Fantasy Baseball: Early points second base rankings

With the points second base rankings we get our first real understanding of how steals make a huge difference in roto compared to in points leagues. In roto steals is one of five scoring elements compared to just another point among many in this format. Take Dee Gordon for example; his projected points league score is 398 by my projections and in that he is projected 57 steals. In roto his steals essentially makes up a fifth of his overall value and you could even argue it is more given the scarcity of steals. In points leagues which offer one point per steal his steals total is now closer to an eighth of his value and you will see what a difference that makes to how you rank him.

I play both formats because they offer different thing but what I like about points leagues is how they strip away the reliance on just five categories and puts more weight on everything a hitter does and nothing emphasises that more than the middle infielders. In a true sense of the word they are a better judge of the true value of a batter and if you play in a league which rewards defense as well then you are nearly truly encompassing the value of a player to a team. Now if we can just find a way to fairly judge how ‘clutch’ a play is for fantasy and we really would have it spot on!

All of this is a way of saying that once again while the points rankings and roto rankings have their similarities at this position don’t be surprised to see steals or power heavy players slightly further down the ranks in this position in this format.

Tier	Rank	Name	Team	Eligibility
1	1	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B
2	2	Jose Ramirez	CLE	2B3B
3	3	Daniel Murphy	WSH	2B
3	4	Robinson Cano	SEA	2B
3	5	DJ LeMahieu	COL	2B
3	6	Brian Dozier	MIN	2B
3	7	Dee Gordon	SEA	2B
3	8	Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B
4	9	Joe Panik	SF	2B
4	10	Ian Kinsler	LAA	2B
4	11	Jonathan Schoop	BAL	2B
4	12	Whit Merrifield	KC	2B
4	13	Starlin Castro	MIA	2B
4	14	Jed Lowrie	OAK	2B
5	15	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	2B
5	16	Jason Kipnis	CLE	2B
6	17	Asdrubal Cabrera	NYM	2B3BSS
6	18	Cesar Hernandez	PHI	2B
6	19	Josh Harrison	PIT	2B3B
6	20	Eduardo Nunez	FA	2B3BOF

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