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Fantasy Baseball Player Comparison Tool

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Yesterday discussion came up on Twitter by Dear Mr. Fantasy podcast host Chris McBrien asking for pairs of players at third base to discuss on their upcoming episode. Someone suggested Brett Lawrie and Manny Machado. From that, I wanted to quickly look at the projections we have for each player to see how they compare.

Introducing our new fantasy baseball player comparison tool. Pick any two hitters, or any two pitchers, each of which have at least one set of 2014 projections from Steamer-Fangraphs or FantasyPros (Zeile) in our database (that is a lot of players), and you can view a one page comparison. Pretty cool.

To get to the tool, go to any player page, and you’ll see in the season projections section on the right side of the table heading a drop-down that says, “Compare [Player] to . . .”. Select any player on the list to compare to the player whose page you are currently on. Then you will see similar drop-downs at the bottom of the comparison tool to change either player from there. If you want to switch from hitters to pitchers, or pitchers to hitters, then start over.

Here are some examples to get you going:

I hope you enjoy using this new feature. Post your feedback. Hopefully we can add some more projections, stats and other content to expand on this down the line.

Fantasy Baseball Consensus Top Prospects List

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I love this exercise every year, compiling my consensus top baseball prospects list, a ranking of the next best players in baseball, so I can stay a step ahead of the game in my deep keeper fantasy baseball leagues.

This year I used 15 publicly available “top 100” prospect lists to form the basis of my list, up from ten last year. Players had to be named on at least seven of the lists to make the final cut. Players were given 100 points for a 1st place listing, 99 points for second, 98 for third and on and on down to 1 point for a selection as number 100.

Each list that formed the consensus is identified in the key below. Each player’s score for that list is indicated and their average is listed last. Scores are based on the number of lists they appear. I realize this simple system has the potential to skew the results of those picked on fewer lists, but overall this simple system presents a good snapshot of the guys you should target for your rosters.

Top 100 Prospects Lists
AOL AOL Fanhouse MN MiLBNews
BA Baseball America MP MiLB.Prospects.Blogspot.com
BP Baseball Prospectus PT Pine Tar and Pocket Protectors
BB Bullpen Banter PJ Prospect Junkies
DL Deep Leagues PP Project Prospect
FB Fantasy Baseball 101 SB Scouting Book
JM Jonathan Mayo TPA Top Prospect Alert
KL Keith Law

 

Rank Player AOL BA BP BB DL FB JM KL MN MP PT PJ PP SB TPA Avg
1 Bryce Harper, OF, WAS 94 100 100 98 100 100 98 99 99 98 100 100 100 100 100 99.07
2 Mike Trout, OF, LAA 100 99 99 100 99 99 100 100 95 99 99 99 99 94 99 98.67
3 Jesus Montero, C, NYY 97 98 98 97 94 87 92 97 88 100 97 98 98 99 95 95.67
4 Domonic Brown, OF, PHI 95 97 97 99 98 98 97 98 93 86 98 91 93 93 98 95.40
6 Jeremy Hellickson, P, TB 96 96 92 95 97 97 99 87 100 82 96 96 82 96 96 93.80
5 Julio Teheran, P, ATL 99 95 96 92 95 90 91 95 96 95 93 97 79 95 97 93.67
7 Aroldis Chapman, P, CIN 93 94 95 93 96 96 95 86 97 91 92 94 78 98 94 92.80
8 Eric Hosmer, 1B, KC 98 93 89 94 91 83 93 96 87 94 94 88 96 70 93 90.60
9 Mike Moustakas, 3B, KC 83 92 94 86 92 92 94 78 98 96 85 95 85 88 88 89.73
11 Dustin Ackley, OF, SEA 92 89 76 91 93 91 96 94 60 89 95 90 87 89 89 88.07
12 Desmond Jennings, OF, TB 87 79 83 87 90 95 90 81 92 73 91 92 84 97 75 86.40
13 Wil Myers, C, KC 79 91 88 96 86 78 85 93 68 93 90 93 95 64 92 86.07
10 Freddie Freeman, 1B, ATL 80 84 81 71 83 93 84 58 90 97 89 89 89 92 78 83.87
16 Matt Moore, P, TB 76 86 91 90 85 77 74 85 89 87 78 85 87 81 84 83.67
17 Jameson Taillon, P, PIT 77 90 93 83 84 84 83 71 83 88 86 86 88 58 90 82.93
19 Shelby Miller, P, STL 82 88 86 89 72 71 81 92 76 70 82 83 92 63 91 81.20
14 Michael Pineda, P, SEA 89 85 77 88 89 85 88 80 94 31 84 87 45 83 78.93
15 Manny Machado, SS, BAL 70 87 85 80 78 86 77 75 77 85 80 82 74 46 86 77.87
18 Kyle Drabek, P, TOR 85 72 87 77 87 94 89 88 78 8 88 78 66 83 87 77.80
22 Martin Perez, P, TEX 84 77 68 85 67 66 78 83 78 77 79 70 91 71 76.71
23 Brandon Belt, 1B, SF 81 78 79 79 88 82 75 84 91 38 87 76 94 52 64 76.53
25 Zach Britton, P, BAL 91 73 84 82 88 82 90 82 5 75 84 83 66 82 76.21
26 Jacob Turner, P, DET 75 80 78 84 77 76 86 79 86 66 72 80 46 60 85 75.33
27 Jarrod Parker, P, ARZ 78 68 59 81 81 64 72 76 59 76 76 81 90 78 76 74.33
20 Mike Montgomery, P, KC 86 82 80 72 73 72 87 73 80 62 72 47 68 74 73.43
21 Lonnie Chisenhall, 3B, CLE 61 76 61 82 79 74 65 62 74 90 50 75 76 71 73 71.27
24 Mike Minor, P, ATL 73 64 75 75 80 89 80 40 84 55 73 65 71 85 54 70.87
28 Manny Banuelos, P, NYY 88 60 74 69 57 57 66 89 79 69 59 36 67 65 66.79
29 Brett Lawrie, 2B, TOR 56 61 44 47 68 67 73 64 81 92 70 69 84 53 66.36
30 Aaron Hicks, OF, MIN 62 56 50 70 61 60 62 91 46 61 81 77 58 86 63 65.60
31 Jonathan Singleton, OF, PHI 90 62 38 62 61 71 74 81 54 68 64 61 65.50
32 John Lamb, P, KC 46 83 90 76 64 59 67 60 35 63 40 42 81 87 77 64.67
33 Kyle Gibson, P, MIN 66 67 46 61 71 70 61 69 71 44 69 70 40 75 67 63.13
34 Chris Sale, P, CWS 74 81 82 73 12 76 34 85 33 60 74 26 82 80 62.29
35 Jordan Lyles, P, HOU 63 59 42 39 74 73 70 59 57 61 61 62 81 61.62
36 Tyler Matzek, P, COL 71 69 67 42 54 53 68 77 63 54 71 37 67 69 61.57
37 Casey Kelly, P, SD 72 70 53 78 24 23 79 82 62 30 74 58 65 80 70 61.33
38 Gary Sanchez, C, NYY 67 71 72 59 37 36 69 33 75 84 39 62 28 79 57.93
39 Randall Delgado, P, ATL 49 66 43 64 50 55 51 48 71 68 73 80 32 57.69
40 Brett Jackson, OF, CHC 40 63 54 67 76 75 55 53 83 55 63 42 19 55 57.14
41 Chris Archer, P, TB 54 74 31 57 55 52 54 61 52 66 60 60 56.33
42 Nick Franklin, SS, SEA 35 48 57 60 70 65 63 48 66 74 67 44 57 15 56 55.00
43 Devin Mesoraco, C, CIN 52 29 48 65 56 70 65 22 79 35 77 52 54.17
44 Wilin Rosario, C, COL 47 52 65 55 66 24 60 32 51 23 64 91 66 53.54
45 Jose Iglesias, SS, BOS 65 49 64 49 38 37 59 56 37 57 46 72 48 62 52.79
46 Miguel Sano, 3B, MIN 59 41 70 38 63 45 41 72 50 77 65 52 3 56 59 52.73
47 Jenrry Mejia, P, NYM 28 57 56 62 69 63 41 59 18 42 49.50
48 Jason Kipnis, 2B, CLE 34 47 73 68 51 50 45 40 47 54 73 8 48 49.08
49 Grant Green, SS, OAK 43 38 52 46 75 69 43 42 13 53 49 57 42 47.85
50 Stetson Allie, P, PIT 22 62 43 73 75 12 43 47.14
51 Simon Castro, P, SD 30 43 40 50 60 54 37 32 45 67 61 45 47.00
52 Jean Segura, 2B, LAA 69 44 66 48 31 30 66 58 50 35 47 17 46.75
53 Dee Gordon, SS, LAD 31 75 17 33 56 56 57 31 67 30 37 29 72 45.46
54 Yonder Alonso, 1B, CIN 32 28 22 46 39 52 36 47 12 83 56 86 90 6 45.36
55 Jarrod Cosart, P, PHI 64 31 29 59 58 50 67 43 24 26 45.10
56 Anthony Rizzo, 1B, SD 51 26 32 30 29 63 56 48 46 47 63 49 45.00
57 Derek Norris, C, WSH 48 37 60 74 42 41 68 28 23 63 32 51 16 36 44.21
58 Dellin Betances, P, NYY 57 58 69 30 20 19 48 28 54 27 45 68 43.58
59 Jaff Decker, OF, SD 4 10 55 69 43 64 18 75 54 43.56
60 Chris Carter, OF, OAK 10 10 71 51 65 81 21 43 56 22 55 15 79 28 43.36
61 Drew Pomeranz, P, CLE 20 40 58 66 44 43 41 70 34 71 43 2 39 30 42.93
62 Alex White, P, CLE 5 54 30 26 53 48 36 48 51 55 49 58 42.75
63 Jurickson Profar, SS, TEX 68 27 23 54 32 31 44 20 55 36 49 41 50 51 41.50
64 Hank Conger, C, LAA 27 16 20 40 62 39 57 68 28 28 27 73 40.42
65 J.P. Arencibia, C, TOR 44 63 53 19 58 17 24 39.71
66 Billy Hamilton, SS, CIN 42 51 55 43 42 50 32 18 53 1 39 38.73
67 Zack Wheeler, P, SF 55 46 49 31 13 12 65 2 37 66 56 44 24 38.46
68 Tony Sanchez, C, PIT 58 55 8 36 21 20 38 41 44 31 52 35 36.58
69 Zack Cox, 3B, STL 18 39 47 49 29 26 33 48 26 47 36.20
70 Anthony Ranaudo, P, BOS 60 34 1 35 1 47 64 65 34 40 29 9 44 35.62
71 Danny Duffy, P, KC 39 33 34 58 39 38 3 45 51 13 35.30
72 Tanner Scheppers, P, TEX 29 17 22 24 48 46 58 25 33 55 20 34.27
73 Yasmani Grandal, C, CIN 15 28 34 33 42 51 35 39 43 21 34.10
74 Ben Revere, OF, MIN 17 39 30 39 38 14 61 34.00
75 Trey McNutt, P, CHC 50 53 33 41 36 35 35 20 10 14 38 33.18
76 Matt Dominguez, 3B, FLA 33 20 21 53 10 9 47 46 80 52 30 34 6 22 33.07
77 Wilmer Flores, SS, NYM 37 42 3 56 11 10 43 53 56 34 1 17 57 32.31
78 Jake Odorizzi, P, KC 6 32 24 34 23 22 64 37 57 30 25 32.18
79 Travis d’Arnaud, C, TOR 65 19 5 4 44 19 26 60 46 32.00
80 Nolan Arenado, 3B, COL 11 21 9 64 42 33 33 41 31.75
81 Brody Colvin, P, PHI 19 45 41 25 35 34 25 14 34 30.22
82 Arodys Vizcaino, P, ATL 38 8 51 23 15 14 54 39 36 7 34 29 29.00
83 Danny Espinosa, 2B, WAS 21 35 9 45 28 27 25 27.14
84 Christian Friedrich, P, COL 22 51 14 21 11 59 7 26.43
85 Hak-Ju Lee, SS, TB 53 9 14 52 11 41 17 2 24.88
86 Jake McGee, P, TB 30 28 52 26 25 4 17 9 23.88
87 Tyler Skaggs, P, KC 24 19 18 7 6 49 23 5 38 31 40 23.64
88 Trayvon Robinson, OF, LAD 2 32 41 40 29 4 9 22.43
89 Matt Harvey, P, NYY 8 26 7 18 52 15 6 53 12 21.89
90 Christian Colon, SS, KC 12 50 13 5 19 18 49 15 23 10 18 21.09
91 Craig Kimbrel, P, ATL 14 15 45 27 17 16 26 21 22 5 20.80
92 Michael Choice, OF, OAK 7 27 18 49 47 10 2 5 20.63

 

Offseason Player Movement: Trades

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This offseason saw a fair number of trades, even the same player being traded more than once in the case of Mike Napoli from Anaheim to Toronto to Texas. Some teams were trying to fill holes in their roster to put a better product on the field, while others were trying to pare salary, and perhaps put a better product on the field down the road.

Whatever the reason behind the trade, a lot of quality ball players found new homes. Here is a recap of the trades involving players switching teams who have the most significant fantasy implications this season.

Let’s start with the biggest trade of the offseason, the Adrian Gonzalez to the Boston Red Sox trade. This trade was more than a year in the making as the San Diego Padres were rumored to have A-Gone on the block since last winter. Gonzalez will provide yet another big bat in the heart of the Red Sox order, but at the price of some very talented youngsters. Baseball fans and fantasy players in particular will be eagerly anticipating the impact on Gonzalez’s already impressive stats as a result of moving from notorious pitchers’ park PetCo to Fenway.

The most noteworthy future prospect of the bunch is Casey Kelly, a shortstop-turned-pitcher with great stuff. The other minor leaguers in the deal were Anthony Rizzo and Reymond Fuentes, as all three players are young with high ceilings, but Kelly was the man San Diego had to have in this deal.

The Zack Greinke to the Milwaukee Brewers trade isn’t as flashy because it involves two under-the-radar teams sending a shy, but excellent pitcher for a bunch of young talent, none of which pops off the page. The teams swapped shortstops in the deal and any time you can get another team to take Yuniesky Betancourt’s contract off your books, you won that deal. The Kansas City Royals also received an undervalued Alcides Escobar and an overvalued Lorenzo Cain.

The Brewers were busy adding talented pitchers to the rotation when they also traded for Shaun Marcum from the Toronto Blue Jays. Marcum will make the Milwaukee rotation much deeper as he’s a quality pitcher. He’ll be third in the rotation behind Greinke and Yovani Gallardo. In return, the Jays received much heralded infielder Brett Lawrie. Lawrie is still about a year away from The Show, but when he gets there he’ll likely be a third baseman.

The most surprising deal in the offseason was the one that saw the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim acquire Vernon Wells for Mike Napoli and Juan Rivera. The Angels picked up a contract that will pay Wells more than the one that the Red Sox gave to Carl Crawford, who wanted to play for the Angels. It makes little sense why the Angels just didn’t pay Crawford, who is younger and much more talented, but they opted for the Wells deal instead.

The Blue Jays then traded Napoli to the Texas Rangers for Frank Francisco. The addition of Francisco means four pitchers who were once their team’s primary closer are in the Jays bullpen. Francisco is expected to assume those duties in Toronto. Napoli will serve as a part-time catcher, part-time first baseman in Texas.

Rivera is threatening to take his ball and go home if he doesn’t get his way with the Blue Jays. Whether Rivera is an everyday outfielder for the club depends where they decide to play Jose Bautista, at third base or in the outfield.

Armando Galarraga was traded from the Detroit Tigers to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The very mediocre pitcher who pitched brilliantly for one game and was robbed of perfection is moving to the desert to become the sixth pitcher in the five-man Diamondbacks rotation.
Tom Gorzelanny was sent to the Washington Nationals. He will be a reliable option for the rotation, but don’t expect anything special. In return the Chicago Cubs received a handful of magic beans that they hope will one day grow into beanstalks with quality players on them.

The move that made Gorzelanny expendable in Chicago was their acquisition of Matt Garza from the Tampa Bay Rays. He will fit nicely into the front of the Cubs rotation and likely be their most consistent pitcher. Tampa Bay received Chris Archer, Hak-Ju Lee and a few other youngsters who likely won’t be much for the Rays. Lee and Archer are expected to contribute, but not for a few more years.

The only reason that the Jason Bartlett to San Diego deal is of any importance is that it brings Reid Brignac’s bat into a starting role. The Rays new starting shortstop is solid, yet unspectacular, but he is better than Bartlett. The good news here is that fantasy owners have one more shortstop in an already thin group to select for their fantasy team.

J.J. Hardy to the Baltimore Orioles is more of the same. A solid shortstop replaces an all-glove, no-bat shortstop. The new name here is Tsuyoshi Nishioka, the newest Japanese import to come to the States as an over-hyped everyday player to take Hardy’s spot as shortstop for the Minnesota Twins. Even if Nishioka is only mediocre, he’s better than the guy pushed out in this equation, which is anybody else the Orioles were about to field at shortstop this season.

The Oakland Athletics added Josh Willingham to their outfield. Willingham is a very solid and dependable outfielder, but don’t look for any spectacular numbers playing in Oakland’s very spacious stadium.