Fantasy Baseball Rankings

Welcome to our player rankings for 2012. We've combined statistical projections from AccuScore with a standard CBSSports.com Rotisserie scoring system to provide you with the most accurate rankings possible for your format. These rankings will be updated multiple times DAILY, taking into account matchups, past performance and news developments. You can choose to either view our rankings for the next seven days for immediate lineup advice or for the rest of the season to get a broader view of how we think each position might shake out for the remainder of the year.

Scoring System: Head-to-Head · Rotisserie

Timeframe: Next 7 Days · Rest of Season

Catchers
1	Jesus Montero SEA	21	Ryan Doumit MIN
2	Mike Napoli TEX	22	Kurt Suzuki OAK
3	Buster Posey SF	23	Yorvit Torrealba TEX
4	Russell Martin NYY	24	Jose Molina TB
5	Matt Wieters BAL	25	Nick Hundley SD
6	Alex Avila DET	26	Ryan Hanigan CIN
7	J.P. Arencibia TOR	27	A.J. Ellis LAD
8	Ramon Hernandez COL	28	Jason Castro HOU
9	Carlos Ruiz PHI	29	Chris Snyder HOU
10	Geovany Soto CHC	30	Rod Barajas PIT
11	Miguel Montero ARI	31	Wilin Rosario COL
12	Brian McCann ATL	32	Humberto Quintero KC
13	Yadier Molina STL	33	Devin Mesoraco CIN
14	Carlos Santana CLE	34	Steve Clevenger CHC
15	John Jaso SEA	35	Mike Nickeas NYM
16	Jarrod Saltalamacchia BOS	36	Brayan Pena KC
17	Joe Mauer MIN	37	Luis Exposito BAL
18	Jonathan Lucroy MIL	38	Hector Sanchez SF
19	A.J. Pierzynski CHW	39	Josh Thole NYM
20	John Buck MIA	40	Lou Marson CLE

First Basemen
1	Miguel Cabrera DET	21	Carlos Lee HOU
2	Mark Teixeira NYY	22	Brandon Snyder TEX
3	Joey Votto CIN	23	Adam Dunn CHW
4	Bryan LaHair CHC	24	Ike Davis NYM
5	Edwin Encarnacion TOR	25	Freddie Freeman ATL
6	Prince Fielder DET	26	Lucas Duda NYM
7	Adrian Gonzalez BOS	27	Paul Goldschmidt ARI
8	Paul Konerko CHW	28	Mitch Moreland TEX
9	Michael Cuddyer COL	29	Gaby Sanchez MIA
10	Eric Hosmer KC	30	Mark Trumbo LAA
11	Michael Young TEX	31	Justin Morneau MIN
12	Allen Craig STL	32	Chris Davis BAL
13	Mike Napoli TEX	33	Travis Ishikawa MIL
14	Carlos Pena TB	34	Kendrys Morales LAA
15	Albert Pujols LAA	35	Adam LaRoche WAS
16	Todd Helton COL	36	Ty Wigginton PHI
17	Daniel Murphy NYM	37	Carlos Santana CLE
18	Adam Lind TOR	38	Jesus Guzman SD
19	Lance Berkman STL	39	Mike Carp SEA
20	Buster Posey SF	40	Joe Mauer MIN

Second Basemen
1	Robinson Cano NYY	21	Robert Andino BAL
2	Kelly Johnson TOR	22	Darwin Barney CHC
3	Dustin Pedroia BOS	23	Sean Rodriguez TB
4	Ian Kinsler TEX	24	Ryan Flaherty BAL
5	Ben Zobrist TB	25	Neil Walker PIT
6	Jose Altuve HOU	26	Ryan Roberts ARI
7	Marco Scutaro COL	27	Chris Getz KC
8	Brandon Phillips CIN	28	Tyler Greene STL
9	Jason Kipnis CLE	29	Howard Kendrick LAA
10	Rickie Weeks MIL	30	Jeff Keppinger TB
11	Mike Aviles BOS	31	Orlando Hudson SD
12	Daniel Murphy NYM	32	Gordon Beckham CHW
13	Dan Uggla ATL	33	Danny Espinosa WAS
14	Omar Infante MIA	34	Skip Schumaker STL
15	Jemile Weeks OAK	35	Mark Ellis LAD
16	Dustin Ackley SEA	36	Jamey Carroll MIN
17	Joaquin Arias SF	37	Brandon Inge OAK
18	Aaron Hill ARI	38	Will Rhymes TB
19	Elliot Johnson TB	39	Chris Nelson COL
20	Ryan Raburn DET	40	Jonathan Herrera COL

Shortstops
1	Troy Tulowitzki COL	21	Robert Andino BAL
2	Derek Jeter NYY	22	Sean Rodriguez TB
3	Starlin Castro CHC	23	Alcides Escobar KC
4	Hanley Ramirez MIA	24	Brian Dozier MIN
5	Jose Reyes MIA	25	Cliff Pennington OAK
6	Rafael Furcal STL	26	Willie Bloomquist ARI
7	Elvis Andrus TEX	27	Tyler Greene STL
8	Emilio Bonifacio MIA	28	Ian Desmond WAS
9	Marco Scutaro COL	29	Zack Cozart CIN
10	J.J. Hardy BAL	30	Steve Tolleson BAL
11	Jhonny Peralta DET	31	Brendan Ryan SEA
12	Yunel Escobar TOR	32	Tyler Pastornicky ATL
13	Mike Aviles BOS	33	Ronny Cedeno NYM
14	Jimmy Rollins PHI	34	Jamey Carroll MIN
15	Dee Gordon LAD	35	Jason Bartlett SD
16	Jed Lowrie HOU	36	Erick Aybar LAA
17	Joaquin Arias SF	37	Jonathan Herrera COL
18	Asdrubal Cabrera CLE	38	Freddy Galvis PHI
19	Elliot Johnson TB	39	Brandon Crawford SF
20	Alexei Ramirez CHW	40	Ramon Santiago DET

Third Basemen
1	Jose Bautista TOR	21	Robert Andino BAL
2	Miguel Cabrera DET	22	Mark Trumbo LAA
3	Alex Rodriguez NYY	23	Sean Rodriguez TB
4	Brett Lawrie TOR	24	Placido Polanco PHI
5	David Wright NYM	25	Chris Davis BAL
6	Adrian Beltre TEX	26	Chase Headley SD
7	Edwin Encarnacion TOR	27	Ryan Zimmerman WAS
8	Hanley Ramirez MIA	28	Ty Wigginton PHI
9	Michael Young TEX	29	Will Middlebrooks BOS
10	Emilio Bonifacio MIA	30	Ian Stewart CHC
11	Wilson Betemit BAL	31	Ryan Roberts ARI
12	Aramis Ramirez MIL	32	Chipper Jones ATL
13	Mike Aviles BOS	33	Todd Frazier CIN
14	Chris Johnson HOU	34	Pedro Alvarez PIT
15	Daniel Murphy NYM	35	Brent Morel CHW
16	Kyle Seager SEA	36	Jack Hannahan CLE
17	David Freese STL	37	Brandon Inge OAK
18	Mike Moustakas KC	38	Casey McGehee PIT
19	Martin Prado ATL	39	Alberto Callaspo LAA
20	Jed Lowrie HOU	40	Alex Liddi SEA

Outfielders
1	Carlos Gonzalez COL	66	Logan Morrison MIA
2	Curtis Granderson NYY	67	Ryan Raburn DET
3	Josh Hamilton TEX	68	Will Venable SD
4	Jose Bautista TOR	69	Andruw Jones NYY
5	Ryan Braun MIL	70	Jason Kubel ARI
6	Nick Swisher NYY	71	Mitch Moreland TEX
7	B.J. Upton TB	72	Mark Trumbo LAA
8	Bryan LaHair CHC	73	Gerardo Parra ARI
9	Raul Ibanez NYY	74	Nyjer Morgan MIL
10	Nelson Cruz TEX	75	Andre Ethier LAD
11	Adam Jones BAL	76	Jose Tabata PIT
12	Austin Jackson DET	77	Bryce Harper WAS
13	Hunter Pence PHI	78	Ty Wigginton PHI
14	Ben Zobrist TB	79	Seth Smith OAK
15	Shane Victorino PHI	80	Jesus Guzman SD
16	Justin Upton ARI	81	Denard Span MIN
17	Matt Joyce TB	82	Ryan Sweeney BOS
18	Michael Cuddyer COL	83	Michael Saunders SEA
19	Corey Hart MIL	84	Mike Carp SEA
20	Angel Pagan SF	85	Marlon Byrd BOS
21	Jarrod Dyson KC	86	Willie Bloomquist ARI
22	Matt Holliday STL	87	Michael Brantley CLE
23	Ichiro Suzuki SEA	88	Howard Kendrick LAA
24	Michael Bourn ATL	89	Bobby Abreu LAD
25	Colby Rasmus TOR	90	Kirk Nieuwenhuis NYM
26	Carlos Beltran STL	91	Brian Bogusevic HOU
27	Melky Cabrera SF	92	Brett Pill SF
28	Alex Gordon KC	93	Brett Gardner NYY
29	Jay Bruce CIN	94	Ryan Doumit MIN
30	Giancarlo Stanton MIA	95	Tony Campana CHC
31	Allen Craig STL	96	Skip Schumaker STL
32	Emilio Bonifacio MIA	97	Garrett Jones PIT
33	Gregor Blanco SF	98	Johnny Damon CLE
34	Brennan Boesch DET	99	Roger Bernadina WAS
35	Luke Scott TB	100	A.J. Pollock ARI
36	Jordan Schafer HOU	101	Joe Mather CHC
37	Delmon Young DET	102	Scott Hairston NYM
38	Drew Stubbs CIN	103	Alex Presley PIT
39	Alfonso Soriano CHC	104	Vernon Wells LAA
40	Nick Markakis BAL	105	Darin Mastroianni MIN
41	Josh Reddick OAK	106	Brandon Belt SF
42	Andrew McCutchen PIT	107	Norichika Aoki MIL
43	Lance Berkman STL	108	Dayan Viciedo CHW
44	Juan Pierre PHI	109	Ryan Ludwick CIN
45	Carlos Lee HOU	110	Rick Ankiel WAS
46	Eric Thames TOR	111	John Mayberry PHI
47	Dexter Fowler COL	112	Collin Cowgill OAK
48	Andy Dirks DET	113	Chris Heisey CIN
49	Josh Willingham MIN	114	Travis Buck HOU
50	Andres Torres NYM	115	Austin Kearns MIA
51	Alejandro De Aza CHW	116	Tony Gwynn LAD
52	Cameron Maybin SD	117	Eric Young COL
53	David DeJesus CHC	118	Aubrey Huff SF
54	Shin-Soo Choo CLE	119	Jonny Gomes OAK
55	Jeff Francoeur KC	120	Shelley Duncan CLE
56	Alex Rios CHW	121	Craig Gentry TEX
57	Martin Prado ATL	122	Chone Figgins SEA
58	Mike Trout LAA	123	Trevor Plouffe MIN
59	J.D. Martinez HOU	124	Tyler Colvin COL
60	Rajai Davis TOR	125	Dewayne Wise NYY
61	David Murphy TEX	126	Yonder Alonso SD
62	Cody Ross BOS	127	Erik Komatsu MIN
63	Lucas Duda NYM	128	Nate Schierholtz SF
64	Carlos Quentin SD	129	Brent Lillibridge CHW
65	Jason Heyward ATL	130	Reed Johnson CHC

Starting Pitchers
1	Roy Halladay PHI	76	Chris Sale CHW
2	Yu Darvish TEX	77	Jake Peavy CHW
3	Brandon Beachy ATL	78	Jeremy Guthrie COL
4	Matt Cain SF	79	Tim Hudson ATL
5	Felix Hernandez SEA	80	Phil Hughes NYY
6	Matt Garza CHC	81	Felipe Paulino KC
7	C.J. Wilson LAA	82	Alexi Ogando TEX
8	Adam Wainwright STL	83	J.A. Happ HOU
9	Jordan Zimmermann WAS	84	Tommy Hanson ATL
10	Johan Santana NYM	85	Carlos Zambrano MIA
11	Shaun Marcum MIL	86	Marco Estrada MIL
12	Mat Latos CIN	87	Barry Zito SF
13	Gavin Floyd CHW	88	Clayton Richard SD
14	Gio Gonzalez WAS	89	Brett Myers HOU
15	Erik Bedard PIT	90	Mike Minor ATL
16	Jaime Garcia STL	91	Max Scherzer DET
17	R.A. Dickey NYM	92	Wade Miley ARI
18	Hiroki Kuroda NYY	93	Rick Porcello DET
19	Justin Verlander DET	94	Bartolo Colon OAK
20	Jeremy Hellickson TB	95	Aaron Harang LAD
21	Madison Bumgarner SF	96	Derek Lowe CLE
22	Bud Norris HOU	97	Alex Cobb TB
23	James McDonald PIT	98	Chad Billingsley LAD
24	Chris Capuano LAD	99	Justin Masterson CLE
25	Cliff Lee PHI	100	Tommy Hunter BAL
26	Matt Harrison TEX	101	Andy Pettitte NYY
27	Cole Hamels PHI	102	Felix Doubront BOS
28	Clayton Kershaw LAD	103	James Russell CHC
29	Jered Weaver LAA	104	Mike Leake CIN
30	Trevor Cahill ARI	105	Jake Westbrook STL
31	Stephen Strasburg WAS	106	Jason Hammel BAL
32	CC Sabathia NYY	107	Kyle Lohse STL
33	Mark Buehrle MIA	108	Paul Maholm CHC
34	Zack Greinke MIL	109	Ivan Nova NYY
35	Tim Lincecum SF	110	Jamie Moyer COL
36	Johnny Cueto CIN	111	Bruce Chen KC
37	Doug Fister DET	112	Josh Beckett BOS
38	Vance Worley PHI	113	Kyle Drabek TOR
39	Tommy Milone OAK	114	Kyle McClellan STL
40	Ubaldo Jimenez CLE	115	Clay Hensley SF
41	Lance Lynn STL	116	Joe Blanton PHI
42	David Price TB	117	Jonathon Niese NYM
43	Brandon Morrow TOR	118	Jason Vargas SEA
44	Jarrod Parker OAK	119	Bronson Arroyo CIN
45	Ryan Vogelsong SF	120	Clay Buchholz BOS
46	Jeff Samardzija CHC	121	John Danks CHW
47	Anthony Bass SD	122	Tom Gorzelanny WAS
48	Ricky Romero TOR	123	David Phelps NYY
49	Dan Haren LAA	124	Robbie Ross TEX
50	Drew Smyly DET	125	Philip Humber CHW
51	James Shields TB	126	Chris Volstad CHC
52	Matt Moore TB	127	Jake Arrieta BAL
53	Yovani Gallardo MIL	128	Wade Davis TB
54	Edinson Volquez SD	129	Hector Noesi SEA
55	Anibal Sanchez MIA	130	Joe Saunders ARI
56	Jerome Williams LAA	131	Jeff Suppan SD
57	Colby Lewis TEX	132	Carlos Villanueva TOR
58	Ian Kennedy ARI	133	Dillon Gee NYM
59	Ross Detwiler WAS	134	Freddy Garcia NYY
60	Ryan Dempster CHC	135	Homer Bailey CIN
61	Henderson Alvarez TOR	136	Luke Hochevar KC
62	Brandon McCarthy OAK	137	Phil Coke DET
63	Ted Lilly LAD	138	Livan Hernandez ATL
64	Edwin Jackson WAS	139	Josh Outman COL
65	Ricky Nolasco MIA	140	Jeanmar Gomez CLE
66	Wei-Yin Chen BAL	141	Nate Jones CHW
67	Tim Stauffer SD	142	Kyle Kendrick PHI
68	Josh Johnson MIA	143	Alfredo Simon CIN
69	Randy Wolf MIL	144	Scott Diamond MIN
70	Juan Nicasio COL	145	Shane Loux SF
71	Ervin Santana LAA	146	Jeff Karstens PIT
72	Jon Lester BOS	147	Carl Pavano MIN
73	Christian Friedrich COL	148	Brad Lincoln PIT
74	Wandy Rodriguez HOU	149	Casey Coleman CHC
75	Derek Holland TEX	150	Miguel Batista NYM

Relief Pitchers
1	Rafael Soriano NYY	21	Koji Uehara TEX
2	Rafael Betancourt COL	22	J.J. Putz ARI
3	Jonathan Papelbon PHI	23	Chris Sale CHW
4	Jason Motte STL	24	Jim Johnson BAL
5	Fernando Rodney TB	25	Felipe Paulino KC
6	Lance Lynn STL	26	Joel Hanrahan PIT
7	Kenley Jansen LAD	27	Sean Marshall CIN
8	Craig Kimbrel ATL	28	Alexi Ogando TEX
9	Casey Janssen TOR	29	Brandon League SEA
10	Henry Rodriguez WAS	30	Alfredo Aceves BOS
11	Jeff Samardzija CHC	31	Mike Adams TEX
12	Jose Valverde DET	32	Marco Estrada MIL
13	Anthony Bass SD	33	Chris Perez CLE
14	John Axford MIL	34	Eduardo Sanchez STL
15	Neftali Feliz TEX	35	Dale Thayer SD
16	Santiago Casilla SF	36	Steve Cishek MIA
17	Joe Nathan TEX	37	Frank Francisco NYM
18	Matt Moore TB	38	Ernesto Frieri LAA
19	Scott Downs LAA	39	Tyler Clippard WAS
20	Aroldis Chapman CIN	40	Brian Fuentes OAK

Designated Hitters
1	Derek Jeter NYY	7	David Ortiz BOS
2	Alex Rodriguez NYY	8	Michael Young TEX
3	Edwin Encarnacion TOR	9	Luke Scott TB
4	Raul Ibanez NYY	10	Billy Butler KC
5	Paul Konerko CHW	11	Delmon Young DET
6	Jesus Montero SEA	12	Andy Dirks DET