Fantasy Baseball 2014 > Fantasy Baseball Rankings > All Hitters
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While we weren't too surprised to see Andrew McCutchen crack the top 10 fantasy outfielders, we were a little bit surprised to see Adam Jones there... but just a little bit. The guy that surprised us the most, however, is Hunter Pence. Keep in mind, it's not that we don't think he's a solid player, we just saw him moving into that giant ball park in San Francisco (no pun intended) which is death for a right-handed power hitter, and we thought his numbers would drop a bit across the board. Instead, he managed a 27 HR, 22 SB season with 91 runs scored and 99 RBI. He also hit .283 on the season, and also keep in mind that he did this during a terrible offensive year for the Giants... it should also be noted that Jayson Werth also cracked the top 10, so hopefully we'll stop hearing about how overpaid he is in Philadelphia.
Keep browsing through this page for more stats and insight on the top 300 offensive fantasy players for 2014.It's a huge list, but we break it down into manageable chunks. Dig in! Top 100 Batters |
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Top 20 Batters: Runs
Projected to 162 Games
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 15 17 18 19 20 20 20 20 20 |
Player
Carpenter, M Jackson, A Holliday, M Ramirez, H Crisp, C Cabrera, M Bautista, J Choo, S Trout, M Ellsbury, J Victorino, S Gonzalez, C Werth, J Heyward, J Goldschmidt, P Davis, C Puig, Y Encarnacion, E Upton, J Jones, A Kinsler, I Hunter, T Reyes, J Votto, J |
Runs
130 124 118 117 115 113 113 113 112 111 109 106 105 104 104 104 103 103 102 101 101 101 101 101 |
Top 20 Batters: Home Runs
Projected to 162 Games
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 19 20 |
Player
Davis, C Cabrera, M Encarnacion, E Cruz, N Gutierrez, F Murphy, D Bautista, J Alvarez, P Gonzalez, C Ibanez, R Ramirez, H Dunn, A Soriano, A Goldschmidt, P Ortiz, D Trumbo, M Stanton, G Moss, B Jones, A Ramos, W |
HR
54 48 41 40 40 39 38 38 38 38 38 37 36 36 35 35 34 34 33 33 |
Top 20 Batters: Runs Batted In (RBI)
Projected to 162 Games
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
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Davis, R Dyson, J Cabrera, E Ellsbury, J Young, E Villar, J Marte, S Segura, J Gomez, C Rios, A Andrus, E Gordon, D Revere, B Martin, L Schafer, J Altuve, J Gentry, C Trout, M Bonifacio, E McLouth, N |
SB
68 63 63 63 50 50 49 49 44 44 44 43 41 40 38 37 37 34 33 33 |
What is Yasiel Puig Worth in this year's fantasy draft?
Well, that's kind of the million-dollar question, isn't it? He's a head case, he has crazy talent, he plays all out on every play, and he makes things happen like few other players in the league. Trusting the projected stats of a lot of players can be a bit misleading, but in Puig's case, there's no question that his projected full-seasons stats could have been his real stats had he started on opening day. That, of course, would have meant that Carl Crawford, Andre Ethier or Matt Kemp would have had to have been out on day one, but that's a different discussion altogether. It also leads into a discussion we'll have to have about which one of these guys won't be in the starting lineup for the Dodgers on opening day in 2014, but that's a different discussion, too.
Yasiel Puig's actual stats from 2013 were impressive all on their own: Puig scored 66 runs, hit 19 home runs, and drove in 42 RBI in 104 games. Extending that out to 162 games puts him at 103 runs, 30 HR and 65 RBI. Of those stats, we expect his home runs to dip down to 25-ish, but we also expect his RBI to increase into the 80s.
The biggest question mark we have (other than "Will he keep his head screwed on straight?" and "Will he get injured diving for a ball in the outfield?")is whether we can count on his stolen bases?
Puig stole 11 bases in 104 games last season, which projects out to 17 over 162 games. However... he was also caught stealing 8 times (which projects out to 12 in 162 games). A guy who went 11-8 in stolen base attempts isn't very impressive, especially for a guy who runs so fast. Is it that he hasn't learned how to read pitchers yet? Is it that he's too antsy to wait for the right moment to try to steal a base? Is he just too careless to even want to learn how to read pitchers, or does he just want to go go go? We're up in the air about all these options, but if we had to predict, we'd say he'll end up with 15-20 stolen bases, just like the projections say, and we'll expect him to get caught 10 times. He has 30/30 potential, but his maturity level definitely leaves something to be desired. We also fully expect Manager Don Mattingly to yank Puig out of games as necessary again in 2014, but we don't necessarily expect Puig to learn from his mistakes yet.
Given the potential he has, we're tempted to tell you to draft Yasiel Puig, but we have to figure out where he's going to play every day in the Dodgers' lineup. Is Matt Kemp going to remain hobbled by a bad hamstring? I mean, let's face it: Kemp wasn't exactly lights out last season, and hamstring injuries linger for entire careers. Or... will Andre Ethier stink up the joint again? He only hit 12 HR with 52 RBI and 54 runs scored in 142 games. Or, will Carl Crawford also be sidelined with injuries as usual? He only played in 116 games last season.
The bottom line with Puig is that he's a better day-to-day option than any of those guys, to be honest - and yes, even better than Matt Kemp (until Kemp proves otherwise, if he can). Puig is going to go in your draft well before the 10th round, and maybe even before the 5th. Hell, he's such a wildcard, he may even go in the first or second rounds of your fantasy draft (especially if you have a Dodger fan or two in your league). While we wouldn't take him that high, we don't blame you if you do since the upside is almost unlimited.
In an auction draft, you can almost expect Puig to go for more than he's worth, but again, you have to take chances in fantasy drafts to get the guys who just might carry your team. While we expect Yasiel Puig to hit .290 with 25 HR, 80 RBI, 80 runs and 15 SB, we can also very easily see him reaching a .300/30/30 season with 90+ runs and 100+ RBI... or 100+ runs and 90+ RBI. It all depends on what the Dodgers do with him and whether he actually gets to play every day, as well as where he ends up hitting in the lineup. We would feel comfortable paying $25 for Puig, but we also know he'll probably attract a lot of fantasy baseball bidding wars. Expect him to go for well over $30 in your league, even though he may not be worth it... then again, he may be worth $50 depending on how things go.
Yasiel Puig's actual stats from 2013 were impressive all on their own: Puig scored 66 runs, hit 19 home runs, and drove in 42 RBI in 104 games. Extending that out to 162 games puts him at 103 runs, 30 HR and 65 RBI. Of those stats, we expect his home runs to dip down to 25-ish, but we also expect his RBI to increase into the 80s.
The biggest question mark we have (other than "Will he keep his head screwed on straight?" and "Will he get injured diving for a ball in the outfield?")is whether we can count on his stolen bases?
Puig stole 11 bases in 104 games last season, which projects out to 17 over 162 games. However... he was also caught stealing 8 times (which projects out to 12 in 162 games). A guy who went 11-8 in stolen base attempts isn't very impressive, especially for a guy who runs so fast. Is it that he hasn't learned how to read pitchers yet? Is it that he's too antsy to wait for the right moment to try to steal a base? Is he just too careless to even want to learn how to read pitchers, or does he just want to go go go? We're up in the air about all these options, but if we had to predict, we'd say he'll end up with 15-20 stolen bases, just like the projections say, and we'll expect him to get caught 10 times. He has 30/30 potential, but his maturity level definitely leaves something to be desired. We also fully expect Manager Don Mattingly to yank Puig out of games as necessary again in 2014, but we don't necessarily expect Puig to learn from his mistakes yet.
Given the potential he has, we're tempted to tell you to draft Yasiel Puig, but we have to figure out where he's going to play every day in the Dodgers' lineup. Is Matt Kemp going to remain hobbled by a bad hamstring? I mean, let's face it: Kemp wasn't exactly lights out last season, and hamstring injuries linger for entire careers. Or... will Andre Ethier stink up the joint again? He only hit 12 HR with 52 RBI and 54 runs scored in 142 games. Or, will Carl Crawford also be sidelined with injuries as usual? He only played in 116 games last season.
The bottom line with Puig is that he's a better day-to-day option than any of those guys, to be honest - and yes, even better than Matt Kemp (until Kemp proves otherwise, if he can). Puig is going to go in your draft well before the 10th round, and maybe even before the 5th. Hell, he's such a wildcard, he may even go in the first or second rounds of your fantasy draft (especially if you have a Dodger fan or two in your league). While we wouldn't take him that high, we don't blame you if you do since the upside is almost unlimited.
In an auction draft, you can almost expect Puig to go for more than he's worth, but again, you have to take chances in fantasy drafts to get the guys who just might carry your team. While we expect Yasiel Puig to hit .290 with 25 HR, 80 RBI, 80 runs and 15 SB, we can also very easily see him reaching a .300/30/30 season with 90+ runs and 100+ RBI... or 100+ runs and 90+ RBI. It all depends on what the Dodgers do with him and whether he actually gets to play every day, as well as where he ends up hitting in the lineup. We would feel comfortable paying $25 for Puig, but we also know he'll probably attract a lot of fantasy baseball bidding wars. Expect him to go for well over $30 in your league, even though he may not be worth it... then again, he may be worth $50 depending on how things go.
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