2016 Fantasy Baseball Big Board Rankings

Author:
Jake Rose
Publish date:
Feb 18, 2016

With the commencement of spring training, fantasy baseball fanatics are chomping at the bit to play general manager and draft their squads in hopes of winning a fictitious league title.

Don't worry roto-warriors and DFS lovers, Athlon Sports has got you covered.

The beauty of the current state of baseball is the explosion of young talent within the game. This youth movement in turn gives your fantasy baseball draft more depth than even before. For example, using 27 years old as the break point, the first round alone will likely include Mike Trout, Clayton Kershaw, Bryce Harper and Giancarlo Stanton with only more young, budding superstars (Carlos Correa, Kris Bryant, Corey Seager, Christian Yelich, etc.) to follow.

But even with all the youthful exuberance that baseball showcases, the importance of the veteran role player will never diminish. This is where the 2016 Athlon Sports Fantasy Baseball Big Board comes into play. Rankings have been culled from CBS Sports (Scott White), ESPN.com, FOX, MLB.com, USA Today, and Yahoo!, combined and averaged to offer the best possible fantasy baseball rankings on the web.

And if that's not enough baseball goodness to satisfy you, be sure to order your copy of Athlon Sports' 2016 MLB Preview magazine online today!

Good luck! And happy drafting!

2016 Fantasy Baseball Big Board


Rank	Player	Team	POS	CBS	ESPN	FOX	MLB	USA	Y!
1	Mike Trout	LAA	OF	2	1	1	2	1	1
2	Bryce Harper	WAS	OF	1	4	1	1	2	2
3	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI	1B	3	2	3	3	3	2
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SP	4	3	6	5	4	4
5	Giancarlo Stanton	MIA	OF	7	8	4	7	8	9
6	Josh Donaldson	TOR	3B	6	5	5	4	9	5
7	Carlos Correa	HOU	SS	12	11	10	6	7	10
8	Manny Machado	BAL	3B	9	10	9	11	13	8
9	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	OF	11	7	7	13	6	6
10	Anthony Rizzo	CHC	1B	8	19	8	9	5	14
11	Nolan Arenado	COL	3B	10	9	15	8	11	11
12	Miguel Cabrera	DET	1B	5	18	14	15	14	7
13	Max Scherzer	WAS	SP	17	16	17	17	20	18
14	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	13	6	11	24	10	12
15	Jose Bautista	TOR	OF	15	12	12	19	25	15
16	A.J. Pollock	ARI	OF	14	15	16	12	12	17
17	Kris Bryant	CHC	3B	29	20	13	20	17	13
18	Edwin Encarnacion	TOR	1B	18	13	20	22	26	20
19	Jose Abreu	CWS	1B	28	17	19	24	15	19
20	Mookie Betts	BOS	OF	27	23	21	14	27	16
21	Joey Votto	CIN	1B	16	27	22	44	18	21
22	Jake Arrieta	CHC	SP	19	24	26	16	22	26
23	Chris Sale	CWS	SP	25	22	27	23	24	25
24	Dee Gordon	MIA	2B	38	14	23	31	16	22
25	Jacob DeGrom	NYM	SP	26	43	32	38	58	34
26	Madison Bumgarner	SF	SP	21	29	30	25	19	29
27	David Price	BOS	SP	22	31	35	32	23	40
28	Buster Posey	SF	C	20	39	18	29	28	27
29	Chris Davis	BAL	1B/OF	40	21	29	18	31	44
30	Starling Marte	PIT	OF	68	28	25	26	21	24
31	Zack Greinke	ARI	SP	31	64	31	36	30	35
32	Matt Harvey	NYM	SP	30	35	42	30	47	42
33	Nelson Cruz	TEX	DH	49	42	33	42	50	30
34	Corey Kluber	CLE	SP	23	41	45	40	32	36
35	J.D. Martinez	DET	OF	41	26	37	33	39	28
36	Lorenzo Cain	KC	OF	58	48	50	37	55	50
37	Jose Fernandez	MIA	SP	34	67	34	43	38	33
38	Charlie Blackmon	COL	OF	54	30	24	27	33	23
39	Gerrit Cole	PIT	SP	37	40	44	35	42	45
40	George Springer	HOU	OF	32	37	28	21	40	31
41	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	SP	35	53	52	39	49	54
42	Adam Jones	BAL	OF	42	61	36	47	43	41
43	Yoenis Cespedes	NYM	OF	55	44	47	58	69	32
44	Todd Frazier	CWS	3B	43	25	38	59	35	55
45	Carlos Gonzalez	COL	OF	56	49	49	80	29	39
46	Justin Upton	DET	OF	67	51	40	34	36	48
47	Carlos Gomez	HOU	OF	69	32	60	45	29	51
48	Ryan Braun	MIL	OF	52	72	39	28	41	38
49	Robinson Cano	SEA	2B	77	36	43	41	44	56
50	Troy Tulowitzki	TOR	SS	24	60	41	81	37	61
51	Felix Hernandez	SEA	SP	39	78	51	64	65	43
52	Adrian Gonzalez	LAD	1B	62	38	46	67	70	47
53	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	SP	33	65	63	46	53	49
54	Matt Carpenter	STL	3B	45	34	65	74	62	59
55	Chris Archer	TB	SP	36	59	54	51	56	52
56	Kyle Schwarber	CHC	C/OF	65	57	61	49	66	46
57	Prince Fielder	TEX	DH	60	52	48	107	57	37
58	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	SS	66	62	55	56	34	77
59	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	SP	44	55	62	48	79	60
60	Miguel Sano	MIN	DH	85	33	68	62	54	53
61	Jason Heyward	CHC	OF	87	54	56	72	46	58
62	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	SP	51	68	74	54	74	57
63	Sonny Gray	OAK	SP	53	73	78	53	73	65
64	Jon Lester	CHC	SP	48	79	79	50	68	67
65	Corey Seager	LAD	SS	47	71	87	65	51	105
66	Brian Dozier	MIN	2B	57	47	59	95	76	75
67	Johnny Cueto	SF	SP	64	83	83	57	61	63
68	Eric Hosmer	KC	1B	73	75	67	66	52	69
69	Freddie Freeman	ATL	1B	63	70	53	85	67	62
70	Kyle Seager	SEA	3B	83	45	69	86	64	91
71	Adrian Beltre	TEX	3B	107	56	96	77	60	84
72	Wade Davis	KC	RP	101	58	89	55	77	74
73	Hunter Pence	SF	OF	88	81	77	52	71	76
74	Craig Kimbrel	BOS	SP	93	63	84	61	78	73
75	Jason Kipnis	CLE	2B	79	96	66	88	59	66
76	David Ortiz	BOS	DH	80	46	104	70	63	81
77	Kenley Jansen	LAD	RP	94	50	85	60	87	78
78	Matt Kemp	SD	OF	95	74	73	69	100	70
79	Francisco Lindor	CLE	SS	46	76	71	63	84	111
80	Yasiel Puig	LAD	OF	70	104	57	93	89	64
81	Cole Hamels	TEX	SP	50	118	86	83	88	68
82	Anthony Rendon	WAS	2B/3B	76	144	70	68	48	101
83	Adam Wainwright	STL	SP	76	56	91	89	85	85
84	Ian Kinsler	DET	2B	102	66	82	84	72	82
85	Aroldis Chapman	NYY	RP	100	69	76	71	99	80
86	Danny Salazar	CLE	SP	72	98	93	73	95	87
87	Shin-Soo Choo	TEX	OF	108	116	117	75	NR	109
88	Carlos Martinez	STL	SP	78	97	137	118	NR	120
89	Gregory Polanco	PIT	OF	146	90	75	99	86	86
90	Jacoby Ellsbury	NYY	OF	96	88	64	100	94	71
91	Garret Richards	LAA	SP	81	111	115	79	NR	90
92	Tyson Ross	SD	SP	102	110	108	82	NR	88
93	Rougned Odor	TEX	2B	71	94	98	76	90	98
94	Marcus Stroman	TOR	SP	89	103	124	104	91	113
95	Adam Eaton	CWS	OF	154	84	94	91	NR	83
96	Jonathon Lucroy	MIL	C	90	86	132	124	93	95
97	Trevor Rosenthal	STL	RP	137	95	100	110	NR	103
98	Albert Pujols	LAA	1B	84	80	58	177	82	72
99	Christian Yelich	MIA	OF	163	93	90	90	NR	127
100	Brian McCann	NYY	C	94	114	119	133	NR	157
101	Jordan Zimmerman	DET	SP	106	111	101	127	102	104
102	David Robertson	NYY	RP	132	117	106	78	NR	94
103	Jeurys Familia	NYM	RP	126	113	111	94	NR	99
104	Ben Revere	WAS	OF	202	89	105	97	98	89
105	Zach Britton	BAL	RP	127	109	131	92	NR	114
106	Mark Melancon	PIT	RP	141	106	97	102	NR	92
107	Curtis Granderson	NYM	OF	78	155	114	117	NR	110
108	Brett Gardner	NYY	OF	171	137	92	116	83	97
109	Kolten Wong	STL	2B	116	107	116	112	NR	122
110	Brandon Belt	SF	1B	196	85	112	167	NR	115
111	Evan Longoria	TB	3B	145	133	109	111	NR	108
112	Ian Desmond	FA	SS	117	151	133	96	80	150
113	Alex Gordon	KC	OF	125	192	161	124	NR	156
114	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	DH	195	185	196	138	NR	173
115	Kendrys Morales	KC	DH	161	104	135	113	NR	117
116	Yordano Ventura	KC	SP	155	211	168	134	NR	182
117	Justin Verlander	DET	SP	82	148	179	165	NR	161
118	Steven Matz	NYM	SP	135	155	166	137	NR	179
119	Billy Hamilton	CIN	OF	204	120	80	146	75	100
120	David Peralta	ARI	OF	205	82	130	129	NR	151
121	Mike Moustakas	KC	3B	111	191	140	127	NR	215
122	Billy Burns	OAK	OF	216	146	155	108	NR	158
123	Mark Trumbo	BAL	1B/OF	250	200	191	147	NR	230
124	James Shields	SD	SP	101	167	154	157	NR	136
125	Kole Calhoun	LAA	OF	217	123	99	125	NR	93

2016 Fantasy Baseball Big Board Rankings

2016 Fantasy Baseball Big Board

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