Bernie Pleskoff’s Fantasy Baseball Outfield Rankings (2020)

There are certainly a great number of outfielders from which to choose in fantasy baseball.

This is a category that brings more caution than most. More and more teams are using platoons in the outfield to take advantage of pitching matchups. Beware of the number of at-bats your outfielders are likely to receive.

As always, injuries take a toll on fantasy teams. However, there are usually outfielders available on the waiver wire-of course depending upon the number of teams/owners in your league.

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Here are my outfielder rankings for 2020:

1. Ronald Acuna Jr. (ATL)

Age: 22
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .280 AVG, 127 R, 41 HR, 101 RBI, 37 SB

2. Mike Trout (LAA)

Age: 28
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .291 AVG, 110 R, 45 HR, 104 RBI, 11 SB

3. Christian Yelich (MIL)

Age: 28
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .329 AVG, 100 R, 44 HR, 97 RBI, 30 SB

4. Cody Bellinger (LAD)

Age: 24
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .305 AVG, 121 R, 47 HR, 115 RBI, 15 SB

5. Juan Soto (WSH)

Age: 21
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .282 AVG, 110 R, 34 HR, 110 RBI, 12 SB

6. Mookie Betts (LAD)

Age: 27
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .295 AVG, 135 R, 29 HR, 80 RBI, 16 SB

7. Aaron Judge (NYY)

Age: 27
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .272 AVG, 75 R, 27 HR, 55 RBI, 3 SB

8. J.D. Martinez (BOS)

Age: 32
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .304 AVG, 98 R, 36 HR, 105 RBI, 2 SB

9. George Springer (HOU)

Age: 30
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .292 AVG, 96 R, 39 HR, 96 RBI, 6 SB

10. Giancarlo Stanton (NYY)

Age: 30
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .288 AVG, 8 R, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 0 SB

11. Bryce Harper (PHI)

Age: 27
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .260 AVG, 98 R, 35 HR, 114 RBI, 15 SB

12. Charlie Blackmon (COL)

Age: 33
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .314 AVG, 112 R, 32 HR, 86 RBI, 2 SB

13. Austin Meadows (TB)

Age: 24
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .291 AVG, 83 R, 33 HR, 89 RBI, 12 SB

14. Starling Marte (ARI)

Age: 31
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .295 AVG, 97 R, 23 HR, 82 RBI, 25 SB

15. Yordan Alvarez (HOU)

Age: 22
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .313 AVG, 58 R, 27 HR, 78 RBI, 0 SB

16. Trey Mancini (BAL)

Age: 27
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .291 AVG, 106 R, 35 HR, 97 RBI, 1 SB

17. Whit Merrifield (KC)

Age: 31
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .302 AVG, 105 R, 16 HR, 74 RBI, 20 SB

18. Joey Gallo (TEX)

Age: 26
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .253 AVG, 54 R, 22 HR, 49 RBI, 4 SB

19. Eddie Rosario (MIN)

Age: 28
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .276 AVG, 91 R, 32 HR, 109 RBI, 3 SB

20. Nicholas Castellanos (DET)

Age: 27, (He will turn 28 March 4)
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .289 AVG, 100 R, 27 HR, 73 RBI, 2 SB

21. Eloy Jimenez (CWS)

Age: 23
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .267 AVG, 69 R, 31 HR, 79 RBI, 0 SB

22. Andrew Benintendi (BOS)

Age: 25
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .266 AVG, 72 R, 13 HR, 68 RBI, 10 SB

23. Victor Robles (WSH)

Age: 20
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .255 AVG, 86 R, 17 HR, 65 RBI, 28 SB

24. Michael Conforto (NYM)

Age: 26
Bats L
2019 Stats: .257 AVG, 90 R, 23 HR, 92 RBI, 7 SB

25. Kyle Schwarber (CHC)

Age: 26
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .250 AVG, 82 R, 38 HR, 92 RBI, 2 SB

26. Marcell Ozuna (ATL)

Age: 29
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .241 AVG, 80 R, 29 HR, 89 RBI, 12 SB

27. Jo Adell (LAA)

Age: 20
Bats: R
Rookie

28. Michael Brantley (HOU)

Age: 32
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .311 AVG, 88 R, 22 HR, 90 RBI, 3 SB

29. Luis Robert (CWS)

Age: 22
Bats R
Rookie

30. Max Kepler (MIN)

Age: 27
Bats: L
Stats: .252 AVG, 98 R, 36 HR, 90 RBI, 1 SB

31. Jorge Soler (KC)

Age 22
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .265 AVG, 95 R, 48 HR, 117 RBI, 3 SB

32. Franmil Reyes (CLE)

Age: 24
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .249 AVG, 69 R, 37 HR, 69 RBI, 0 SB

33. Tommy Pham (SD)

Age: 31
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .273 AVG, 77 R, 21 HR, 68 RBI, 25 SB

34. Justin Upton (LAA)

Age: 32
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .215 AVG, 34 R, 12 HR, 40 RBI, 1 SB

35. Lorenzo Cain (MIL)

Age: 33
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .260 AVG, 75 R, 11 HR, 48 RBI, 18 SB

36. David Dahl (COL)

Age: 25
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .302 AVG, 67 R, 15 HR, 61 RBI, 4 SB

37. Andrew McCutchen (PHI) (Injured)

Age: 33
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .256 AVG, 45 R, 10 HR, 29 RBI, 2 SB

38. Danny Santana (TEX)

Age: 29
Bats: Both
2019 Stats: .283 AVG, 81 R, 28 HR, 81 RBI, 21 SB

39. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (TOR)

Age: 26
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .277 AVG, 52 R, 20 HR, 50 RBI, 6 SB

40. Nomar Mazara (CWS)

Age: 24
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .268 AVG, 69 R, 19 HR, 66 RBI, 4 SB

41. Alex Verdugo (BOS)

Age: 21
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .294 AVG, 43 R, 12 HR, 44 RBI, 4 SB

42. A. J. Pollock (LAD)

Age: 32
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .266 AVG, 49 R, 15 HR, 47 RBI, 5 SB

43. Khris Davis (OAK)

Age: 32
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .220 AVG, 61 R, 23 HR, 73 RBI, 0 SB

44. Ramon Laureano (OAK)

Age: 25
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .288 AVG, 79 R, 24 HR, 67 RBI, 13 SB

45. Nick Senzel (CIN)

Age: 24
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .256 AVG, 55 R, 12 HR, 42 RBI, 14 SB

46. Oscar Mercado (CLE)

Age: 25
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .269 AVE, 70 R, 15 HR, 54 RBI, 15 SB

47. Kyle Tucker (HOU)

Age: 23
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .269 AVG, 15 R, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 5 SB

48. Mallex Smith (SEA)

Age: 26
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .227 AVG, 70 R, 6 HR, 37 RBI, 46 SB

49. Byron Buxton (MIN)

Age: 26
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .262 AVG, 48 R, 10 HR, 46 RBI, 14 SB

50. Hunter Renfroe (TB)

Age: 28
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .216 AVG, 64 R, 33 HR, 64 RBI, 5 SB

51. Randal Grichuk (TOR)

Age: 28
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .232 AVG, 75 R, 32 HR, 80 RBI, 2 SB

52. Avisail Garcia (MIL)

Age: 28
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .282 AVG, 61 R, 20 HR, 72 RBI, 10 SB

53. Hunter Dozier (KC)

Age: 28
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .279 AVG, 75 R, 26 HR, 84 RBI, 2 SB

54. Aristides Aquino (CIN)

Age: 24
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .259 AVG, 31 R, 19 HR, 47 RBI, 7 SB

55. Wil Myers (SD)

Age: 29
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .239 AVG, 58 R, 18 HR, 53 RBI, 16 SB

56. David Peralta (ARI)

Age: 32
Bats L
2019 Stats: .275 AVG, 48 R, 12 HR, 57 RBI, 0 SB

57. Shin-Soo Choo (TEX)

Age: 37
Bats: L
2019 Stats: .265 AVG, 93 R, 24 HR, 61 RBI, 15 SB

58. Bryan Reynolds (PIT)

Age: 25
Bats: Both
2019 Stats: .314 AVG, 83 R, 16 HR, 68 RBi, 3 SB

59. Kyle Lewis (SEA)

Age: 24
Bats: R
2019 Stats: .268 AVG, 10 R, 6 HR, 13 RBI, 0 SB

60. Austin Hays (BAL)

Age: 24
Bats: R
2019 Stat: .309 AVG, 12 R, 4HR, 13 RBI, 2 SB

Others to consider:

Adam Eaton (WSH)

Jose Martinez (TB)

Corey Dickerson (MIA)

Mark Canha (OAK)

Kole Calhoun (ARI)

Domingo Santana (CLE)

Mike Yastrzemski (SF)

Stephen Piscotty (OAK) *currently injured

Aaron Hicks (NYY) *currently injured

Dribblers:

It was very difficult to move Mike Trout out of the No. 1 position. However, Mr. Acuna will make every effort to match his stolen base totals to his home runs. That could be the difference between the two.

This old scout is very concerned about the baseball to be used in 2020. Teams will likely deplete their existing stock of baseballs on hand. Then, how will the next crop play? That’s a huge unknown.

Stanton’s physical condition has to be a concern. Monitor his status to determine how long he will be out. He’s a major force, but only if he can swing a bat.

Alex Verdugo is another player with injury issues. He may not get as many at-bats over the course of the season to make him viable as a coming star. Check on McCutchen as well.

Michael Conforto poses a huge question for this scout. His performances have been conflicting.

If Luis Robert is up with the White Sox in March, he has a chance to do some damage. If they keep him in development longer, fantasy owners will have to be patient and wait. But he’s the real deal.

If Kyle Tucker gets to play, he will show why he should have been playing regularly a while ago. He should be traded if he isn’t going to get regular at-bats.

Rising: Meadows, Rosario, Robert, Adell, Buxton, Reyes

Falling: Cain, Smith, Myers, Pollock, Brantley, Choo

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MLB Ronald Acuna Jr. Mike Trout Christian Yelich (MIL) Cody Bellinger Juan Soto Mookie Betts Aaron Judge J.D. Martinez George Springer Giancarlo Stanton Bryce Harper Charlie Blackmon Austin Meadows Starling Marte Yordan Alvarez Trey Mancini Whit Merrifield Joey Gallo Eddie Rosario Nicholas Castellanos Eloy Jimenez Andrew Benintendi (BOS) Victor Robles Michael Conforto Kyle Schwarber Marcell Ozuna Jo Adell Michael Brantley Luis Robert Max Kepler Jorge Soler Franmil Reyes Tommy Pham Justin Upton Lorenzo Cain David Dahl Andrew McCutchen Danny Santana Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Nomar Mazara Alex Verdugo A. J. Pollock Khris Davis Ramon Laureano (OAK) Nick Senzel Oscar Mercado Kyle Tucker Mallex Smith Byron Buxton Hunter Renfroe Randal Grichuk (TOR) Avisail Garcia Hunter Dozier Aristides Aquino Wil Myers David Peralta Shin-Soo Choo Bryan Reynolds Kyle Lewis Austin Hays Adam Eaton Jose Martinez Corey Dickerson Mark Canha Kole Calhoun Domingo Santana Ryan Braun Willie Calhoun Brandon Nimmo Trent Grisham Joc Pederson Mike Yastrzemski Stephen Piscotty Aaron Hicks

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