The RotoWire Roundtable: Midseason Rankings

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Updated on July 5, 2013 7:27PM EST

RotoWire Roundtable: The Summer Update

It's around this time of year that people always seem to forget just how long the baseball season is. Baseball has twice as many regular season games as hockey and basketball, and ten times as many as football. The baseball season starts in the beginning of March and wraps in the end of September. It's long.

It's for this reason we've decided to put out a mid-season top 200 list - a guide to help you a) realize there's still a lot of baseball to be played and b) separate what's happened in the first 81 games from what we expect to happen in the last 81 games. As the saying goes, past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

You'll notice a fair amount of variation on the list to follow - much more so than in our pre-season rankings. Mid-season rankings are notoriously hard to do because you have to forecast both on overall player skill sets and the season that is already unfolding. That's why you'll see wide spreads, like we have below on Alejandro De Aza or Domonic Brown. These rankings were assembled for 12-team, 5x5 mixed leagues that start two catchers per team (thus there is a positional scarcity component added for catchers). We used five rankers: Jeff Erickson, Derek VanRiper, Michael Rusignola, Kevin Payne and Jason Collette. The rankings were provided completely blinded - none of the rankers saw any of the

RotoWire Roundtable: The Summer Update

And on with...

The List

Rank	Full Name	Pos	Erickson	VanRiper	Rusignola	Payne	Collette	Median
1	Miguel Cabrera	3B	1	1	1	2	2	1
2	Mike Trout	OF	2	3	2	1	1	2
3	Carlos Gonzalez	OF	3	2	3	3	19	3
4	Chris Davis	1B	7	4	4	4	3	4
5	Paul Goldschmidt	1B	5	5	5	5	22	5
6	Robinson Cano	2B	4	7	12	7	25	7
7	Clayton Kershaw	SP	6	12	7	8	9	8
8	Joey Votto	1B	10	8	21	10	7	10
9	Yasiel Puig	OF	41	42	6	9	10	10
10	Andrew McCutchen	OF	11	10	22	12	11	11
11	Yu Darvish	SP	21	11	11	11	46	11
12	Jose Bautista	OF	9	18	13	14	12	13
13	Prince Fielder	1B	16	9	28	13	5	13
14	Edwin Encarnacion	1B	13	14	14	19	20	14
15	Adam Jones	OF	15	13	15	16	48	15
16	Jason Kipnis	2B	14	29	16	17	16	16
17	David Wright	3B	12	15	19	27	17	17
18	Giancarlo Stanton	OF	20	16	73	15	172	20
19	Jean Segura	SS	17	22	31	6	30	22
20	Evan Longoria	3B	22	6	30	18	34	22
21	Stephen Strasburg	SP	23	23	39	20	35	23
22	Adrian Beltre	3B	18	21	23	23	73	23
23	Albert Pujols	1B	48	25	26	39	4	26
24	Jacoby Ellsbury	OF	26	51	17	34	18	26
25	Buster Posey	C	27	38	32	24	14	27
26	Matt Harvey	SP	35	24	8	28	77	28
27	Cliff Lee	SP	31	39	9	44	26	31
28	Jay Bruce	OF	28	31	48	29	99	31
29	Bryce Harper	OF	8	17	44	32	43	32
30	Jose Reyes	SS	37	26	25	75	32	32
31	Dustin Pedroia	2B	24	33	33	26	38	33
32	Carlos Gomez	OF	49	27	43	33	24	33
33	Felix Hernandez	SP	34	30	50	37	21	34
34	Max Scherzer	SP	30	20	34	51	72	34
35	Justin Upton	OF	19	28	53	36	49	36
36	Yadier Molina	C	33	35	37	48	82	37
37	Adam Wainwright	SP	25	19	40	41	78	40
38	Hanley Ramirez	SS	38	43	10	NR	190	43
39	Ian Kinsler	2B	97	44	41	35	53	44
40	Craig Kimbrel	CL	56	36	60	45	15	45
41	Joe Mauer	C	46	59	20	55	8	46
42	Allen Craig	1B	29	46	52	30	60	46
43	Justin Verlander	SP	47	55	46	71	33	47
44	Shelby Miller	SP	74	48	45	46	199	48
45	Troy Tulowitzki	SS	45	49	55	25	90	49
46	Everth Cabrera	SS	42	45	49	141	107	49
47	Madison Bumgarner	SP	50	40	47	80	102	50
48	Matt Holliday	OF	40	57	51	56	39	51
49	Chris Sale	SP	53	47	38	63	51	51
50	Brandon Phillips	2B	32	68	58	21	52	52
51	Matt Kemp	OF	52	84	18	38	84	52
52	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	39	67	54	60	23	54
53	Alex Rios	OF	54	73	65	53	45	54
54	David Ortiz	DH	57	32	27	82	157	57
55	Shin-Soo Choo	OF	78	58	91	54	28	58
56	Nelson Cruz	OF	59	65	59	61	47	59
57	Yoenis Cespedes	OF	66	61	24	62	40	61
58	Ian Desmond	SS	75	53	86	43	61	61
59	Ryan Zimmerman	3B	44	62	80	47	121	62
60	Matt Cain	SP	62	54	94	90	55	62
61	Starling Marte	OF	71	63	62	31	76	63
62	Wilin Rosario	C	63	93	99	59	63	63
63	Domonic Brown	OF	51	64	69	22	NR	64
64	Ryan Braun	OF	65	69	42	40	134	65
65	Freddie Freeman	1B	43	34	82	67	179	67
66	Aroldis Chapman	CL	73	37	83	52	68	68
67	Carlos Santana	C	68	50	68	87	62	68
68	Carlos Beltran	OF	58	95	35	68	81	68
69	Mark Trumbo	OF	81	52	70	50	70	70
70	Jordan Zimmermann	SP	67	71	29	70	96	70
71	Mike Napoli	C	101	107	36	73	13	73
72	Alex Gordon	OF	55	74	64	101	74	74
73	Josh Donaldson	3B	64	108	72	74	167	74
74	Anthony Rizzo	1B	69	75	150	NR	42	75
75	Aaron Hill	2B	140	66	74	76	140	76
76	Manny Machado	3B	36	83	77	42	152	77
77	Jason Grilli	CL	77	77	89	64	86	77
78	Michael Cuddyer	OF	70	78	56	98	115	78
79	Desmond Jennings	OF	76	110	78	72	88	78
80	Hisashi Iwakuma	SP	79	91	66	58	125	79
81	Mat Latos	SP	61	80	90	108	67	80
82	Hunter Pence	OF	88	79	61	81	129	81
83	Dexter Fowler	OF	82	109	115	57	29	82
84	Jason Heyward	OF	83	41	NR	78	106	83
85	Josh Hamilton	OF	99	137	71	85	58	85
86	Gio Gonzalez	SP	72	82	85	100	137	85
87	Ben Zobrist	2B	115	112	75	88	75	88
88	Mariano Rivera	CL	104	60	140	89	44	89
89	Michael Bourn	OF	90	121	81	115	36	90
90	Coco Crisp	OF	95	123	63	91	87	91
91	Cole Hamels	SP	93	56	116	117	57	93
92	Kenley Jansen	CL	130	76	87	94	93	93
93	Billy Butler	1B	86	94	112	79	95	94
94	David Price	SP	60	81	200	96	101	96
95	Aramis Ramirez	3B	96	96	111	69	186	96
96	Jeff Samardzija	SP	126	92	96	92	NR	96
97	Howie Kendrick	2B	80	97	92	124	123	97
98	Jose Altuve	2B	111	98	100	65	56	98
99	Joe Nathan	CL	87	104	118	99	66	99
100	Austin Jackson	OF	92	100	57	107	128	100
101	Alejandro De Aza	OF	118	NR	67	102	27	102
102	CC Sabathia	SP	89	102	120	NR	31	102
103	Matt Carpenter	3B	102	85	122	93	NR	102
104	Jered Weaver	SP	91	124	103	111	50	103
105	Sergio Romo	CL	109	88	104	139	79	104
106	Starlin Castro	SS	84	87	187	104	159	104
107	Jonathan Papelbon	CL	106	89	127	135	37	106
108	James Shields	SP	107	70	76	113	124	107
109	Mike Minor	SP	85	114	102	110	127	110
110	Chase Utley	2B	113	111	126	84	98	111
111	Elvis Andrus	SS	114	86	95	112	146	112
112	Pablo Sandoval	3B	108	119	117	109	131	117
113	Edward Mujica	CL	116	118	139	164	83	118
114	Brian McCann	C	119	130	NR	95	97	119
115	Brett Gardner	OF	154	122	110	136	6	122
116	Johnny Cueto	SP	167	72	121	122	NR	122
117	Torii Hunter	OF	134	163	79	123	89	123
118	Kyle Seager	3B	123	128	109	83	NR	123
119	Rafael Soriano	CL	124	105	171	144	65	124
120	Kris Medlen	SP	103	146	124	116	139	124
121	Greg Holland	CL	125	132	133	77	122	125
122	Salvador Perez	C	182	148	101	114	126	126
123	Addison Reed	CL	143	103	NR	126	69	126
124	Asdrubal Cabrera	SS	112	127	84	138	145	127
125	Zack Greinke	SP	127	125	198	169	54	127
126	Nick Markakis	OF	128	99	108	142	148	128
127	Adam LaRoche	1B	NR	90	128	118	156	128
128	Matt Wieters	C	139	129	130	105	80	129
129	Glen Perkins	CL	158	131	141	125	104	131
130	Jimmy Rollins	SS	131	140	NR	97	64	131
131	Patrick Corbin	SP	146	115	134	86	197	134
132	Homer Bailey	SP	121	134	169	133	196	134
133	Daniel Murphy	2B	NR	113	125	134	NR	134
134	Hiroki Kuroda	SP	135	126	106	165	181	135
135	Shane Victorino	OF	136	NR	113	130	138	136
136	Grant Balfour	CL	153	133	137	161	94	137
137	Pedro Alvarez	3B	94	141	145	49	164	141
138	Lance Lynn	SP	98	145	142	103	175	142
139	Ryan Howard	1B	145	142	164	128	111	142
140	Jonathan Lucroy	C	142	143	152	168	117	143
141	Chase Headley	3B	105	144	149	66	160	144
142	Ervin Santana	SP	188	101	119	146	NR	146
143	Jose Fernandez	SP	120	158	147	121	161	147
144	Hyun-Jin Ryu	SP	138	147	93	160	198	147
145	J.P. Arencibia	C	148	NR	196	131	92	148
146	Anibal Sanchez	SP	186	150	97	120	NR	150
147	Alexei Ramirez	SS	132	NR	165	150	114	150
148	Kendrys Morales	1B	129	160	156	151	150	151
149	Norichika Aoki	OF	141	152	174	152	41	152
150	Matt Moore	SP	100	153	NR	106	171	153
151	Miguel Montero	C	151	169	154	NR	100	154
152	Yovani Gallardo	SP	NR	154	175	155	120	155
153	J.J. Hardy	SS	163	156	135	119	170	156
154	Victor Martinez	C	147	183	157	NR	91	157
155	Eric Hosmer	1B	157	NR	155	182	85	157
156	Doug Fister	SP	159	135	107	NR	168	159
157	Jim Johnson	CL	161	155	NR	NR	108	161
158	Matt Joyce	OF	NR	161	123	147	NR	161
159	Justin Morneau	1B	133	172	163	156	163	163
160	Justin Masterson	SP	137	165	181	140	185	165
161	Clay Buchholz	SP	156	166	98	185	NR	166
162	Adam Lind	1B	181	106	131	167	NR	167
163	Nick Swisher	OF	168	120	146	188	174	168
164	Nate McLouth	OF	169	NR	159	NR	105	169
165	Mark Reynolds	1B	110	NR	170	149	NR	170
166	Wil Myers	OF	171	149	132	171	NR	171
167	Derek Holland	SP	172	116	NR	148	NR	172
168	Erick Aybar	SS	173	NR	138	NR	173	173
169	R.A. Dickey	SP	122	174	NR	163	NR	174
170	Francisco Liriano	SP	175	159	NR	NR	130	175
171	David Freese	3B	176	176	193	145	NR	176
172	Jayson Werth	OF	166	NR	NR	127	177	177
173	A.J. Burnett	SP	155	157	NR	177	NR	177
174	Koji Uehara	CL	179	117	129	178	NR	178
175	B.J. Upton	OF	NR	173	NR	179	112	179
176	Josh Willingham	OF	NR	NR	88	181	109	181
177	Jed Lowrie	SS	NR	136	183	158	NR	183
178	A.J. Pierzynski	C	165	NR	143	NR	183	183
179	C.J. Wilson	SP	152	189	190	184	151	184
180	Todd Frazier	3B	185	186	NR	172	165	185
181	John Lackey	SP	164	NR	NR	187	158	187
182	Adam Dunn	1B	144	NR	188	200	144	188
183	Huston Street	CL	178	188	NR	NR	133	188
184	Carl Crawford	OF	198	139	148	189	NR	189
185	Matt Garza	SP	189	NR	189	NR	143	189
186	Mike Morse	OF	NR	NR	186	159	189	189
187	Curtis Granderson	OF	NR	138	105	190	NR	190
188	Casey Janssen	CL	190	NR	160	NR	119	190
189	Paul Konerko	1B	191	199	199	183	59	191
190	Jhonny Peralta	SS	200	151	144	191	NR	191
191	Mitch Moreland	1B	NR	191	173	143	NR	191
192	Bartolo Colon	SP	174	NR	191	NR	180	191
193	Jake Peavy	SP	192	167	NR	186	NR	192
194	Rickie Weeks	2B	NR	185	NR	195	132	195
195	Bobby Parnell	CL	195	187	NR	NR	136	195
196	A.J. Griffin	SP	NR	196	153	NR	176	196
197	Nick Franklin	SS	197	NR	114	175	NR	197
198	Martin Prado	3B	160	198	NR	129	NR	198
199	Fernando Rodney	CL	117	NR	NR	NR	135	233.5
200	Neil Walker	2B	149	NR	NR	NR	116	233.5

NR = Not RankedAbst = Abstained from RankingPlayers with the same median were ranked secondarily by their average ranking. Players who were not ranked were assigned a ranking of 233.5 (the midpoint between 201 and 267, the total number of ranked players) for the purpose of computing the median and average.

NR = Not Ranked
Abst = Abstained from Ranking
Players with the same median were ranked secondarily by their average ranking. Players who were not ranked were assigned a ranking of 233.5 (the midpoint between 201 and 267, the total number of ranked players) for the purpose of computing the median and average.