Fantasy Baseball Player Rankings : FantasyNews.CBSSports.com

Last updated: July 3

These rankings establish player value for the 2009 season, but they obviously change subtly as our projections change. They apply mainly to Rotisserie play, but they have some relevance to Head-to-Head leagues as well.

A player gains eligibility at a position by playing 20 games there last year or five games there this year.

Top 40 Catchers
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Joe Mauer	MIN	21	Ramon Hernandez	CIN
2	Victor Martinez	CLE	22	John Baker	FLA
3	Brian McCann	ATL	23	Omir Santos	NYM
4	Brandon Inge	DET	24	Miguel Montero	ARI
5	Jorge Posada	NYY	25	Dioner Navarro	TB
6	Russell Martin	LA	26	Kelly Shoppach	CLE
7	Geovany Soto	CHC	27	Carlos Ruiz	PHI
8	Chris Iannetta	COL	28	Gerald Laird	DET
9	Bengie Molina	SF	29	Jason Jaramillo	PIT
10	Matt Wieters	BAL	30	Josh Bard	WAS
11	Ryan Doumit	PIT	31	Kenji Johjima	SEA
12	Kurt Suzuki	OAK	32	Chris Snyder	ARI
13	Mike Napoli	ANA	33	Jeff Clement	SEA
14	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW	34	Ronny Paulino	FLA
15	Yadier Molina	STL	35	Taylor Teagarden	TEX
16	Miguel Olivo	KC	36	Ryan Hanigan	CIN
17	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX	37	David Ross	ATL
18	Rod Barajas	TOR	38	John Buck	KC
19	Ivan Rodriguez	HOU	39	Jeff Mathis	ANA
20	Jason Varitek	BOS	40	Nick Hundley	SD

Top 40 First Basemen
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Albert Pujols	STL	21	Mark DeRosa	STL
2	Prince Fielder	MIL	22	Nick Johnson	WAS
3	Justin Morneau	MIN	23	James Loney	LA
4	Miguel Cabrera	DET	24	Kendry Morales	ANA
5	Mark Teixeira	NYY	25	Casey Blake	LA
6	Ryan Howard	PHI	26	Jorge Cantu	FLA
7	Adrian Gonzalez	SD	27	Billy Butler	KC
8	Lance Berkman	HOU	28	Nick Swisher	NYY
9	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	29	Chris Davis	TEX
10	Joey Votto	CIN	30	Adam A. LaRoche	PIT
11	Mark Reynolds	ARI	31	Hank Blalock	TEX
12	Victor Martinez	CLE	32	Jose Lopez	SEA
13	Adam Dunn	WAS	33	Garrett Atkins	COL
14	Russell Branyan	SEA	34	Carlos Delgado	NYM
15	Carlos Pena	TB	35	Lyle Overbay	TOR
16	Pablo Sandoval	SF	36	Mike Jacobs	KC
17	Todd Helton	COL	37	Travis Ishikawa	SF
18	Derrek Lee	CHC	38	Casey Kotchman	ATL
19	Aubrey Huff	BAL	39	Jason Giambi	OAK
20	Paul Konerko	CHW	40	Ryan Garko	CLE

Top 40 Second Basemen
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Ian Kinsler	TEX	21	Placido Polanco	DET
2	Chase Utley	PHI	22	Alberto Callaspo	KC
3	Aaron Hill	TOR	23	Jerry Hairston	CIN
4	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	24	Casey McGehee	MIL
5	Brian Roberts	BAL	25	Kelly Johnson	ATL
6	Ben Zobrist	TB	26	Maicer Izturis	ANA
7	Robinson Cano	NYY	27	Adam Kennedy	OAK
8	Brandon Phillips	CIN	28	Kazuo Matsui	HOU
9	Alexei Ramirez	CHW	29	Skip Schumaker	STL
10	Mark DeRosa	STL	30	Mike Fontenot	CHC
11	Dan Uggla	FLA	31	Luis Castillo	NYM
12	Orlando Hudson	LA	32	Willie Bloomquist	KC
13	Marco Scutaro	TOR	33	Willy Aybar	TB
14	Asdrubal Cabrera	CLE	34	Brendan Ryan	STL
15	Ian Stewart	COL	35	Chris Getz	CHW
16	Freddy Sanchez	PIT	36	Willie Harris	WAS
17	Felipe Lopez	ARI	37	David Eckstein	SD
18	Clint Barmes	COL	38	Martin Prado	ATL
19	Jose Lopez	SEA	39	Brendan Harris	MIN
20	Emilio Bonifacio	FLA	40	Howie Kendrick	ANA

Top 40 Shortstops
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Hanley Ramirez	FLA	21	Cristian Guzman	WAS
2	Jose B. Reyes	NYM	22	Elvis Andrus	TEX
3	Ben Zobrist	TB	23	Emilio Bonifacio	FLA
4	Derek Jeter	NYY	24	Jerry Hairston	CIN
5	Troy Tulowitzki	COL	25	Gordon Beckham	CHW
6	Jason Bartlett	TB	26	Edgar Renteria	SF
7	Alexei Ramirez	CHW	27	Maicer Izturis	ANA
8	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	28	Jed Lowrie	BOS
9	Michael Young	TEX	29	Willie Bloomquist	KC
10	Miguel Tejada	HOU	30	Brendan Ryan	STL
11	Stephen Drew	ARI	31	Ty Wigginton	BAL
12	Marco Scutaro	TOR	32	Erick Aybar	ANA
13	J.J. Hardy	MIL	33	Brendan Harris	MIN
14	Jhonny Peralta	CLE	34	David Eckstein	SD
15	Asdrubal Cabrera	CLE	35	Yuniesky Betancourt	SEA
16	Yunel Escobar	ATL	36	Jack Wilson	PIT
17	Ryan Theriot	CHC	37	Craig Counsell	MIL
18	Clint Barmes	COL	38	Nick A. Green	BOS
19	Rafael Furcal	LA	39	Mike Aviles	KC
20	Orlando Cabrera	OAK	40	Cesar Izturis	BAL

Top 40 Third Basemen
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	David Wright	NYM	21	Ian Stewart	COL
2	Evan Longoria	TB	22	Jhonny Peralta	CLE
3	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	23	Mark Teahen	KC
4	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	24	Chris Davis	TEX
5	Mark Reynolds	ARI	25	Hank Blalock	TEX
6	Aramis Ramirez	CHC	26	Emilio Bonifacio	FLA
7	Chone Figgins	ANA	27	Jerry Hairston	CIN
8	Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	28	Adrian Beltre	SEA
9	Chipper Jones	ATL	29	Chris Coghlan	FLA
10	Russell Branyan	SEA	30	Garrett Atkins	COL
11	Pablo Sandoval	SF	31	Jake Fox	CHC
12	Michael Young	TEX	32	Casey McGehee	MIL
13	Aubrey Huff	BAL	33	Pedro Feliz	PHI
14	Mark DeRosa	STL	34	Gordon Beckham	CHW
15	Brandon Inge	DET	35	Andy LaRoche	PIT
16	Marco Scutaro	TOR	36	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SD
17	Scott Rolen	TOR	37	Edwin Encarnacion	CIN
18	Casey Blake	LA	38	Adam Kennedy	OAK
19	Jorge Cantu	FLA	39	Mike Fontenot	CHC
20	Mike Lowell	BOS	40	Melvin Mora	BAL

Top 80 Outfielders
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Carl Crawford	TB	41	Carlos Quentin	CHW
2	Ryan J. Braun	MIL	42	Juan L. Rivera	ANA
3	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	43	Corey C. Hart	MIL
4	Carlos N. Lee	HOU	44	Jason Kubel	MIN
5	Jason Bay	BOS	45	Nyjer Morgan	WAS
6	Manny Ramirez	LA	46	Luke Scott	BAL
7	Justin Upton	ARI	47	Scott Hairston	OAK
8	Nick Markakis	BAL	48	Jay Bruce	CIN
9	Raul Ibanez	PHI	49	Magglio Ordonez	DET
10	Matt Kemp	LA	50	Michael Cuddyer	MIN
11	Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS	51	Kendry Morales	ANA
12	Josh Hamilton	TEX	52	Ryan Ludwick	STL
13	Curtis Granderson	DET	53	Pat Burrell	TB
14	B.J. Upton	TB	54	Rick Ankiel	STL
15	Carlos Beltran	NYM	55	Aaron Rowand	SF
16	Grady Sizemore	CLE	56	Brett Gardner	NYY
17	Ben Zobrist	TB	57	J.D. Drew	BOS
18	Torii Hunter	ANA	58	Juan Pierre	LA
19	Bobby Abreu	ANA	59	Ian Stewart	COL
20	Adam Lind	TOR	60	Cody Ross	FLA
21	Nelson R. Cruz	TEX	61	Hideki Matsui	NYY
22	Alfonso Soriano	CHC	62	Scott Podsednik	CHW
23	Johnny Damon	NYY	63	Nick Swisher	NYY
24	Brad Hawpe	COL	64	Nolan Reimold	BAL
25	Adam Jones	BAL	65	Milton Bradley	CHC
26	Matt Holliday	OAK	66	Gary Sheffield	NYM
27	Shin-Soo Choo	CLE	67	Josh Willingham	WAS
28	Shane Victorino	PHI	68	Franklin Gutierrez	SEA
29	Jayson Werth	PHI	69	Mark Teahen	KC
30	Hunter Pence	HOU	70	Melky Cabrera	NYY
31	Nate McLouth	ATL	71	Marlon Byrd	TEX
32	Alex Rios	TOR	72	Emilio Bonifacio	FLA
33	Adam Dunn	WAS	73	Mike Cameron	MIL
34	Michael Bourn	HOU	74	Randy Winn	SF
35	Jermaine Dye	CHW	75	Skip Schumaker	STL
36	Vernon Wells	TOR	76	Dexter Fowler	COL
37	Vladimir Guerrero	ANA	77	Chris Coghlan	FLA
38	Denard Span	MIN	78	Colby Rasmus	STL
39	Andre Ethier	LA	79	Chris B. Young	ARI
40	Mark DeRosa	STL	80	Jack Cust	OAK

Top 12 Designated Hitters
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	David Ortiz	BOS	7	Jeff Larish	DET
2	Jim Thome	CHW	8	Kila Ka'aihue	KC
3	Gary Sheffield	NYM	9	Chris C. Carter	BOS
4	Travis Hafner	CLE	10	Matt Stairs	PHI
5	Rocco Baldelli	BOS	11	Cliff Floyd	SD
6	Mike Sweeney	SEA	12	Tug Hulett	KC

Top 100 Starting Pitchers
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Roy Halladay	TOR	51	Rich Harden	CHC
2	Zack Greinke	KC	52	Joba Chamberlain	NYY
3	Tim Lincecum	SF	53	Tommy Hanson	ATL
4	Dan Haren	ARI	54	Randy Wolf	LA
5	CC Sabathia	NYY	55	Jake Peavy	SD
6	Johan Santana	NYM	56	Scott Baker	MIN
7	Justin Verlander	DET	57	Chris Volstad	FLA
8	Josh Johnson	FLA	58	Gil Meche	KC
9	Chad Billingsley	LA	59	Francisco Liriano	MIN
10	Josh Beckett	BOS	60	Brandon Webb	ARI
11	Yovani Gallardo	MIL	61	Ricky Romero	TOR
12	Felix Hernandez	SEA	62	Scott Richmond	TOR
13	Chris Carpenter	STL	63	Jarrod Washburn	SEA
14	Jered Weaver	ANA	64	David Price	TB
15	Matt Cain	SF	65	J.A. Happ	PHI
16	Jon Lester	BOS	66	Dallas Braden	OAK
17	Cole Hamels	PHI	67	Nick Blackburn	MIN
18	Edwin Jackson	DET	68	Jason Marquis	COL
19	Johnny Cueto	CIN	69	Aaron Cook	COL
20	A.J. Burnett	NYY	70	Randy Johnson	SF
21	Roy Oswalt	HOU	71	Andy Pettitte	NYY
22	Adam Wainwright	STL	72	John Smoltz	BOS
23	Javier Vazquez	ATL	73	Chris R. Young	SD
24	John Lackey	ANA	74	Jordan Zimmermann	WAS
25	Matt Garza	TB	75	Hiroki Kuroda	LA
26	Cliff Lee	CLE	76	Randy Wells	CHC
27	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	77	Brad Bergesen	BAL
28	James Shields	TB	78	Tim Wakefield	BOS
29	Ted Lilly	CHC	79	Joel Pineiro	STL
30	Gavin Floyd	CHW	80	Doug Davis	ARI
31	Scott Kazmir	TB	81	Rick Porcello	DET
32	Erik Bedard	SEA	82	Daisuke Matsuzaka	BOS
33	John Danks	CHW	83	Chien-Ming Wang	NYY
34	Aaron Harang	CIN	84	John Maine	NYM
35	Ervin Santana	ANA	85	Mike Pelfrey	NYM
36	Edinson Volquez	CIN	86	Trevor Cahill	OAK
37	Kevin Millwood	TEX	87	Scott Feldman	TEX
38	Jair Jurrjens	ATL	88	John Lannan	WAS
39	Ryan Dempster	CHC	89	Dave Bush	MIL
40	Kevin Slowey	MIN	90	Paul Maholm	PIT
41	Andrew Bailey	OAK	91	Vin Mazzaro	OAK
42	Wandy Rodriguez	HOU	92	Carl Pavano	CLE
43	Joe Saunders	ANA	93	Barry Zito	SF
44	Derek Lowe	ATL	94	Bronson Arroyo	CIN
45	Ubaldo Jimenez	COL	95	Armando Galarraga	DET
46	Mark Buehrle	CHW	96	Kyle Lohse	STL
47	Zach Duke	PIT	97	Kenshin Kawakami	ATL
48	Max Scherzer	ARI	98	Jeff Niemann	TB
49	Clayton Kershaw	LA	99	Brian Bannister	KC
50	Ricky Nolasco	FLA	100	Todd Wellemeyer	STL

Top 40 Relief Pitchers
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Jonathan Broxton	LA	21	George Sherrill	BAL
2	Francisco J. Rodriguez	NYM	22	Chad Qualls	ARI
3	Joe Nathan	MIN	23	Brad Lidge	PHI
4	Mariano Rivera	NYY	24	Kevin Gregg	CHC
5	Heath Bell	SD	25	Matt Capps	PIT
6	Jonathan Papelbon	BOS	26	J.P. Howell	TB
7	Ryan Franklin	STL	27	Fernando Rodney	DET
8	Trevor Hoffman	MIL	28	Kerry Wood	CLE
9	Francisco Cordero	CIN	29	Rafael Soriano	ATL
10	Huston Street	COL	30	Mike Gonzalez	ATL
11	Brian Wilson	SF	31	J.A. Happ	PHI
12	Bobby Jenks	CHW	32	Randy Wells	CHC
13	Brian Fuentes	ANA	33	Mike MacDougal	WAS
14	David Aardsma	SEA	34	C.J. Wilson	TEX
15	Jose Valverde	HOU	35	Matt Lindstrom	FLA
16	Joakim Soria	KC	36	Leo Nunez	FLA
17	Andrew Bailey	OAK	37	Ramon Troncoso	LA
18	Joba Chamberlain	NYY	38	Brandon Morrow	SEA
19	Frank Francisco	TEX	39	Ronald Belisario	LA
20	Scott Downs	TOR	40	Ramon Ramirez	BOS

Report Updated as of: 7/10/09 11:52 AM EST