AL-Only Rankings

Ah shortstop, home to a bunch of weak slap hitters who only have jobs for their defense. Maybe you can get a few stolen bases from the... What's that you say? It's 2019 and some of these shortstop eligible players are among the Top-10 ranked players in all of Fantasy Baseball? In that case you would be right. The shortstop position is as deep as it's ever been and even these AL-Only shortstop rankings go 14-deep in quality bats with more upside available after that. Punch and Judy, meet Francisco and Alex.If you’re…

Andujar over Vlad Jr.?

At one time the middle infield was as weak and decrepit as the current pool of catchers. Not so any more. Shortstop and second base are filled with value and you can pretty much find any category you're in need of. The AL-Only Second Base Rankings below contain four players who are a threat to steal 30-plus bases and eight players who could exceed 20 home runs. Batting average may be the one category this pool of AL second sackers is lacking in. Once you get past the top three, you see a lot of players projected with…

Ok, I made it through my catcher rankings (AL-Only | NL-Only) and get to come out and play. First Base is perennially the home home to some of the biggest bats in baseball and where fantasy baseball owners fill their power categories from... Only... First base in the American league is really not as good as I was anticipating.  In fact as I go down through my AL-Only first base rankings I don't really see what I would consider to be an elite bat. Sure there are a couple of 40-HR threats and plenty of mid-20 types, but I…