June Third Baseman Rankings

Here is the June edition of my rest-of-season position rankings and overall top 300 for 5x5 leagues. Sorry that I’m a couple of days late, but I had to find a new No. 1 overall player. Also, it turns out that there are only like 120 players in the majors capable of hitting right now, even though most of the best pitchers are injured.

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Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C

Third Baseman ROS Rankings

June	Third Basemen	Team	2024	May
1	Gunnar Henderson	Orioles	5	2
2	Elly De La Cruz	Reds	2	1
3	Jose Ramirez	Guardians	3	4
4	Austin Riley	Braves	1	3
5	Rafael Devers	Red Sox	4	5
6	Maikel Garcia	Royals	8	9
7	Christopher Morel	Cubs	14 OF	7
8	Manny Machado	Padres	6	8
9	Royce Lewis	Twins	7	11
10	Spencer Steer	Reds	10	6
11	Alec Bohm	Phillies	16	10
12	Ryan McMahon	Rockies	18	16
13	Jordan Westburg	Orioles	22	12
14	Isaac Paredes	Rays	17	13
15	Ha-Seong Kim	Padres	19	18
16	Alex Bregman	Astros	13	14
17	Josh Jung	Rangers	9	19
18	Luis Rengifo	Angels	28	27
19	Jeimer Candelario	Reds	11	17
20	Nolan Arenado	Cardinals	14	20
21	Brendan Donovan	Cardinals	12 2B	15 2B
22	Matt Chapman	Giants	21	24
23	Ke’Bryan Hayes	Pirates	12	15
24	Justin Turner	Blue Jays	22 1B	20 1B
25	Max Muncy	Dodgers	20	22
26	Jake Burger	Marlins	15	21
27	Noelvi Marte	Reds	27	28
28	Nick Senzel	Nationals	26	26
29	Michael Busch	Cubs	23	25
30	Willi Castro	Twins	36	39
31	Tyler Freeman	Guardians	30	29
32	Matt Vierling	Tigers	41	41
33	Dylan Moore	Mariners	42 2B	44 2B
34	Mark Vientos	Mets	11 DH	8 DH
35	Joey Ortiz	Brewers	33 2B	38
36	DJ LeMahieu	Yankees	29	32
37	Coby Mayo	Orioles	67	37
38	Amed Rosario	Rays	33 SS	24 SS
39	Colt Keith	Tigers	24	31
40	Jose Miranda	Twins	54	55
41	Abraham Toro	Athletics	85	60
42	Justyn-Henry Malloy	Tigers	68	NR
43	Tyler Black	Brewers	48	23
44	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	Blue Jays	44	42
45	Junior Caminero	Rays	31	30
46	Eugenio Suarez	Diamondbacks	37	34
47	Josh Rojas	Mariners	49	33
48	Donovan Solano	Padres	49 2B	53 2B
49	Josh H. Smith	Rangers	78	54
50	Anthony Rendon	Angels	34	50
51	Miguel Sano	Angels	58 1B	40
52	Edmundo Sosa	Phillies	61	NR
53	Patrick Wisdom	Cubs	40	47
54	Whit Merrifield	Phillies	36 2B	45 2B
55	Brett Baty	Mets	33	36
56	Chris Taylor	Dodgers	45	57
57	Trey Lipscomb	Nationals	63	46
58	Brian Anderson	Braves	79	NR
59	Otto Lopez	Marlins	80 SS	n/a
60	Jared Triolo	Pirates	25	35
61	Jon Berti	Yankees	38	44
62	Vidal Brujan	Marlins	66 2B	58
63	Ramon Urias	Orioles	66	51
64	Andre Lipcius	Dodgers	87	NR
65	Ezequiel Duran	Rangers	35	43
66	J.D. Davis	Athletics	39	49
67	Luis Urias	Mariners	39 2B	48
68	Graham Pauley	Padres	43	45
69	Lenyn Sosa	White Sox	48 2B	NR
70	Andy Ibanez	Tigers	45 2B	56 2B

Dropping off: Ernie Clement (52nd), Nick Madrigal (53rd), Tyler Nevin (56th), Eguy Rosario (59th)

• Shouldn’t Christopher Morel be rewarded for dropping his strikeout rate from 31% to 22% and increasing his walk rate from 8% to 12%? The baseball gods don’t seem to think so, as a .205 BABIP has left him with a .195 average. It suggests that maybe he’s sacrificed some exit velocity in search of plate discipline, but while his numbers are slightly down there, he’s still hitting the ball harder than most. Statcast thinks he should be batting .265 and slugging .503, compared to his actual mark of.371. Fortunately, the Cubs appear to be in full agreement that he’s been better than his numbers, as they’ve kept him in the cleanup spot since day one this season. In light of that, I’m also not dropping him at all.

• Since they didn’t seem to have big plans for Miguel Vargas, perhaps the Dodgers should have called up Andre Lipcius to fill in for Max Muncy a few weeks ago. Lipcius, a spring pickup from the Tigers organization, has hit .318/.389/.594 with 14 homers and six steals for Triple-A Oklahoma City. I’m not sure he’s good enough at second base to be a viable option there over Gavin Lux, but he’s earned some kind of shot. It’s not as though Chris Taylor and Enrique Hernández are justifying their too-frequent at-bats.