Welcome back to the FreezeStats fantasy baseball blog! The All-Star break has come and gone and teams are looking to make their moves for their respective championships. Now is not the time to get lazy and start coasting. If you’re in first, you still need to get better! If you’re mathematically out of it, you need to work even harder to get back in. This rakings update will likely be my last for this season. Once we hit August, most leagues are past their trade deadlines. You’ll need to ride the hot hand because, in September, you won’t have time to wait for a player’s production to catch up with his skills. Right now though, there’s still time to find value whether it’s in a trade or in free agency.







Keep in mind, I’ll be ranking these players based on Standard 5×5 Roto scoring. It’s also important to note that what a player has done previously doesn’t matter in terms of their statistics to date. We are starting from ground zero. Well, of course, it matters but in terms of where I have players ranked in this update, it doesn’t. These are the items I look at when performing these mid-season rankings. All of which have value but are weighted differently

Rest of Season Projections: All systems but especially THE BAT

Proposed Playing time going forward

Trades: Not only players who may be on the move but also how the players not involved in the trades are impacted

Skills: look at a player’s metrics including pitch mix, velocity, plate discipline, quality of contact, approach changes, etc

Proposed playing time, innings limits, etc

OK, enough chatter, let’s get to it. Below you can sort by overall ranks, hitter/pitcher ranks, or position ranks. Note: The +/- vs ECR is against Expert Consensus Rankings, not my previous rankings.







Catchers – Compared to Expert Concensus (Preaseason)

Top Risers 8. Roberto Perez (CLE) +44 19. Travis d’Arnaud (TB) +31 7. Christian Vazquez (BOS) +23 22. Chance Sisco (BAL) +22 32. Pedro Severino (BAL) +22 17. Brian McCann (ATL) +15 38. Victor Caratini (CHC) +15 13. Carson Kelly (ARI) +10

Top Fallers 43. Francisco Cervelli (PIT) -27 44. Tucker Barnhart (CIN) -27 45. Nick Hundley (OAK) -11 16. Yadier Molina (STL) -10 21. Mike Zunino (TB) -9 23. Jonathan Lucroy (LAA) -9 24. Willians Astudillo (MIN) -9 20. Tyler Flowers (ATL) -7

First Baseman – Compared to Expert Concensus (Preaseason)

Top Risers 25. Ian Desmond (COL) +23 24. Nate Lowe (TB) +21 46. Colin Moran (PIT) +17 47. Ronald Guzman (TEX) +16 19. Eric Hosmer (SD) +14 50. Brandon Dixon (DET) +13 28. Yuli Gurriel (HOU) +12 43. Mitch Moreland (BOS) +10

Top Fallers 56. Travis Shaw (MIL) -27 59. Yonder Alonso (COL) -20 31. Matt Carpenter (STL) -15 38. Derek Dietrich (CIN) -12 37. Jay Bruce (PHI) -10 44. Kike Hernandez (LAD) -8 17. J.T. Realmuto (PHI) -7 18. Luke Voit (NYY) -7

Second Baseman – Compared to Expert Concensus (Preaseason)

Top Risers 13. Nick Senzel (CIN) +42 16. Cavan Biggio (TOR) +30 25. Franklin Barreto (OAK) +30 15. Keston Hiura (MIL) +19 32. Jason Kipnis (CLE) +19 36. Eric Sogard (TOR) +19 26. Chris Taylor (LAD) +17 19. Scooter Gennett (CIN) +16

Top Fallers 51. Adalberto Mondesi (KC) -48 53. Travis Shaw (MIL) -32 38. Tommy La Stella (LAA) -14 29. Rougned Odor (TEX) -13 21. Matt Carpenter (STL) -10 35. Niko Goodrum (DET) -10 23. Cesar Hernandez (PHI) -9 28. Dee Gordon (SEA) -9







Third Baseman – Compared to Expert Concensus (Preaseason)

Top Risers 40. J.D. Davis (NYM) +15 23. Yuli Gurriel (HOU) +12 31. Colin Moran (PIT) +12 11. Josh Donaldson (ATL) +11 44. Todd Frazier (NYM) +11 21. Scott Kingery (PHI) +10 45. Jake Lamb (ARI) +10 32. Brian Anderson (MIA) +9

Top Fallers 52. Travis Shaw (MIL) -28 27. Wil Myers (SD) -10 24. Matt Carpenter (STL) -9 15. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (TOR) -7 34. Tommy La Stella (LAA) -7 20. Austin Riley (ATL) -6 53. Jeimer Candelario (DET) -5 54. Jed Lowrie (NYM) -5

Shortstop Baseman – Compared to Expert Concensus (Preaseason)

Top Risers 29. Eric Sogard (TOR) +19 27. Chris Taylor (LAD) +17 28. Bo Bichette (TOR) +17 36. Kevin Newman (PIT) +12 8. Fernando Tatis Jr. (SD) +9 20. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (TOR) +9 22. Scott Kingery (PHI) +9 33. Gio Urshela (NYY) +8

Top Fallers 40. Adalberto Mondesi (KC) -34 37. Jose Peraza (CIN) -10 32. Asdrubal Cabrera (TEX) -7 38. Orlando Arcia (MIL) -6 41. Freddy Galvis (TOR) -6 44. Willy Adames (TB) -6 45. Tim Beckham (SEA) -6 24. Paul DeJong (STL) -5

Outfielders – Compared to Expert Concensus (Preaseason)

Top Risers 36. Nick Senzel (CIN) +97 45. Oscar Mercado (CLE) +88 21. Yordan Alvarez (HOU) +74 77. Manuel Margot (SD) +49 37. A.J. Pollock (LAD) +48 52. Alex Verdugo (LAD) +44 62. Chris Taylor (LAD) +44 59. Danny Santana (TEX) +40

Top Fallers 100. Gregory Polanco (PIT) -55 121. Dwight Smith Jr. (BAL) -46 88. Stephen Piscotty (OAK) -45 109. Billy Hamilton (KC) -45 104. Jay Bruce (PHI) -39 76. Wil Myers (SD) -37 114. Leonys Martin (FA) -30 78. Adam Jones (ARI) -25

Starting Pitchers – Compared to Expert Concensus (Preaseason)

Top Risers 56. Brendan McKay (TB) +94 65. Dinelson Lamet (SD) +85 70. Jordan Yamamoto (MIA) +80 71. Corey Kluber (CLE) +63 33. Carlos Martinez (STL) +59 69. Chase Anderson (MIL) +55 99. Elieser Hernandez (MIA) +51 101. Andrew Cashner (BOS) +49

Top Fallers 123. Tyler Glasnow (TB) – INJ -50 107. Mike Foltynewicz (ATL) – MIN -41 110. Jerad Eickhoff (PHI) -39 77. Rich Hill (LAD) – INJ -38 68. German Marquez (COL) -36 85. Jose Quintana (CHC) -33 108. Dylan Bundy (BAL) -33 130. Carlos Carrasco (CLE) – INJ -32







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