Fantasy Baseball: Top 50 Hitters Going Forward

The Fake Pigskin team got together to rank the top 50 hitters for fantasy baseball. These rankings look at what we expect these hitters to do the rest of the way. Noticeably absent from all of our rankings is Trevor Story who has been impressive to start the season but we all see some regression coming even Ron who is the biggest Story fan among the group. He hits a ton of home runs but strikes out far too often for anyone to rank him in the top 50.

A few players made jumps inside my rankings including Starling Marte who has been nothing short of impressive thus far. He has been a providing a little bit of everything for fantasy owners. He has been a terror on the base paths and has been displaying some power. I expect this to continue as he is inside my top 15 going forward. Dexter Fowler was the other big mover for me. Coming into the season i wondered how many plate appearances he would have with all the talent on their roster. Between the early production and an injury to Kyle Schwarber Fowler should remain a big part of the Cubs lineup which will keep him firmly inside the top 50 hitters.

	Ben	Damian	Ron	Kyle
1.	Paul Goldschmidt	Bryce Harper	Mike Trout	Bryce Harper
2.	Mike Trout	Mike Trout	Bryce Harper	Paul Goldschmidt
3.	Bryce Harper	Paul Goldschmidt	Paul Goldschmidt	Mike Trout
4.	Jose Altuve	Josh Donaldson	Manny Machado	Manny Machado
5.	Miguel Cabrera	Manny Machado	Josh Donaldson	Josh Donaldson
6.	Anthony Rizzo	Nolan Arenado	Nolan Arenado	Anthony Rizzo
7.	Josh Donaldson	Anthony Rizzo	Anthony Rizzo	Nolan Arenado
8.	Manny Machado	Jose Altuve	Jose Altuve	Jose Altuve
9	Carlos Correa	Carlos Correa	Giancarlo Stanton	Carlos Correa
10	Nolan Arenado	Miguel Cabrera	Carlos Correa	Miguel Cabrera
11	Giancarlo Stanton	Giancarlo Stanton	Andrew McCutchen	Giancarlo Stanton
12	Chris Davis	Andrew McCutchen	Miguel Cabrera	Andrew McCutchen
13	Andrew McCutchen	Jose Bautista	Jose Bautista	Jose Bautista
14	Jose Bautista	Mookie Betts	Starling Marte	Starling Marte
15	Mookie Betts	Kris Bryant	Chris Davis	Kris Bryant
16	Edwin Encarnacion	Edwin Encarnacion	Kris Bryant	Edwin Encarnacion
17	Michael Brantley	Jose Abreu	Mookie Betts	Jose Abreu
18	Starling Marte	Chris Davis	Edwin Encarnacion	Chris Davis
19	Jose Abreu	Starling Marte	J.D Martinez	Mookie Betts
20	Todd Frazier	J.D Martinez	George Springer	J.D Martinez
21	Kris Bryant	George Springer	Yoenis Cespedes	George Springer
22	Joey Votto	Joey Votto	Ryan Braun	Joey Votto
23	Robinson Cano	Robinson Cano	Robinson Cano	Robinson Cano
24	Xander Bogaerts	Nelson Cruz	Carlos Gonzalez	Justin Upton
25	Ryan Braun	Todd Frazier	Xander Bogaerts	Todd Frazier
26	Buster Posey	Yoenis Cespedes	Buster Posey	Yoenis Cespedes
27	J.D. Martinez	Buster Posey	Todd Frazier	Ryan Braun
28	Jason Heyward	Ryan Braun	Justin Upton	Carlos Gonzalez
29	George Springer	Carlos Gonzalez	Eric Hosmer	Buster Posey
30	Yoenis Cespedes	Justin Upton	Matt Kemp	Nelson Cruz
31	Adam Jones	Adrian Gonzalez	Nelson Cruz	Dexter Fowler
32	Lorenzo Cain	Eric Hosmer	Joey Votto	Adam Jones
33	Justin Upton	Lorenzo Cain	Maikel Franco	George Springer
34	Nelson Cruz	Adam Jones	Adrian Gonzalez	Charlie Blackmon
35	David Ortiz	Charlie Blackmon	David Ortiz	Michael Brantley
36	Adrian Gonzalez	Matt Kemp	Jason Heyward	Lorenzo Cain
37	Carlos Gonzalez	Xander Bogaerts	Hunter Pence	Xander Bogaerts
38	Troy Tulowitzki	David Ortiz	Miguel Sano	David Ortiz
39	Adrian Beltre	Jason Heyward	Troy Tulowitzki	Jason Heyward
40	Carlos Gomez	Yasiel Puig	Adam Jones	Yasiel Puig
41	Kyle Seager	Hunter Pence	Christian Yelich	Hunter Pence
42	Charlie Blackmon	Maikel Franco	Mark Trumbo	Adrian Gonzalez
43	Matt Kemp	Miguel Sano	Freddie Freeman	Eric Hosmer
44	Christian Yelich	Troy Tulowitzki	Jason Kipnis	Matt Kemp
45	Adam Eaton	Michael Brantley	Gregory Polanco	Troy Tulowitzki
46	Gregory Polanco	Prince Fielder	Dexter Fowler	Prince Fielder
47	Yasiel Puig	Matt Carpenter	Matt Carpenter	Matt Carpenter
48	Prince Fielder	Freddie Freeman	Ian Kinsler	Stephen Piscotty
49	Eric Hosmer	Adrian Beltre	Michael Conforto	Adrian Beltre
50	Matt Carpenter	Ian Kinsler	Stephen Piscotty	Michael Conforto

 

Damian’s big mover

Eric Hosmer was a player I liked heading into the year and he’s certainly off to a great start. The .341 average isn’t a huge surprise, but it’s nice to see the power and speed this early in the season. While it’s only been a month, Hosmer is currently on pace for a 20-20 campaign with plenty of runs and RBI to boot. Further, his great plate discipline and high contact rate make extended slumps fairly unlikely. It’s pretty rare to find a five category player at first base, but that’s exactly what Hosmer is.

 

Ben’s big mover

I debated ranking Jose Altuve fourth or fifth in the pre-season but the power surge last year was something I was concerned couldn’t be repeated. I feared that he may not be able to hit five home runs this season but he has proven me wrong. Now I am optimistic for something in the region of 10-15 homers with 30-40 steals whilst hitting 0.300 and score over 100 runs which will put him in the conversation with Trout, Harper and Goldschmidt entering next season.

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