Welcome to our 2025 Consensus Second Base Rankings! This position seems to be getting a bad rap in early fantasy baseball talk. While it lacks elite bats, there are plenty of useful players who will have plenty to offer this coming season.
I think second base is a position where the top couple of bats aren’t worth reaching for when there are plenty of available players not too far behind.  Several second base prospects could rise quickly up these rankings if they get the early call. So, let the industry knock the position. I’ll sit back and soak up useful players during all sections of my drafts.
Final 2024 Second Base Values
Before we get to second base rankings for the 2025 season, it’s always a good idea to look back at the previous season. Sometimes we lose track of things that happened later in the season and we’re not getting the full picture. With that in mind here are the season-end 2024 second base rankings and the dollar values they earned for a typical 15-team mixed 5×5 league as produced by the FanGraphs Auction Calculator.
Meet the Rankers
A variety of our fantasy baseball analysts took part in our 2025 Consensus Fantasy Baseball Rankings. For the second base positions, the participants are listed below along with where you can follow them on social media.
- Doug Anderson – @rotodaddy on BlueSky
- Matt Heckman – @Heckman_Matt115
- Lauren Auerbach – @lkauerbach
- Dave Funnell – @sportz_nutt51
- Todd Hedberg – @TheToddmpls on Twitter | thetoddmpls on BlueSky
- Taylor Tarter – @TaylorTarter
- Ray Kuhn – @Ray_Kuhn_28
2025 Second Base Rankings
Again the rankings below are based on a 15-team, 5×5, two-catcher, roto league. Later in the preseason, we’ll go deeper for you fanatics who play in mono-leagues and other larger formats.
| Cons. Rnk | Player | Team | DA | MH | LA | DF | TH | TT | RK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ketel Marte | ARI | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Jose Altuve | HOU | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Ozzie Albies | ATL | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Marcus Semien | TEX | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Luis Garcia Jr. | WSN | 5 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| 6 | Jordan Westburg | BAL | 8 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | Brice Turang | MIL | 6 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 6 |
| 7 | Bryson Stott | PHI | 11 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 9 |
| 9 | Xander Bogaerts | SDP | 17 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 | Nico Hoerner | CHC | 9 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | Matt McLain | CIN | 10 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 11 |
| 12 | Gleyber Torres | DET | 15 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 13 |
| 13 | Luis Arraez | SDP | 7 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 19 | 10 | 14 |
| 14 | Colt Keith | DET | 12 | 10 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 21 | 17 |
| 15 | Luis Rengifo | LAA | 28 | 12 | 9 | 26 | 9 | 9 | 12 |
| 16 | Andres Gimenez | TOR | 14 | 15 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 |
| 17 | Jonathan India | KCR | 19 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| 18 | Brandon Lowe | TBR | 16 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 22 |
| 19 | Maikel Garcia | KCR | 13 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 15 |
| 20 | Zack Gelof | A's | 23 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 18 |
| 21 | Willi Castro | MIN | 18 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 21 |
| 22 | Brendan Donovan | STL | 26 | 25 | 18 | 27 | 23 | 20 | 24 |
| 22 | Jake Cronenworth | SDP | 21 | 17 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | Gavin Lux | CIN | 25 | 21 | 26 | 25 | 30 | 32 | 27 |
| 25 | Christopher Morel | TBR | NR | 30 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 27 | 25 |
| 26 | Jose Caballero | TBR | 20 | 37 | 31 | 20 | 28 | 36 | 30 |
| 27 | Isiah Kiner-Falefa | PIT | NR | NR | NR | 32 | 33 | 28 | 41 |
| 28 | Nolan Gorman | STL | 22 | 29 | NR | NR | 24 | 34 | 29 |
| 29 | Jackson Holliday | BAL | NR | 19 | 21 | NR | 62 | 25 | 19 |
| 30 | Michael Massey | KCR | NR | 35 | 30 | 33 | 38 | 26 | 26 |
| 30 | Otto Lopez | MIA | 29 | 50 | 28 | 30 | 17 | 37 | 39 |
For more of the great fantasy baseball rankings and analysis you’ve come to expect from FantraxHQ, check out our full 2025 Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit! We’re here for you all the way up until Opening Day and then on into your championship run.
