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 5×5 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
Gerrit ColeJustin VerlanderWalker BuehlerZack GreinkeClayton KershawJames PaxtonHyun-Jin RyuJack FlahertyPatrick CorbinStephen StrasburgLuis SeverinoDallas KeuchelMasahiro TanakaMike FoltynewiczJose BerriosMike SorokaMax ScherzerTyler GlasnowBlake SnellCharlie MortonAnibal SanchezJ.A. HappJake OdorizziMiles MikolasRyan YarbroughAdam WainwrightRich HillMartin PerezJose UrquidyMax FriedDakota Hudson
Relief Pitchers
Roberto OsunaAroldis ChapmanKenley JansenMark MelanconCarlos MartinezTaylor RogersEmilio PaganDaniel HudsonSergio RomoAdam OttavinoRyan PresslyNick AndersonKenta MaedaJulio UriasZack BrittonTommy KahnleSean DoolittleGiovanny GallegosDustin MayRoss StriplingAndrew MillerWill HarrisJosh JamesJohn GantDiego CastilloColin PocheChaz RoeLuke JacksonChris MartinTrevor MayBrusdar GraterolHunter Strickland
Catcher
Gary SanchezWill SmithRobinson ChirinosMitch GarverYadier MolinaTravis d’ArnaudKurt SuzukiBrian McCannRussell MartinMartin MaldonadoTyler FlowersMike ZuninoJason CastroYan GomesAustin Romine
First Base
Freddie FreemanYuli GurrielEdwin EncarnacionMax MuncyLuke VoitPaul GoldschmidtHowie KendrickC.J. CronJi-Man ChoiDavid FreeseMatt AdamsRyan ZimmermanJesus AguilarNate LoweWillians AstudilloMatt Beaty
Second Base
Jose AltuveOzzie AlbiesDJ LeMahieuGleyber TorresMax MuncyKolten WongChris TaylorBrandon LoweJoey WendleJonathan SchoopAsdrubal CabreraBrian DozierMatt CarpenterEnrique HernandezMike BrosseauGavin LuxLuis ArraezMarwin GonzalezAdeiny HechavarriaDaniel Robertson
Shortstop
Carlos CorreaCorey SeagerGleyber TorresTrea TurnerDidi GregoriusDansby SwansonJorge PolancoPaul DeJongWilly AdamesChris TaylorAledmys DiazGavin LuxAdeiny HechavarriaYairo Muñoz
Third Base
Alex BregmanJosh DonaldsonDJ LeMahieuAnthony RendonJustin TurnerMiguel SanoTommy EdmanYandy DiazJoey WendleMatt CarpenterMatt DuffyGio Urshela
Outfield
Ronald AcuñaCody BellingerGeorge SpringerMichael BrantleyAaron JudgeYordan Alvarez*A.J. PollockJuan SotoGioncarlo StantonNelson Cruz*Austin MeadowsBrett GardnerJoc PedersonEddie RosarioTommy PhamVictor RoblesMax KeplerMarcell OzunaKevin KiermaierAdam EatonAvisail GarciaHarrison BaderCameron MaybinNick MarkakisJosh ReddickChris TaylorDexter FowlerGerardo ParraJake CaveLaMonte WadeJose MartinezEnrique HernandezGuillermo HerediaMichael TaylorJake MarisnickMatt JoyceBilly HamiltonAdam DuvallRafael Ortega
* DH-only but I’m listing them at the closest possible position.
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