Fantasy Baseball Rest-of-Season Rankings: Scott Pianowski's updated risers and fallers as of May 19

Every week, we check in and update the rest-of-season MLB rankings. Use them however you like — for team self-scouting, for trade ideas, for spirited debate or a start-from-scratch fantasy baseball draft. Let’s have a look at some of the risers and fallers; the player values are never static, even if it feels like chasing a butterfly at times.

Upgrade Miguel Vargas, 1B/3B, White Sox: There’s been pro-Vargas stuff in this space all year, but maybe it didn’t go far enough. Vargas is the top 5x5 hitter over the past 30 days. Here’s a good sample of how batting average isn’t everything (although he is hitting .

309 the last month). Appreciate Vargas’s batting eye (. 366 OBP), his legitimate power (.

494 slugging) and resourcefulness on the bases (six steals in six attempts). He’s on pace to hit over 30 homers, score more than 100 runs, drive in over 90 runs. And the top of the Chicago order is pretty darn fun right now.