 | 4.7 | 21.1 |