August Third Baseman Rankings

Here are the August Rankings. Players are ranked for the remainder of the season based on how I believe they’ll perform in 5x5 leagues. Players are also listed at the positions where they’re most valuable, so if you don’t see that third baseman you’re looking for, he’s probably listed at second or short.

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

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Third Baseman Rankings

Aug	Third Base	Team	2014	May	June	July
1	Miguel Cabrera	Tigers	1	1	1	1
2	Adrian Beltre	Rangers	2	2	2	2
3	Josh Donaldson	Athletics	9	6	4	4
4	Manny Machado	Orioles	6	5	6	10
5	Evan Longoria	Rays	4	4	5	5
6	Pablo Sandoval	Giants	7	9	7	7
7	Kyle Seager	Mariners	8	7	9	9
8	Todd Frazier	Reds	17	12	10	6
9	David Wright	Mets	3	3	3	3
10	Chase Headley	Yankees	11	16	15	15
11	Aramis Ramirez	Brewers	10	10	11	11
12	Nolan Arenado	Rockies	12	11	17	13
13	Juan Francisco	Blue Jays	34	25	16	16
14	Brock Holt	Red Sox	52	NR	33	17
15	Chris Johnson	Braves	18	19	19	18
16	Lonnie Chisenhall	Indians	21	21	13	12
17	Pedro Alvarez	Pirates	16	15	12	14
18	Nick Castellanos	Tigers	61 OF	20	25	19
19	Casey McGehee	Marlins	25	26	21	20
20	Juan Uribe	Dodgers	24	18	23	21
21	David Freese	Angels	23	28	26	26
22	Mark Reynolds	Brewers	20	17	18	22
23	Matt Dominguez	Astros	22	24	20	23
24	Conor Gillaspie	White Sox	33	32	28	30
25	Trevor Plouffe	Twins	30	22	22	25
26	Mike Moustakas	Royals	19	23	29	27
27	Luis Valbuena	Cubs	32	31	27	24
28	Cody Asche	Phillies	31	33	30	29
29	Justin Turner	Dodgers	38	NR	NR	33
30	Will Middlebrooks	Red Sox	13	13	34	31
31	Andy Marte	Diamondbacks	NR	NR	NR	NR
32	Ryan Zimmerman	Nationals	5	8	8	8
33	Danny Valencia	Blue Jays	7 DH	35	36	37
34	Chris Nelson	Padres	44	NR	NR	NR
35	Kris Bryant	Cubs	48	40	38	28
36	Mike Olt	Cubs	27	27	24	32
37	Adam Duvall	Giants	72	NR	40	34
38	Don Kelly	Tigers	47	NR	35	39
39	Jake Lamb	Diamondbacks	77	NR	NR	NR
40	Maikel Franco	Phillies	29	29	32	38

Dropping off: Kevin Kouzmanoff (No. 35), Eric Chavez (No. 36), Matt Davidson (No. 40)

• With the third baseman’s bat not making up for his extreme throwing problems, the Pirates were left with no choice but to bench Pedro Alvarez. Josh Harrison will take over that spot for the foreseeable future (he’s listed 16th at second base), and now the Pirates have to decide whether it’s worth sacrificing some defense to play Alvarez over Ike Davis at first. In truth, I doubt it is; Davis has been just about as productive as Alvarez against righties this year. The Pirates, though, won’t want all of Alvarez’s power to go to waste if they can help it. As a result, Alvarez stays in the top 20 for now. Davis might head to the bench once Alvarez gets comfortable at first base.