Fantasy Baseball Player Rankings : FantasyNews.CBSSports.com

Last updated: Dec. 30

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 feel free to use them in Head-to-Head leagues as well.

Our rankings are based on position eligibility for next season, which requires 20 games at a position to be eligible. If a player has not played 20 games, his primary position will be defined as what position he has played the most games at -- unless it is a current AL player that will be classified as DH-only.

Top 40 Catchers
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Brian McCann	ATL	21	Kurt Suzuki	OAK
2	Russell Martin	LA	22	Ivan Rodriguez	NYY
3	Geovany Soto	CHC	23	Gerald Laird	DET
4	Joe Mauer	MIN	24	Paul Lo Duca	FLA
5	Victor Martinez	CLE	25	Miguel Olivo	KC
6	Bengie Molina	SF	26	Jason Varitek	BOS
7	Ryan Doumit	PIT	27	Taylor Teagarden	TEX
8	Chris Iannetta	COL	28	Jeff Clement	SEA
9	Kelly Shoppach	CLE	29	Jason Kendall	MIL
10	Jorge Posada	NYY	30	Johnny Estrada	WAS
11	Matt Wieters	BAL	31	Ronny Paulino	PHI
12	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW	32	John Baker	FLA
13	Kenji Johjima	SEA	33	Max Ramirez	TEX
14	Ramon Hernandez	CIN	34	Josh Bard	BOS
15	Yadier Molina	STL	35	Chris Coste	PHI
16	Chris Snyder	ARI	36	Gregg Zaun	TOR
17	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX	37	Yorvit Torrealba	COL
18	Dioner Navarro	TB	38	John Buck	KC
19	Mike Napoli	ANA	39	Mike Redmond	MIN
20	Jesus Flores	WAS	40	Rod Barajas	TOR

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

Top 40 Second Basemen
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Chase Utley	PHI	21	Aaron Hill	TOR
2	Ian Kinsler	TEX	22	Ronnie Belliard	WAS
3	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	23	Tadahito Iguchi	PHI
4	Brian Roberts	BAL	24	Felipe Lopez	ARI
5	Brandon Phillips	CIN	25	Luis Castillo	NYM
6	Dan Uggla	FLA	26	Emmanuel Burriss	SF
7	Alexei Ramirez	CHW	27	Jamey Carroll	CLE
8	Robinson Cano	NYY	28	Nick Punto	MIN
9	Mark DeRosa	CLE	29	Josh Barfield	CLE
10	Jose Lopez	SEA	30	Blake DeWitt	LA
11	Kelly Johnson	ATL	31	Mike Fontenot	CHC
12	Placido Polanco	DET	32	Esteban German	KC
13	Rickie Weeks	MIL	33	Aaron Miles	CHC
14	Howie Kendrick	ANA	34	Mark Grudzielanek	KC
15	Freddy Sanchez	PIT	35	Ray Durham	MIL
16	Mike Aviles	KC	36	Adam Kennedy	STL
17	Orlando Hudson	ARI	37	Juan Uribe	CHW
18	Akinori Iwamura	TB	38	Edgar V. Gonzalez	SD
19	Kazuo Matsui	HOU	39	Mark Loretta	LA
20	Mark Ellis	OAK	40	Clint Barmes	COL

Top 40 Shortstops
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Hanley Ramirez	FLA	21	Maicer Izturis	ANA
2	Jose B. Reyes	NYM	22	Julio Lugo	BOS
3	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	23	Emmanuel Burriss	SF
4	Derek Jeter	NYY	24	David Eckstein	ARI
5	Stephen Drew	ARI	25	Jack Wilson	PIT
6	Troy Tulowitzki	COL	26	Nick Punto	MIN
7	J.J. Hardy	MIL	27	Marco Scutaro	TOR
8	Jhonny Peralta	CLE	28	Cristian Guzman	WAS
9	Michael Young	TEX	29	Brendan Harris	MIN
10	Miguel Tejada	HOU	30	Bobby Crosby	OAK
11	Yunel Escobar	ATL	31	Jeff Keppinger	CIN
12	Orlando Cabrera	CHW	32	Jason Donald	PHI
13	Mike Aviles	KC	33	Eric Bruntlett	PHI
14	Rafael Furcal	LA	34	Cesar Izturis	BAL
15	Edgar Renteria	SF	35	Jed Lowrie	BOS
16	Ryan Theriot	CHC	36	Alex Cintron	BAL
17	Yuniesky Betancourt	SEA	37	Ronny Cedeno	CHC
18	Jason Bartlett	TB	38	Adam Everett	DET
19	Khalil Greene	STL	39	Everth Cabrera	SD
20	Nomar Garciaparra	LA	40	Ramon Santiago	DET

Top 40 Third Basemen
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	21	Casey Blake	LA
2	David Wright	NYM	22	Ty Wigginton	HOU
3	Evan Longoria	TB	23	Melvin Mora	BAL
4	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	24	Hank Blalock	TEX
5	Aramis Ramirez	CHC	25	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SD
6	Chipper Jones	ATL	26	Dallas McPherson	FLA
7	Aubrey Huff	BAL	27	Bill Hall	MIL
8	Garrett Atkins	COL	28	Pedro Feliz	PHI
9	Chris Davis	TEX	29	Brandon Inge	DET
10	Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	30	Scott Rolen	TOR
11	Chone Figgins	ANA	31	Joe Crede	CHW
12	Mark DeRosa	CLE	32	Jose A. Bautista	TOR
13	Jorge Cantu	FLA	33	Eric Chavez	OAK
14	Mark Reynolds	ARI	34	Greg Dobbs	PHI
15	Edwin Encarnacion	CIN	35	Omar Infante	ATL
16	Troy Glaus	STL	36	Mike Lamb	MIL
17	Mike Lowell	BOS	37	Wes Helms	FLA
18	Carlos Guillen	DET	38	Eric Bruntlett	PHI
19	Alex Gordon	KC	39	Russell Branyan	SEA
20	Adrian Beltre	SEA	40	Jose Castillo	WAS

Top 80 Outfielders
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Grady Sizemore	CLE	41	Andre Ethier	LA
2	Matt Holliday	OAK	42	Rick Ankiel	STL
3	Josh Hamilton	TEX	43	Xavier Nady	NYY
4	Ryan J. Braun	MIL	44	Conor Jackson	ARI
5	Carlos Beltran	NYM	45	Mark DeRosa	CLE
6	Alfonso Soriano	CHC	46	Milton Bradley	TEX
7	Manny Ramirez	LA	47	J.D. Drew	BOS
8	Carlos Quentin	CHW	48	Delmon Young	MIN
9	B.J. Upton	TB	49	Hideki Matsui	NYY
10	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	50	Eric Byrnes	ARI
11	Carl Crawford	TB	51	Jayson Werth	PHI
12	Alex Rios	TOR	52	Lastings Milledge	WAS
13	Jason Bay	BOS	53	Fred Lewis	SF
14	Carlos N. Lee	HOU	54	Denard Span	MIN
15	Vladimir Guerrero	ANA	55	Nick Swisher	NYY
16	Nick Markakis	BAL	56	Shin-Soo Choo	CLE
17	Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS	57	Nelson Cruz	TEX
18	Shane Victorino	PHI	58	Ty Wigginton	HOU
19	Curtis Granderson	DET	59	Mike Cameron	MIL
20	Magglio Ordonez	DET	60	Cameron Maybin	FLA
21	Nate McLouth	PIT	61	Josh Willingham	WAS
22	Matt Kemp	LA	62	Jason Kubel	MIN
23	Bobby Abreu	NYY	63	Jeff Francoeur	ATL
24	Adam Dunn	ARI	64	Michael Cuddyer	MIN
25	Ryan Ludwick	STL	65	Randy Winn	SF
26	Vernon Wells	TOR	66	Jose Guillen	KC
27	Corey C. Hart	MIL	67	David DeJesus	KC
28	Torii Hunter	ANA	68	Brian Giles	SD
29	Jay Bruce	CIN	69	Aaron Rowand	SF
30	Raul Ibanez	PHI	70	Jeremy Hermida	FLA
31	Johnny Damon	NYY	71	Luke Scott	BAL
32	Hunter Pence	HOU	72	Elijah Dukes	WAS
33	Jermaine Dye	CHW	73	Ryan Church	NYM
34	Brad Hawpe	COL	74	Michael Bourn	HOU
35	Chris B. Young	ARI	75	Ryan P. Freel	BAL
36	Pat Burrell	PHI	76	Adam Lind	TOR
37	Willy Taveras	COL	77	Ken Griffey	CHW
38	Carlos Gomez	MIN	78	Cody Ross	FLA
39	Coco Crisp	KC	79	Jack Cust	OAK
40	Juan Pierre	LA	80	Mark Teahen	KC

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

Top 100 Starting Pitchers
RK	Player	Team	RK	Player	Team
1	Johan Santana	NYM	51	Gavin Floyd	CHW
2	CC Sabathia	NYY	52	Jair Jurrjens	ATL
3	Tim Lincecum	SF	53	Ubaldo Jimenez	COL
4	Brandon Webb	ARI	54	John Maine	NYM
5	Roy Halladay	TOR	55	Kevin Slowey	MIN
6	Jake Peavy	SD	56	Scott Baker	MIN
7	Cole Hamels	PHI	57	Johnny Cueto	CIN
8	Dan Haren	ARI	58	Andy Sonnanstine	TB
9	Roy Oswalt	HOU	59	Jon Garland	ANA
10	Cliff Lee	CLE	60	Andy Pettitte	NYY
11	John Lackey	ANA	61	Phil Hughes	NYY
12	Josh Beckett	BOS	62	Chris Carpenter	STL
13	Ervin Santana	ANA	63	Chris R. Young	SD
14	A.J. Burnett	NYY	64	Jeff Francis	COL
15	Edinson Volquez	CIN	65	John Smoltz	ATL
16	Daisuke Matsuzaka	BOS	66	Brad Penny	LA
17	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	67	Randy Johnson	SF
18	Scott Kazmir	TB	68	Oliver Perez	NYM
19	Chad Billingsley	LA	69	Gil Meche	KC
20	Jon Lester	BOS	70	Clayton Kershaw	LA
21	James Shields	TB	71	Hiroki Kuroda	LA
22	Francisco Liriano	MIN	72	Aaron Cook	COL
23	Felix Hernandez	SEA	73	Bronson Arroyo	CIN
24	Ryan Dempster	CHC	74	Mark Buehrle	CHW
25	Chien-Ming Wang	NYY	75	Jeremy Bonderman	DET
26	Justin Verlander	DET	76	Chris Volstad	FLA
27	Adam Wainwright	STL	77	Justin Duchscherer	OAK
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