Rest of season, standard 5×5, please rank the following outfielders: Fernando Tatis, Julio Rodriguez, Jackson Chourio, James Wood and Pete Crow-Armstrong.
Derek Carty (THE BAT X, @DerekCarty, @derekcarty.bsky.social): Tatis, J-Rod, PCA, Wood, Chourio
Justin Mason (Friends With Fantasy Benefits, @JustinMasonFWFB): Tatis, Wood, Chourio, PCA, J-Rod
Scott Chu (Pitcher List, @ifthechufits, scottchu.pitcherlist.com): Wood, Tatis, PCA, Chourio, J-Rod. They are all ranked in my top 26, and none more than 7 spots apart
Patrick Davitt (BaseballHQ, @patrickdavitt): Tatis, PCA, Wood, J-Rod, Chourio. But really you could put them in a bag like Scrabble tiles and draw them out.
CJ Kaltenbach (Fantasy Guru, @TheSeigeDFS): Tatis, PCA, Wood, Chourio, J-Rod; All elite but J-Rod’s home park moved him to the bottom but would be happy with any of these guys
Fred Zinkie (Yahoo/Rotowire, @FredZinkieMLB): Tatis, Wood, PCA, Chourio, J-Rod
D.J. Short (NBC Sports/Rotoworld, @djshort, @djshort.bsky.social): Tatis, PCA, Wood, J-Rod, Chourio – Very fun to think about; Chourio hasn’t progressed as hoped this year, J-Rod doesn’t have the power of Wood or the speed of PCA.
Eric Samulski (Rotoballer, @SamskiNYC): Tatis, Wood, PCA, Chourio, Rodriguez – Chourio had a huge second half last year, so maybe that’s in the cards this year. Teams have clearly discovered that if you keep attacking J-Rod on the fringes of the strike zone, he’ll still offer and get himself out with weak contact or whiffs. Until he adjusts, he’s last on this list for me
Tristan H. Cockcroft (ESPN, @SultanofStat): Tatis, PCA, J-Rod, Wood, Chourio. I’ve got the middle three with razor-thin valuation margins, and frankly, all five are pretty close. It’s tough to fade PCA when he’s such a good source of steals.
Mike Gianella (Baseball Prospectus): J-Rod, Tatis, PCA, Wood, Chourio. They’re all between 5-10 in the OF for me, so this isn’t exactly a wide rankings spread…
Kelly Kirby (FantasyPros, @thewonkypenguin, @thewonkypenguin.bsky.social): Wood, Tatis, PCA, J-Rod, Chourio — Even as a Cubs fan, it is hard to believe in PCA continuing what he’s doing, but I’ve said that all year. Still can’t put him above Wood or Tatis, though
Doug Dennis (BaseballHQ, Doug Dennis): Tatis, PCA, J-Rod, Wood, Chourio. Love them all.
Adam Ronis (Fantasy Life, @adamronis, @adamronis.bsky.social): Tatis, Wood, PCA, J-Rod, Chourio
Dave Adler (Baseball HQ, @daveadler01): Tatis, J-Rod, PCA, Wood, Chourio. Pretty similar projections from here on out. Wood’s BABIP is a bit high, so expect his BA to come down a bit. Otherwise, all are good contributors in all categories.
Corbin Young (BaseballHQ, Rotoballer, @corbin_young21): Tatis, PCA, Wood, Chourio, Julio. Tatis, PCA, Wood, and Chourio have been solid producers with the tools and skills to support the output. Julio I’m most worried about, mainly because of the power skill declines.
Ryan Boyer (Rotowire, Baseball Prospectus, @RyanPBoyer): Tatis, Wood, PCA, J-Rod, Chourio
Chris Torres (Pitcher List, Fantasy Pros, @TorresTakes): Tatis, J-Rod, PCA, Wood, Chourio.
Michael Govier (Pallazzo Podcast, @mjgovier): Wood, Chourio, Tatis. J-Rod, PCA
Phil Hertz (Baseball HQ, @prhz50): Tatis, Chourio, Wood, PCA, Rodriquez
Zach Steinhorn (Steinhorn’s Universe on Substack, @zachsteinhorn): Wood, Tatis, PCA, Chourio, Rodriguez.
Andy Andres (BaseballHQ, @sabermetrics101): Tatis, Wood, JRod, PCA, Chourio
Sky Dombroske (Fantistics Insider Baseball, @SkyDombroske): Tatis, Wood,
Erik Halterman (Rotowire, @erik_halterman): Tatis, Wood, Rodriguez, Chourio, with PCA in some sort of quantum superposition occupying all five spots at once. I’m uncomfortable ranking a guy with a .299 OBP (and a .208 OBP against lefties!) as high as he perhaps deserves to go, but you could talk me into ranking him third in this group.
Anthony Aniano (RotoBaller/SiriusXM Fantasy, @AanianoFantasy): Tatis, PCA, Wood, Chourio and Julio. To be honest it was tough not making PCA number 1.
Todd here, I come up with the questions and while this may seem like a throwaway question, there is method to my madness. Rotowire subscribers can read about it in an upcoming Z Files. For those wondering…
| Player | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | Average |
| Tatis | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.25 |
| Wood | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2.58 |
| PCA | 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| J-Rod | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3.88 |
| Chourio | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 4.29 |