2010 Fantasy Baseball Third Baseman Rankings

By Pete Rampino in Fantasy, Featured ⋅ March 19, 2010 at 10:05pm ⋅ Post a comment

Third base can be a bit of a dilemma. If you want your power-hitting players at the corner, then you are going to have to jump early. Only four players at the position hit 30+ home runs last season. Those same four men were also the only 3B to drive in 100+ RBI.

That isn’t to say that serviceable players aren’t available after the marquee 3B are off the board. You can easily find 20+ homers and 80+ RBI later in the draft. Don’t forget players who missed time last season with injuries (Aramis Ramirez), who will fall a few extra spots. And don’t ignore young up-and-comers (Gordon Beckham), who can return a big profit given their current draft position.

The position also carries a lot of risk. Is David Wright going to bounce back? Can Mark Reynolds repeat his 2009 production? Am I going to be the guy who drafts Chipper Jones? Only time will tell.

K.C., Brian, George, and I have returned to give you our top 30 third baseman for draft day. Let the arguing commence!

	Pete	KC	George	Brian
1.	Alex Rodriguez	Alex Rodriguez	Alex Rodriguez	Alex Rodriguez
2.	Evan Longoria	Evan Longoria	David Wright	Evan Longoria
3.	Ryan Zimmerman	David Wright	Evan Longoria	David Wright
4.	David Wright	Ryan Zimmerman	Ryan Zimmerman	Mark Reynolds
5.	Kevin Youkilis	Mark Reynolds	Pablo Sandoval	Kevin Youkilis
6.	Pablo Sandoval	Kevin Youkilis	Mark Reynolds	Pablo Sandoval
7.	Mark Reynolds	Pablo Sandoval	Kevin Youkilis	Ryan Zimmerman
8.	Michael Young	Aramis Ramirez	Aramis Ramirez	Chone Figgins
9.	Chone Figgins	Gordon Beckham	Gordon Beckham	Aramis Ramirez
10.	Aramis Ramirez	Michael Young	Chone Figgins	Gordon Beckham
11.	Jorge Cantu	Chone Figgins	Michael Young	Michael Young
12.	Gordon Beckham	Chipper Jones	Chipper Jones	Chipper Jones
13.	Chipper Jones	Jorge Cantu	Jorge Cantu	Adrian Beltre
14.	Adrian Beltre	Chris Davis	Ian Stewart	Jorge Cantu
15.	Ian Stewart	Adrian Beltre	Chris Davis	Ian Stewart
16.	Casey Blake	Ian Stewart	Adrian Beltre	Martin Prado
17.	Chris Davis	Martin Prado	Mark DeRosa	Chase Headley
18.	Martin Prado	Jhonny Peralta	Jhonny Peralta	Alex Gordon
19.	Mark DeRosa	Mark DeRosa	Casey Blake	Mark DeRosa
20.	Alex Gordon	Mark Teahen	Alex Gordon	Kevin Kouzmanoff
21.	Casey McGehee	Casey McGehee	Kevin Kouzmanoff	Casey Blake
22.	Mark Teahen	Alex Gordon	Chase Headley	Mark Teahen
23.	Chase Headley	Chase Headley	Jake Fox	Scott Rolen
24.	Jhonny Peralta	Casey Blake	Edwin Encarnacion	Edwin Encarnacion
25.	Edwin Encarnacion	Edwin Encarnacion	Brandon Inge	Mat Gamel
26.	Kevin Kouzmanoff	Scott Rolen	Casey McGehee	Casey McGehee
27.	Scott Rolen	Kevin Kouzmanoff	Mat Gamel	David Freese
28.	Brandon Wood	Troy Glaus	Garret Atkins	Brandon Wood
29.	Brandon Inge	Brandon Inge	Troy Glaus	Brandon Inge
30.	Mat Gamel	Garret Atkins	Andy LaRoche	Pedro Feliz