2017 Fantasy Baseball Big Board Rankings
Spring training is in full bloom in Florida and Arizona, the World Baseball Classic is just around the corner and if you look hard enough you can see the start of another fantasy baseball season on the horizon. In fact, some leagues have probably already started their drafts.
So which player should you spend your first-round pick on? While some of the candidates have to be obvious – starting with reigning AL and NL MVPs Mike Trout and Kris Bryant – once you get past the first six guys, the choices may not be as clear-cut. There’s still plenty of star power to be had at different positions, but which All-Star or rising superstar would be a better pick for your fantasy team?
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That’s where Athlon Sports’ Fantasy Baseball Big Board comes into play. We have culled rankings from trusted and respected sites such as CBSSports.com(Scott White), ESPN.com(Eric Karabell), FoxSports.com(John Halpin), MLB.com, and Yahoo!, combined and averaged them to produce these consensus rankings.
Obviously these will change since the regular season is a month away, but when you are on the clock and can’t decide whether to go with a position player or pitcher, or maybe going back and forth between two outfielders, you can use these to get a sense of what the experts think. If anything, this will give you more time to think about what you are going to name your team.
Also, don’t forget about Athlon Sports’ 2017 Baseball Preview magazine, which contains plenty of fantasy content in addition to other great features, team previews, statistics and more.
2017 Fantasy Baseball Big Board
Note: Players that tied are listed in alphabetical order.
Rank | Player | Team | POS | CBS | ESPN | FOX | MLB | Y! |
1 | Mike Trout | LAA | OF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Mookie Betts | BOS | OF | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Jose Altuve | HOU | 2B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
4t | Nolan Arenado | COL | 3B | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
4t | Kris Bryant | CHC | 1B/3B/OF | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
4t | Paul Goldschmidt | ARI | 1B | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
7t | Josh Donaldson | TOR | 3B | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
7t | Clayton Kershaw | LAD | SP | 11 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
7t | Manny Machado | BAL | 3B/SS | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 |
10 | Bryce Harper | WAS | OF | 10 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
11 | Anthony Rizzo | CHC | 1B | 9 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 11 |
12 | Charlie Blackmon | COL | OF | 13 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 12 |
13 | Miguel Cabrera | DET | 1B | 14 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 13 |
14 | Max Scherzer | WAS | SP | 16 | 27 | 13 | 11 | 14 |
15 | Corey Seager | LAD | SS | 12 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 16 |
16 | Trea Turner | WAS | 2B/OF | 20 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 15 |
17 | Madison Bumgarner | SF | SP | 19 | 21 | 20 | 14 | 18 |
18 | Carlos Correa | HOU | SS | 15 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 20 |
19 | Joey Votto | CIN | 1B | 17 | 13 | 28 | 26 | 19 |
20 | Chris Sale | BOS | SP | 22 | 28 | 23 | 16 | 23 |
21 | Noah Syndergaard | NYM | SP | 28 | 34 | 15 | 21 | 17 |
22 | Robinson Cano | SEA | 2B | 25 | 22 | 16 | 29 | 26 |
23 | Corey Kluber | CLE | SP | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 29 |
24 | Edwin Encarnacion | CLE | 1B | 18 | 23 | 18 | 43 | 28 |
25 | Francisco Lindor | CLE | SS | 32 | 18 | 35 | 24 | 25 |
26 | Starling Marte | PIT | OF | 66 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 21 |
27 | Freddie Freeman | ATL | 1B | 37 | 20 | 26 | 27 | 31 |
28 | George Springer | HOU | OF | 30 | 33 | 32 | 25 | 27 |
29 | Xander Bogaerts | BOS | SS | 31 | 30 | 30 | 35 | 22 |
30 | Nelson Cruz | SEA | OF | 41 | 26 | 27 | 33 | 30 |
31 | Ryan Braun | MIL | OF | 40 | 24 | 22 | 53 | 24 |
32 | Brian Dozier | MIN | 2B | 27 | 39 | 39 | 37 | 33 |
33 | Jon Lester | CHC | SP | 26 | 43 | 40 | 28 | 40 |
34 | Daniel Murphy | WAS | 1B/2B | 21 | 31 | 58 | 31 | 39 |
35 | Justin Verlander | DET | SP | 24 | 35 | 57 | 22 | 53 |
36 | A.J. Pollock | ARI | OF | 38 | 46 | 31 | 48 | 32 |
37 | Jake Arrieta | CHC | SP | 33 | 47 | 42 | 36 | 38 |
38 | J.D. Martinez | DET | OF | 43 | 40 | 33 | 45 | 37 |
39 | Jonathan Villar | MIL | 2B/3B/SS | 51 | 29 | 29 | 42 | 49 |
40 | Johnny Cueto | SF | SP | 36 | 48 | 45 | 40 | 46 |
41 | Trevor Story | COL | SS | 62 | 32 | 43 | 39 | 41 |
42 | Yu Darvish | TEX | SP | 39 | 62 | 46 | 41 | 34 |
43 | David Price | BOS | SP | 34 | 59 | 38 | 44 | 50 |
44 | Carlos Gonzalez | COL | OF | 69 | 36 | 34 | 65 | 35 |
45 | Giancarlo Stanton | MIA | OF | 45 | 54 | 37 | 73 | 36 |
46 | Ian Desmond | COL | OF | 71 | 38 | 47 | 47 | 44 |
47 | Rougned Odor | TEX | 2B | 52 | 74 | 49 | 30 | 43 |
48 | Yoenis Cespedes | NYM | OF | 65 | 53 | 50 | 32 | 51 |
49 | Buster Posey | SF | C/1B | 35 | 85 | 56 | 34 | 55 |
50 | Kyle Seager | SEA | 3B | 48 | 41 | 48 | 84 | 45 |
51 | Jose Abreu | CWS | 1B | 63 | 44 | 36 | 85 | 42 |
52 | Stephen Strasburg | WAS | SP | 44 | 84 | 51 | 49 | 48 |
53 | Adrian Beltre | TEX | 3B | 55 | 49 | 61 | 75 | 47 |
54 | Chris Archer | TB | SP | 49 | 60 | 66 | 50 | 64 |
55 | Wil Myers | SD | 1B/OF | 53 | 37 | 44 | 99 | 59 |
56 | Christian Yelich | MIA | OF | 95 | 45 | 52 | 52 | 52 |
57 | Carlos Carrasco | CLE | SP | 47 | 70 | 59 | 67 | 57 |
58 | Andrew McCutchen | PIT | OF | 57 | 58 | 64 | 74 | 58 |
59t | Chris Davis | BAL | 1B | 73 | 64 | 55 | 59 | 61 |
59t | Jacob deGrom | NYM | SP | 42 | 72 | 60 | 70 | 68 |
59t | Gregory Polanco | PIT | OF | 94 | 50 | 53 | 61 | 54 |
62 | Jean Segura | SEA | 2B | 46 | 55 | 72 | 58 | 85 |
63 | Matt Carpenter | STL | 1B/2B/3B | 29 | 63 | 76 | 77 | 77 |
64 | Ian Kinsler | DET | 2B | 76 | 51 | 69 | 71 | 69 |
65 | Gary Sanchez | NYY | C | 58 | 120 | 65 | 46 | 62 |
66 | Kyle Hendricks | CHC | SP | 60 | 86 | 85 | 57 | 66 |
67 | Aroldis Chapman | NYY | RP | 83 | 93 | 67 | 51 | 65 |
68 | Todd Frazier | CWS | 1B/3B | 97 | 57 | 92 | 54 | 67 |
69 | Kenley Jansen | LAD | RP | 79 | 91 | 83 | 38 | 78 |
70t | Dee Gordon | MIA | 2B | 107 | 78 | 62 | 55 | 71 |
70t | Justin Upton | DET | OF | 110 | 56 | 68 | 79 | 60 |
72 | Jason Kipnis | CLE | 2B | 90 | 61 | 75 | 68 | 83 |
73 | Mark Trumbo | BAL | OF | 74 | 75 | 63 | 83 | 88 |
74 | Carlos Martinez | STL | SP | 85 | 69 | 70 | 82 | 79 |
75 | DJ LeMahieu | COL | 2B | 88 | 65 | 77 | 78 | 90 |
76t | Zach Britton | BAL | RP | 84 | 92 | 80 | 60 | 84 |
76t | Hanley Ramirez | BOS | 1B | 80 | 81 | 96 | 80 | 63 |
78 | Jonathan Lucroy | TEX | C/1B | 56 | 119 | 89 | 56 | 82 |
79 | Evan Longoria | TB | 3B | 98 | 52 | 71 | 108 | 76 |
80t | Rick Porcello | BOS | SP | 59 | 71 | 99 | 81 | 99 |
80t | Masahiro Tanaka | NYY | SP | 82 | 82 | 78 | 93 | 74 |
82t | Alex Bregman | HOU | 3B | 54 | 42 | 137 | 92 | 91 |
82t | Adam Jones | BAL | OF | 72 | 79 | 104 | 86 | 75 |
82t | Anthony Rendon | WAS | 3B | 105 | 80 | 54 | 96 | 81 |
85 | Matt Kemp | ATL | OF | 101 | 103 | 81 | 66 | 72 |
86 | Cole Hamels | TEX | SP | 50 | 118 | 84 | 94 | 89 |
87 | Jose Bautista | TOR | OF | 61 | 68 | 91 | 116 | 100 |
88 | Billy Hamilton | CIN | OF | 143 | 113 | 41 | 63 | 87 |
89 | Jose Quintana | CWS | SP | 75 | 83 | 87 | 110 | 93 |
90 | Khris Davis | OAK | OF | 103 | 73 | 98 | 106 | 73 |
91 | Zack Greinke | ARI | SP | 64 | 126 | 86 | 91 | 92 |
92 | Jackie Bradley Jr. | BOS | OF | 87 | 76 | 74 | 133 | 104 |
93 | Eric Hosmer | KC | 1B | 128 | 66 | 73 | 129 | 80 |
94 | Carlos Santana | CLE | 1B | 78 | 77 | 79 | 138 | 106 |
95 | David Dahl | COL | OF | 93 | 98 | 105 | 113 | 70 |
96 | Seung Hwan Oh | STL | RP | 125 | 94 | 106 | 62 | 97 |
97 | Gerrit Cole | PIT | SP | 91 | 104 | 90 | 115 | 86 |
98 | Julio Teheran | ATL | SP | 81 | 116 | 100 | 107 | 96 |
99 | Craig Kimbrel | BOS | RP | 123 | 96 | 95 | 87 | 108 |
100t | Adam Eaton | WAS | OF | 147 | 102 | 82 | 90 | 101 |
100t | Roberto Osuna | TOR | RP | 132 | 111 | 103 | 69 | 107 |
102t | Edwin Diaz | SEA | RP | 131 | 114 | 109 | 72 | 98 |
102t | Mark Melancon | SF | RP | 121 | 95 | 102 | 64 | 142 |
102t | Stephen Piscotty | STL | OF | 109 | 67 | 119 | 100 | 129 |
105 | Danny Duffy | KC | SP/RP | 68 | 156 | 112 | 102 | 105 |
106 | Lorenzo Cain | KC | OF | 122 | 88 | 124 | 105 | 111 |
107 | Justin Turner | LAD | 3B | 102 | 87 | 159 | 95 | 112 |
108 | Albert Pujols | LAA | 1B | 127 | 97 | 128 | 114 | 94 |
109 | Dustin Pedroia | BOS | 2B | 89 | 100 | 116 | 146 | 110 |
110 | Rich Hill | LAD | SP | 99 | 134 | 125 | 103 | 114 |
111 | Wade Davis | CHC | RP | 124 | 115 | 107 | 89 | 144 |
112 | Ken Giles | HOU | RP | 139 | 112 | 111 | 76 | 155 |
113 | Kyle Schwarber | CHC | C/OF | 113 | 124 | 110 | 194 | 56 |
114 | Miguel Sano | MIN | 3B/OF | 129 | 89 | 108 | 144 | 145 |
115 | Danny Salazar | CLE | SP | 120 | 169 | 94 | 119 | 116 |
116 | Odubel Herrera | PHI | OF | 207 | 108 | 88 | 121 | 102 |
117 | Dallas Keuchel | HOU | SP | 67 | 210 | 144 | 101 | 126 |
118 | Adrian Gonzalez | LAD | 1B | 175 | 99 | 97 | 185 | 95 |
119 | Addison Russell | CHC | SS | 111 | 105 | 132 | 174 | 130 |
120 | Michael Fulmer | DET | SP | 100 | 125 | 171 | 148 | 113 |
121t | Willson Contreras | CHC | C/OF | 114 | 135 | 147 | 150 | 115 |
121t | Kenta Maeda | LAD | SP | 151 | 165 | 117 | 125 | 103 |
123 | Kelvin Herrera | KC | RP | 138 | 145 | 120 | 97 | 177 |
124 | Matt Harvey | NYM | SP | 77 | 234 | 123 | 127 | 120 |
125 | Maikel Franco | PHI | 3B | 130 | 109 | 170 | 152 | 123 |