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Updated 2020 fantasy baseball rankings: 3rd base

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Here are the third base rankings in standard 5x5 leagues for the 2020 season.

Rankings updated March 11.

Rankings
Top 200 | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP

Rank Player Team Other POS
1 Nolan Arenado COL
2 Alex Bregman HOU SS
3 Jose Ramirez CLE
4 Rafael Devers BOS
5 Anthony Rendon LAA
6 Kris Bryant CHC OF
7 Josh Donaldson MIN
8 Vladimir Guerrero Jr. TOR
9 Matt Chapman OAK
10 🔻 Manny Machado SD SS
11 DJ LeMahieu NYY 1B/2B
12 Eugenio Suarez CIN
13 Yoan Moncada CWS
14 Max Muncy LAD 1B/2B
15 Jeff McNeil NYM 2B/OF
16 Miguel Sano MIN 1B
17 Mike Moustakas CIN 2B
18 🔺 Justin Turner LAD
19 Eduardo Escobar ARI 2B
20 Yuli Gurriel HOU 1B
21 Yandy Diaz TB 1B
22 Tommy Edman STL 2B/OF
23 Hunter Dozier KC 1B
24 🔺 Ryan McMahon COL 1B/2B
25 JD Davis NYM OF
26 🔻 Danny Santana TEX 1B/2B/SS/OF
27 Scott Kingery PHI 2B/SS/OF
28 Brian Anderson MIA OF
29 🔺 Ian Happ CHC 2B/OF
30 Matt Carpenter STL

Turner looks healthy and has been hitting the life out of the ball in spring. As long as he keeps making excellent contact - traditionally his calling card - he'll be worth a mid-round pick even as he gets older. He's perpetually undervalued despite hitting in the middle of one of baseball's best lineups.

Suarez is a bit of a question mark as he works his way back from surgery. He may not be 100 percent to open the season, which makes him difficult to trust as a top-10 third baseman. But the fact he may be ready for Opening Day despite the injury, in addition to his massive power (49 homers in 2019), means he can't be ignored on draft day. Don't reach, but be sure to pick him up if he drops.

Machado come with too much uncertainty to trust him as a top pick, particularly after he failed to post imposing numbers in his inaugural season with the Friars. He's got two hits through spring training, and though one can't weigh that too heavily, his floor appears to be much lower than it once was.

Washington Nationals infielder Carter Kieboom would be creeping into the bottom 10 if he already qualified at the position, but he won't have third-base eligibility in all leagues until he gets a few regular-season starts at the hot corner.

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