Top 25 Third Basemen
Michael Lins 4/4/09

David Wright will help his owners in all five categories, while Evan Longoria will provide four category help.  Aramis Ramirez is a run producer and should be batting with enough CUbs on base in front of him to break 100 RBI's again this year.  Even with the injury, ARod, if back by mid May, should produce enough to be the #4 3B.  Owners who draft him in the first couple of rounds; however, will be disappointed.

If you are looking for value, Garrett Atkins has been dropping out of the top 100 in several drafts, but he'll definitely reward owners who select him.  In addition, his dual position eligibility will also be an asset to his owners.  He has the ability to hit over .300 and with Holliday gone, Atkins will be counted on a little more to produce runs.  The position also gets thin after the first handful of players are off the board.  You definitely don't want to be without a 3B after Kouzmanoff is off the board.

Rank Player AL/NL POS G AB R H HR RBI SB Avg
1 David Wright, NYM NL 3B 160 612 112 192 35 116 18 0.314
2 Evan Longoria, TB AL 3B 151 562 87 154 33 104 10 0.274
3 Aramis Ramirez, CHC NL 3B 142 531 90 154 30 105 1 0.290
4 Alex Rodriguez, NYY AL 3B 125 440 88 132 28 83 8 0.300
5 Chris Davis, TEX AL 3B 154 570 90 153 30 100 1 0.268
6 Garrett Atkins, COL NL 3B 158 603 92 177 23 108 1 0.294
7 Ryan Zimmerman, WSH NL 3B 149 588 88 163 23 95 5 0.277
8 Adrian Beltre, SEA AL 3B 147 565 79 153 27 82 8 0.271
9 Jorge Cantu, FLA NL 3B 148 577 84 152 24 90 3 0.264
10 Mark Reynolds, ARI NL 3B 146 515 80 129 25 86 5 0.250
11 Alex Gordon, KC AL 3B 148 541 77 147 22 73 12 0.271
12 Chipper Jones, ATL NL 3B 125 443 83 142 21 74 2 0.320
13 Edwin Encarnacion, CIN NL 3B 149 525 77 144 25 79 2 0.274
14 Chone Figgins, LAA AL 3B 136 522 80 141 3 43 40 0.270
15 Kevin Kouzmanoff, SD NL 3B 152 589 72 160 22 80 0 0.271
16 Mike Lowell, BOS AL 3B 135 515 65 142 18 82 1 0.275
17 Melvin Mora, BAL AL 3B 128 477 65 134 17 72 4 0.281
18 Bill Hall, MIL NL 3B 130 431 58 113 18 69 5 0.262
19 Josh Fields, CWS AL 3B 128 417 58 106 21 66 2 0.255
20 Casey Blake, LAD NL 3B 151 532 62 144 17 68 2 0.270
21 Ian Stewart, COL NL 3B 133 514 60 131 19 63 4 0.255
22 Troy Glaus, STL NL 3B 125 443 52 115 21 73 0 0.259
23 Ty Wigginton, BAL AL 3B 105 400 56 108 19 55 1 0.271
24 Joe Crede, MIN AL 3B 127 404 58 103 16 64 0 0.255
25 Pedro Feliz, PHI NL 3B 141 478 52 120 17 62 0 0.252