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February 10, 2026, 3:36 pmLast Updated on February 10, 2026 3:36 pm by Paul Williamson | Published: February 10, 2026
The middle infield position dries up after the top 40-45. After that range you will see me ranking a mix of high upside rookies who may or may not make the Opening Day lineup and high floor vets who will be in their lineups, but won’t provide anything special.
These guys will be drafted based on how your draft has gone up to that point.
If you have a bunch of risky injury prone/young dudes on your squad, target the vets I have at the bottom of this list.
If you feel like you have a good presence of high-floor safe dudes, then chase the upside late at this position.
Ideally, you’ve locked up you 2B/SS/MI spots in time to avoid the bottom of barrel options.
In standard 12-team leagues, this shouldn’t be much of an issue but in deeper formats, I would recommend locking up those three spots before pick 250-260. Because that’s when you really start to be looking these options.
I will be updating this list throughout spring training to account for:
- Spring training performance – Do we see a regression in things like bat speed or do they chase more than usual?
- Injuries – self explanatory.
- Announcements – some players we are waiting to find out where they are in the lineup or if they will be stuck in a platoon. Some have injury updates that may impact their ranking as well.
My top-10 are free to all but to get access to the full list, you will need to have an MLB FantasyPass membership.
TOP-10 MIDDLE INFIELDERS (ON THE HOUSE)
Rank Name Position Team Analysis 1 Bobby Witt Jr. SS KCR Home run total drop looks flukey as he has the same BRL/HH/EV/Lift from previous 30+ HR seasons. Should be an elite five-cat stud. 2 Gunnar Henderson SS BAL All power metrics the same except for his barrel rate that was impacted by shoulder injury. Believe he will be back to 30+ homers in a great Oriole lineup. 3 Elly De La Cruz SS CIN Major power outage in the second half of last year but dude still has loads of talent and is a threat to be the top bat in fantasy. 4 Francisco Lindor SS NYM Safe and consistent first round production can be found in the second round. 5 Jazz Chisholm 2B/3B NYY The potential for 40/40 can let managers overlook a low average. 6 Zach Neto SS LAA Elite in-zone contact with great quality of contact numbers makes me overlook some hit tool issues. 7 Trea Turner SS PHI Won't take a major leap of logic to think his BRL will go back to league average to allow him to get to 20+ homers to go with elite steals, counting stats and batting average. 8 Ketel Marte 2B ARI Not get to 600 PA the last two great seasons but still should provide plenty of homers, counting stats and solid average. 9 CJ Abrams SS WSN Good lift and pull gives him solid power floor, improving young lineup helps the counting stats to go with solid average and 30 steals. 10 Mookie Betts SS LAD Great end to last year gives some faith the illness impacted him hard. Should still be a great source of counting stats and average with at least some homers. Want to get access to the full outfield rankings and Williamson 300? You’ll need to have an MLB FantasyPass membership. Click here to learn more and sign up!
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