Week 5 Power Rankings: 2B - Moberg 1st

[OldTimer]

I felt like this was worthy of its on thread.....OT

Week 5 Power Rankings: 2B

D1 Baseball Staff, March 23, 2017

With five weeks in the books, we’re about a third of the way through the 2017 college baseball season, so it’s time to update our preseason Position Power Rankings. For this exercise, we are using the same guiding principle we followed when assembling our preseason All-America teams: If we were building a team to win the 2017 national title, which players would we choose?

Now we have more than a month of performance to draw upon, and we took early-season statistics into consideration, but we also tried to keep the numbers in context, because some leagues or ballparks are more offensive than others, and the quality of nonconference competition varies widely — so all stat lines are not created equal. In addition to the 2017 numbers, we also considered raw talent, long-term track record from previous seasons and makeup.

We’ll revisit the Position Power Rankings over the course of the season. Here’s our look at the top second basemen in college baseball after five weeks.

Top 25 Second Basemen: March 23

1 Jeff Moberg Tennessee .417/.488/.708, 5 HR, 15 RBI 24
2 Cole Freeman LSU .400/.511/.480, 0 HR, 14 RBI, 6 SB 4
3 Braden Shewmake Texas A&M .406/.438/.646, 3 HR, 28 RBI 26
4 Carson Shaddy Arkansas .350/.497/.667, 5 HR, 20 RBI 13
5 Jordan Washam Louisiana Tech .414/.514/.667, 3 HR, 20 RBI NR
6 Cullen Large William & Mary .400/.446/.653, 2 HR, 21 RBI 21
7 Brett Netzer Charlotte .384/.465/.555, 2 HR, 16 RBI 7
8 Wade Bailey Georgia Tech .369/.432/.536, 1 HR, 15 RBI 38
9 Brian Mims UNC Wilmington .338/.427/.451, 1 HR, 9 RBI 2
10 Cadyn Grenier Oregon State .293/.397/.500, 1 HR, 12 RBI 22
11 Ernie Clement Virginia .333/.340/.376, 1 HR, 16 RBI 1
12 Kyle McPherson James Madison .382/.494/.574, 3 HR, 13 RBI 31
13 Cobie Vance Alabama .346/.382/.436, 0 HR, 17 RBI 35
14 Danny Edgeworth Mercer .413/.495/.641, 3 HR, 26 RBI NR
15 Stephen Kerr Florida Atlantic .302/.467/.558, 2 HR, 15 RBI 49
16 Brennon Anderson BYU .365/.424/.581, 2 HR, 15 RBI 28
17 Trey Hair Evansville .317/.404/.561, 3 HR, 15 RBI 10
18 Jonathan Ortega Texas State .366/.450/.516, 3 HR, 17 RBI NR
19 Connor Kopach Southern Illinois .303/.386/.562, 2 HR, 9 RBI 44
20 Zach Kirtley St. Mary’s .271/.416/.371, 0 HR, 13 RBI 3
21 Nick Dunn Maryland .293/.392/.378, 1 HR, 10 RBI 5
22 Zack Gahagan North Carolina .257/.384/.429, 3 HR, 15 RBI 8
23 Frankie Rios Southern California .328/.427/.508, 1 HR, 12 RBI 47
24 Charlie Yorgen East Carolina .337/.431/.453, 1 HR, 16 RBI NR
25 Ako Thomas Michigan .321/.454/.359, 0 HR, 11 RBI 46

 

[OldTimer]

Top 25 Third Basemen: March 22

1 Jake Burger Missouri State .351/.444/.784, 9 HR, 21 RBI 1
2 Dallas Carroll Utah .420/.468/.638, 2 HR, 18 RBI 9
3 Taylor Braley Southern Miss .366/.495/.690, 6 HR, 22 RBI 17
4 Jordan Rodgers Tennessee .403/.453/.582, 3 HR, 15 RBI 24
5 Garrett Benge Oklahoma State .356/.484/.658, 5 HR, 26 RBI 14
6 Nick Quintana Arizona .411/.477/.630, 2 HR, 10 RBI 45
7 Drew Ellis Louisville .348/.458/.636, 4 HR, 20 RBI 15
8 Johnny Aiello Wake Forest .342/.474/.724, 8 HR, 17 RBI 43
9 Andrew Fregia Sam Houston State .358/.409/.568, 4 HR, 14 RBI 31
10 Chase Lunceford Louisiana Tech .296/.402/.605, 6 HR, 23 RBI 18
11 Taylor Bryant Cal State Fullerton .375/.500/.609, 2 HR, 14 RBI NR
12 Trevor Craport Georgia Tech .342/.438/.589, 3 HR, 15 RBI 6
13 Carl Stajduhar New Mexico .310/.355/.560, 5 HR, 16 RBI 4
14 Tyler Ratliff Marshall .338/.380/.585, 3 HR, 23 RBI 11
15 Justin Yurchak Binghamton .545/.608/.659, 0 HR, 7 RBI 34
16 Bret Boswell Texas .313/.446/.507, 2 HR, 10 RBI 46
17 Kyle Datres North Carolina .306/.386/.458, 2 HR, 16 RBI 13
18 Jonathan India Florida .267/.359/.481, 3 HR, 13 RBI 2
19 Jackson Mims Charlotte .419/.457/.616, 3 HR, 10 RBI NR
20 Taylor Schwaner Southeastern La. .362/.465/.696, 5 HR, 30 RBI NR
21 Jack Labosky Duke .299/.367/.481, 2 HR, 18 RBI 8
22 Michael Gretler Oregon State .364/.407/.491, 0 HR, 10 RBI NR
23 Jeff Bohling Gonzaga .346/.386/.420, 0 HR, 8 RBI 19
24 Will Toffey Vanderbilt .289/.434/.434, 2 HR, 19 RBI 33
25 Jonah Bride South Carolina .284/.360/.448, 2 HR, 10 RBI 50

 

[StrangeVol]

We do have a pretty solid infield with SS being the only real weakness if you can call it that, imo.

 

[RollerVol]

well deserved for Jeff and a well deserved thread...thanks OldTimer...:salute:

GO BIG ORANGE!...BEAT STATE!