Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Daniel Murphy, Justin Turner saving their seasons

Scott White updates his rankings and highlights veteran mashers Daniel Murphy and Justin Turner.

It's the revenge of the old guys.

You thought they were broken. You thought they were beaten and being phased out; one watching his team bring in big-name infielders from the outside and the other joining a team with big-name infielders on the inside.

But Justin Turner and Daniel Murphy, we've recently come to learn, are as good as they've ever been.

The former is batting .405 with five homers and a 1.211 OPS since the start of August. The latter is hitting .354 with seven homers and a .956 OPS since the All-Star break. Both are playing every day despite their teams' ability to ease the burden, and with that sort of production, well, why wouldn't they?

Like Matt Carpenter before them, it was only a matter of time. 

But as with Carpenter, I began to lose hope. They didn't come back from injury guns blazing, which had me fixating on their age rather than the underlying data, which still made both out to be exceptional contact hitters with elevated line-drive and/or fly-ball rates.

And so instead of leading the charge, I'm forced to react here in my top 250 ... like a sucker.

Rank	Player
1	Mike Trout, LAA, OF
2	Mookie Betts, BOS, OF
3	Jose Ramirez, CLE, 2B/3B
4	J.D. Martinez, BOS, OF
5	Francisco Lindor, CLE, SS
6	Max Scherzer, WAS, SP
7	Nolan Arenado, COL, 3B
8	Manny Machado, LAD, 3B/SS
9	Jacob deGrom, NYM, SP
10	Andrew Benintendi, BOS, OF
11	Justin Verlander, HOU, SP
12	Jose Altuve, HOU, 2B
13	Bryce Harper, WAS, OF
14	Corey Kluber, CLE, SP
15	Javier Baez, CHC, 2B/3B/SS
16	Alex Bregman, HOU, 3B/SS
17	Trea Turner, WAS, SS
18	Chris Sale, BOS, SP
19	Clayton Kershaw, LAD, SP
20	Aaron Nola, PHI, SP
21	Gerrit Cole, HOU, SP
22	Patrick Corbin, ARI, SP
23	Freddie Freeman, ATL, 1B
24	Paul Goldschmidt, ARI, 1B
25	Zack Greinke, ARI, SP
26	Charlie Blackmon, COL, OF
27	Giancarlo Stanton, NYY, OF
28	Trevor Story, COL, SS
29	Blake Snell, TB, SP
30	Matt Carpenter, STL, 1B/2B/3B
31	Starling Marte, PIT, OF
32	Christian Yelich, MIL, OF
33	Khris Davis, OAK, OF
34	Carlos Carrasco, CLE, SP
35	Noah Syndergaard, NYM, SP
36	Eugenio Suarez, CIN, 3B
37	Edwin Diaz, SEA, RP
38	James Paxton, SEA, SP
39	Charlie Morton, HOU, SP
40	Carlos Correa, HOU, SS
41	Anthony Rizzo, CHC, 1B
42	Ozzie Albies, ATL, 2B
43	Luis Severino, NYY, SP
44	Craig Kimbrel, BOS, RP
45	George Springer, HOU, OF
46	Aaron Judge, NYY, OF
47	Blake Treinen, OAK, RP
48	Juan Soto, WAS, OF
49	Lorenzo Cain, MIL, OF
50	Ronald Acuna, ATL, OF
51	Nick Markakis, ATL, OF
52	Michael Brantley, CLE, OF
53	Rhys Hoskins, PHI, 1B/OF
54	J.T. Realmuto, MIA, C/1B
55	Xander Bogaerts, BOS, SS
56	Nelson Cruz, SEA, DH
57	Anthony Rendon, WAS, 3B
58	Mitch Haniger, SEA, OF
59	Mike Clevinger, CLE, SP
60	Miles Mikolas, STL, SP
61	Rick Porcello, BOS, SP
62	David Price, BOS, SP
63	Stephen Strasburg, WAS, SP
64	Madison Bumgarner, SF, SP
65	Justin Turner, LAD, 3B
66	Joey Votto, CIN, 1B
67	Jesus Aguilar, MIL, 1B/3B
68	Kris Bryant, CHC, 3B/OF
69	Eddie Rosario, MIN, OF
70	Whit Merrifield, KC, 1B/2B/OF
71	Jean Segura, SEA, SS
72	Didi Gregorius, NYY, SS
73	Shin-Soo Choo, TEX, OF
74	Masahiro Tanaka, NYY, SP
75	Jack Flaherty, STL, SP
76	Gary Sanchez, NYY, C
77	Scooter Gennett, CIN, 2B
78	Cody Bellinger, LAD, 1B/OF
79	Kenley Jansen, LAD, RP
80	Felipe Vazquez, PIT, RP
81	Justin Upton, LAA, OF
82	Yadier Molina, STL, C/1B
83	Yasmani Grandal, LAD, C
84	Brian Dozier, MIN, 2B
85	A.J. Pollock, ARI, OF
86	Gleyber Torres, NYY, 2B/SS
87	Daniel Murphy, CHC, 1B/2B
88	Jose Berrios, MIN, SP
89	Jon Gray, COL, SP
90	David Peralta, ARI, OF
91	Nicholas Castellanos, DET, 3B/OF
92	Matt Chapman, OAK, 3B
93	Wilson Ramos, PHI, C
94	Rougned Odor, TEX, 2B
95	Dee Gordon, SEA, 2B/OF
96	J.A. Happ, NYY, SP
97	Dallas Keuchel, HOU, SP
98	Mike Foltynewicz, ATL, SP
99	Edwin Encarnacion, CLE, 1B
100	Wil Myers, SD, 1B/3B/OF
101	Jameson Taillon, PIT, SP
102	Cole Hamels, CHC, SP
103	German Marquez, COL, SP
104	Roberto Osuna, HOU, RP
105	Trevor Bauer, CLE, SP
106	Jose Abreu, CHW, 1B
107	Gregory Polanco, PIT, OF
108	Aaron Hicks, NYY, OF
109	Joey Gallo, TEX, 1B/3B/OF
110	Miguel Andujar, NYY, 3B
111	Evan Gattis, HOU, C
112	Willson Contreras, CHC, C
113	Brad Boxberger, ARI, RP
114	Raisel Iglesias, CIN, RP
115	Salvador Perez, KC, C
116	Jed Lowrie, OAK, 2B/3B
117	DJ LeMahieu, COL, 2B
118	Travis Shaw, MIL, 2B/3B
119	Andrew McCutchen, SF, OF
120	A.J. Minter, ATL, RP
121	Kirby Yates, SD, RP
122	Josh Hader, MIL, RP
123	Jose Leclerc, TEX, RP
124	Robinson Cano, SEA, 2B
125	Zack Godley, ARI, SP
126	Michael Kopech, CHW, SP
127	Kyle Gibson, MIN, SP
128	Jake Arrieta, PHI, SP
129	Zack Wheeler, NYM, SP
130	Mallex Smith, TB, OF
131	Ian Desmond, COL, 1B/OF
132	Matt Olson, OAK, 1B
133	Andrelton Simmons, LAA, SS
134	Max Muncy, LAD, 1B/2B/3B/OF
135	Aroldis Chapman, NYY, RP
136	Ross Stripling, LAD, SP/RP
137	Andrew Heaney, LAA, SP
138	Rich Hill, LAD, SP
139	Carlos Rodon, CHW, SP
140	Will Smith, SF, RP
141	Bud Norris, STL, RP
142	Wade Davis, COL, RP
143	Mike Moustakas, MIL, 3B
144	Eduardo Escobar, ARI, 3B/SS
145	Tim Anderson, CHW, SS
146	Odubel Herrera, PHI, OF
147	Kole Calhoun, LAA, OF
148	Chris Archer, PIT, SP
149	Walker Buehler, LAD, SP/RP
150	Jeremy Jeffress, MIL, RP
151	Dereck Rodriguez, SF, SP
152	Tanner Roark, WAS, SP
153	Nomar Mazara, TEX, OF
154	Carlos Santana, PHI, 1B
155	Jurickson Profar, TEX, 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF
156	Josh Donaldson, TOR, 3B
157	Cesar Hernandez, PHI, 2B
158	Elvis Andrus, TEX, SS
159	Jose Peraza, CIN, 2B/SS
160	Justin Smoak, TOR, 1B
161	Brandon Morrow, CHC, RP
162	Sean Doolittle, WAS, RP
163	Pedro Strop, CHC, RP
164	Cody Allen, CLE, RP
165	Taylor Ward, LAA, C/3B
166	Ketel Marte, ARI, 2B/SS
167	Nick Pivetta, PHI, SP
168	Eduardo Rodriguez, BOS, SP
169	Kevin Gausman, ATL, SP
170	Tommy Pham, TB, OF
171	Jonathan Schoop, MIL, 2B/SS
172	Sean Newcomb, ATL, SP
173	Robbie Ray, ARI, SP
174	Kyle Hendricks, CHC, SP
175	Marcus Semien, OAK, SS
176	Asdrubal Cabrera, PHI, 2B/3B/SS
177	Brian Anderson, MIA, 3B/OF
178	Jose Martinez, STL, 1B/OF
179	Marcell Ozuna, STL, OF
180	Kendrys Morales, TOR, 1B
181	Marwin Gonzalez, HOU, 1B/2B/OF/SS
182	Yasiel Puig, LAD, OF
183	Seranthony Dominguez, PHI, SP/RP
184	Shane Bieber, CLE, SP
185	David Robertson, NYY, RP
186	Blake Parker, LAA, RP
187	Shane Greene, DET, RP
188	Robinson Chirinos, TEX, C
189	Francisco Cervelli, PIT, C
190	Sean Manaea, OAK, SP
191	Zach Eflin, PHI, SP
192	Vince Velasquez, PHI, SP
193	Tyler Glasnow, TB, SP/RP
194	Joe Musgrove, PIT, SP/RP
195	Kyle Freeland, COL, SP
196	Sergio Romo, TB, SP/RP
197	Ken Giles, TOR, RP
198	Brad Hand, CLE, RP
199	Michael Fulmer, DET, SP
200	Jose Quintana, CHC, SP
201	Jon Lester, CHC, SP
202	Luis Castillo, CIN, SP
203	Alex Wood, LAD, SP
204	Shohei Ohtani, LAA, SP/DH
205	Trevor Cahill, OAK, SP
206	Mike Fiers, OAK, SP
207	Kyle Schwarber, CHC, OF
208	Brandon Belt, SF, 1B/OF
209	Jake Bauers, TB, 1B/OF
210	Brandon Nimmo, NYM, OF
211	Ender Inciarte, ATL, OF
212	Carlos Gonzalez, COL, OF
213	Michael Conforto, NYM, OF
214	Stephen Piscotty, OAK, OF
215	Julio Teheran, ATL, SP
216	Clay Buchholz, ARI, SP
217	Marcus Stroman, TOR, SP
218	Marco Gonzales, SEA, SP
219	Hyun-Jin Ryu, LAD, SP
220	CC Sabathia, NYY, SP
221	Eric Hosmer, SD, 1B
222	Ryan Zimmerman, WAS, 1B
223	Tyler White, HOU, 1B
224	C.J. Cron, TB, 1B
225	Paul DeJong, STL, 2B/SS
226	Maikel Franco, PHI, 3B
227	Kyle Seager, SEA, 3B
228	Tyler Anderson, COL, SP
229	Nathan Eovaldi, BOS, SP
230	Junior Guerra, MIL, SP
231	Tyler Skaggs, LAA, SP
232	Lance McCullers, HOU, SP
233	Trevor Richards, MIA, SP
234	Mike Leake, SEA, SP
235	Michael Wacha, STL, SP
236	Drew Steckenrider, MIA, RP
237	Mychal Givens, BAL, RP
238	Ryan Madson, WAS, RP
239	Trevor Hildenberger, MIN, RP
240	Willy Adames, TB, 2B/SS
241	Corey Dickerson, PIT, OF
242	Chase Anderson, MIL, SP
243	Lance Lynn, NYY, SP
244	Danny Duffy, KC, SP
245	Mike Minor, TEX, SP/RP
246	Matthew Boyd, DET, SP
247	Trevor Williams, PIT, SP
248	Felix Pena, LAA, SP/RP
249	Brad Keller, KC, SP/RP
250	Freddy Peralta, MIL, SP