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Points Leagues: First-Half All Star Hitters

For all my fellow Points League enthusiasts, welcome to another wonderful Monday afternoon. With the All Star game a few short weeks away, we’ve entered the home stretch of the first half of the baseball season. I’m talking to all you Roto players out there. For the Head-to-Head players, we’ve already passed the middle pole for fantasy playoffs.

So, what better time than to start looking at our first-half All Stars. I’ll start with the hitters this week and move to pitchers next week.

I have a little surprise in store for you this time. Normally, I use the NFBC scoring for RazzSlam. I’ll do that again this week as well. As a bonus, I’ve done some digging across the other formats and come up with what appears to be fairly standard scoring formats for Yahoo, ESPN, CBS, and Fantrax as well. I’ll score each and for fun, I’ll throw in a cumulative rank across all the formats to see who truly earns our “All Star” praise.

Is Aaron Judge the consensus All Star? Does Shohei take the top spot? Where does the Big Dumper fall? All great questions that we’re about to answer. Let’s get started.

Here are the top 200 All Stars:

Name	Team	All Star Rank	NFBC Rank	CBS Rank	ESPN Rank	Fantrax Rank	Yahoo Rank
Aaron Judge	NYY	1	1	1	1	1	1
Cal Raleigh	SEA	2	3	2	2	3	3
Shohei Ohtani	LAD	3	4	3	3	2	2
Pete Crow-Armstrong	CHC	4	2	5	5	5	4
Kyle Tucker	CHC	5	6	4	4	4	6
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	6	10	6	7	6	5
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	7	5	7	13	7	8
James Wood	WSN	7	8	8	9	8	7
José Ramírez	CLE	9	7	13	7	15	16
Corbin Carroll	ARI	10	14	11	15	10	10
Pete Alonso	NYM	11	17	12	11	12	11
Rafael Devers	SFG	12	27	10	9	9	9
Juan Soto	NYM	13	30	9	6	11	12
Eugenio Suárez	ARI	14	12	14	21	13	13
Bobby Witt Jr.	KCR	15	15	16	18	14	14
Jeremy Peña	HOU	16	9	15	18	21	17
Trea Turner	PHI	17	11	17	16	20	18
Manny Machado	SDP	18	16	20	12	19	21
Francisco Lindor	NYM	19	18	17	23	18	15
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP	20	19	19	22	16	19
Seiya Suzuki	CHC	21	21	23	25	16	20
Jackson Chourio	MIL	22	24	22	29	22	22
Junior Caminero	TBR	23	25	25	24	27	27
Byron Buxton	MIN	24	13	28	38	25	28
Josh Naylor	ARI	24	26	24	18	30	34
Brent Rooker	ATH	26	34	26	29	24	24
Riley Greene	DET	27	20	32	42	22	23
Geraldo Perdomo	ARI	28	41	21	17	30	32
Maikel Garcia	KCR	29	27	29	27	35	31
Jacob Wilson	ATH	30	21	26	14	43	46
Heliot Ramos	SFG	31	31	33	41	32	26
Matt Olson	ATL	32	54	30	32	26	25
Andy Pages	LAD	33	23	37	34	43	43
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	34	58	31	25	34	36
Christian Yelich	MIL	35	29	40	57	29	30
TJ Friedl	CIN	36	39	35	34	42	40
Bo Bichette	TOR	36	38	39	32	40	41
Isaac Paredes	HOU	38	56	34	31	40	35
CJ Abrams	WSN	39	32	35	44	46	42
Tyler Soderstrom	ATH	40	46	42	57	35	38
Spencer Torkelson	DET	41	65	41	47	33	39
Yandy Díaz	TBR	42	48	42	36	51	51
Mookie Betts	LAD	43	61	38	27	48	55
Oneil Cruz	PIT	44	33	44	97	28	29
Julio Rodríguez	SEA	45	46	44	59	45	45
Freddie Freeman	LAD	46	42	51	45	51	54
Jarren Duran	BOS	47	57	44	72	38	33
Lawrence Butler	ATH	48	45	51	79	35	37
Hunter Goodman	COL	49	36	55	66	47	48
Brandon Nimmo	NYM	50	50	48	50	54	53
Taylor Ward	LAA	51	63	50	62	39	44
Paul Goldschmidt	NYY	52	44	53	50	55	59
Brice Turang	MIL	53	37	55	72	49	49
Ian Happ	CHC	54	66	54	59	49	52
Brandon Lowe	TBR	54	39	62	68	55	56
Steven Kwan	CLE	56	58	48	40	76	71
Jung Hoo Lee	SFG	57	100	47	37	60	65
Cody Bellinger	NYY	58	71	59	47	63	72
Teoscar Hernández	LAD	59	35	71	69	63	76
Jose Altuve	HOU	60	62	69	55	66	67
Michael Busch	CHC	61	64	63	63	66	64
Austin Riley	ATL	62	50	77	94	51	50
Jonathan Aranda	TBR	63	49	71	77	70	60
Ketel Marte	ARI	64	50	66	42	84	88
Nick Castellanos	PHI	65	68	68	63	66	68
Willson Contreras	STL	66	79	63	87	61	57
Gleyber Torres	DET	66	82	60	45	81	79
Sal Frelick	MIL	66	54	67	63	81	82
Miguel Vargas	CHW	69	111	58	54	66	63
Will Smith	LAD	70	50	78	55	87	85
Dansby Swanson	CHC	71	60	83	94	59	62
Nolan Schanuel	LAA	72	99	61	47	78	75
Randy Arozarena	SEA	73	89	57	113	55	47
Max Muncy	LAD	74	91	69	71	63	69
Marcell Ozuna	ATL	75	109	71	72	58	58
Nico Hoerner	CHC	76	69	63	50	96	98
Brendan Donovan	STL	77	80	74	59	84	80
J.P. Crawford	SEA	78	95	75	66	71	72
Vinnie Pasquantino	KCR	79	84	79	69	79	81
Wilmer Flores	SFG	80	74	79	72	84	87
Anthony Volpe	NYY	81	97	87	90	72	61
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	81	70	90	101	72	74
George Springer	TOR	83	91	81	82	76	78
Zach Neto	LAA	84	42	93	107	88	86
Matt Chapman	SFG	85	93	89	87	79	77
Nathaniel Lowe	WSN	85	100	91	103	61	70
Nolan Arenado	STL	87	114	76	50	90	97
Lars Nootbaar	STL	88	132	85	87	72	66
Bryce Harper	PHI	88	89	85	80	92	96
Wyatt Langford	TEX	90	72	97	111	81	83
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	ARI	91	96	84	77	96	94
Gavin Sheets	SDP	92	82	97	85	96	99
Luis García Jr.	WSN	93	80	93	72	106	109
William Contreras	MIL	93	135	87	82	72	84
Alex Bregman	BOS	95	73	97	80	110	105
Alec Bohm	PHI	96	84	96	82	104	103
Jake Meyers	HOU	97	67	104	97	106	107
Luis Arraez	SDP	98	128	81	39	115	120
Trevor Larnach	MIN	99	104	100	94	94	93
Xander Bogaerts	SDP	99	111	92	92	90	100
Ceddanne Rafaela	BOS	101	75	100	107	103	104
Ryan O’Hearn	BAL	102	78	102	85	115	110
Jordan Beck	COL	102	75	108	121	96	90
Kyle Stowers	MIA	104	84	110	121	94	92
Trent Grisham	NYY	104	105	103	90	102	101
Rhys Hoskins	MIL	106	107	107	119	92	89
Ty France	MIN	107	117	95	92	123	106
Bryson Stott	PHI	108	114	104	103	105	112
Ben Rice	NYY	109	117	109	107	115	108
Carlos Santana	CLE	109	132	106	97	106	115
Wilyer Abreu	BOS	111	97	119	111	110	124
Willy Adames	SFG	112	149	111	125	88	91
Trevor Story	BOS	113	84	122	165	96	102
Javier Báez	DET	114	75	120	113	131	131
Josh Smith	TEX	115	100	114	107	127	129
Cedric Mullins	BAL	116	110	117	125	113	116
Zach McKinstry	DET	116	127	113	121	106	114
Masyn Winn	STL	118	123	114	103	127	125
Jo Adell	LAA	119	106	117	129	129	120
Jackson Holliday	BAL	120	107	125	133	126	113
Alec Burleson	STL	121	103	127	101	138	144
Jorge Polanco	SEA	122	114	125	97	142	140
Adolis García	TEX	123	129	123	139	115	117
Victor Scott II	STL	124	93	120	170	123	122
Marcus Semien	TEX	124	154	114	118	119	123
Mike Yastrzemski	SFG	126	142	123	120	119	128
Ryan McMahon	COL	127	161	128	149	101	95
Ozzie Albies	ATL	128	171	112	117	119	119
Kerry Carpenter	DET	129	121	129	125	133	132
Bryan Reynolds	PIT	130	159	130	143	110	111
Tommy Edman	LAD	131	122	130	113	146	148
Austin Wells	NYY	132	131	133	134	135	134
Matt McLain	CIN	133	132	130	165	119	127
José Caballero	TBR	134	88	137	179	137	137
Alejandro Kirk	TOR	135	126	137	103	154	160
Andrew McCutchen	PIT	136	149	135	129	135	133
Xavier Edwards	MIA	137	129	140	131	146	143
Michael Harris II	ATL	138	142	137	145	132	135
Christian Walker	HOU	139	161	136	159	123	118
Salvador Perez	KCR	139	169	134	134	130	130
Luis Robert Jr.	CHW	141	123	141	194	114	126
Jasson Domínguez	NYY	142	135	142	159	133	136
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	NYY	143	111	148	157	150	147
Ernie Clement	TOR	144	137	145	113	163	159
Otto Lopez	MIA	145	142	144	124	152	156
Eric Wagaman	MIA	146	165	147	134	139	142
Logan O’Hoppe	LAA	147	117	164	182	139	139
Max Kepler	PHI	148	192	142	134	139	138
Shea Langeliers	ATH	149	147	149	139	154	163
Iván Herrera	STL	150	117	156	134	173	175
Kyle Manzardo	CLE	151	175	149	152	142	141
Jesús Sánchez	MIA	151	139	152	152	154	162
Mickey Moniak	COL	153	138	157	148	159	161
Adley Rutschman	BAL	154	204	145	125	148	146
Willi Castro	MIN	155	139	157	159	163	157
Carlos Narváez	BOS	156	157	162	152	154	155
Gavin Lux	CIN	156	182	153	152	144	149
Yainer Diaz	HOU	158	169	153	143	159	157
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	159	164	157	165	148	150
Cam Smith	HOU	160	151	161	170	152	152
Josh Jung	TEX	161	159	164	173	154	154
Spencer Steer	CIN	162	178	163	182	144	145
Agustín Ramírez	MIA	162	165	164	141	170	172
Harrison Bader	MIN	164	142	167	173	170	166
Colt Keith	DET	165	186	160	142	163	168
Jonathan India	KCR	166	226	149	131	163	153
Pavin Smith	ARI	166	172	169	179	151	151
Ryan Jeffers	MIN	168	192	155	145	167	164
Mike Trout	LAA	169	154	169	178	161	167
Addison Barger	TOR	170	161	173	163	173	176
Jackson Merrill	SDP	171	146	179	165	185	185
Carson Kelly	CHC	172	172	173	145	185	187
Carlos Correa	MIN	173	188	171	163	170	174
Andrew Benintendi	CHW	174	183	173	149	179	184
Ronald Acuña Jr.	ATL	174	125	187	159	194	203
Brooks Lee	MIN	176	158	181	173	182	183
Jake Burger	TEX	177	176	177	190	168	170
Luis Urías	ATH	178	198	171	149	187	182
Dillon Dingler	DET	179	152	182	195	179	180
Caleb Durbin	MIL	180	198	168	157	201	189
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	PIT	181	174	179	186	190	186
Brenton Doyle	COL	182	217	176	201	162	169
Gabriel Arias	CLE	183	195	184	219	168	165
Chase Meidroth	CHW	184	188	189	179	191	193
JJ Bleday	ATH	185	223	182	182	177	179
Gabriel Moreno	ARI	186	181	193	172	199	202
Jeff McNeil	NYM	187	202	187	152	204	207
Angel Martínez	CLE	188	183	191	195	188	196
Daniel Schneemann	CLE	189	178	197	200	188	195
Ke’Bryan Hayes	PIT	190	210	184	209	179	177
Adam Frazier	PIT	191	201	191	187	197	191
Kristian Campbell	BOS	192	230	184	211	173	171
Drake Baldwin	ATL	193	168	202	173	211	218
Jake Cronenworth	SDP	194	218	190	187	191	190
Josh Bell	WSN	195	266	178	173	182	178
Taylor Walls	TBR	195	191	199	195	194	198
Isaac Collins	MIL	197	178	200	201	203	200
Jake Mangum	TBR	198	148	200	192	220	227
Dane Myers	MIA	199	141	209	207	218	214
Austin Hays	CIN	200	154	206	195	216	224

Although I had the order wrong, Judge, Raleigh, and Ohtani come in as the top 3 All Stars. This really isn’t a surprise. This table shows us what we already knew, there are a number of surprises and disappointments over the first half. What is most interesting to me is the magnitude of each. Let’s highlight just a few.

Suprises

Eugenio Suarez – Two things we can always count on for Suarez, HRs and Swing-and-Miss. His metrics still look bad, K% greater than 25%, but his Contact% is up a bit and most importantly, his FB%, Barrel%, EV and LA are all up. We can live with the high K% when those others are clicking.
Jeremy Pena – Pena has been a welcome surprise at #16 for those waiting on SS in drafts. With a .326 AVG and double-digit HRs and SBs already, he’s gives us a reminder not to chase in the early rounds.
Byron Buxton – The biggest surprise is not that he comes in at #24, but that he’s stayed relatively healthy so far. If that continues…I know, that’s a big “IF” with him.
Geraldo Perdomo – Here’s another under-the-radar fantasy player coming in at #28. He’s another player that provides us with a low-cost SS/MI option.
Heliot Ramos – Yet another under-the-radar fantasy star, especially in formats that require 5 OFs. He was one of my favorite later-round draft picks, and I thank him for making it pay off.

Disappointments

Mookie Betts – Coming in at #43, Mookie Betts fits that category of a disappointment that you just can’t get away from. He’s still a must-start, and you don’t want to trade him for less than full cost, but you may have a better day-to-day option on your roster too (see Jeremy Pena above).
Gunnar Henderson – Chalk this #81 ranking up to his Spring Training injury and slow start as a result. His metrics don’t look all that bad, except the 0.157 ISO, so I’m willing to give him a pass. He may be a buy-low candidate in our league, though. Worth a look.
Luis Arraez – The perennial batting champ comes in at a disappointing #98. His .279 AVG and 36 R, the two categories he shines most, are just not cutting the mustard. Despite this, he’s still one of those players who can go 4-4 on any given night so he remains a player to keep running out there.
Marcus Semien – He’s far from the player he once was, but #124 is disappointing…and to think he’s rallied to get there.
Michael Harris II – MHII was a popular pick for drafters with high hopes in the 2nd/3rd rounds, but #138 really must hurt. In one league, I traded for him hoping for a turn-around. I’m still hoping…
Jazz Chisholm Jr. – Here’s another player drafted early and coming in at a disappointing #143. Sure, he’s been dealing with injuries here and there but they’ve almost been a blessing for fantasy owners to allow us to start hotter bats.
Adley Rutschman – I could keep going, but I’ll end my “disappointments” list with a big one. Arguably one of the very best catchers in the game and for fantasy, he’s fallen on hard times (like the O’s) and comes in at #154. This might be a lost season all around for the birds.

Notables Outside the Top 200

Nick Kurtz – Kurtz is making his way up the charts. His truncated early season has him at #212 overall, but he continues to give us hope he’ll ascend to the top 50-75 by the end of season.
Starling Marte – Marte is clearly moving the opposite direction. He lands at #231 overall, so those of us outside the deepest of leagues can safely move on.
Josh Lowe – This was supposed to be Josh’s breakout season, and we’ve seen some indication it’s there, but overall, he comes in at a very disappointing #243 overall.
Anthony Santander – The Jays big off-season addition sits well off the table at #274. Perhaps he should have stayed in Baltimore.
Kyren Paris – How many of you spent a significant amount of your FAAB on Kyren Paris in the early weeks? Well, that didn’t turn out too well as we see him at #279 overall.

Quite a list, huh? So, what do you think? Does this line up with your league All Stars? Let me know in the comments below.

Yet another fun and hopefully useful analysis in the books. Enjoy these last couple weeks of the first half. I’ll take a look at pitchers next week as we get ready to reset for the upcoming trade deadlines and playoff pushes. Should be a great summer!

As always, you can find me on Twitter/X (@Derek_Favret) and on BlueSky (@dfavret.bsky.social).

Until next time, my friends!

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