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February 25, 2013 Pre-Season Positional RankingsTop 15 Fantasy Third BasemenIt seems like in a matter of one season, third base went from a brutally thin position to one that is deceptively strong—especially at the top. Of course, you’d expect this to happen when studs at other positions, like Miguel Cabrera and Hanley Ramirez, gain eligibility at third base. And as you move down the ranks from there, you’ll also see 2012 breakout star Chase Headley comfortably in the top 10, and AL East rookie representatives Manny Machado and Will Middlebrooks at the back end of the list or just off of it. On the other side, the position lost Edwin Encarnacion to first base and Chipper Jones to retirement, but neither was drafted among the top-15 options at the position last spring. When you look across these names, you’ll notice a consistent theme—they are mostly similar types of players, in terms of the categories in which they are strong and those in which they can hurt your team. By that, I mean they are mostly power bats. In fact, PECOTA only projects six third basemen to even reach double digits in steals during 2013—Hanley Ramirez, Brett Lawrie, David Wright, Chase Headley, Todd Frazier and
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If you have Aramis as your primary third baseman, how quick are you to bench him early on? I suppose what I'm trying to ask is how predictive is the early-season struggling, and what should you do about it (12 teamer, standard 5x5 roto, if that matters)?
Unless you've got someone way too good to be a reserve (i.e. another top-10 3B), I wouldn't bench him at all. His numbers in April/May have generally been good enough to leave him in there, it's just that when you get beyond May, they turn into pretty special numbers from the position. But with that said, the sample size is big enough now that it is something to be cognizant of.