Outfield (Part 2): Updated March Rankings and Tiers

7 years ago by Nick Mariano

We rolled out our final update on 2017 rankings this past weekend. While there haven’t been seismic shifts, some players have naturally seen their stocks rise or fall since our initial valuations were made in December. We’re gathered here today to look at part two of our outfield rankings, tiers, and auction values, which have seen a bit of movement. Part one can be viewed here. Part two of this OF checkup will yield three more respective risers and fallers from Tier Six on.

As before, this round of rankings features picks from myself, Kyle Bishop, Bill Dubiel, Brad Johnson, Harris Yudin and Jeff Kahntroff.

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2017 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Outfielders - Part Two (March Updates)

Ranking	Tier	Player	Position	Brad	Kyle	Nick	Bill	Harris	Jeff	Auction $
43	6	Marcell Ozuna	OF	157	109	147	152	159	262	8
44	6	Michael Brantley	OF	127	204	217	182	133	140	8
45	6	Matt Holliday	1B/OF	213	178	140	159	174	184	5
46	6	Byron Buxton	OF	200	200	199	210	151	126	5
47	6	Carlos Beltran	OF	152	154	181	227	173	250	5
48	6	Carlos Gomez	OF	161	196	168	302	212	102	5
49	6	Nomar Mazara	OF	231	171	184	166	157	237	4
50	6	Randal Grichuk	OF	186	195	187	123	214	261	4
51	6	Curtis Granderson	OF	146	210	173	236	213	234	4
52	6	Keon Broxton	OF	270	192	244	205	190	160	4
53	6	Yasmany Tomas	OF	238	214	219	214	187	202	4
54	6	Domingo Santana	OF	183	162	188	291	247	212	4
55	7	Kevin Kiermaier	OF	211	213	143	259	261	204	4
56	7	Rajai Davis	OF	162	207	195	258	311	179	4
57	7	Melky Cabrera	OF	202	221	233	171	207	313	3
58	7	Josh Reddick	OF	179	273	287	233	206	176	3
59	7	Michael Conforto	OF	228	223	291	126	274	230	3
60	7	Jay Bruce	OF	332	247	258	122	188	231	3
61	7	Ender Inciarte	OF	227	249	239	200	235	236	3
62	7	Shin-Soo Choo	OF	199	276	232	232	216	232	3
63	7	Jacoby Ellsbury	OF	223	272	262	245	232	185	2
64	7	Yasiel Puig	OF	232	260	295	279	182	178	2
65	7	David Peralta	OF	252	177	220	297	249	241	2
66	7	Brett Gardner	OF	209	306	260	250	233	186	2
67	7	Hunter Renfroe	OF	266	246	225	216	225	282	2
68	7	Jayson Werth	OF	193	209	241	317	248	264	2
69	8	Jason Heyward	OF	198	259	249	268	234	265	2
70	8	Cameron Maybin	OF	175	298	254	226	322	233	2
71	8	Corey Dickerson	OF	242	280	209	192	333	284	2
72	8	Max Kepler	OF	287	243	242	315	226	248	2
73	8	Hernan Perez	3B/OF	290	236	353	310	241	158	2
74	8	Brandon Moss	OF	226	317	191	265	331	310	2
75	8	Leonys Martin	OF	257	268	309	318	262	249	2
76	8	Alex Gordon	OF	247	269	393	357	215	235	2
77	8	Joshua Bell	1B/OF	284	289	296	353	227	268	2
78	8	Jarrod Dyson	OF	339	277	280	255	309	272	2
79	8	Manuel Margot	OF	326	263	336	305	312	247	2
80	8	Jorge Soler	OF	351	368	311	309	224	280	1
81	8	Steve Pearce	1B/2B/OF	302	370	245	374	350	228	1
82	8	Michael Saunders	OF	263	291	325	373	332	288	1
83	8	Kevin Pillar	OF	318	352	367	235	323	287	1
84	8	Steven Souza	OF	295	296	382	332	336	281	1
85	8	Scott Schebler	OF	385	290	366	230	276	378	1
86	9	Travis Jankowski	OF	304	364	340	341	310	305	1
87	9	Danny Valencia	1B/3B/OF	374	297	379	218	367	363	1
88	9	Alex Dickerson	OF	282	295	386	377	415	278	1
89	9	Melvin Upton Jr.	OF	327	329	409	403	324	286	1
90	9	Nick Markakis	OF	317	325	372	385	320	376	1
91	9	Brandon Drury	3B/OF	336	381	237	419	349	386	1
92	9	Tyler Naquin	OF	419	354	354	264	325	405	1
93	9	Aaron Judge	OF	362	382	394	421	275	292	1
94	9	Mitch Haniger	OF	449	469	308		319	246	1
95	9	Hyun-soo Kim	OF	379	278	431	362	326	381	1
96	9	Andrew Toles	OF	421	262	376	330	385	404	1
97	9	Chris Owings	SS/OF	319	326	318	401	406	419	1
98	9	Lonnie Chisenhall	OF	276	363	402	415	388	383	1
99	9	Aaron Altherr	OF	322	309	417	390	416	377	1
100	9	Denard Span	OF	407	446	391	349	260	379	1
101	9	Mallex Smith	OF	344	362	381	340	470	422	1
102	9	Roman Quinn	OF	467	343	362	275	419	470	1
103	9	Brett Eibner	OF		416	390	267		485	1
104	9	Angel Pagan	OF	399	351	475	411	321	382	1
105	10	Gerardo Parra	OF	448	492	314	475	386	274	1
106	10	Ben Revere	OF	427	435	388	432	413	307	1
107	10	Paulo Orlando	OF					418	396	1
108	10	Seth Smith	OF	390	405	467	434	335	465	1
109	10	Trayce Thompson	OF	443	413	411	428		385	1
110	10	Raimel Tapia	OF	405	353	415			497	1
111	10	Colby Rasmus	OF	408	460	427	443	351	428	1
112	10	Jefry Marte	1B/OF	453	314	420	397	457	478	1
113	10	Brandon Guyer	OF	444	402	454	431	387		1
114	10	Nori Aoki	OF	457				390	429	1
115	10	Robbie Grossman	OF	426	330	460	404	474	480	1
116	10	Chris Coghlan	OF	430	383		422		492	1
117	10	Enrique Hernandez	OF			433				1
118	11	Jeremy Hazelbaker	OF			435				1
119	11	Ezequiel Carrera	OF			461	456	389		1
120	11	Blake Swihart	C/OF	368	419	492	445	454	452	1
121	11	Jon Jay	OF	401	490			445	430	1
122	11	Abraham Almonte	OF	412	436	436	449		488	1
123	11	Albert Almora	OF	477	417		442	446		1
124	11	Jarrett Parker	OF					447		1
125	11	Mac Williamson	OF					448		1
126	11	Tyler Collins	OF					449		1
127	11	Mikie Mahtook	OF					450		1
128	11	Franklin Gutierrez	OF	454		447				1
129	11	Andre Ethier	OF	437	447	456	464			1
130	11	Socrates Brito	OF				468		440	1
131	11	Avisail Garcia	OF	490	488	424	440	405	482	1
132	11	Jake Smolinski	OF	459				451		1
133	11	Eddie Rosario	OF	495				417		1
134	11	Ben Gamel	OF					471	441	1
135	11	Delino DeShields	OF	458	483	453	450	414	483	1
136	11	Chris Young	OF	488		438	451	452		1
137	11	Brandon Nimmo	OF		498	428	446			1
138	11	Matt Joyce	OF	484				432		1
139	11	Billy Burns	OF	489	434		454		475	1
140	11	Brock Holt	3B/OF	494	489			425	454	1
141	11	Aaron Hicks	OF	460				475		1
142	11	Jake Marisnick	OF					473		1
143	11	Tommy Pham	OF	469	478				484	1
144	11	Kirk Nieuwenhuis	OF				477			1
145	11	Ryan Rua	OF			489		472		1
146	11	Michael Taylor	OF	493	472					1
147	11	Coco Crisp	OF	483						1
148	11	Jabari Blash	OF			490				1

Outfield (Part Two) Rankings Analysis: March Risers and Fallers

Rankings Risers:

Keon Broxton

Broxton was the last name in Tier Seven in February, but now he finds himself going from our OF68 to OF52 – into Tier Six. The toolsy youngster has some serious potential, especially in fantasy baseball where HRs and SBs can outweigh deficiencies like striking out. Which he does, a lot. While his 32.5% strikeout rate in his 169 plate appearances after getting called up on July 26 is lofty, he also smacked eight homers alongside 16 steals in roughly a quarter of a full season’s worth of PAs. Don’t extrapolate that as law -- he’s not going to hit 30 homers and steal 60 bases – but do let it illustrate the ceiling that he houses.

Jay Bruce

Bruce was middling inside of Tier Eight (OF72) last time around, but now he finds himself as of the OF60, making him a viable option in our staff’s eyes as a legitimate starter in five-outfield, 12-team formats. This was mostly due to Bill and Harris raising him by quite a bit in their respective rankings, as perhaps they’ve heard the whispers from Terry Collins and accepted that Bruce will play and regain his form for the Metropolitans. There must be some reason that Michael Conforto (who is now ranked as the OF59, directly in front of Bruce) is getting buried, and while Citi Field is no Great American Ballpark, the former first-round pick remains a dominant power threat when locked in.

Jarrod Dyson

The speedy Mariner is now the OF78 compared to his OF88 February ranking, as we appear to be giving him some more respect as a guy who could finally cross the 400-PA threshold for the first time in his career. While PAs don’t tell the whole story with Dyson considering how often Kansas City would utilize him as a pinch-runner, he has still regularly posted 30+ stolen-base seasons despite his part-time gigs. Between the acquisition of Dyson and Jean Segura, Seattle is clearly trying to incorporate speed into their game. With an average that should sit around .270, Dyson could score 70 runs with 40+ steals with a nearly nonexistent draft-day cost.

Rankings Fallers:

Cameron Maybin

Maybin isn’t all that special on his own and should very well lose out on plenty time to Ben Revere assuming the latter can regain his usual form. It seems we’ve all cooled a bit here on the prospects of Maybin becoming a true fantasy asset even if he does garner some decent time in the field. It would be wise to realize that his 2016 was fueled by an unsustainable .383 BABIP as well considering his career BABIP is .322 (including last season's spike). His prior three seasons saw him post a mark around .300, which has usually yielded an average in the .260s. There’s also his durability woes, as he's only surpassed 400 PAs in one out of his last three seasons, so we’re likely better off drafting other late-round fliers.

David Peralta

Peralta was the OF57 in the last update, but now finds himself at OF65 – outside of 5OF-format starting territory. Perhaps this is nothing more than simply liking others a shade more, but Peralta is the kind of guy who many might not want to start on their squad simply due to his platooning nature. Not that Arizona strictly deploys him as such, but there’s no denying the guy can’t hit southpaws. His .222 career average and only two homers in 215 career PAs speaks to this, versus 27 homers and a .310 average in 833 PAs versus righties.

Brandon Drury

Without any other notable drops, I’ll speak on Drury – who slipped a few slots to an uninspiring OF91. I have him at No. 237 overall, with the next highest on staff being Brad – who is nearly 100 spots behind me at No. 336. Considering that the 24-year-old impressed with a neat little rookie campaign that yielded 16 homers, 31 doubles and a .282 average, Drury deserves more respect heading into 2017 when you weigh in his inside line on the starting 2B job. Chase Field is the best place to hit that isn’t named after a beer brewed in Golden, Colorado, so don’t be shy about reaching a bit over my cohorts’ heads to grab Drury.