The 25-man rosters are set, so we should not see any more dramatic swings in fantasy baseball draft position unless another season-ending injury occurs, which is why this is my final update for the 2014 season overall fantasy baseball rankings. The list can be accessed by clicking here or using the link at the top of the page.
Many of your fantasy baseball teams should be drafted by now, but this should keep you up to date even if your draft is still not completed. Here are a few noteworthy headlines to remember if you still have that draft coming up or have your team and need to make adjustments:
The following players will likely miss the entire 2014 season:
- Matt Harvey - Recovering from Tommy John surgery, October 2013
- Cory Luebke - Recovering from Tommy John surgery, February 2014
- Luke Hochevar - Right elbow (Tommy John)
- Patrick Corbin - UCL damage in left elbow (Tommy John)
- Jarrod Parker - Right elbow (Tommy John)
- Kris Medlen - Right elbow (Tommy John #2)
- Brandon Beachy - Right elbow (Tommy John #2)
- Bruce Rondon - Right elbow (Tommy John)
- David Hernandez - Torn right elbow ligament (Tommy John)
- Bobby Parnell** - Partial tear of MCL in right elbow (**Tommy John likely)
The following teams have notable players who may begin the season on the disabled list:
- ARI: Corbin (SP), Hernandez, (RP), Daniel Hudson (SP), Cody Ross (LF)
- ATL: Beachy (SP), Gavin Floyd (SP), Medlen (SP), Mike Minor (SP), Jonny Venters (RP)
- BAL: Manny Machado (3B), Nolan Reimold (LF)
- CHW: Gordon Beckham (2B), Jeff Keppinger (2B)
- CIN: Jonathan Broxton (RP), Aroldis Chapman (RP), Mat Latos (SP), Sean Marshall (RP)
- CLE: Michael Bourn (CF)
- COL: Jhoulys Chacin (SP), Tyler Chatwood (SP)
- DET: Andy Dirks (LF), Jose Iglesias (SS), Rondon (RP)
- HOU: Jesse Crain (RP)
- KCR: Hochevar (SP)
- LAA: Sean Burnett (RP)
- LAD: Josh Beckett (SP), Chad Billingsley (SP), Matt Kemp (CF), Clayton Kershaw (SP)
- MIA: Rafael Furcal (SS)
- NYM: Harvey (SP), Jonathon Niese (SP), Parnell (RP)
- OAK: Ryan Cook (RP), A.J. Griffin (SP), Eric O'Flaherty (RP), Parker (SP)
- PHI: Mike Adams (RP), Freddy Galvis (2B), Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez (SP), Cole Hamels (SP), Darin Ruf (LF)
- SDP: Josh Johnson (SP), Luebke (SP), Cameron Maybin (CF), Carlos Quentin (LF)
- SEA: Hisashi Iwakuma (SP), Taijuan Walker (SP)
- SFG: Jeremy Affeldt (RP), Marco Scutaro (2B)
- STL: Jaime Garcia (SP), Jason Motte (RP)
- TAM: David DeJesus (LF), Jeremy Hellickson (SP)
- TEX: Yu Darvish (SP), Matt Harrison (SP), Derek Holland (SP), Jurickson Profar (2B), Geovany Soto (C)
- WAS: Doug Fister (SP), Wilson Ramos (C)
I hope my resources were/will be helpful for your fantasy baseball drafts. Give me a shout or leave a comment if it helped you. The encouragement is great motivation.
Good luck in your leagues this season!
