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 |