Top 200 rankings highlight Sports Weekly's fantasy baseball preview
Every spring, fantasy baseball owners look forward to the release of the industry's most comprehensive and up-to-date draft companion. We call it "The Leviathan" because it helps its owners trample the competition.
This year's version hits newsstands as part of the March 22 issue of USA TODAY Sports Weekly. Inside, you'll find the latest rankings, projections and worksheets to take with you to the draft. There's an in-depth cover story on how hitters are fighting back against the game's dominating pitchers, plus a look at the top minor league prospects and a complete review of all three League of Alternative Baseball Reality experts drafts.
Fantasy baseball position rankings
Top 40 fantasy baseball prospects: Yankees have a gem in Gleyber Torres
Underrated fantasy contributors who may get lost in the shuffle
In their own words: AL LABR owners' strategies and analysis
In their own words: NL LABR owners' strategies and analysis
At the center of all this fantasy goodness is our ranking of the top 200 overall fantasy players -- rankings you can trust from one of the industry's top 5 most accurate experts in 2016.
2017 Top 200 overall rankings
Rank Player Pos
1 Mike Trout OF
2 Mookie Betts OF
3 Jose Altuve 2B
4 Paul Goldschmidt 1B
5 Kris Bryant 3B/OF
6 Nolan Arenado 3B
7 Clayton Kershaw SP
8 Bryce Harper OF
9 Manny Machado 3B/SS
10 Josh Donaldson 3B
11 Anthony Rizzo 1B
12 Miguel Cabrera 1B
13 Trea Turner OF/2B
14 Starling Marte OF
15 Madison Bumgarner SP
16 Carlos Correa SS
17 Edwin Encarnacion 1B
18 Corey Seager SS
19 Charlie Blackmon OF
20 Joey Votto 1B
21 Francisco Lindor SS
22 Freddie Freeman 1B
23 Robinson Cano 2B
24 Corey Kluber SP
25 Noah Syndergaard SP
26 A.J. Pollock OF
27 Max Scherzer SP
28 Jonathan Villar SS/3B
29 Ryan Braun OF
30 Chris Sale SP
31 Daniel Murphy 2B/1B
32 Trevor Story SS
33 Jon Lester SP
34 Giancarlo Stanton OF
35 Xander Bogaerts SS
36 Brian Dozier 2B
37 Johnny Cueto SP
38 Nelson Cruz OF
39 Jake Arrieta SP
40 Christian Yelich OF
41 Rougned Odor 2B
42 Carlos Gonzalez OF
43 Dee Gordon 2B
44 George Springer OF
45 Buster Posey C
46 Justin Verlander SP
47 Andrew McCutchen OF
48 Kyle Seager 3B
49 Billy Hamilton OF
50 Gregory Polanco OF
51 Jose Abreu 1B
52 Justin Upton OF
53 Wil Myers 1B
54 Stephen Strasburg SP
55 Yoenis Cespedes OF
56 Yu Darvish SP
57 Chris Archer SP
58 J.D. Martinez OF
59 Kenley Jansen RP
60 Jean Segura 2B/SS
61 Jacob deGrom SP
62 Aroldis Chapman RP
63 Jonathan Lucroy C
64 Lorenzo Cain OF
65 Ian Kinsler 2B
66 Adam Jones OF
67 Hanley Ramirez 1B
68 Carlos Carrasco SP
69 Kyle Hendricks SP
70 Zach Britton RP
71 Matt Kemp OF
72 Adrian Beltre 3B
73 Matt Carpenter 1/2/3
74 Mark Trumbo OF
75 DJ LeMahieu 2B
76 Gary Sanchez C
77 Khris Davis OF
78 Masahiro Tanaka SP
79 Carlos Martinez SP
80 Aaron Sanchez SP
81 Anthony Rendon 3B
82 Eric Hosmer 1B
83 Zack Greinke SP
84 Alex Bregman 3B
85 Mark Melancon RP
86 Rick Porcello SP
87 Jose Ramirez 3B/OF
88 Jose Quintana SP
89 Cole Hamels SP
90 Gerrit Cole SP
91 Odubel Herrera OF
92 Danny Duffy SP
93 Seung Hwan Oh RP
94 Jose Bautista OF
95 Edwin Diaz RP
96 Adam Eaton OF
97 Chris Davis 1B
98 Kenta Maeda SP
99 Kyle Schwarber OF
100 Marcus Stroman SP
101 Justin Turner 3B
102 Andrew Benintendi OF
103 Evan Longoria 3B
104 Craig Kimbrel RP
105 Addison Russell SS
106 Willson Contreras C/OF
107 Brandon Belt 1B
108 Hunter Pence OF
109 Adrian Gonzalez 1B
110 Michael Fulmer SP
111 Troy Tulowitzki SS
112 Rich Hill SP
113 Julio Teheran SP
114 Wade Davis RP
115 Ian Desmond OF
116 Kelvin Herrera RP
117 Aledmys Diaz SS
118 Danny Salazar SP
119 Cody Allen RP
120 Jose Peraza SS/OF
121 J.T. Realmuto C
122 Roberto Osuna RP
123 Salvador Perez C
124 Yasmany Tomas OF
125 Carlos Gomez OF
126 Nick Castellanos 3B
127 Yasmani Grandal C
128 Dustin Pedroia 2B
129 Stephen Piscotty OF
130 Jackie Bradley Jr. OF
131 Ken Giles RP
132 Todd Frazier 3B
133 Brian McCann C
134 Eduardo Nunez SS/3B
135 Jay Bruce OF
136 Dallas Keuchel SP
137 Michael Brantley OF
138 Felix Hernandez SP
139 Dexter Fowler OF
140 David Price SP
141 Sean Manaea SP
142 Albert Pujols 1B
143 Kendrys Morales DH
144 Byron Buxton OF
145 Kole Calhoun OF
146 Jake Lamb 3B
147 Jake Odorizzi SP
148 Carlos Santana 1B
149 Kevin Gausman SP
150 Andrew Miller RP
151 Keon Broxton OF
152 Jason Kipnis 2B
153 Jeurys Famila RP
154 Matt Harvey SP
155 Miguel Sano 3B/OF
156 David Dahl OF
157 David Robertson RP
158 Logan Forsythe 2B
159 Victor Martinez DH
160 Ender Inciarte OF
161 Jameson Taillon SP
162 Lance McCullers SP
163 John Lackey SP
164 Alex Colome RP
165 Raisel Iglesias RP
166 Jarrod Dyson OF
167 Russell Martin C
168 Vince Velasquez SP
169 Tim Anderson SS
170 Aaron Nola SP
171 Elvis Andrus SS
172 Evan Gattis C
173 Steven Matz SP
174 Rajai Davis OF
175 Eric Thames 1B
176 Tanner Roark SP
177 Francisco Rodriguez RP
178 Adam Duvall OF
179 Drew Pomeranz SP
180 Mike Napoli 1B
181 Dellin Betances RP
182 James Paxton SP
183 Matt Shoemaker SP
184 Marco Estrada SP
185 Drew Smyly SP
186 Javier Baez 2/S/3
187 J.A. Happ SP
188 Randal Grichuk OF
189 Tommy Joseph 1B
190 Carlos Beltran OF
191 Devon Travis 2B
192 Ben Zobrist 2B/OF
193 Dansby Swanson SS
194 Jeff Samardzija SP
195 Kevin Kiermaier OF
196 Michael Pineda SP
197 Jon Gray SP
198 Julio Urias SP
199 Brett Gardner OF
200 Ryon Healy 3B
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