Postseason Cheatsheet

Quick Postseason Cheatsheet

Now that the Wild Card games have been settled, here's a quick set of rankings by position for the playoffs. The rankings are for 5x5 scoring, and presume that your player selection is one-and-done - once the player's team has been eliminated, you can't replace him.

Starting Pitchers

1. Gerrit Cole
2. Justin Verlander
3. Walker Buehler
4. Zack Greinke
5. Clayton Kershaw
6. James Paxton
7. Hyun-Jin Ryu
8. Jack Flaherty
9. Patrick Corbin
10. Stephen Strasburg
11. Luis Severino
12. Dallas Keuchel
13. Masahiro Tanaka
14. Mike Foltynewicz
15. Jose Berrios
16. Mike Soroka
17. Max Scherzer
18. Tyler Glasnow
19. Blake Snell
20. Charlie Morton
21. Anibal Sanchez
22. J.A. Happ
23. Jake Odorizzi
24. Miles Mikolas
25. Ryan Yarbrough
26. Adam Wainwright
27. Rich Hill
28. Martin Perez
29. Jose Urquidy
30. Max Fried
31. Dakota Hudson

Relief Pitchers

1. Roberto Osuna
2. Aroldis Chapman
3. Kenley Jansen
4. Mark Melancon
5. Carlos Martinez
6. Taylor Rogers
7. Emilio Pagan
8. Daniel Hudson
9. Sergio Romo
10. Adam Ottavino
11. Ryan Pressly
12. Nick Anderson
13. Kenta Maeda
14. Julio Urias
15. Zack Britton
16. Tommy Kahnle
17. Sean Doolittle
18. Giovanny Gallegos
19. Dustin May
20. Ross Stripling
21. Andrew Miller
22. Will Harris
23. Josh James
24. John Gant
25. Diego Castillo
26. Colin Poche
27. Chaz Roe
28. Luke Jackson
29. Chris Martin
30. Trevor May
31. Brusdar Graterol
32. Hunter Strickland

Catcher

1. Gary Sanchez
2. Will Smith
3. Robinson Chirinos
4. Mitch Garver
5. Yadier Molina
6. Travis d'Arnaud
7. Kurt Suzuki
8. Brian McCann
9. Russell Martin
10. Martin Maldonado
11. Tyler Flowers
12. Mike Zunino
13. Jason Castro
14. Yan Gomes
15. Austin Romine

First Base

1. Freddie Freeman
2. Yuli Gurriel
3. Edwin Encarnacion
4. Max Muncy
5. Luke Voit
6. Paul Goldschmidt
7. Howie Kendrick
8. C.J. Cron
9. Ji-Man Choi
10. David Freese
11. Matt Adams
12. Ryan Zimmerman
13. Jesus Aguilar
14. Nate Lowe
15. Willians Astudillo
16. Matt Beaty

Second Base

1. Jose Altuve
2. Ozzie Albies
3. DJ LeMahieu
4. Gleyber Torres
5. Max Muncy
6. Kolten Wong
7. Chris Taylor
8. Brandon Lowe
9. Joey Wendle
10. Jonathan Schoop
11. Asdrubal Cabrera
12. Brian Dozier
13. Matt Carpenter
14. Enrique Hernandez
15. Mike Brosseau
16. Gavin Lux
17. Luis Arraez
18. Marwin Gonzalez
19. Adeiny Hechavarria
20. Daniel Robertson

Shortstop

1. Carlos Correa
2. Corey Seager
3. Gleyber Torres
4. Trea Turner
5. Didi Gregorius
6. Dansby Swanson
7. Jorge Polanco
8. Paul DeJong
9. Willy Adames
10. Chris Taylor
11. Aledmys Diaz
12. Gavin Lux
13. Adeiny Hechavarria
14. Yairo Muñoz

Third Base

1. Alex Bregman
2. Josh Donaldson
3. DJ LeMahieu
4. Anthony Rendon
5. Justin Turner
6. Miguel Sano
7. Tommy Edman
8. Yandy Diaz
9. Joey Wendle
10. Matt Carpenter
11. Matt Duffy
12. Gio Urshela

Outfield

1. Ronald Acuña
2. Cody Bellinger
3. George Springer
4. Michael Brantley
5. Aaron Judge
6. Yordan Alvarez*
7. A.J. Pollock
8. Juan Soto
9. Gioncarlo Stanton
10. Nelson Cruz*
11. Austin Meadows
12. Brett Gardner
13. Joc Pederson
14. Eddie Rosario
15. Tommy Pham
16. Victor Robles
17. Max Kepler
18. Marcell Ozuna
19. Kevin Kiermaier
20. Adam Eaton
21. Avisail Garcia
22. Harrison Bader
23. Cameron Maybin
24. Nick Markakis
25. Josh Reddick
26. Chris Taylor
27. Dexter Fowler
28. Gerardo Parra
29. Jake Cave
30. LaMonte Wade
31. Jose Martinez
32. Enrique Hernandez
33. Guillermo Heredia
34. Michael Taylor
35. Jake Marisnick
36. Matt Joyce
37. Billy Hamilton
38. Adam Duvall
39. Rafael Ortega

* DH-only but I'm listing them at the closest possible position.