As you’ve probably heard me say far too many times, mock drafts are one of the best educational tools in the world of fantasy baseball prep. Your participation in even just a small handful of mocks could give you a huge leg up on your competition. You can test out a variety of strategies, learn the public perception of numerous players and, something I love to do, try to draft from a number of different positions. While some leagues will have assigned draft positions to make your life easier, many do the ol’ shuffle the order one hour before draft time. Now if you’ve done a bunch of mock drafts, you probably have a good idea as to what strategies work best from each of the draft positions. If you haven’t, then you’ve got one hour of crunch-time to get your ducks in a row and far too many people end up with the “fly by the seat of my pants” strategy which, for those who don’t eat, sleep and breathe fantasy baseball drafts, can be extremely difficult.
We talk about draft position quite often during these mock drafts and one of the things many people say is that they love to draft on the wheel. They love that double-tap of picks and it affords them extra time to prepare for their turn each round. The Mock Draft Army soldiers have said, I’ve said it and one of the most loyal experts to the Army, Mastersball’s Lawr Michaels has said it. But which end of the draft do we like best? Does having the first pick overall give you an edge?
Well, as one night would have it, Ray Flowers and I headed out to a bar in Hayward, California to see Lawr and his band, The Biletones, play and after a fantastic cover of Bobby Fuller’s “I Fought the Law,” I was inspired. What better way to settle the debate of first pick versus last pick, than to have Lawr and I at both ends of a 15-team mock and see who drafted the stronger team? You know – I Fought the Lawr, But Did the Lawr Win?
We know that one draft won’t settle the dispute and we’ll probably do this a few more times before the season opens, but I think this first go-around was a pretty strong start to the experiment. The 15-team draft, I thought, was incredibly competitive and a good representation if you play in a super-competitive league. If you catch Lawr’s write-up over on Mastersball, he thought so as well. In addition to the two of us, we had Dave Kerr and Greg Jewett, both from Fantasy Alarm, Brian Brickley from Baseball HQ, Doug Moore from Razzball and a slew of Mock Draft Army veterans who can throw down with the best of them. The crew of guys we bookended in this draft just rifled through our player queues all night long and really put us to the test with our picks.
I never really know how you folks out there reading prefer to view a two-team comparison, so I'll just go round-by round here. Also included here is the link to the draft board.
I don’t necessarily think a pick-by-pick comparison is the way to go here as we met most of our needs in different fashions and at different times, so I’ll just share some thoughts as I look up and down each team’s roster.
Right off the bat, I thought that, through the first three rounds, the advantage definitely shifts to the guy picking first overall. For starters, he’s got three top-30 picks to the other guy’s two. Next, I feel the 15th pick becomes more reactionary while the guy picking first continues to set the tone. Trout is a no-brainer and when it came back to me for picks two and three, I was able to grab elite starting, immediately putting the rest of the room on the “pitching defensive” in the Round 3. Six of the next 13 picks were starters which left Lawr with the decision of grabbing a second or third tier pitcher or to continue building on offense as he grabbed a pair of outfielders to open.
But then Lawr tried to turn the tides over the next few rounds. While I was “forced” to take offensive players in rounds 4 and 5, Lawr double-tapped the elite closers and tried to start a run of his own. Unfortunately for him, only one team bit and I was not only able to grab a high-end closer myself (Wade Davis), but also continue to build my offense. The wait between picks is brutal, but with so many other ninth-inning specialists still on the board, I wasn’t worried.
It’s actually pretty crazy how long that wait between picks is and it can often be incredibly frustrating. You just sit there watching pick after pick and every time you tweak your strategy/game plan and add a new player to your queue, someone snakes him from you. That’s why, and I found out that Lawr does this too, I always try to make my picks in pairs. This round is a pair of starters. The next round I’ll double-tap the middle infielders; then the corners. I actually didn’t even realize I was doing it until Lawr pointed out how he puts pairs of guys into his queue and then drafts the best pair remaining after the rest of the league has had its turn. I don’t follow exactly the same path as I will rarely pass up on a pick I really want just because his “draft partner” was already taken, but after a few rounds, I was encouraged to see that he and I were like-minded in our methods.
Again, kudos to everyone else in the draft room as these guys did not make this draft easier for either of us. No one seemed to get caught up in any sort of run and if there were any true reaches, none of them were glaring enough to criticize. In the end, I feel like I may have the edge over him in this one as I believe I have a bit more power and better starting pitching. Both teams seem to be built for speed and average, and while he may have an advantage over me in both of those, I believe my advantage in power and pitching trumps his. Yuuuuuuuugely? No. Not at all. But enough.
With the Mock Draft Army running a number of drafts each week, Lawr and I are going to tackle this debate again and again. Next time we’ll swap places and see how we fare and after that, maybe we go back to the original positions but take a different approach. The options, are borderline limitless.
I have yet to place either team into a projections model, but our friends at Real Time Fantasy Sports do have a deal with Fantasy Pros and there is a draft analyzer. Now, in truth, I don’t hold much stock in the analyzer for a number of reasons and we’re drafting with the intention of also having a bench and the ability to trade. But for the sake of this experiment, we’ll take a quick peek.
He may feel differently, but to me, it looks like I fought the Lawr and I won.
Here's also a look at the latest Mock Draft Army ADP as of February 23, 2016:
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Player | Pos | Team | ADP | Ago | Trend |
Mike Trout | OF | LAA | 1.6 | 1.8 | 8.9% |
Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | ARI | 2.0 | 1.9 | -3.8% |
Bryce Harper | OF | WAS | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.7% |
Giancarlo Stanton | OF | MIA | 6.9 | 6.9 | 0.7% |
Josh Donaldson | 3B | TOR | 7.2 | 6.9 | -3.7% |
Clayton Kershaw | SP | LAD | 7.6 | 7.8 | 2.7% |
Anthony Rizzo | 1B | CHC | 7.6 | 7.2 | -4.4% |
Andrew McCutchen | OF | PIT | 8.0 | 8.1 | 1.0% |
Manny Machado | 3B | BAL | 8.9 | 9.8 | 10.2% |
Miguel Cabrera | 1B | DET | 9.2 | 9.1 | -1.2% |
Carlos Correa | SS | HOU | 9.9 | 9.2 | -7.1% |
Nolan Arenado | 3B | COL | 12.2 | 12.7 | 4.1% |
Jose Altuve | 2B | HOU | 12.3 | 11.7 | -4.6% |
A.J. Pollock | OF | ARI | 12.4 | 12.6 | 1.9% |
Kris Bryant | 3B | CHC | 15.6 | 15.5 | -0.6% |
Mookie Betts | OF | BOS | 18.2 | 18.5 | 1.9% |
Jose Abreu | 1B | CHW | 20.2 | 19.4 | -4.0% |
Jose Bautista | OF | TOR | 20.4 | 20.3 | -0.3% |
Dee Gordon | 2B | MIA | 20.8 | 20.7 | -0.6% |
J.D. Martinez | OF | DET | 21.5 | 21.8 | 1.3% |
Max Scherzer | SP | WAS | 22.0 | 23.0 | 4.5% |
Starling Marte | OF | PIT | 22.4 | 22.0 | -1.7% |
Edwin Encarnacion | 1B | TOR | 23.8 | 23.7 | -0.2% |
Charlie Blackmon | OF | COL | 24.4 | 23.6 | -3.4% |
George Springer | OF | HOU | 25.4 | 26.5 | 4.6% |
Chris Davis | 1B | BAL | 26.2 | 26.5 | 1.3% |
Joey Votto | 1B | CIN | 26.5 | 27.0 | 1.9% |
Todd Frazier | 3B | CHW | 30.1 | 29.4 | -2.3% |
Buster Posey | C | SF | 30.9 | 30.9 | 0.2% |
Adam Jones | OF | BAL | 31.8 | 31.3 | -1.4% |
Chris Sale | SP | CHW | 33.5 | 34.3 | 2.4% |
Troy Tulowitzki | SS | TOR | 33.8 | 33.2 | -1.9% |
Madison Bumgarner | SP | SF | 34.1 | 36.2 | 6.4% |
Nelson Cruz | OF | SEA | 34.8 | 33.9 | -2.6% |
Jake Arrieta | SP | CHC | 35.3 | 35.4 | 0.2% |
Corey Seager | SS | LAD | 40.1 | 40.9 | 2.0% |
David Price | SP | BOS | 40.3 | 41.0 | 1.9% |
Justin Upton | OF | SD | 41.0 | 40.8 | -0.6% |
Yoenis Cespedes | OF | DET | 41.9 | 42.6 | 1.8% |
Lorenzo Cain | OF | KC | 41.9 | 40.8 | -2.8% |
Robinson Cano | 2B | SEA | 42.8 | 41.5 | -3.0% |
Ryan Braun | OF | MIL | 43.1 | 38.3 | -11.2% |
Zack Greinke | SP | ARI | 45.1 | 46.0 | 2.1% |
Carlos Gomez | OF | HOU | 45.8 | 45.9 | 0.4% |
Kyle Schwarber | C | CHC | 45.8 | 42.7 | -6.8% |
Corey Kluber | SP | CLE | 45.9 | 47.3 | 3.1% |
Carlos Gonzalez | OF | COL | 46.6 | 45.9 | -1.4% |
Jacob deGrom | SP | NYM | 48.2 | 49.0 | 1.7% |
Jose Fernandez | SP | MIA | 49.1 | 49.4 | 0.5% |
Jason Heyward | OF | CHC | 50.9 | 50.4 | -1.1% |
Gerrit Cole | SP | PIT | 52.0 | 52.4 | 0.7% |
Kyle Seager | 3B | SEA | 53.1 | 53.3 | 0.5% |
Xander Bogaerts | SS | BOS | 53.5 | 54.6 | 2.1% |
Brian Dozier | 2B | MIN | 54.2 | 54.6 | 0.8% |
Matt Harvey | SP | NYM | 54.7 | 56.9 | 4.1% |
Felix Hernandez | SP | SEA | 60.6 | 60.9 | 0.5% |
Stephen Strasburg | SP | WAS | 60.7 | 59.2 | -2.5% |
Carlos Carrasco | SP | CLE | 60.8 | 61.1 | 0.5% |
Matt Carpenter | 3B | STL | 60.9 | 61.7 | 1.2% |
Dallas Keuchel | SP | HOU | 61.6 | 62.8 | 2.1% |
Ian Kinsler | 2B | DET | 63.3 | 61.2 | -3.3% |
Chris Archer | SP | TB | 63.4 | 63.5 | 0.3% |
Prince Fielder | 1B | TEX | 63.6 | 67.2 | 5.5% |
Adrian Gonzalez | 1B | LAD | 64.8 | 64.8 | 0.1% |
Noah Syndergaard | SP | NYM | 67.1 | 65.9 | -1.8% |
Yasiel Puig | OF | LAD | 67.6 | 68.2 | 0.9% |
Freddie Freeman | 1B | ATL | 70.4 | 71.2 | 1.1% |
Francisco Lindor | SS | CLE | 71.1 | 73.8 | 3.9% |
Sonny Gray | SP | OAK | 74.6 | 75.2 | 0.7% |
Anthony Rendon | 2B | WAS | 74.8 | 75.2 | 0.6% |
Maikel Franco | 3B | PHI | 75.3 | 75.3 | 0.1% |
Matt Kemp | OF | SD | 75.9 | 75.5 | -0.5% |
Craig Kimbrel | RP | BOS | 76.1 | 76.7 | 0.8% |
Kenley Jansen | RP | LAD | 77.4 | 79.8 | 3.1% |
Miguel Sano | DH | MIN | 77.8 | 77.2 | -0.7% |
Aroldis Chapman | RP | NYY | 77.8 | 79.2 | 1.8% |
Cole Hamels | SP | TEX | 77.9 | 81.2 | 4.1% |
Adrian Beltre | 3B | TEX | 78.9 | 81.5 | 3.3% |
Hanley Ramirez | OF | BOS | 79.9 | 72.2 | -9.6% |
Johnny Cueto | SP | SF | 80.0 | 80.2 | 0.3% |
Danny Salazar | SP | CLE | 81.2 | 80.0 | -1.5% |
Hunter Pence | OF | SF | 82.1 | 82.5 | 0.6% |
Wade Davis | RP | KC | 83.0 | 83.1 | 0.1% |
Jon Lester | SP | CHC | 83.2 | 82.4 | -1.0% |
Adam Wainwright | SP | STL | 84.6 | 84.7 | 0.1% |
Eric Hosmer | 1B | KC | 84.8 | 85.9 | 1.3% |
Jason Kipnis | 2B | CLE | 90.2 | 88.5 | -1.9% |
Jacoby Ellsbury | OF | NYY | 91.3 | 92.1 | 0.8% |
Adam Eaton | OF | CHW | 91.6 | 90.8 | -0.9% |
Jonathan Lucroy | C | MIL | 91.9 | 91.3 | -0.6% |
Corey Dickerson | OF | TB | 93.9 | 95.3 | 1.5% |
Evan Longoria | 3B | TB | 94.3 | 95.3 | 1.1% |
Gregory Polanco | OF | PIT | 96.6 | 98.7 | 2.1% |
Rougned Odor | 2B | TEX | 97.1 | 94.5 | -2.7% |
Tyson Ross | SP | SD | 99.1 | 98.3 | -0.8% |
Albert Pujols | 1B | LAA | 100.6 | 100.9 | 0.3% |
David Peralta | OF | ARI | 100.7 | 99.4 | -1.3% |
Carlos Martinez | SP | STL | 102.1 | 103.4 | 1.3% |
Michael Wacha | SP | STL | 103.3 | 102.5 | -0.8% |
Ian Desmond | SS | FA | 104.9 | 99.5 | -5.2% |
Marcus Stroman | SP | TOR | 105.4 | 105.8 | 0.3% |
David Ortiz | DH | BOS | 106.8 | 102.6 | -3.9% |
Mike Moustakas | 3B | KC | 106.9 | 105.4 | -1.5% |
Randal Grichuk | OF | STL | 108.5 | 106.8 | -1.5% |
Jeurys Familia | RP | NYM | 108.6 | 107.6 | -0.9% |
Zach Britton | RP | BAL | 109.1 | 110.0 | 0.8% |
Jordan Zimmermann | SP | DET | 112.0 | 112.2 | 0.2% |
Billy Hamilton | OF | CIN | 113.4 | 112.2 | -1.0% |
Garrett Richards | SP | LAA | 113.8 | 115.7 | 1.7% |
Kole Calhoun | OF | LAA | 114.6 | 113.2 | -1.2% |
Mark Melancon | RP | PIT | 115.4 | 119.5 | 3.5% |
Brandon Crawford | SS | SF | 115.8 | 111.3 | -3.8% |
Ben Revere | OF | WAS | 118.4 | 121.6 | 2.7% |
David Robertson | RP | CHW | 118.8 | 121.2 | 2.0% |
Trevor Rosenthal | RP | STL | 118.9 | 118.6 | -0.3% |
Francisco Liriano | SP | PIT | 120.3 | 121.2 | 0.8% |
Kolten Wong | 2B | STL | 121.3 | 118.3 | -2.4% |
Shin-Soo Choo | OF | TEX | 121.5 | 123.2 | 1.4% |
Jose Reyes | SS | COL | 121.7 | 123.2 | 1.2% |
Ken Giles | RP | HOU | 122.1 | 122.6 | 0.5% |
Brian McCann | C | NYY | 122.9 | 122.8 | -0.1% |
Brett Gardner | OF | NYY | 123.1 | 124.8 | 1.3% |
Masahiro Tanaka | SP | NYY | 123.2 | 122.2 | -0.8% |
Curtis Granderson | OF | NYM | 125.6 | 123.9 | -1.3% |
Christian Yelich | OF | MIA | 127.2 | 128.9 | 1.4% |
Brandon Belt | 1B | SF | 127.4 | 125.9 | -1.1% |
Michael Brantley | OF | CLE | 127.5 | 130.2 | 2.1% |
Matt Duffy | 3B | SF | 128.6 | 123.5 | -4.0% |
Jose Quintana | SP | CHW | 130.9 | 127.5 | -2.6% |
Lance McCullers | SP | HOU | 132.6 | 129.5 | -2.3% |
Yu Darvish | SP | TEX | 134.6 | 133.5 | -0.9% |
Salvador Perez | C | KC | 136.1 | 131.5 | -3.4% |
Travis d'Arnaud | C | NYM | 136.5 | 133.8 | -1.9% |
Russell Martin | C | TOR | 143.0 | 141.4 | -1.1% |
Cody Allen | RP | CLE | 143.0 | 142.7 | -0.2% |
Joc Pederson | OF | LAD | 144.3 | 145.0 | 0.5% |
Steven Matz | SP | NYM | 144.8 | 145.5 | 0.5% |
Starlin Castro | SS | NYY | 145.8 | 147.2 | 1.0% |
Collin McHugh | SP | HOU | 146.6 | 142.2 | -3.0% |
Elvis Andrus | SS | TEX | 147.1 | 147.3 | 0.1% |
James Shields | SP | SD | 147.8 | 149.7 | 1.3% |
Luis Severino | SP | NYY | 148.1 | 148.1 | 0.0% |
Shelby Miller | SP | ARI | 148.3 | 144.3 | -2.7% |
Raisel Iglesias | SP | CIN | 149.6 | 148.6 | -0.7% |
Ben Zobrist | 2B | CHC | 149.8 | 144.2 | -3.8% |
Jake Odorizzi | SP | TB | 150.4 | 153.4 | 2.0% |
Taijuan Walker | SP | SEA | 151.7 | 152.4 | 0.5% |
Hector Rondon | RP | CHC | 151.8 | 153.6 | 1.2% |
Michael Conforto | OF | NYM | 153.4 | 155.8 | 1.6% |
Mark Trumbo | 1B | BAL | 153.9 | 153.9 | 0.0% |
Huston Street | RP | LAA | 154.5 | 158.7 | 2.7% |
Drew Smyly | SP | TB | 158.1 | 158.5 | 0.3% |
Jeff Samardzija | SP | SF | 159.0 | 160.9 | 1.2% |
Matt Wieters | C | BAL | 159.8 | 159.3 | -0.3% |
Jhonny Peralta | SS | STL | 159.8 | 160.5 | 0.4% |
Devin Mesoraco | C | CIN | 160.1 | 160.2 | 0.1% |
Lucas Duda | 1B | NYM | 161.3 | 165.1 | 2.4% |
DJ LeMahieu | 2B | COL | 161.8 | 160.7 | -0.7% |
Addison Russell | 2B | CHC | 162.5 | 170.4 | 4.9% |
Stephen Vogt | C | OAK | 162.8 | 160.2 | -1.5% |
Jonathan Papelbon | RP | WAS | 164.2 | 172.9 | 5.3% |
Michael Pineda | SP | NYY | 164.3 | 161.8 | -1.5% |
Billy Burns | OF | OAK | 165.1 | 165.5 | 0.2% |
Francisco Rodriguez | RP | DET | 165.1 | 167.5 | 1.4% |
Jung-Ho Kang | 3B | PIT | 166.6 | 168.8 | 1.3% |
Jay Bruce | OF | CIN | 167.4 | 163.8 | -2.2% |
David Wright | 3B | NYM | 168.9 | 164.4 | -2.7% |
Glen Perkins | RP | MIN | 171.6 | 169.7 | -1.1% |
A.J. Ramos | RP | MIA | 173.2 | 179.0 | 3.4% |
Khris Davis | OF | MIL | 173.3 | 166.9 | -3.7% |
Matt Holliday | OF | STL | 175.3 | 181.2 | 3.4% |
Dustin Pedroia | 2B | BOS | 175.6 | 173.1 | -1.4% |
Carlos Rodon | SP | CHW | 175.8 | 172.5 | -1.9% |
Kevin Pillar | OF | TOR | 176.4 | 171.2 | -3.0% |
Jean Segura | SS | ARI | 179.1 | 179.8 | 0.4% |
Scott Kazmir | SP | TEX | 179.8 | 181.1 | 0.7% |
Jorge Soler | OF | CHC | 180.1 | 176.6 | -1.9% |
Daniel Murphy | 2B | WAS | 180.2 | 173.8 | -3.5% |
John Lackey | SP | CHC | 180.7 | 184.8 | 2.3% |
Gerardo Parra | OF | COL | 181.9 | 186.5 | 2.6% |
Yasmani Grandal | C | LAD | 182.6 | 180.8 | -1.0% |
Carlos Santana | 1B | CLE | 183.1 | 182.2 | -0.5% |
Mike Fiers | SP | MIL | 183.3 | 180.3 | -1.6% |
Julio Teheran | SP | ATL | 185.0 | 187.1 | 1.1% |
Justin Verlander | SP | DET | 185.6 | 184.3 | -0.7% |
Ender Inciarte | OF | ATL | 186.3 | 185.0 | -0.7% |
Yordano Ventura | SP | KC | 186.8 | 184.2 | -1.4% |
Brett Lawrie | 3B | CHW | 189.6 | 191.8 | 1.2% |
Alcides Escobar | SS | KC | 193.3 | 188.2 | -2.7% |
Ketel Marte | SS | SEA | 194.4 | 209.9 | 8.0% |
Yan Gomes | C | CLE | 196.9 | 195.8 | -0.6% |
J.T. Realmuto | C | MIA | 197.9 | 196.8 | -0.6% |
Drew Storen | RP | TOR | 197.9 | 187.3 | -5.3% |
Mark Teixeira | 1B | NYY | 198.3 | 198.8 | 0.3% |
Shawn Tolleson | RP | TEX | 198.9 | 197.5 | -0.7% |
Josh Harrison | 3B | PIT | 199.1 | 209.8 | 5.4% |
Hisashi Iwakuma | SP | SEA | 202.2 | 204.4 | 1.1% |
Trevor Plouffe | 3B | MIN | 202.9 | 210.2 | 3.6% |
Gio Gonzalez | SP | WAS | 203.1 | 200.6 | -1.2% |
Patrick Corbin | SP | ARI | 204.3 | 202.5 | -0.8% |
Wei-Yin Chen | SP | MIA | 205.1 | 209.5 | 2.2% |
Dexter Fowler | OF | FA | 206.6 | 211.9 | 2.6% |
Brad Boxberger | RP | TB | 207.1 | 209.2 | 1.0% |
Josh Reddick | OF | OAK | 207.5 | 214.6 | 3.4% |
Alex Gordon | OF | KC | 207.6 | 193.4 | -6.9% |
Neil Walker | 2B | NYM | 209.3 | 204.7 | -2.2% |
Byung Ho Park | 1B | MIN | 211.8 | 223.8 | 5.6% |
Byron Buxton | OF | MIN | 212.4 | 226.0 | 6.4% |
Kenta Maeda | SP | LAD | 213.1 | 222.5 | 4.4% |
Sean Doolittle | RP | OAK | 217.4 | 217.2 | -0.1% |
Evan Gattis | DH | HOU | 218.7 | 204.9 | -6.3% |
Welington Castillo | C | ARI | 219.1 | 217.2 | -0.8% |
Blake Swihart | C | BOS | 220.9 | 219.2 | -0.7% |
Santiago Casilla | RP | SF | 221.9 | 215.8 | -2.8% |
Roberto Osuna | RP | TOR | 222.8 | 225.6 | 1.3% |
Francisco Cervelli | C | PIT | 224.8 | 226.8 | 0.9% |
Domingo Santana | OF | MIL | 225.0 | 226.3 | 0.6% |
Jason Hammel | SP | CHC | 225.3 | 230.1 | 2.1% |
Derek Norris | SP | DET | 225.9 | 222.2 | -1.7% |
Logan Forsythe | 2B | TB | 226.3 | 226.2 | 0.0% |
Nick Castellanos | 3B | DET | 226.4 | 229.9 | 1.6% |
Dellin Betances | RP | NYY | 227.3 | 225.4 | -0.8% |
Mitch Moreland | 1B | TEX | 227.7 | 227.8 | 0.1% |
Jaime Garcia | SP | STL | 229.0 | 228.0 | -0.4% |
Marcus Semien | SS | OAK | 230.1 | 234.4 | 1.9% |
Aaron Nola | SP | PHI | 230.7 | 234.1 | 1.5% |
Andrew Miller | RP | NYY | 231.5 | 229.5 | -0.9% |
Jonathan Schoop | 2B | BAL | 233.5 | 226.6 | -2.9% |
Wil Myers | OF | SD | 233.8 | 237.0 | 1.4% |
Ian Kennedy | SP | KC | 234.4 | 239.3 | 2.1% |
Kevin Kiermaier | OF | TB | 236.9 | 215.6 | -9.0% |
Kyle Hendricks | SP | CHC | 237.4 | 236.4 | -0.4% |
Nick Hundley | C | COL | 240.2 | 241.7 | 0.6% |
Alex Wood | SP | LAD | 242.1 | 240.1 | -0.8% |
Jake McGee | RP | COL | 242.3 | 254.8 | 5.2% |
Javier Baez | 2B | CHC | 242.4 | 235.8 | -2.7% |
Denard Span | OF | SF | 242.6 | 249.2 | 2.7% |
Wilson Ramos | C | WAS | 243.0 | 242.0 | -0.4% |
Kevin Gausman | SP | BAL | 244.6 | 235.7 | -3.6% |
Stephen Piscotty | OF | STL | 246.9 | 259.3 | 5.0% |
Arodys Vizcaino | RP | ATL | 248.1 | 246.7 | -0.6% |
Yadier Molina | C | STL | 248.7 | 249.5 | 0.3% |
Jimmy Nelson | SP | MIL | 248.9 | 253.7 | 1.9% |
Andrew Cashner | SP | SD | 249.3 | 251.2 | 0.7% |
Howie Kendrick | 2B | LAD | 250.8 | 258.7 | 3.2% |
Marco Estrada | SP | TOR | 251.6 | 250.5 | -0.4% |
Pablo Sandoval | 3B | BOS | 252.9 | 248.9 | -1.6% |
Joe Panik | 2B | SF | 254.6 | 259.5 | 1.9% |
Miguel Montero | C | CHC | 254.7 | 257.2 | 1.0% |
Rusney Castillo | OF | BOS | 257.3 | 262.8 | 2.2% |
Mike Leake | SP | STL | 257.4 | 247.9 | -3.7% |
Ryan Zimmerman | 1B | WAS | 259.7 | 270.6 | 4.2% |
Danny Valencia | 3B | OAK | 259.7 | 263.1 | 1.3% |
Marcell Ozuna | OF | MIA | 261.5 | 256.6 | -1.9% |
Brandon Finnegan | SP | CIN | 261.6 | 255.2 | -2.5% |
Brad Ziegler | RP | ARI | 265.8 | 278.3 | 4.7% |
Melky Cabrera | OF | CHW | 266.4 | 263.0 | -1.3% |
Anthony DeSclafani | SP | CIN | 268.8 | 270.8 | 0.8% |
Yangervis Solarte | 3B | SD | 269.2 | 262.5 | -2.5% |
James McCann | C | DET | 271.3 | 269.0 | -0.8% |
Steven Souza | OF | TB | 271.9 | 258.8 | -4.8% |
Edinson Volquez | SP | KC | 274.6 | 272.7 | -0.7% |
Clay Buchholz | SP | BOS | 277.6 | 275.1 | -0.9% |
Brandon Phillips | 2B | CIN | 279.4 | 277.7 | -0.6% |
Kendrys Morales | DH | KC | 279.4 | 283.0 | 1.3% |
Justin Bour | 1B | MIA | 283.6 | 283.9 | 0.1% |
Andrew Heaney | SP | LAA | 286.8 | 279.4 | -2.6% |
Alex Rodriguez | DH | NYY | 286.9 | 283.8 | -1.1% |
Jarrod Dyson | OF | KC | 287.9 | 280.7 | -2.5% |
Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | CLE | 289.0 | 296.5 | 2.6% |
Avisail Garcia | OF | CHW | 290.6 | 290.5 | -0.1% |
Trea Turner | SS | WAS | 290.8 | 295.8 | 1.8% |
A.J. Pierzynski | C | ATL | 291.0 | 291.4 | 0.1% |
Odubel Herrera | OF | PHI | 294.0 | 288.5 | -1.9% |
Anibal Sanchez | SP | DET | 294.1 | 291.2 | -1.0% |
Trevor Bauer | SP | CLE | 294.2 | 287.5 | -2.3% |
Adam Lind | 1B | SEA | 294.3 | 285.0 | -3.2% |
Victor Martinez | DH | DET | 295.8 | 296.0 | 0.1% |
Yasmany Tomas | OF | ARI | 296.0 | 290.1 | -2.0% |
Jose Berrios | SP | MIN | 299.6 | 300.8 | 0.4% |
Tyler Glasnow | SP | PIT | 301.8 | 300.5 | -0.4% |
Carlos Beltran | OF | NYY | 302.9 | 300.8 | -0.7% |
Carter Capps | RP | SEA | 303.3 | 310.0 | 2.2% |
Steve Cishek | RP | SEA | 304.2 | 306.2 | 0.7% |
Colby Rasmus | OF | HOU | 304.7 | 308.7 | 1.3% |
Erick Aybar | SS | ATL | 305.8 | 300.1 | -1.9% |
Brad Miller | SS | TB | 307.1 | 302.5 | -1.5% |
Joey Gallo | 3B | TEX | 309.3 | 321.2 | 3.8% |
Eugenio Suarez | SS | CIN | 309.3 | 308.8 | -0.2% |
Jason Castro | C | HOU | 309.9 | 303.3 | -2.1% |
Hyun-soo Kim | OF | BAL | 312.6 | 310.7 | -0.6% |
James Paxton | SP | SEA | 314.0 | 315.0 | 0.3% |
Delino DeShields Jr. | OF | TEX | 314.6 | 302.9 | -3.7% |
Joe Ross | SP | WAS | 314.8 | 313.1 | -0.6% |
Cliff Lee | SP | FA | 315.4 | 310.7 | -1.5% |
Norichika Aoki | OF | SEA | 315.6 | 311.5 | -1.3% |
Luke Gregerson | RP | HOU | 315.9 | 311.3 | -1.5% |
Joaquin Benoit | RP | SEA | 316.1 | 316.6 | 0.2% |
Kyle Gibson | SP | MIN | 317.3 | 306.2 | -3.5% |
Will Smith | RP | MIL | 317.8 | 322.7 | 1.6% |
J.A. Happ | SP | TOR | 317.8 | 312.6 | -1.6% |
Hyun-Jin Ryu | SP | LAD | 321.2 | 314.6 | -2.0% |
Luis Valbuena | 3B | HOU | 322.5 | 321.5 | -0.3% |
Robinson Chirinos | C | TEX | 322.9 | 327.2 | 1.3% |
Martin Prado | 3B | MIA | 323.1 | 331.2 | 2.5% |
Cesar Hernandez | 2B | PHI | 323.5 | 313.9 | -3.0% |
Chase Headley | 3B | NYY | 323.9 | 322.9 | -0.3% |
Dioner Navarro | C | CHW | 324.5 | 319.2 | -1.6% |
Leonys Martin | OF | SEA | 325.1 | 315.9 | -2.8% |
Fernando Rodney | RP | SD | 325.3 | 323.7 | -0.5% |
J.J. Hoover | RP | CIN | 325.6 | 332.0 | 2.0% |
Aaron Sanchez | RP | TOR | 327.5 | 324.0 | -1.1% |
Alexei Ramirez | SS | SD | 327.6 | 328.5 | 0.3% |
Drew Hutchison | SP | TOR | 327.7 | 331.9 | 1.3% |
Rajai Davis | OF | CLE | 328.6 | 330.2 | 0.5% |
Jonathan Villar | SS | MIL | 328.7 | 332.9 | 1.3% |
Aaron Hicks | OF | NYY | 328.8 | 324.0 | -1.4% |
JR Murphy | C | MIN | 329.0 | 320.7 | -2.5% |
Wilmer Flores | SS | NYM | 329.1 | 320.8 | -2.5% |
Rick Porcello | SP | BOS | 329.1 | 327.0 | -0.6% |
Justin Turner | 3B | LAD | 329.3 | 331.2 | 0.6% |
Nick Markakis | OF | BAL | 329.3 | 326.8 | -0.8% |
Pedro Alvarez | 1B | FA | 330.0 | 325.8 | -1.3% |
Eduardo Rodriguez | SP | BOS | 330.5 | 330.2 | -0.1% |
Jake Lamb | 3B | ARI | 332.3 | 330.3 | -0.6% |
Ervin Santana | SP | MIN | 332.4 | 324.8 | -2.3% |
C.J. Cron | 1B | LAA | 333.6 | 334.5 | 0.3% |
Nathan Eovaldi | SP | NYY | 334.1 | 332.5 | -0.5% |
Koji Uehara | RP | BOS | 334.4 | 327.3 | -2.1% |
Chris Carter | 1B | MIL | 334.6 | 331.5 | -0.9% |
R.A. Dickey | SP | TOR | 335.0 | 337.2 | 0.6% |
Jayson Werth | OF | WAS | 335.1 | 333.2 | -0.6% |
Nate Karns | SP | SEA | 335.5 | 328.7 | -2.0% |
Phil Hughes | SP | MIN | 335.9 | 329.2 | -2.0% |
Joe Mauer | 1B | MIN | 336.1 | 329.5 | -2.0% |
David Hernandez | RP | PHI | 336.1 | 334.5 | -0.5% |
Rich Hill | SP | OAK | 336.7 | 338.8 | 0.6% |
Marlon Byrd | OF | FA | 336.9 | 337.6 | 0.2% |
Jesse Hahn | SP | OAK | 337.5 | 341.2 | 1.1% |
Derek Holland | SP | TEX | 337.6 | 331.3 | -1.9% |
Tyler Clippard | RP | ARI | 337.8 | 337.7 | 0.0% |
Jon Niese | SP | PIT | 337.9 | 336.9 | -0.3% |
Homer Bailey | SP | CIN | 338.6 | 339.9 | 0.4% |
Matt Shoemaker | SP | LAA | 338.6 | 341.9 | 1.0% |
Tyler Flowers | C | ATL | 339.4 | 337.8 | -0.5% |
Alex Guerrero | OF | LAD | 339.6 | 333.8 | -1.7% |
Hunter Strickland | RP | SF | 339.9 | 342.3 | 0.7% |
Brock Holt | 2B | BOS | 340.1 | 340.2 | 0.0% |
Devon Travis | 2B | TOR | 340.2 | 334.5 | -1.7% |
Jedd Gyorko | 2B | STL | 340.3 | 334.6 | -1.7% |
Dalton Pompey | OF | TOR | 341.1 | 335.5 | -1.6% |
Cameron Maybin | OF | SD | 341.3 | 335.8 | -1.6% |
Tony Watson | RP | PIT | 341.6 | 336.2 | -1.6% |
Chris Heston | SP | SF | 342.1 | 336.8 | -1.5% |
Jeremy Jeffress | RP | MIL | 342.8 | 344.2 | 0.4% |
Zach Duke | RP | CHW | 343.3 | 338.3 | -1.5% |
Alex Rios | OF | FA | 343.6 | 338.6 | -1.4% |
Eddie Rosario | SS | MIN | 343.7 | 338.8 | -1.4% |
David Freese | 3B | FA | 344.0 | 339.2 | -1.4% |
Yovani Gallardo | SP | FA | 344.1 | 339.2 | -1.4% |
Erasmo Ramirez | SP | TB | 344.4 | 339.7 | -1.4% |
Alex Avila | C | CHW | 344.5 | 344.5 | 0.0% |
Aaron Altherr | OF | PHI | 344.8 | 349.8 | 1.5% |
Adam Ottavino | RP | COL | 345.1 | 340.5 | -1.3% |
Greg Holland | RP | KC | 345.4 | 340.8 | -1.3% |
Alex Cobb | SP | TB | 345.6 | 341.2 | -1.3% |
Blake Snell | SP | TB | 345.6 | 341.2 | -1.3% |
Joakim Soria | RP | KC | 346.1 | 341.7 | -1.3% |
Tony Cingrani | RP | CIN | 346.1 | 341.8 | -1.3% |
Adonis Garcia | 3B | ATL | 346.3 | 341.9 | -1.2% |
Tony Zych | SP | SEA | 346.4 | 345.8 | -0.2% |
Jose Iglesias | SS | DET | 346.4 | 342.1 | -1.2% |
Wade Miley | SP | SEA | 346.6 | 357.3 | 3.1% |
Brayan Pena | C | STL | 346.8 | 342.6 | -1.2% |
Jerad Eickhoff | SP | LAA | 346.8 | 348.6 | 0.5% |
Ben Paulsen | 1B | COL | 346.9 | 342.8 | -1.2% |
Tyler Duffey | SP | MIN | 347.1 | 342.9 | -1.2% |
Bartolo Colon | SP | NYM | 347.1 | 343.0 | -1.2% |
CC Sabathia | SP | NYY | 347.6 | 348.5 | 0.3% |
Michael Taylor | OF | WAS | 347.9 | 343.9 | -1.1% |
Doug Fister | SP | HOU | 347.9 | 344.0 | -1.1% |
Vincent Velasquez | SP | PHI | 347.9 | 344.0 | -1.1% |
Robert Stephenson | SP | CIN | 348.0 | 344.1 | -1.1% |
Yunel Escobar | SS | LAA | 348.2 | 344.3 | -1.1% |
Gregory Bird | 1B | NYY | 348.5 | 344.7 | -1.1% |
Hank Conger | C | TB | 348.6 | 344.8 | -1.1% |
Mike Zunino | C | SEA | 348.6 | 344.8 | -1.1% |
Jumbo Diaz | SP | CIN | 348.6 | 344.8 | -1.1% |
Mike Napoli | 1B | CLE | 349.2 | 345.5 | -1.0% |
Zack Godley | SP | ARI | 349.3 | 345.6 | -1.0% |
Chris Bassitt | SP | OAK | 349.5 | 345.9 | -1.0% |
Andrelton Simmons | SS | LAA | 349.6 | 346.0 | -1.0% |
Max Kepler | OF | MIN | 349.8 | 346.3 | -1.0% |
Jake Peavy | SP | SF | 349.9 | 346.5 | -1.0% |
Oswaldo Arcia | OF | MIN | 350.1 | 350.1 | 0.0% |
Desmond Jennings | OF | TB | 350.3 | 346.9 | -1.0% |
Mark Reynolds | 1B | COL | 350.4 | 347.1 | -1.0% |
Brandon Moss | OF | STL | 350.8 | 347.5 | -0.9% |
Danny Duffy | SP | KC | 351.0 | 347.8 | -0.9% |
Caleb Joseph | C | BAL | 351.2 | 352.2 | 0.3% |
Rubby De La Rosa | SP | ARI | 351.3 | 348.2 | -0.9% |
Cameron Rupp | C | PHI | 351.4 | 348.2 | -0.9% |
Matt Moore | SP | TB | 351.4 | 348.2 | -0.9% |
Rene Rivera | C | TB | 351.4 | 348.3 | -0.9% |
Brandon Drury | 3B | ARI | 351.5 | 348.4 | -0.9% |
Jason Grilli | RP | ATL | 352.3 | 349.4 | -0.8% |
Austin Jackson | OF | FA | 352.7 | 349.8 | -0.8% |
Josh Tomlin | SP | CLE | 352.8 | 349.9 | -0.8% |
Daniel Norris | SP | DET | 353.2 | N/A | |
Jackie Bradley Jr. | OF | BOS | 353.5 | 357.1 | 1.0% |
Kris Medlen | SP | KC | 353.5 | 350.8 | -0.8% |
Didi Gregorius | SS | NYY | 353.9 | 351.3 | -0.7% |
Chris Owings | SS | ARI | 354.1 | 351.5 | -0.7% |
Wily Peralta | SP | MIL | 354.3 | 351.8 | -0.7% |
Brett Anderson | SP | LAD | 354.3 | 351.8 | -0.7% |
Jered Weaver | SP | LAA | 354.5 | 352.1 | -0.7% |
Jarrod Saltalamacchia | C | DET | 354.6 | 352.2 | -0.7% |
Jose Peraza | 2B | CIN | 355.4 | 353.2 | -0.6% |
Kevin Plawecki | C | NYM | 355.6 | 357.5 | 0.5% |
Zack Wheeler | SP | NYM | 357.9 | N/A | |
Jon Gray | SP | COL | 358.1 | 356.5 | -0.4% |
Socrates Brito | OF | ARI | 358.3 | 356.8 | -0.4% |
A.J. Burnett | SP | FA | 358.4 | 356.8 | -0.4% |
Keone Kela | RP | TEX | 358.4 | N/A | |
Andrew Knapp | C | PHI | 358.5 | N/A | |
Chris Colabello | 1B | TOR | 358.6 | 357.2 | -0.4% |
Adam Warren | SP | CHC | 359.1 | 357.7 | -0.4% |
A.J. Reed | 1B | HOU | 359.8 | N/A | |
Orlando Arcia | SS | MIL | 360.5 | N/A | |
Carson Smith | RP | BOS | 361.1 | N/A | |
Cory Spangenberg | 2B | SD | 361.7 | N/A | |
Anthony Gose | OF | DET | 362.0 | N/A | |
Hector Olivera | OF | ATL | 362.3 | N/A |
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