2012 Fantasy Baseball Rankings – Third Base

Here is the fifth article in the series for our 2012 fantasy baseball rankings looking at the position of third base. The top half of the position is fairly strong, but if you are looking to find power late in the draft at this position, you are going to have a difficult time finding anyone to hit 20 home runs. Here is a look at the top 20 fantasy baseball third basemen for 2012 with my comments. A longer list with 2012 fantasy baseball projections will be available in the FBT Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide which will go on sale February 1, 2012. 1. Jose Bautista – was on a tear the first half of the season, hitting .334 with 31 home runs and 65 RBI in 84 games. After the All-Star Break, he was not quite as good, batting .257 with 12 home runs and 38 RBI in 214 at bats. Impressive that he still hit 43 home runs despite drawing walks five percentage points more than he did in 2011. 2. Evan Longoria -bad luck masked some small improvements as his hit% was 10 percentage points lowe...