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2014 Fantasy Baseball Rankings:
Top 300 All Hitters

Justin K. Moreau
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
11
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
Player
 Trout, M
 Goldschmidt, P
 McCutchen, A
 Jones, A
 Pence, H
 Werth, J
 Cano, R
 Cabrera, M
 Holliday, M
 Gonzalez, C
 Cuddyer, M
 Gomez, C
 Kipnis, J
 Ortiz, D
 Davis, C
 Votto, J
 Donaldson, J
 Hosmer, E
 Rios, A
 Encarnacion, E
 Murphy, D
 Desmond, I
 Choo, S
 Pedroia, D
 Soriano, A
 Victorino, S
 Bruce, J
 Hunter, T
 Wright, D
 Ramirez, H
 Freeman, F
 Beltre, A
 Zimmerman, R
 Gordon, A
 Crisp, C
 Ellsbury, J
 Beltran, C
 Upton, J
 Brown, D
 Kinsler, I
 Utley, C
 Byrd, M
 Segura, J
 Machado, M
 Carpenter, M
 Lucroy, J
 Puig, Y
 Rosario, W
 Belt, B
 De Aza, A
Pos
CF
1B
CF
CF
RF
RF
2B
3B
LF
LF
RF
CF
2B
DH
1B
1B
3B
1B
RF
1B
2B
SS
CF
2B
LF
RF
RF
RF
3B
SS
1B
3B
3B
LF
CF
CF
RF
LF
LF
2B
2B
RF
SS
3B
2B
C
RF
C
1B
CF
Runs
109
103
97
100
91
84
81
103
103
72
74
80
86
84
103
101
89
86
83
90
92
77
107
91
84
82
89
90
63
62
89
88
84
90
93
92
79
94
65
85
73
75
74
88
126
59
66
63
76
84
HR
27
36
21
33
27
25
27
44
22
26
20
24
17
30
53
24
24
17
18
36
13
20
21
9
34
15
30
17
18
20
23
30
26
20
22
9
24
27
27
13
18
24
12
14
11
18
19
21
17
17
RBI
97
125
84
108
99
82
107
137
94
70
84
73
84
103
138
73
93
79
81
104
78
80
54
84
101
61
109
84
58
57
109
92
79
81
66
53
84
70
83
72
69
88
49
71
78
82
42
79
67
62
SB
33
15
27
14
22
10
7
3
6
21
10
40
30
4
4
6
5
11
42
7
23
21
20
17
18
21
7
3
17
10
1
1
6
11
21
52
2
8
8
15
8
2
44
6
3
9
11
4
5
20
AVG
.323
.302
.317
.285
.283
.318
.314
.348
.300
.302
.331
.284
.284
.309
.286
.305
.301
.302
.278
.272
.286
.280
.285
.301
.255
.294
.262
.304
.307
.345
.319
.315
.275
.265
.261
.298
.296
.263
.272
.277
.284
.291
.294
.283
.318
.280
.319
.292
.289
.264


Rank
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
73
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
Player
 Bautista, J
 Tulowitzki, T
 Harper, B
 Seager, K
 Craig, A
 Venable, W
 Brantley, M
 Zobrist, B
 Phillips, B
 Molina, Y
 Fielder, P
 Gonzalez, A
 Moss, B
 Longoria, E
 Prado, M
 Marte, S
 Trumbo, M
 Santana, C
 Jackson, A
 Jennings, D
 Cespedes, Y
 Kendrick, H
 Lowrie, J
 Gardner, B
 Cruz, N
 Loney, J
 Andrus, E
 Posey, B
 Lind, A
 Dozier, B
 Jay, J
 Aoki, N
 Hamilton, J
 Saltalamacchia, J
 Hardy, J
 Ramirez, A
 Napoli, M
 Denorfia, C
 Myers, W
 Altuve, J
 Infante, O
 Reyes, J
 Parra, G
 Fowler, D
 Rizzo, A
 Martinez, V
 Schierholtz, N
 Simmons, A
 McLouth, N
 Castro, J
POS
RF
SS
LF
3B
1B
RF
LF
2B
2B
C
1B
1B
1B
3B
3B
LF
1B
C
CF
CF
LF
2B
SS
CF
RF
1B
SS
C
1B
2B
CF
RF
RF
C
SS
SS
1B
RF
RF
2B
2B
SS
RF
CF
1B
DH
RF
SS
LF
C
Runs
82
72
71
79
71
64
66
77
80
68
82
69
73
91
70
83
85
75
99
82
74
55
80
81
49
54
91
61
67
72
75
80
73
68
66
68
79
67
50
64
54
58
79
71
71
68
56
76
76
63
HR
28
25
20
22
13
22
10
12
18
12
25
22
30
32
14
12
34
20
12
14
26
13
15
8
27
13
4
15
23
18
7
8
21
14
25
6
23
10
13
5
10
10
10
12
23
14
21
17
12
18
RBI
73
82
58
69
97
53
73
71
103
80
106
100
87
88
82
35
100
74
49
54
80
54
75
52
76
75
67
72
67
66
67
37
79
65
76
48
92
47
53
52
51
37
48
42
80
83
68
59
36
56
SB
7
1
11
9
2
22
17
11
5
3
1
1
4
1
3
41
5
3
8
20
7
6
1
24
5
3
42
2
1
14
10
20
4
4
2
30
1
11
5
35
5
15
10
19
6
0
6
6
30
2
AVG
.259
.312
.274
.260
.315
.268
.284
.275
.261
.319
.279
.293
.256
.269
.282
.280
.234
.268
.272
.252
.240
.297
.290
.273
.266
.299
.271
.294
.288
.244
.276
.286
.250
.273
.263
.284
.259
.279
.293
.283
.318
.296
.268
.263
.233
.301
.251
.248
.258
.276


Rank
101
102
103
104
104
106
107
108
109
109
111
112
113
114
115
116
116
118
118
120
121
122
122
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
134
136
137
138
139
140
141
141
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
Player
 Peralta, J
 Bourn, M
 Martin, L
 Span, D
 Alvarez, P
 Cabrera, A
 Morales, K
 Nava, D
 Butler, B
 Aybar, E
 Drew, S
 Frazier, T
 Uribe, J
 Ethier, A
 LaRoche, A
 Johnson, C
 Headley, C
 Markakis, N
 Pollock, A
 Pierzynski, A
 Crawford, C
 Rasmus, C
 Carter, C
 Swisher, N
 Perez, S
 Wieters, M
 Stanton, G
 Gyorko, J
 Joyce, M
 Cabrera, E
 Sandoval, P
 Mauer, J
 Escobar, Y
 Rollins, J
 Saunders, M
 Ruggiano, J
 Suzuki, I
 Gomes, Y
 Morneau, J
 Martin, R
 Pujols, A
 Aviles, M
 Dunn, A
 Lawrie, B
 Castro, S
 Shuck, J
 Dirks, A
 Reddick, J
 Heyward, J
 Adams, M
POS
SS
CF
CF
CF
3B
SS
1B
RF
DH
SS
SS
3B
3B
CF
1B
3B
3B
RF
CF
C
LF
CF
1B
1B
C
C
RF
2B
LF
SS
3B
C
SS
SS
CF
CF
RF
C
1B
C
1B
3B
1B
3B
SS
LF
LF
RF
RF
1B
Runs
50
75
66
75
70
66
64
77
62
68
57
63
47
54
70
54
59
89
64
48
62
57
64
74
48
59
62
62
61
54
52
62
61
65
59
49
57
45
62
51
49
54
60
41
59
60
60
54
67
46
HR
11
6
8
4
36
14
23
12
15
6
13
19
12
12
20
12
13
10
8
17
6
22
29
22
13
22
24
23
18
4
14
11
9
6
12
18
7
11
17
15
17
9
34
11
10
2
9
12
14
17
RBI
55
50
49
47
100
64
80
66
82
54
67
73
50
52
62
68
50
59
38
70
31
66
82
63
79
79
62
63
47
31
79
47
56
39
46
50
35
38
77
55
64
46
86
46
44
39
37
56
38
51
SB
3
23
36
20
2
9
0
0
0
12
6
6
5
4
4
0
8
1
12
1
15
0
2
1
0
2
1
1
7
37
0
0
4
22
13
15
20
2
0
9
1
8
1
9
9
8
7
9
2
0
AVG
.303
.263
.260
.279
.233
.242
.277
.303
.289
.271
.253
.234
.278
.272
.237
.321
.250
.271
.269
.272
.283
.276
.223
.246
.292
.235
.249
.249
.235
.283
.278
.324
.256
.252
.236
.222
.262
.294
.259
.226
.258
.252
.219
.254
.245
.293
.256
.226
.254
.284


Rank
151
151
153
153
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
161
163
164
165
166
166
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
175
177
178
178
178
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
Player
 Walker, N
 Reynolds, M
 Arenado, N
 Stubbs, D
 Johnson, K
 Hill, A
 Plouffe, T
 Braun, R
 Cozart, Z
 Alonso, Y
 Davis, R
 Pagan, A
 Cain, L
 Ellis, M
 Ibanez, R
 Freese, D
 Blanco, G
 Dominguez, M
 Blackmon, C
 Young, M
 Escobar, A
 Overbay, L
 Wells, V
 Raburn, R
 Doumit, R
 Ramirez, A
 Carp, M
 Barnes, B
 McCann, B
 Miller, B
 DeJesus, D
 Viciedo, D
 Young, E
 Lough, D
 Kemp, M
 Gomes, J
 Ross, C
 Moreland, M
 Iglesias, J
 Gattis, E
 Middlebrooks, W
 Florimon, P
 Quentin, C
 Ramos, W
 LeMahieu, D
 Mercer, J
 Jones, G
 Uggla, D
 Tabata, J
 Callaspo, A
POS
2B
1B
3B
RF
LF
2B
3B
LF
SS
1B
LF
CF
CF
2B
LF
3B
CF
3B
RF
3B
SS
1B
LF
RF
C
3B
LF
CF
C
SS
LF
LF
LF
RF
CF
LF
LF
1B
SS
LF
3B
SS
LF
C
2B
SS
1B
2B
RF
2B
Runs
62
55
49
59
41
45
44
30
74
34
49
44
54
46
54
53
50
56
35
52
57
43
45
40
49
43
34
46
43
41
52
43
70
35
35
49
33
60
39
44
41
44
42
29
39
33
41
60
35
52
HR
16
21
10
10
16
11
14
9
12
6
6
5
4
6
29
9
3
21
6
8
4
14
11
16
14
12
9
8
20
8
8
14
2
5
6
13
8
23
3
21
17
9
13
16
2
8
15
22
6
10
RBI
53
67
52
45
52
41
52
38
63
45
24
30
46
48
65
60
41
77
22
46
52
59
50
55
55
49
43
41
57
36
38
56
32
33
33
52
38
60
29
65
49
44
44
59
28
27
51
55
33
58
SB
1
3
2
17
7
1
2
4
0
6
45
9
14
4
0
1
14
0
7
1
22
2
7
0
1
0
1
11
0
5
5
0
46
5
9
1
3
0
5
0
3
15
0
0
18
3
2
2
3
0
AVG
.251
.220
.267
.233
.235
.291
.254
.298
.254
.281
.260
.282
.251
.270
.242
.262
.265
.241
.309
.279
.234
.240
.233
.272
.247
.283
.296
.240
.256
.265
.251
.265
.249
.286
.270
.247
.278
.232
.303
.243
.227
.221
.275
.272
.280
.285
.233
.179
.282
.258


Rank
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
209
211
211
213
213
215
216
217
218
219
220
220
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
228
230
231
232
233
233
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
242
244
245
245
247
248
249
250
251
252
253
254
255
256
257
258
259
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
272
274
275
276
276
278
279
280
280
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
295
297
298
299
299
Player
Gentry, C
 Castillo, W
 Buck, J
 Scutaro, M
 Sogard, E
 Navarro, D
 Davis, K
 Franklin, N
 Helton, T
 Garcia, A
 Bonifacio, E
 Mayberry, J
 Smoak, J
 Young, C
 Chavez, E
 Beckham, G
 Yelich, C
 Arcia, O
 Calhoun, K
 Crawford, B
 Norris, D
 Descalso, D
 Gennett, S
 Moustakas, M
 Nunez, E
 Revere, B
 Maxwell, J
 Konerko, P
 Roberts, B
 Murphy, D
 Howard, R
 Rendon, A
 Gillaspie, C
 Rutledge, J
 Cabrera, M
 Hundley, N
 Ozuna, M
 Lake, J
 Smith, S
 Willingham, J
 Barney, D
 Lagares, J
 Ellis, A
 Grossman, R
 Arencibia, J
 Francisco, J
 Baker, J
 Young, D
 Ruiz, C
 Weeks, R
 Schafer, J
 Ackley, D
 Dyson, J
 Murphy, D
 Hechavarria, A
 Eaton, A
 Guzman, J
 Martinez, J
 Ruf, D
 Amarista, A
 Sanchez, G
 Wallace, B
 Valencia, D
 Montero, M
 Lucas, E
 Davis, I
 Nix, J
 Avila, A
 Scott, L
 Gutierrez, F
 Solano, D
 Gregorius, D
 Hicks, A
 Blanks, K
 Valbuena, L
 Duda, L
 Heisey, C
 Hafner, T
 Dickerson, C
 Jaso, J
 Bourjos, P
 Upton, B
 Schumaker, S
 Chisenhall, L
 Betancourt, Y
 Iannetta, C
 Keppinger, J
 Granderson, C
 Mesoraco, D
 Bogusevic, B
 Lobaton, J
 Flaherty, R
 Hoes, L
 Rodriguez, A
 Punto, N
 Schafer, L
 Torres, A
 Lombardozzi, S
 Pena, B
 Profar, J
POS
CF
C
C
2B
2B
C
LF
2B
1B
RF
2B
RF
1B
CF
3B
2B
OF
LF
RF
SS
C
SS
2B
3B
SS
CF
RF
1B
2B
LF
1B
2B
3B
2B
LF
C
RF
LF
LF
LF
2B
CF
C
LF
C
1B
LF
DH
C
2B
CF
CF
CF
3B
SS
LF
LF
LF
LF
CF
1B
1B
DH
C
3B
1B
SS
C
DH
RF
2B
SS
CF
RF
3B
LF
LF
DH
LF
C
CF
CF
CF
3B
1B
C
2B
CF
C
LF
C
2B
OF
3B
SS
LF
LF
2B
C
2B
Runs
39
41
39
57
45
31
27
38
41
31
54
47
53
46
28
46
34
34
29
52
41
43
29
42
38
37
35
41
33
51
34
40
46
45
39
35
31
26
49
42
49
35
43
29
45
36
21
30
30
40
32
40
30
23
30
40
33
24
36
35
29
35
20
44
43
37
32
39
27
18
33
47
37
31
34
42
29
31
32
31
26
30
31
30
35
40
38
31
31
18
38
28
24
21
34
29
33
25
19
30
HR
2
8
15
2
2
13
11
12
15
7
3
11
20
12
9
5
4
14
8
9
9
5
6
12
3
0
7
12
8
13
11
7
13
7
3
13
3
6
8
14
7
4
10
4
21
18
11
11
5
10
3
4
2
11
3
3
9
7
14
5
7
13
8
11
4
9
3
11
9
10
3
7
8
8
12
15
9
12
5
3
3
9
2
11
13
11
4
7
9
6
7
10
1
7
2
4
2
2
4
6
RBI
22
32
62
31
35
34
27
45
61
31
31
39
50
40
44
24
16
43
32
43
30
43
21
42
28
17
25
54
39
45
43
35
40
19
30
44
32
16
40
48
41
34
52
21
55
48
21
38
37
24
21
31
17
23
42
22
35
36
30
32
36
36
23
42
28
33
24
47
40
24
34
28
27
35
37
33
23
37
17
21
12
26
30
36
46
39
40
15
42
16
32
27
10
19
21
33
21
22
22
26
SB
24
2
2
2
10
0
3
6
0
3
28
5
0
10
1
5
10
1
2
1
5
6
2
2
10
22
6
0
3
1
0
1
0
12
2
1
5
4
0
1
4
6
0
6
0
0
1
0
1
7
22
2
34
2
11
5
3
2
0
4
1
1
0
0
1
4
13
0
1
3
3
0
9
1
1
0
3
2
2
2
6
12
2
1
0
0
0
8
0
2
0
2
7
4
3
7
4
4
0
2
AVG
.280
.274
.222
.297
.266
.300
.279
.225
.249
.283
.243
.227
.238
.200
.281
.267
.288
.251
.282
.248
.246
.238
.324
.233
.260
.305
.252
.244
.249
.220
.266
.265
.245
.235
.279
.233
.265
.284
.253
.208
.208
.242
.238
.268
.194
.227
.279
.260
.268
.209
.247
.253
.258
.255
.227
.252
.226
.250
.247
.236
.254
.221
.304
.230
.256
.205
.236
.227
.241
.248
.249
.252
.192
.243
.218
.223
.237
.202
.263
.271
.274
.184
.263
.225
.212
.225
.253
.229
.238
.273
.249
.224
.282
.244
.255
.211
.250
.259
.297
.234


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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
Projected to 162 Games

The reason we project all the players out to 162 games is so we can not only compare apples to apples, but to see where certain players might have finished in the fantasy rankings had they been able to play a full season. Whether they were injured, suspended, or just missed a few days here and there being listed as "day to day," being able to compare the players on a statistically-even playing field allows us to gauge what could have been, as well as what might be in a new fantasy season.

Check the lists below to see how the projected rankings differ from the actual, statistical rankings. For one, you'll notice that Hanley Ramirez was dominant while he played in 2013, but he only played in 86 games. Now, it's your choice (or your dilemma, even) whether to go with the actual stats on draft day or the projected stats through a full season.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
12
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
25
24
26
27
28
29
30
32
31
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
45
43
44
46
47
49
48
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
62
65
64
66
67
70
68
68
71
72
73
75
74
77
76
78
78
81
80
82
84
83
85
86
87
89
87
90
91
92
92
94
95
97
96
98
99
100
Player
 Ramirez, H
 Gonzalez, C
 Trout, M
 Goldschmidt, P
 Werth, J
 Jones, A
 McCutchen, A
 Wright, D
 Cuddyer, M
 Pence, H
 Cabrera, M
 Ortiz, D
 Gomez, C
 Victorino, S
 Holliday, M
 Puig, Y
 Kipnis, J
 Davis, C
 Encarnacion, E
 Cano, R
 Crisp, C
 Myers, W
 Soriano, A
 Bautista, J
 Braun, R
 Harper, B
 Rios, A
 Rosario, W
 Donaldson, J
 Utley, C
 Tulowitzki, T
 Reyes, J
 Zimmerman, R
 Votto, J
 Freeman, F
 Desmond, I
 Bruce, J
 Hosmer, E
 Choo, S
 Kinsler, I
 Brown, D
 Hunter, T
 Beltran, C
 Cruz, N
 Murphy, D
 Upton, J
 Davis, K
 Beltre, A
 Gordon, A
 Ellsbury, J
 Byrd, M
 Pedroia, D
 Calhoun, K
 Craig, A
 Murphy, D
 Gutierrez, F
 Cespedes, Y
 Moss, B
 Saltalamacchia, J
 De Aza, A
 Molina, Y
 Phillips, B
 Pagan, A
 Segura, J
 Lucroy, J
 Longoria, E
 Belt, B
 Fielder, P
 Miller, B
 Peralta, J
 Gomes, Y
 Fowler, D
 Kendrick, H
 Napoli, M
 Carpenter, M
 Trumbo, M
 Machado, M
 Jennings, D
 Castro, J
 Rasmus, C
 Jackson, A
 Hill, A
 Quentin, C
 Gonzalez, A
 Seager, K
 Raburn, R
 Kemp, M
 Pujols, A
 Venable, W
 Marte, S
 Brantley, M
 Lind, A
 Infante, O
 Dozier, B
 Nava, D
 Stanton, G
 Zobrist, B
 Ramirez, A
 Santana, C
 Andrus, E
Runs
117
106
112
104
105
101
100
91
92
91
113
99
88
109
118
103
94
104
103
82
115
92
90
113
80
97
86
84
91
90
93
101
93
101
98
79
90
88
113
101
76
101
88
73
93
102
78
89
93
111
83
92
81
86
81
71
89
82
91
89
81
86
100
82
65
92
82
82
87
76
83
97
73
92
130
87
91
96
85
78
124
84
83
71
80
75
78
80
69
100
71
76
74
79
93
87
79
76
79
95
HR
38
38
28
36
31
33
22
26
25
27
48
35
26
20
25
30
18
54
41
27
27
24
36
38
24
27
19
28
25
22
32
17
29
24
25
21
30
17
22
15
31
19
27
40
13
29
32
30
21
11
26
9
22
16
39
40
31
34
19
18
14
19
11
13
20
32
18
25
17
17
20
16
17
27
11
35
15
16
24
30
15
20
26
23
22
30
13
28
24
14
11
26
14
20
15
34
12
21
21
4
RBI
107
103
100
127
103
109
87
84
105
99
150
122
80
81
108
65
91
140
119
108
82
98
108
100
101
80
84
106
95
85
105
64
87
73
120
82
110
80
57
86
97
95
94
113
78
76
78
93
84
64
97
85
89
117
81
95
96
97
87
66
95
111
68
54
90
89
72
106
77
83
70
57
72
107
80
102
74
63
76
91
62
76
87
103
70
104
73
105
57
42
78
76
70
73
80
87
73
86
78
70
SB
19
31
34
15
13
14
28
25
12
22
3
5
44
28
7
17
33
4
8
7
26
9
19
10
11
15
44
5
5
10
1
26
7
6
1
22
7
11
21
18
9
3
2
7
23
9
9
1
11
63
2
17
6
2
7
12
8
4
5
21
4
5
21
49
10
1
5
1
11
5
4
26
8
1
3
5
6
23
3
0
10
2
0
1
9
0
20
2
24
49
18
1
7
15
0
1
11
0
3
44
AVG
.345
.302
.323
.302
.318
.285
.317
.307
.331
.283
.348
.309
.284
.294
.300
.319
.284
.286
.272
.314
.261
.293
.255
.259
.298
.274
.278
.292
.301
.284
.312
.296
.275
.305
.319
.280
.262
.302
.285
.277
.272
.304
.296
.266
.286
.263
.279
.315
.265
.298
.291
.301
.282
.315
.255
.248
.240
.256
.273
.264
.319
.261
.282
.294
.280
.269
.289
.279
.265
.303
.294
.263
.297
.259
.318
.234
.283
.252
.276
.276
.272
.291
.275
.293
.260
.272
.270
.258
.268
.280
.284
.288
.318
.244
.303
.249
.275
.283
.268
.271


Top 20 Batters: Runs
Projected to 162 Games

Rank
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

Rank
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

Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Player
 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.


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