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AF’s Top 10 MPO Fantasy Rankings

*Abbreviations explained here

AFR Pro Player AFR Prev Rating 2023 EMS Avg Next Up
1 Calvin Heimburg 1 1042 2.0 MCO
2 Kyle Klein 2 1040 5.8 MCO
3 Paul McBeth 3 1048 7.5 MCO
4 Kevin Jones 4 1033 7.7 MCO
5 Ricky Wysocki 5 1047 113.0 MCO
6 James Proctor 6 1021 7.8 MCO
7 Drew Gibson 11 1036 4.0 Champs
8 Nikko Locastro 13 1033 16.5 MCO
9 Chris Dickerson 14 1042 14.3 MCO
10 Joel Freeman 8 1036 13.8 MCO
Music City Open is sizing up to be huge pivot in 2023 standings and rankings. Super fans know Dickerson is the favorite, with 3 victories in past 5 years and worst finish 4th place. But Calvin is playing at another level. Klein, Proctor and Nikko all playing very good in 2023. KJ is top 5, and impossible to ignore Ricky and Paul.
Green text on Next Up means player took top 5 at 2022 MCO. Red text means it's player's first time at MCO in past 5 years. Klein's Next Up text links to AF's MCO profile, with player data on 18 best MPO at MCO in last 5 years.
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Next 10 MPO Fantasy Rankings

AFR Pro Player AFR Prev Rating 2023 EMS Avg Next Up
11 Gannon Buhr 9 1041 18.5 MCO
12 Matt Orum 7 1040 18.7 MCO
13 Cale Leiviska 10 1029 13.0 Champs
14 Mason Ford 15 1028 15.7 MCO
15 Adam Hammes 12 1031 22.8 MCO
16 Eagle McMahon 17 1043 18.0 MCO
17 Anthony Barela 21 1042 20.3 MCO
18 Andrew Marwede 18 1033 20.5 MCO
19 Ezra Aderhold 22 1029 16.3 MCO
20 Simon Lizotte 28 1030 24.5 MCO
Many names in this portion of rankings could be top 5 in rankings, or previously have been. Shows how much disparity there is in early part of 2023 season.
Hammes has 2nd best average at MCO in past 5 years, taking 2nd last year to Dickerson.
Mason Ford won MCO in 2021, when it was an ES event.

Next 10 MPO Fantasy Rankings

AFR Pro Player AFR Prev Rating 2023 EMS Avg Next Up
21 Cole Redalen 19 1029 27.0 MCO
22 Aaron Gossage 24 1029 24.5 MCO
23 Scott Withers 20 1030 21.3 MCO
24 Matt Bell 23 1023 22.0 Champs
25 Ezra Robinson 29 1020 23.3 MCO
26 James Conrad 16 1036 28.3 MCO
27 Niklas Anttila 30 1029 18.0 MCO
28 Nate Sexton 26 1030 25.7 OTB
29 Brodie Smith 31 1024 24.6 MCO
30 Alden Harris 32 1030 28.5 MCO
Conrad is down 10 spots in this ranking update. He'll bounce back. His MCO average overall is good, but he did take 34th place in 2022.
EMS = Elite, Major, Silver (event average). No Major events yet, in 2023. MCO is 4th ES, and there's been 3 SS events, including the 2 wrap around events from 2022.
This portion of rankings makes for a bunch of sneaky players, climbing up rankings. Withers lead that charge in early 2023, Cole was red hot for a moment, Ezra Robison leap frogged Isaac, Niklas back to his end of 2022 ways and Brodie with 10th at recent Texas St is coming.

8 More MPO Fantasy Rankings

AFR Pro Player AFR Prev Rating 2023 EMS Avg Next Up
31 Bradley Williams 25 1028 27.0 MCO
32 Garrett Gurthie 33 1030 24.5 MCO
33 Andrew Presnell 36 1024 21.3 MCO
34 Isaac Robinson 27 1032 22.0 MCO
35 Corey Ellis 38 1032 23.3 MCO
36 Chris Clemons 35 1031 28.3 MCO
37 Andrew Fish 49 1015 18.0 MCO
38 Luke Samson 43 1030 25.7 MCO
While this concludes this ranking lists, top 38 in MPO are still very good. All are set to score 100+ points in fantasy. May not work out that way, but their averages suggest better than 30th place.
AF's extend rankings don't happen often in season, but when they do we look to keep you as informed as we can on what the elite players are doing lately.
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