My philosophy on injury stashes is pretty simple. When I have the space to stash a player, I am aiming for the fickle mistress known as upside. Many times that’s an exercise in futility, but hey–injuries are inherently risky, anyway. Why would you assume risk without also adding upside? Of course, your league settings and team needs will always trump this sort of general analysis, so don’t start yelling at me. In each list that follows, I’m weighing a combination of upside, risk, and supposed nearness of returning to play. By nature, this is an inexact science. So again, I welcome your disagreements.

Each week, I’ll offer my top 10 players to stash in fantasy baseball right now. After that, I’ll get into the weeds and run through each position’s top options, and the number of guys depends on the position. You don’t really want me ranking 10 injured catchers, do you? We’d be talking about guys that aren’t relevant anywhere. I won’t do that to you.

Top 10 Injury Stashes Right Now

1 Fernando Tatis Jr. (SS, OF – SD)
2 Jacob deGrom (P – NYM)
3 Tim Anderson (SS – CWS)
4 Max Scherzer (P – NYM)
5 Kris Bryant (3B, OF – COL)
6 Eloy Jimenez (OF – CWS)
7 Jonathan India (2B – CIN)
8 Taylor Ward (OF – LAA)
9 Wander Franco (SS – TB)
10 Kyle Lewis (OF – SEA)

Catcher

1 Danny Jansen (C – TOR)
2 Omar Narvaez (C – MIL)
3 Yan Gomes (C – CHC)
4 James McCann (C, 1B – NYM)
5 Carson Kelly (C – ARI)

First Base

1 Max Muncy (1B, 2B, 3B – LAD)
2 Brandon Belt (1B – SF)
3 LaMonte Wade Jr. (1B, OF – SF)
4 Brad Miller (1B, 2B, 3B, OF – TEX)
5 Edwin Rios (1B, 3B – LAD)

Second Base

1 Jonathan India (2B – CIN)
2 Brandon Lowe (2B, OF – TB)
3 Max Muncy (1B, 2B, 3B – LAD)
4 Enrique Hernandez (2B, OF – BOS)
5 Jean Segura (2B – PHI)
6 Jonathan Villar (2B, 3B, SS – CHC)

Shortstop

1 Fernando Tatis Jr. (SS, OF – SD)
2 Tim Anderson (SS – CWS)
3 Wander Franco (SS – TB)
4 Royce Lewis (SS – MIN)
5 Joey Wendle (2B, 3B, SS – MIA)
6 Nick Maton (2B, SS – PHI)
7 Jonathan Villar (2B, 3B, SS – CHC)
8 Nick Ahmed (SS – ARI)
9 David Fletcher (2B, SS – LAA)
10 Johan Camargo (1B, SS, 3B – PHI)

Third Base

1 Kris Bryant (3B, OF – COL)
2 Max Muncy (1B, 2B, 3B – LAD)
3 Anthony Rendon (3B – LAA)
4 Joey Wendle (3B, SS – MIA)
5 Jeimer Candelario (3B – DET)
6 Mike Moustakas (1B, 3B – CIN)
7 Jonathan Villar (2B, 3B, SS – CHC)
8 Brian Anderson (3B, OF – MIA)
9 Brad Miller (1B, 2B, 3B, OF – TEX)
10 Josh Jung (3B – TEX)

Outfield

1 Fernando Tatis Jr. (SS, OF – SD)
2 Kris Bryant (3B, OF – COL)
3 Eloy Jimenez (OF – CWS)
4 Taylor Ward (OF – LAA)
5 Kyle Lewis (OF – SEA)
6 Brandon Lowe (2B, OF – TB)
7 Seiya Suzuki (OF – BOS)
8 Enrique Hernandez (2B, OF – BOS)
9 Robbie Grossman (OF – DET)
10 Eddie Rosario (OF – ATL)
11 Mitch Haniger (OF – SEA)
12 Dylan Carlson (OF – STL)
13 Tyler Naquin (OF – CIN)
14 Ben Gamel (OF – PIT)
15 Edward Olivares (OF – KC)

Pitcher

1 Jacob deGrom (P – NYM)
2 Max Scherzer (P – NYM)
3 Brandon Woodruff (P – MIL)
4 Clayton Kershaw (P – LAD)
5 Tylor Megill (P – NYM)
6 Joe Ryan (P – MIN)
7 Shane Baz (P – TB)
8 Chris Sale (P – BOS)
9 Lance Lynn (P – CWS)
10 Aroldis Chapman (P – NYY)
11 Sonny Gray (P – MIN)
12 Alex Cobb (P – SF)
13 Stephen Strasburg (P – WAS)
14 Jack Flaherty (P – STL)
15 Bailey Ober (P – MIN)
16 Andrew Heaney (P – LAD)
17 Eduardo Rodriguez (P – DET)
18 Jesus Luzardo (P – MIA)
19 Freddy Peralta (P – MIL)
20 Lance McCullers Jr. (P – HOU)

Pitchers could go on forever…

A lot goes into a list, so I hope someone enjoyed it and can benefit from it!

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