Fantasy baseball second basemen #8: Luis Arraez
The American League batting champ comes in at number 8. The lefty slashed .316/.375/.420/.795, good for a 130 OPS+. He hit just eight homers, 31 doubles, drove in 49 runs, and scored 88. The reason he is on the lower half of this list is that a lot of fantasy value is based on extra-base hits, of which he doesn’t hit many. If your league doesn’t have those extra-base categories (doubles, triples, homers, and total bases), you can reach for him because the contact ability is elite. He only struck out 43 times last year, a remarkable number, and he also walked 50 times.
Fantasy baseball second basemen #7: Jorge Polanco
Jorge Polanco had a bit of a down year in 2022, partially due to a pair of injuries that caused him to miss 58 games. When he was on the field, he hit .235/.346/.405/.751, good for a 117 OPS+. He hit 16 homers and doubles, drove in 56 runs, and scored 54. Hopefully he will be healthy and return to his 2021 form when he hit 33 homers, 35 doubles, slugged .503, and had an .826 OPS. Given health, it would also be nice to see his stolen bases return to double digits.