DVR's Top 350: May Update

DVR's Top 350: May Update

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Updated on May 3, 2016 10:58PM EST

Behold, the May update of my Top 350.

A few quick notes about this list.

1. There is a positional sorting option available on the Composite Rankings page. (Please Note: The Composite Rankings page will have multiple editors and writers submit a set of rankings midseason, around July 1.)

2. This list is based on value for the rest of the season, assuming a 15-team mixed league (NFBC style).

3. Full updates of this list will be published prior to the first Wednesday of each month during the regular season. Minor updates will be made as players are promoted, demoted, injured, etc. -- those changes will be viewable as soon as I make them on the Composite Rankings page.

4. Patience is still a prevailing trend with approximately 25-30 games played, but early indications of significant skills growth (or loss) are accounted for.

5. Injured players with a vague diagnosis (ex. Tyson Ross - shoulder) are ranked erring on the side of caution.

6. Most pitching prospects are ranked to account for uncertainty regarding the timing of their callup, and the potential for significantly limited workloads.

7. Further commentary about the biggest risers and fallers, along with any necessary extended analysis will be incorporated into the next Wheelhouse column.

Enjoy!

OvRk	Player	Team	Pos	Injury Note
1	Bryce Harper	WAS	OF
2	Mike Trout	LAA	OF
3	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI	1B
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	P
5	Josh Donaldson	TOR	3B
6	Nolan Arenado	COL	3B
7	Manny Machado	BAL

Behold, the May update of my Top 350.

A few quick notes about this list.

1. There is a positional sorting option available on the Composite Rankings page. (Please Note: The Composite Rankings page will have multiple editors and writers submit a set of rankings midseason, around July 1.)

2. This list is based on value for the rest of the season, assuming a 15-team mixed league (NFBC style).

3. Full updates of this list will be published prior to the first Wednesday of each month during the regular season. Minor updates will be made as players are promoted, demoted, injured, etc. -- those changes will be viewable as soon as I make them on the Composite Rankings page.

4. Patience is still a prevailing trend with approximately 25-30 games played, but early indications of significant skills growth (or loss) are accounted for.

5. Injured players with a vague diagnosis (ex. Tyson Ross - shoulder) are ranked erring on the side of caution.

6. Most pitching prospects are ranked to account for uncertainty regarding the timing of their callup, and the potential for significantly limited workloads.

7. Further commentary about the biggest risers and fallers, along with any necessary extended analysis will be incorporated into the next Wheelhouse column.

Enjoy!

OvRk	Player	Team	Pos	Injury Note
1	Bryce Harper	WAS	OF
2	Mike Trout	LAA	OF
3	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI	1B
4	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	P
5	Josh Donaldson	TOR	3B
6	Nolan Arenado	COL	3B
7	Manny Machado	BAL	3B
8	Giancarlo Stanton	MIA	OF
9	Carlos Correa	HOU	SS
10	Jose Altuve	HOU	2B
11	Miguel Cabrera	DET	1B
12	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	OF
13	Mookie Betts	BOS	OF
14	Anthony Rizzo	CHC	1B
15	George Springer	HOU	OF
16	Jake Arrieta	CHC	P
17	Max Scherzer	WAS	P
18	Chris Sale	CWS	P
19	Noah Syndergaard	NYM	P
20	Stephen Strasburg	WAS	P
21	Kris Bryant	CHC	3B
22	Starling Marte	PIT	OF
23	Chris Davis	BAL	1B
24	J.D. Martinez	DET	OF
25	Buster Posey	SF	C
26	Yoenis Cespedes	NYM	OF
27	Madison Bumgarner	SF	P
28	David Price	BOS	P
29	Jose Fernandez	MIA	P
30	Jacob deGrom	NYM	P
31	Jose Abreu	CWS	1B
32	Jose Bautista	TOR	OF
33	Edwin Encarnacion	TOR	1B
34	Ryan Braun	MIL	OF
35	Carlos Gonzalez	COL	OF
36	Nelson Cruz	SEA	OF
37	Charlie Blackmon	COL	OF
38	Robinson Cano	SEA	2B
39	Gerrit Cole	PIT	P
40	Corey Kluber	CLE	P
41	Matt Harvey	NYM	P
42	Maikel Franco	PHI	3B
43	Todd Frazier	CWS	3B
44	Joey Votto	CIN	1B
45	Kenley Jansen	LAD	P
46	Wade Davis	KC	P
47	Hunter Pence	SF	OF
48	Troy Tulowitzki	TOR	SS
49	Adrian Gonzalez	LAD	1B
50	Yasiel Puig	LAD	OF
51	Michael Brantley	CLE	OF
52	Matt Kemp	SD	OF
53	Lorenzo Cain	KC	OF
54	Justin Upton	DET	OF
55	Eric Hosmer	KC	1B
56	Adam Jones	BAL	OF
57	Freddie Freeman	ATL	1B
58	Chris Archer	TB	P
59	Dallas Keuchel	HOU	P
60	Zack Greinke	ARI	P
61	Matt Carpenter	STL	3B
62	David Ortiz	BOS	DH
63	Miguel Sano	MIN	DH
64	Ian Kinsler	DET	2B
65	Kyle Seager	SEA	3B
66	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	SS
67	Corey Seager	LAD	SS
68	Aroldis Chapman	NYY	P	Suspension ends 5/9
69	Craig Kimbrel	BOS	P
70	Zach Britton	BAL	P	DTD (ankle)
71	Anthony Rendon	WAS	2B
72	Albert Pujols	LAA	1B
73	Prince Fielder	TEX	DH
74	Jon Lester	CHC	P
75	Johnny Cueto	SF	P
76	Sonny Gray	OAK	P
77	Felix Hernandez	SEA	P
78	Cole Hamels	TEX	P
79	Michael Conforto	NYM	OF
80	Gregory Polanco	PIT	OF
81	Carlos Gomez	HOU	OF
82	David Peralta	ARI	OF
83	Christian Yelich	MIA	OF
84	Dexter Fowler	CHC	OF
85	Stephen Piscotty	STL	OF
86	Adrian Beltre	TEX	3B
87	David Robertson	CWS	P
88	Francisco Lindor	CLE	SS
89	Brian McCann	NYY	C
90	Jonathan Lucroy	MIL	C
91	Rougned Odor	TEX	2B
92	Neil Walker	NYM	2B
93	Curtis Granderson	NYM	OF
94	Jason Heyward	CHC	OF	DTD (sore wrist)
95	Jason Kipnis	CLE	2B
96	Billy Hamilton	CIN	OF	DTD (Thumb)
97	Jacoby Ellsbury	NYY	OF
98	Brian Dozier	MIN	2B
99	Carlos Martinez	STL	P
100	Garrett Richards	LAA	P
101	Masahiro Tanaka	NYY	P
102	Danny Salazar	CLE	P
103	Salvador Perez	KC	C
104	Hanley Ramirez	BOS	OF
105	Cody Allen	CLE	P
106	Jeurys Familia	NYM	P
107	Trevor Story	COL	SS
108	Drew Smyly	TB	P
109	Francisco Liriano	PIT	P
110	Mark Melancon	PIT	P
111	Trevor Rosenthal	STL	P
112	A.J. Ramos	MIA	P
113	Mike Moustakas	KC	3B	DTD (Thumb)
114	Evan Longoria	TB	3B
115	Victor Martinez	DET	DH
116	Daniel Murphy	WAS	2B
117	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	2B
118	Ben Zobrist	CHC	2B
119	Adam Eaton	CWS	OF
120	Nomar Mazara	TEX	OF
121	Mark Trumbo	BAL	OF
122	Corey Dickerson	TB	OF
123	Josh Reddick	OAK	OF
124	Ben Revere	WAS	OF	Nearing return (oblique)
125	Kole Calhoun	LAA	OF
126	Brett Gardner	NYY	OF
127	Yasmani Grandal	LAD	C
128	Addison Russell	CHC	SS
129	Lucas Duda	NYM	1B
130	Brandon Belt	SF	1B
131	Jonathan Papelbon	WAS	P
132	Taijuan Walker	SEA	P
133	Roberto Osuna	TOR	P
134	Marcus Stroman	TOR	P
135	Michael Wacha	STL	P
136	Justin Verlander	DET	P
137	Jordan Zimmermann	DET	P
138	Stephen Vogt	OAK	C
139	Welington Castillo	ARI	C
140	Brandon Crawford	SF	SS
141	Yu Darvish	TEX	P	15-day DL (elbow)
142	Jake Odorizzi	TB	P
143	Vince Velasquez	PHI	P
144	Kenta Maeda	LAD	P
145	Patrick Corbin	ARI	P
146	Steven Matz	NYM	P
147	Mark Teixeira	NYY	1B
148	Wil Myers	SD	1B
149	Justin Turner	LAD	3B
150	Andrew Miller	NYY	P
151	Hector Rondon	CHC	P
152	Carlos Carrasco	CLE	P	Out 3-5 wks (hamstring)
153	Raisel Iglesias	CIN	P	15-day DL (shoulder)
154	Adam Wainwright	STL	P
155	Gio Gonzalez	WAS	P
156	Khris Davis	OAK	OF
157	Randal Grichuk	STL	OF
158	Colby Rasmus	HOU	OF
159	Blake Snell	TB	P
160	Aaron Nola	PHI	P
161	Matt Moore	TB	P
162	Joe Ross	WAS	P
163	Kendrys Morales	KC	DH
164	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	DH
165	Dellin Betances	NYY	P
166	Hisashi Iwakuma	SEA	P
167	Michael Pineda	NYY	P
168	Carlos Rodon	CWS	P
169	James Shields	SD	P
170	Russell Martin	TOR	C
171	Logan Forsythe	TB	2B
172	Jean Segura	ARI	SS
173	Ian Desmond	TEX	SS
174	Travis Shaw	BOS	1B
175	Byung-ho Park	MIN	1B
176	Michael Saunders	TOR	OF
177	Gerardo Parra	COL	OF
178	Alex Gordon	KC	OF
179	Denard Span	SF	OF
180	Billy Burns	OAK	OF
181	Matt Holliday	STL	OF
182	Melky Cabrera	CWS	OF
183	Joe Panik	SF	2B	DTD (groin)
184	Jaime Garcia	STL	P
185	Rich Hill	OAK	P
186	Luke Gregerson	HOU	P
187	Francisco Rodriguez	DET	P
188	Carlos Santana	CLE	1B
189	Chris Carter	MIL	1B
190	Steven Souza	TB	OF
191	Joc Pederson	LAD	OF
192	Odubel Herrera	PHI	OF
193	Jay Bruce	CIN	OF
194	Shin-Soo Choo	TEX	OF	15-day DL (calf)
195	Mitch Moreland	TEX	1B
196	Kolten Wong	STL	2B
197	Brandon Phillips	CIN	2B
198	Evan Gattis	HOU	DH
199	David Wright	NYM	3B
200	Jose Berrios	MIN	P
201	Luis Severino	NYY	P
202	Aledmys Diaz	STL	SS
203	Elvis Andrus	TEX	SS
204	Marcus Semien	OAK	SS
205	Carlos Beltran	NYY	OF
206	Francisco Cervelli	PIT	C
207	Wilson Ramos	WAS	C
208	Jake Lamb	ARI	3B
209	Ryan Madson	OAK	P
210	Shawn Tolleson	TEX	P
211	Yordano Ventura	KC	P
212	Jose Quintana	CWS	P
213	John Lackey	CHC	P
214	Kevin Gausman	BAL	P
215	Scott Kazmir	LAD	P
216	Julio Teheran	ATL	P
217	Jeff Samardzija	SF	P
218	Sean Manaea	OAK	P
219	Collin McHugh	HOU	P
220	Ian Kennedy	KC	P
221	Jeremy Jeffress	MIL	P
222	Arodys Vizcaino	ATL	P
223	Santiago Casilla	SF	P
224	Jake McGee	COL	P
225	Huston Street	LAA	P	Out 3-5 wks (oblique)
226	J.T. Realmuto	MIA	C
227	Jerad Eickhoff	PHI	P
228	Kyle Hendricks	CHC	P
229	Jason Hammel	CHC	P
230	Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	1B
231	Pedro Alvarez	BAL	1B
232	Brett Lawrie	CWS	3B
233	Josh Harrison	PIT	3B
234	Adam Lind	SEA	1B
235	Marcell Ozuna	MIA	OF
236	Jonathan Schoop	BAL	2B
237	Lance McCullers	HOU	P	15-day DL (shoulder)
238	Tyson Ross	SD	P	15-day DL (shoulder)
239	Yasmany Tomas	ARI	OF
240	Domingo Santana	MIL	OF
241	Jayson Werth	WAS	OF
242	Jarrod Dyson	KC	OF
243	Kevin Pillar	TOR	OF
244	Yan Gomes	CLE	C
245	Matt Wieters	BAL	C
246	Delino DeShields Jr.	TEX	OF
247	Nick Castellanos	DET	3B
248	Dee Gordon	MIA	2B	Suspended until 2H
249	Trevor Plouffe	MIN	3B
250	Howie Kendrick	LAD	2B
251	DJ LeMahieu	COL	2B
252	Matt Duffy	SF	3B
253	Martin Prado	MIA	3B
254	Asdrubal Cabrera	NYM	SS
255	Derek Norris	SD	C
256	Rick Porcello	BOS	P
257	Wei-Yin Chen	MIA	P
258	Nate Karns	SEA	P
259	Nathan Eovaldi	NYY	P
260	Anthony DeSclafani	CIN	P	15-day DL (oblique)
261	Nick Hundley	COL	C
262	Miguel Montero	CHC	C	15-day DL (back)
263	Travis d'Arnaud	NYM	C	15-day DL (shoulder)
264	Starlin Castro	NYY	SS
265	Drew Pomeranz	SD	P
266	John Jaso	PIT	1B
267	Joe Mauer	MIN	1B
268	Michael Fulmer	DET	P
269	Ervin Santana	MIN	P	returning Saturday
270	Aaron Sanchez	TOR	P
271	Jimmy Nelson	MIL	P
272	Derek Holland	TEX	P
273	Marco Estrada	TOR	P
274	Jed Lowrie	OAK	3B
275	Jonathan Villar	MIL	SS
276	Eugenio Suarez	CIN	SS
277	Javier Baez	CHC	2B
278	Trea Turner	WAS	SS
279	Brad Miller	TB	SS
280	Ketel Marte	SEA	SS
281	Scooter Gennett	MIL	2B	15-day DL (oblique)
282	Rajai Davis	CLE	OF
283	Brandon Moss	STL	OF
284	Nick Markakis	ATL	OF
285	Eddie Rosario	MIN	OF
286	Avisail Garcia	CWS	OF	DTD (groin)
287	Cameron Maybin	DET	OF	15-day DL (wrist)
288	Jung-Ho Kang	PIT	SS	15-day DL (knee)
289	Jedd Gyorko	STL	SS
290	Alexei Ramirez	SD	SS
291	Alcides Escobar	KC	SS
292	Didi Gregorius	NYY	SS
293	Erick Aybar	ATL	SS
294	Yadier Molina	STL	C
295	Justin Bour	MIA	1B
296	Ryan Howard	PHI	1B
297	Mike Napoli	CLE	1B
298	C.J. Cron	LAA	1B
299	David Freese	PIT	3B
300	Danny Valencia	OAK	3B	15-day DL (hamstring)
301	Brandon Drury	ARI	3B
302	Brock Holt	BOS	3B
303	Jeremy Hazelbaker	STL	OF
304	Leonys Martin	SEA	OF
305	Ender Inciarte	ATL	OF	15-day DL (hamstring)
306	Byron Buxton	MIN	OF
307	Joey Gallo	TEX	OF
308	Jorge Soler	CHC	OF
309	Aaron Hicks	NYY	OF
310	Andrelton Simmons	LAA	SS
311	Yunel Escobar	LAA	3B
312	Adeiny Hechavarria	MIA	SS
313	Orlando Arcia	MIL	SS
314	Rubby De La Rosa	ARI	P
315	Clay Buchholz	BOS	P
316	Anibal Sanchez	DET	P
317	Andrew Cashner	SD	P
318	Steve Cishek	SEA	P
319	Alex Colome	TB	P
320	Jeanmar Gomez	PHI	P
321	Brad Ziegler	ARI	P
322	Mike Fiers	HOU	P
323	James McCann	DET	C
324	Eduardo Rodriguez	BOS	P	15-day DL (knee)
325	Danny Santana	MIN	SS
326	Kevin Kiermaier	TB	OF
327	Jon Niese	PIT	P
328	Aaron Blair	ATL	P
329	Eduardo Nunez	MIN	SS
330	Brad Boxberger	TB	P	15-day DL (abdomen)
331	Lucas Giolito	WAS	P
332	A.J. Reed	HOU	1B
333	Derek Dietrich	MIA	OF
334	Ben Paulsen	COL	1B
335	Cesar Hernandez	PHI	2B
336	Nick Tropeano	LAA	P
337	Mike Leake	STL	P
338	Adam Conley	MIA	P
339	Edinson Volquez	KC	P
340	Jackie Bradley	BOS	OF
341	Wilmer Flores	NYM	SS
342	Eduardo Escobar	MIN	SS
343	Matt Adams	STL	1B
344	Tyler White	HOU	1B
345	Michael Taylor	WAS	OF
346	Melvin Upton Jr.	SD	OF
347	Austin Jackson	CWS	OF
348	Geovany Soto	LAA	C
349	Desmond Jennings	TB	OF
350	Chase Utley	LAD	2B

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