Marcus Semien Among Most Overvalued Fantasy Baseball Hitters Right Now

Yesterday, I did a couple fantasy baseball stories on undervalued players (pitchers and hitters).

We're back today to check out some overvalued fantasy players. We'll start with hitters - check back later for the story on pitchers. I'll skip some positions with no great options to discuss.

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Catchers

J.T. Realmuto is a fantasy catcher that sticks out pretty quickly while glossing over numbers.

He's rostered in 79% of fantasy leagues yet (down from 93 or so percent to start the season), but Realmuto has only scored 23 fantasy points all season. Realmuto isn't even a top-20 fantasy catcher right now, and he's owned in far more leagues than he should be.

I'm surprised his own percentage is even as high as it is, because he's seen his stats drop over the years, and is coming off an injury-shortened 2024 season. He's a career .271 hitter, but hasn't been over that mark since 2022.

Realmuto was a better deep-league option coming into the season in my mind, and that's been the right assessment most of the way. He can be a standard league option when he's in a groove at the plate, but that hasn't happened, and there's several better fantasy options who are owned in far fewer leagues.

Don't keep riding Realmuto's big name and hoping he becomes a daily fantasy starter in all league setups. You might be able to trade him because of his big name, but I think his time as a top-end fantasy option at the position is over.

First Basemen

Willson Contreras and Christian Walker are two more pretty big names who have underperformed this season, and don't deserve to be owned in as many fantasy leagues. 

Contreras is owned in 85% of leagues, but has only scored 20 total fantasy points. Walker is at 88% rostered and has scored just 14 fantasy points.

I had high hopes for both of these players, but nearly a month into the season, it might be time for standard owners to cut bait with both of them. They have big enough names where they can probably be traded over being outright dropped.

Walker is nearly 100 points below his career batting average, while being roughly 70 points lower with his on-base percentage. Despite being in the heart of a pretty good lineup, Walker hasn't gotten going with his new team.

Contreras is 80-some points below his career average and 125 points lower in the OBP department. He's playing a new position, so that could be affecting him a bit at the plate, but coming off an injury-riddled season last year, this is definitely a concern.

Both are unplayable in most fantasy formats right now, so it makes it hard to justify keeping them in standard leagues. Struggling fantasy teams might just have to cut bait now, but if these weren't such big names, their own percentages wouldn't be nearly as high, hence the overvalued tags.

Second Basemen

Marcus Semien is an overvalued fantasy second baseman, again riding his big name yet. Semien is owned in 92% of leagues yet, but has scored just 18 fantasy points in the early going.

He's over 100 points worse in both average and OBP than his career numbers. He had a down 2024 season, and is nearly 100 points lower in both stats in 2025.

Semien was drafted around pick 40 this year, so dropping him is not an easy thing to do. I'd do my best to try to use his big name to trade him, but his value is severely lower than he started the season at.

He's unplayable in most fantasy setups right now, and really should be let go in more standard leagues. There's 50 eligible fantasy second basemen with more fantasy points so far this season.

Semien likely will improve his marks as the season rolls along, but after factoring in a down 2024, maybe his time as a fantasy asset in all leagues has passed. He might have been overvalued to start the season, and I was part of the group that did that.

Cut your losses now and try to move on from Semien if your fantasy team needs the help now.

Third Basemen

Alec Bohm is a third baseman who has struggled mightily this season. He's honestly in a similar boat to Semien, in my eyes at least.

Bohm is still owned in 81% of fantasy leagues despite scoring just 24 fantasy points on the season.

Bohm has actually been hot at the plate, and is riding a seven-game hitting streak. He's still hitting .193 for the season, and has a terrible .211 OBP.

His recent hot streak “only” has him down about 80 points from his career average, but his OBP is still 100-plus points lower. 

Bohm started the 2024 season before fizzling out as the season rolled along. He's not going to perform as poorly as he has to start this season, but there's also a chance he never is a daily fantasy starter in standard leagues again.

He's played well enough of late to earn back a little fantasy value, and I'd try to capitalize on that and move Bohm in a trade. If he cools back off, you might have to drop him, because nobody will want to trade for him.