Here is the May edition of my rest-of-season position rankings and overall top 300 for 5x5 leagues. As you might have noticed, the weekly Strike Zone is off the menu for load management reasons this year. However, I plan to continue to present monthly rankings updates in this spot.
As always, players are ranked by position and then combined into an overall top 300 list.
Click to see other May rankings:
Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C
Second Baseman Rankings
| May | Second basemen | Team | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mookie Betts | Dodgers | n/a |
| 2 | Marcus Semien | Rangers | 2 |
| 3 | Jazz Chisholm | Marlins | 1 |
| 4 | Andres Gimenez | Guardians | 3 |
| 5 | Nico Hoerner | Cubs | n/a |
| 6 | Ozzie Albies | Braves | 4 |
| 7 | Ryan McMahon | Rockies | n/a |
| 8 | Brandon Lowe | Rays | 6 |
| 9 | Jose Altuve | Astros | 7 |
| 10 | Tommy Edman | Cardinals | 5 |
| 11 | Jonathan India | Reds | 10 |
| 12 | Gleyber Torres | Yankees | 9 |
| 13 | Luis Arraez | Marlins | 8 |
| 14 | Miguel Vargas | Dodgers | n/a |
| 15 | Max Muncy | Dodgers | 21 |
| 16 | Jorge Polanco | Twins | 20 |
| 17 | Thairo Estrada | Giants | 27 |
| 18 | Ketel Marte | Diamondbacks | 11 |
| 19 | Jake Cronenworth | Padres | 12 |
| 20 | Jeff McNeil | Mets | 13 |
| 21 | DJ LeMahieu | Yankees | 15 |
| 22 | Bryson Stott | Phillies | 18 |
| 23 | Trevor Story | Red Sox | 17 |
| 24 | Luis Garcia | Nationals | 14 |
| 25 | Josh Rojas | Diamondbacks | 19 |
| 26 | Ha-Seong Kim | Padres | n/a |
| 27 | Jean Segura | Marlins | 16 |
| 28 | Nolan Gorman | Cardinals | 37 |
| 29 | Whit Merrifield | Blue Jays | 22 |
| 30 | Jon Berti | Marlins | 23 |
| 31 | Brendan Donovan | Cardinals | 24 |
| 32 | Ji Hwan Bae | Pirates | n/a |
| 33 | Vaughn Grissom | Braves | 29 |
| 34 | Brandon Drury | Angels | 30 |
| 35 | Isaac Paredes | Rays | 32 |
| 36 | Ramón Urías | Orioles | 33 |
| 37 | Christopher Morel | Cubs | 31 |
| 38 | Brice Turang | Brewers | n/a |
| 39 | Rodolfo Castro | Pirates | 54 |
| 40 | Elvis Andrus | White Sox | n/a |
| 41 | Kolten Wong | Mariners | 26 |
| 42 | Luis Urías | Brewers | 25 |
| 43 | Luis Rengifo | Angels | 28 |
| 44 | Jordan Diaz | Athletics | 64 |
| 45 | Edouard Julien | Twins | NR |
| 46 | Harold Castro | Rockies | n/a |
| 47 | Nick Gordon | Twins | 38 |
| 48 | Samad Taylor | Royals | 51 |
| 49 | Alan Trejo | Rockies | n/a |
| 50 | Michael Busch | Dodgers | 72 |
| 51 | Orlando Arcia | Braves | 47 |
| 52 | Sam Haggerty | Mariners | n/a |
| 53 | Mauricio Dubón | Astros | n/a |
| 54 | Enrique Hernandez | Red Sox | n/a |
| 55 | Tucupita Marcano | Pirates | NR |
| 56 | Michael Massey | Royals | 36 |
| 57 | Wilmer Flores | Giants | 39 |
| 58 | Zach McKinstry | Tigers | 60 |
| 59 | Chris Taylor | Dodgers | 35 |
| 60 | Jonathan Aranda | Rays | 34 |
| 61 | Nick Madrigal | Cubs | 46 |
| 62 | Taylor Walls | Rays | 66 |
| 63 | Joey Wendle | Marlins | 43 |
| 64 | Christian Arroyo | Red Sox | 40 |
| 65 | Adam Frazier | Orioles | 45 |
| 66 | David Hamilton | Red Sox | 57 |
| 67 | Brendan Rodgers | Rockies | 50 |
| 68 | David Hensley | Astros | DH 8 |
| 69 | Nick Maton | Tigers | n/a |
| 70 | Mark Mathias | Pirates | DH 14 |
Dropping off: Aledmys Diaz (41st), Jonathan Schoop (42nd), Santiago Espinal (44th), Vidal Bruján (48th), Kevin Newman (49th), Josh Harrison (52nd), Romy Gonzalez (53rd), Scott Kingery (55th), Cavan Biggio (56th)
- The additions of Mookie Betts, Nico Hoerner and Ryan McMahon to the second base list make it look like the guys in the middle are tumbling, but it’s not really anything they’re doing wrong. Jeff McNeil, for instance, fell from 13th to 20th here, but he’s actually up a couple of spots in the outfield rankings.
- Given that they were making some changes, I’m surprised the Royals didn’t send down Michael Massey on Tuesday. Maybe they figured that’d be sending the wrong message after he finally drew his first walk of the season on Saturday. I thought Massey would be a decent second baseman for Kansas City, but it 81 plate appearances, he’s collected one extra-base hit and amassed a 31/1 K/BB ratio. Demoting him would be a mercy. Also, Samad Taylor has made a nice case for a callup by hitting .337/.404/.480 in Triple-A. I don’t think Taylor is a long-term regular, but he would be pretty interesting for fantasy purposes; he already has 12 steals this year and he’s totaled 148 steals in 494 games as a minor leaguer.
