Ray Flowers breaks down each position as the 2015 baseball season has reached its conclusion. Here are links to all of the individual breakdowns:
SECOND BASE
- Rankings from March.
| Rank | Tier | Player | Team | Pos | 10 Team ($) | 12 Team ($) | 15 Team ($) |
| 1 | 1 | Robinson Cano | Mariners | 2B | 32 | 30 | 31 |
| 2 | 2 | Jose Altuve | Astros | 2B | 27 | 27 | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | Jason Kipnis | Indians | 2B | 22 | 24 | 23 |
| 4 | 2 | Anthony Rendon | Nationals | 2B | 22 | 24 | 23 |
| 5 | 2 | Ian Kinsler | Tigers | 2B | 22 | 24 | 23 |
| 6 | 2 | Brian Dozier | Twins | 2B | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| 7 | 2 | Dee Gordon | Marlins | 2B | 21 | 21 | 21 |
| 8 | 3 | Dustin Pedroia | Red Sox | 2B | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| 9 | 3 | Daniel Murphy | Mets | 2B | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| 10 | 3 | Howie Kendrick | Dodgers | 2B | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| 11 | 3 | Neil Walker | Pirates | 2B | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| 12 | 3 | Ben Zobrist | Royals | 2B | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| 13 | 4 | Brett Lawrie | Athletics | 2B | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| 14 | 4 | Chase Utley | Dodgers | 2B | 9 | 10 | 12 |
| 15 | 4 | Kolten Wong | Cardinals | 2B | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 16 | 4 | Brandon Phillips | Reds | 2B | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| 17 | 5 | Martin Prado | Marlins | 2B | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| 18 | 5 | Asdrubal Cabrera | Rays | 2B | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 19 | 5 | Scooter Gennett | Brewers | 2B | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| 20 | 5 | Arismendy Alcantara | Cubs | 2B | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| 21 | 5 | Marcus Semien | Athletics | 2B | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| 22 | 5 | Jedd Gyorko | Padres | 2B | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 23 | 5 | Javier Baez | Cubs | 2B | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 24 | 5 | Jace Peterson | Braves | 2B | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 26 | 6 | Rougned Odor | Rangers | 2B | 2 | 4 | 3 |
BUSTS
Rendon finished strong leading to hope in 2016, but injuries and poor performance limited him to just 80 games played. He hit five homers and stole a bag, a year after going 21/17, and drove in a mere 25 runners with a .707 OPS. Ugh.
Pedroia, for the second time in nine years, failed to appear in 135 games. He hit .291 and his .797 OPS was only .011 points off his career mark, but with 93 games played he only drove in 42 runs while scoring 46 times.
Utley could only drag his weary body onto the field 107 times. He hit .212 with a .286 OBP and .343 OBP. Last year his OBP was .339 and his career batting average is .281. Nuff said.
Gennett hit .264 with a .675 OPS. He’s no slugger, but those are down numbers for him (career .287 and .742) and one of the reasons he spent a good chunk of time in the minors. He did hit .282 in the second half.
Alcantara was supposed to steal 20 bases while playing all over the field. He was on the diamond for 11 games during which time he produced two hits. He hit .231 with 16 steals at Triple-A.
SURPRISES
Odor (ranked 26th) stepped up when Jurickson Profar jacked his shoulder up again. Odor started slowly but boy did he crush it in the middle of the year. The .261/.316/.465 line was decent, but given preseason expectations, 16 homers, six steals, 61 RBIs and 54 runs scored are solid counting numbers.
Panik (29th) hit .305 as a rookie over 73 games. He was dismissed by most. This season he only appeared in 100 games because of injury, but he hit .312 with a .378 OBP and .455 SLG. When 
on the field he wasn’t a star, but he was a strong middle infield play in virtually any format.
LeMahieu (30th) had been the same guy for three straight seasons. He was someone else in 2015. He hit .267 with 10 steals and 59 runs scored in 149 games in 2014. This season, in 150 games, DJL hit .301 with 23 steals and 85 runs scored.
Travis (40th) just couldn’t stay on the field due to shoulder woes. He appeared in a mere 62 games this season but was superb when on the field. Travis hit .304, had a .498 SLG, socked eight homers, drove in 35 and scored 38 times. If only he had stayed healthy…
Forsythe (NA) was a nobody for four years. This season he starred. After hitting 18 homers with 71 RBIs from 2012-14, he hit 17 homers and drove in 68 in 2015. He also went from batting .220 in 2013-14 to hitting .281 in 2015. He even stole nine bases after swiping eight in 2013-14. Tremendous season given that he wasn’t drafted in any league.
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