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Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft: Trea Turner Falls and Giancarlo Stanton Rises

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Round 1

OverallPlayer Pos RankOwner
1Mike TroutOF 1McClung
2Mookie BettsOF 2Kupferle
3Paul Goldschmidt1B 1Musico
4Kris Bryant3B 1Lynch
5Jose Altuve2B 1Tredeau
6Bryce HarperOF 3Sannes
7Clayton KershawSP 1Carpenter
8Nolan Arenado3B 2Stolnis
9Anthony Rizzo1B 2Whalen
10Manny Machado3B 3Liscio
11Josh Donaldson3B 4Bruno
12Carlos CorreaSS 1Nammour
13Miguel Cabrera1B 3Storin
14Charlie BlackmonOF 4Kas


Best Pick: Nolan Arenado

The first round went pretty much as expected, but when a player of Arenado's caliber slides even a hair, it's going to create some value. Arenado is currently the sixth overall player using NFBC draft data,, and over the last two seasons, the Colorado Rockies' slugger has earned that rank by mashing 83 total home runs and driving in at least 130 runs in each season.

Some may also see Arenado's 2016 runs output (116) as unrepeatable, but a more granular look reveals that Arenado nearly doubled his walk rate from 2015 (5.1%) to 2016 (9.8%). Not only is Arenado a power-hitting beast, but he's a big-time contributor in every category other than steals.