Here are some final-month rankings. Please try not to get too bent out of shape if your star player isn’t listed where you like ... anything can happen in a month. Heck, there was a month this year in which Owen Miller compiled a 1.166 OPS and Madison Bumgarner had a 1.17 ERA.
As always, players are ranked by position and then combined into an overall top 300 list.
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Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C
Third Baseman Rankings
| Sept | Third basemen | Team | 2022 | Aug |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jose Ramirez | Guardians | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Manny Machado | Padres | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Rafael Devers | Red Sox | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Austin Riley | Braves | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Nolan Arenado | Cardinals | 8 | 5 |
| 6 | Alex Bregman | Astros | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Bobby Witt Jr. | Royals | n/a | 6 |
| 8 | DJ LeMahieu | Yankees | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | Ryan McMahon | Rockies | 11 | 14 |
| 10 | Alec Bohm | Phillies | 21 | 10 |
| 11 | Luis Arraez | Twins | 20 | 9 |
| 12 | Matt Chapman | Blue Jays | 15 | 11 |
| 13 | Max Muncy | Dodgers | n/a | 16 |
| 14 | Ke’Bryan Hayes | Pirates | 6 | 13 |
| 15 | Josh Rojas | Diamondbacks | n/a | 19 |
| 16 | Jon Berti | Marlins | 48 | 23 |
| 17 | Jose Miranda | Twins | 35 | 12 |
| 18 | Brandon Drury | Padres | n/a | 18 |
| 19 | Josh Donaldson | Yankees | 16 | 17 |
| 20 | Eugenio Suárez | Mariners | 31 | 25 |
| 21 | Justin Turner | Dodgers | 14 | 22 |
| 22 | Yandy Díaz | Rays | 27 | 30 |
| 23 | Wilmer Flores | Giants | 32 | 27 |
| 24 | Josh Jung | Rangers | NR | 54 |
| 25 | Evan Longoria | Giants | 28 | 35 |
| 26 | Brett Baty | Mets | NR | NR |
| 27 | Isaac Paredes | Rays | n/a | 28 |
| 28 | Gio Urshela | Twins | 29 | 32 |
| 29 | BrIan Anderson | Marlins | 17 | 33 |
| 30 | Ha-Seong Kim | Padres | 43 | 52 |
| 31 | Emmanuel Rivera | Diamondbacks | 55 | 68 |
| 32 | J.D. Davis | Giants | 39 | 39 |
| 33 | Jeimer Candelario | Tigers | 22 | 28 |
| 34 | Luis Urías | Brewers | 19 | 20 |
| 35 | Yoan Moncada | White Sox | 10 | 15 |
| 36 | Joey Wendle | Marlins | 25 | 34 |
| 37 | Elehuris Montero | Rockies | 47 | 40 |
| 38 | Donovan Solano | Reds | n/a | 38 |
| 39 | Kris Bryant | Rockies | 9 | 21 |
| 40 | Ramón Urías | Orioles | n/a | 41 |
| 41 | Christian Arroyo | Red Sox | n/a | 55 |
| 42 | Kyle Farmer | Reds | n/a | n/a |
| 43 | Brendan Donovan | Cardinals | 59 | 61 |
| 44 | Harold Castro | Tigers | n/a | 49 |
| 45 | Jace Peterson | Brewers | n/a | 76 |
| 46 | Bobby Dalbec | Red Sox | n/a | 36 |
| 47 | Colin Moran | Reds | n/a | 71 |
| 48 | Hunter Dozier | Royals | 41 | 37 |
| 49 | Miguel Vargas | Dodgers | NR | 24 |
| 50 | Josh Harrison | White Sox | 26 | 43 |
| 51 | Santiago Espinal | Blue Jays | 54 | 42 |
| 52 | Patrick Wisdom | Cubs | 34 | 31 |
| 53 | Romy Gonzalez | White Sox | NR | NR |
| 54 | Matt Vierling | Phillies | n/a | 44 |
| 55 | Nicky Lopez | Royals | n/a | 56 |
| 56 | Brad Miller | Rangers | n/a | 48 |
| 57 | Garrett Hampson | Rockies | n/a | 45 |
| 58 | Mike Moustakas | Reds | 24 | 47 |
| 59 | Ildemaro Vargas | Nationals | NR | NR |
| 60 | Eduardo Escobar | Mets | 38 | 51 |
| 61 | Nolan Jones | Guardians | NR | 26 |
| 62 | Michael Chavis | Pirates | n/a | 63 |
| 63 | David Bote | Cubs | 45 | 50 |
| 64 | Luis Guillorme | Mets | NR | 57 |
| 65 | Rougned Odor | Orioles | 33 | 60 |
| 66 | Vimael Machin | Athletics | n/a | NR |
| 67 | Ezequiel Duran | Rangers | NR | 59 |
| 68 | Jonah Bride | Athletics | n/a | 69 |
| 69 | Jake Lamb | Mariners | NR | 62 |
| 70 | Jonathan Villar | Mariners | 18 | 58 |
| 71 | Aledmys Diaz | Astros | 40 | 64 |
| 72 | Yu Chang | Rays | 53 | NR |
| 73 | Matt Duffy | Angels | 37 | NR |
| 74 | Cavan Biggio | Blue Jays | 23 | 77 |
| 75 | Tyler Nevin | Orioles | n/a | 66 |
Dropping off: Josh H. Smith (46th), Maikel Franco (53rd), Jake Burger (65th), Mike Brosseau (67th), Chad Pinder (70th)
- I haven’t touched the top five here in months, but I did weigh dropping Rafael Devers behind Austin Riley this time around. Devers just hasn’t been quite right since he started dealing with back and hamstring injuries in July. He’s further removed from those injuries now, so a bounce-back September is quite possible. Still, I dropped him several spots in the overall top 300, and I probably would have put him below Riley if Riley had been hitting better of late.
- Josh Jung‘s callup appears imminent, even if he has cooled off in Triple-A over the last week (he’s still batting .297/.357/.656 through 15 games). Ideally, he’ll split time between third base and DH in Texas next month and amass a little mixed-league value.
- The Dodgers are set to put Miguel Vargas back on the roster on Sept. 1, but it isn’t clear that he’ll have a whole lot to do, at least not unless someone ahead of him gets hurt. He should get a long look for the third base job next spring after hitting .304/.402/.511 in Triple-A this year.
