Early 2008 Fantasy Baseball player rankings

Nov. 13, 2007
By Eric Mack
Senior Fantasy Writer
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We have outlined preliminary position-by-position rankings for next season. Feel free to argue, discuss and generally rip our opinions -- and absolutely grill us if we left someone out or overlooked some intriguing sleepers.

Top 40 catchers
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Victor Martinez	CLE	21	Miguel Olivo	FLA
2	Russell Martin	LAD	22	Kurt Suzuki	OAK
3	Joe Mauer	MIN	23	David Ross	CIN
4	Brian McCann	ATL	24	Gregg Zaun	TOR
5	Jorge Posada	NYY	25	Geovany Soto	CHC
6	Bengie Molina	SF	26	Yorvit Torrealba	FA
7	Kenji Johjima	SEA	27	Josh Bard	SD
8	Jason Varitek	BOS	28	Ryan Doumit	PIT
9	Ivan Rodriguez	DET	29	Miguel Montero	ARI
10	Ramon Hernandez	BAL	30	Jason Kendall	FA
11	Paul Lo Duca	FA	31	Yadier Molina	STL
12	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX	32	J.R. Towles	HOU
13	Johnny Estrada	MIL	33	Gerald Laird	TEX
14	Chris Snyder	ARI	34	Brian Schneider	WAS
15	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW	35	Jeff Mathis	LAA
16	Carlos Ruiz	PHI	36	Javier Valentin	CIN
17	John Buck	KC	37	Dioner Navarro	TB
18	Ronny Paulino	PIT	38	Rod Barajas	PHI
19	Michael Barrett	FA	39	Kelly Shoppach	CLE
20	Mike Napoli	LAA	40	Ramon A. Castro	FA
Top 40 First Basemen
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Albert Pujols	STL	21	Ryan Garko	CLE
2	Ryan Howard	PHI	22	Mike Jacobs	FLA
3	Prince Fielder	MIL	23	Nick Johnson	WAS
4	Mark Teixeira	ATL	24	Adam A. LaRoche	PIT
5	Lance Berkman	HOU	25	Casey Kotchman	LAA
6	Justin Morneau	MIN	26	Joey Votto	CIN
7	Victor Martinez	CLE	27	Aubrey Huff	BAL
8	Derrek Lee	CHC	28	Daric Barton	OAK
9	Carlos Pena	TB	29	Dmitri Young	WAS
10	Adrian Gonzalez	SD	30	Lyle Overbay	TOR
11	Paul Konerko	CHW	31	Conor Jackson	ARI
12	Nick Swisher	OAK	32	Nomar Garciaparra	LAD
13	Carlos Guillen	DET	33	Dan Johnson	OAK
14	James Loney	LAD	34	Kevin Millar	BAL
15	Todd Helton	COL	35	Ross Gload	KC
16	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	36	Matt Stairs	TOR
17	Alex Gordon	KC	37	Scott Hatteberg	CIN
18	Carlos Delgado	NYM	38	Marcus Thames	DET
19	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX	39	Sean Casey	FA
20	Richie Sexson	SEA	40	Mike Lamb	FA
Top 40 second basemen
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Chase Utley	PHI	21	Felipe Lopez	WAS
2	Brandon Phillips	CIN	22	Mark DeRosa	CHC
3	B.J. Upton	TB	23	Brendan Harris	TB
4	Robinson Cano	NYY	24	Matthew Antonelli	SD
5	Brian Roberts	BAL	25	Luis Castillo	FA
6	Dan Uggla	FLA	26	Ryan Theriot	CHC
7	Ian Kinsler	TEX	27	Asdrubal Cabrera	CLE
8	Rickie Weeks	MIL	28	Yunel Escobar	ATL
9	Kelly Johnson	ATL	29	Kaz Matsui	COL
10	Howie Kendrick	LAA	30	Ray Durham	SF
11	Jeff Kent	LAD	31	Danny Richar	CHW
12	Placido Polanco	DET	32	Chris Burke	HOU
13	Orlando Hudson	ARI	33	Alexi Casilla	MIN
14	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	34	Josh Barfield	CLE
15	Aaron Hill	TOR	35	Erick Aybar	LAA
16	Mark Ellis	OAK	36	Mark Grudzielanek	KC
17	Tadahito Iguchi	FA	37	Ronnie Belliard	WAS
18	Freddy Sanchez	PIT	38	Marcus Giles	FA
19	Ty Wigginton	HOU	39	Mark Loretta	FA
20	Jose Lopez	SEA	40	Kevin Frandsen	SF
Top 40 shortstops
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Jose Reyes	NYM	21	Ryan Theriot	CHC
2	Hanley Ramirez	FLA	22	Yunel Escobar	ATL
3	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	23	Yuniesky Betancourt	SEA
4	Derek Jeter	NYY	24	Juan Uribe	CHW
5	Troy Tulowitzki	COL	25	David Eckstein	FA
6	Miguel Tejada	BAL	26	Jack Wilson	PIT
7	Michael Young	TEX	27	Alex Gonzalez	CIN
8	Carlos Guillen	DET	28	Cristian Guzman	WAS
9	Orlando Cabrera	LAA	29	Adam Everett	HOU
10	Khalil Greene	SD	30	Tony Pena	KC
11	Jhonny Peralta	CLE	31	Jeff Keppinger	CIN
12	Rafael Furcal	LAD	32	Omar Vizquel	SF
13	Edgar Renteria	DET	33	Aaron Miles	STL
14	J.J. Hardy	MIL	34	Reid Brignac	TB
15	Bobby Crosby	OAK	35	Mark Loretta	FA
16	Stephen Drew	ARI	36	Marco Scutaro	OAK
17	Julio Lugo	BOS	37	Josh Wilson	TB
18	Jason Bartlett	MIN	38	Donnie Murphy	OAK
19	Felipe Lopez	WAS	39	Nick Punto	MIN
20	Brendan Harris	TB	40	Brendan Ryan	STL
Top 40 third basemen
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Alex Rodriguez	FA	21	Ty Wigginton	HOU
2	David Wright	NYM	22	Casey Blake	CLE
3	Miguel Cabrera	FLA	23	Chad Tracy	ARI
4	Ryan Braun	MIL	24	Melvin Mora	BAL
5	Aramis Ramirez	CHC	25	Scott Rolen	STL
6	Chipper Jones	ATL	26	Evan Longoria	TB
7	Garrett Atkins	COL	27	Jose Bautista	PIT
8	Mike Lowell	FA	28	Joe Crede	CHW
9	Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	29	Mark DeRosa	CHC
10	Chone Figgins	LAA	30	Akinori Iwamura	TB
11	Adrian Beltre	SEA	31	Nomar Garciaparra	LAD
12	Hank Blalock	TEX	32	Brandon Inge	DET
13	Troy Glaus	TOR	33	Pedro Feliz	FA
14	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	34	Andy LaRoche	LAD
15	Alex Gordon	KC	35	Yunel Escobar	ATL
16	Josh Fields	CHW	36	Morgan Ensberg	SD
17	Eric Chavez	OAK	37	Mike Lamb	FA
18	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SD	38	Maicer Izturis	LAA
19	Edwin Encarnacion	CIN	39	Ian Stewart	COL
20	Mark Reynolds	ARI	40	Mark Loretta	FA
Top 12 DH-onlys
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	David Ortiz	BOS	7	Mike Piazza	FA
2	Travis Hafner	CLE	8	Sammy Sosa	FA
3	Jim Thome	CHW	9	Jose Vidro	SEA
4	Frank Thomas	TOR	10	Mike Sweeney	FA
5	Jason Giambi	NYY	11	Shelley Duncan	NYY
6	Billy Butler	KC	12	Garrett Jones	MIN
Top 100 outfielders
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Matt Holliday	COL	51	Josh Hamilton	CIN
2	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA	52	Wily Mo Pena	WAS
3	Grady Sizemore	CLE	53	Juan Rivera	LAA
4	Alfonso Soriano	CHC	54	Casey Blake	CLE
5	Magglio Ordonez	DET	55	Mike Cameron	FA
6	Carlos Beltran	NYM	56	Jack Cust	OAK
7	Manny Ramirez	BOS	57	Corey Patterson	FA
8	Carl Crawford	TB	58	Willy Taveras	COL
9	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	59	Rocco Baldelli	TB
10	Carlos Lee	HOU	60	Jose Guillen	FA
11	Lance Berkman	HOU	61	Garret Anderson	LAA
12	Alex Rios	TOR	62	Matt Kemp	LAD
13	Adam Dunn	CIN	63	J.D. Drew	BOS
14	Gary Sheffield	DET	64	Austin Kearns	WAS
15	B.J. Upton	TB	65	Bill Hall	MIL
16	Curtis Granderson	DET	66	Mark Teahen	KC
17	Eric Byrnes	ARI	67	Milton Bradley	FA
18	Chone Figgins	LAA	68	David DeJesus	KC
19	Bobby Abreu	NYY	69	Travis Buck	OAK
20	Hunter Pence	HOU	70	Cameron Maybin	DET
21	Nick Markakis	BAL	71	Carlos Quentin	ARI
22	Torii Hunter	FA	72	Justin Upton	ARI
23	Vernon Wells	TOR	73	Reggie Willits	LAA
24	Hideki Matsui	NYY	74	Coco Crisp	BOS
25	Brad Hawpe	COL	75	Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS
26	Chris Young	ARI	76	Adam Jones	SEA
27	Jermaine Dye	CHW	77	Luke Scott	HOU
28	Andruw Jones	FA	78	Xavier Nady	PIT
29	Aaron Rowand	PHI	79	Marlon Byrd	TEX
30	Juan Pierre	LAD	80	Jose Bautista	PIT
31	Jason Bay	PIT	81	Randy Winn	SF
32	Pat Burrell	PHI	82	Kenny Lofton	FA
33	Nick Swisher	OAK	83	Nate McLouth	PIT
34	Jeff Francoeur	ATL	84	Jason Kubel	MIN
35	Corey Hart	MIL	85	Mark DeRosa	CHC
36	Raul Ibanez	SEA	86	Scott Podsednik	CHW
37	Ken Griffey	CIN	87	Ryan Church	WAS
38	Delmon Young	TB	88	Shannon Stewart	FA
39	Barry Bonds	SF	89	Melky Cabrera	NYY
40	Johnny Damon	NYY	90	Andre Ethier	LAD
41	Jeremy Hermida	FLA	91	Brian Giles	SD
42	Josh Willingham	FLA	92	Matt Stairs	TOR
43	Shane Victorino	PHI	93	Geoff Jenkins	FA
44	Ryan Freel	CIN	94	Luis Gonzalez	FA
45	Gary Matthews	LAA	95	Jacque Jones	DET
46	Chris Duncan	STL	96	Shawn Green	FA
47	Rick Ankiel	STL	97	Lastings Milledge	NYM
48	Michael Cuddyer	MIN	98	Cody Ross	FLA
49	Moises Alou	NYM	99	Jonny Gomes	TB
50	Josh Fields	CHW	100	Dave Roberts	SF
Top 100 starting pitchers
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Johan Santana	MIN	51	Dustin McGowan	TOR
2	Jake Peavy	SD	52	Ted Lilly	CHC
3	Brandon Webb	ARI	53	Shaun Marcum	TOR
4	Josh Beckett	BOS	54	Tom Gorzelanny	PIT
5	C.C. Sabathia	CLE	55	Mark Buehrle	CHW
6	Justin Verlander	DET	56	Ian Snell	PIT
7	Roy Halladay	TOR	57	Bronson Arroyo	CIN
8	Erik Bedard	BAL	58	Gil Meche	KC
9	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	59	Roger Clemens	NYY
10	John Lackey	LAA	60	Zack Greinke	KC
11	Dan Haren	OAK	61	Bartolo Colon	LAA
12	Cole Hamels	PHI	62	Jair Jurrjens	DET
13	Aaron Harang	CIN	63	Ubaldo Jimenez	COL
14	Roy Oswalt	HOU	64	Matt Garza	MIN
15	Felix Hernandez	SEA	65	Jeremy Guthrie	BAL
16	Brad Penny	LAD	66	Chuck James	ATL
17	Fausto Carmona	CLE	67	Kevin Slowey	MIN
18	John Smoltz	ATL	68	Jon Lester	BOS
19	Scott Kazmir	TB	69	Tom Glavine	NYM
20	Kelvim Escobar	LAA	70	Jon Garland	CHW
21	Chien-Ming Wang	NYY	71	Dave Bush	MIL
22	Daisuke Matsuzaka	BOS	72	Brian Bannister	KC
23	Jered Weaver	LAA	73	Tim Wakefield	BOS
24	Ben Sheets	MIL	74	Greg Maddux	SD
25	Javier Vazquez	CHW	75	Miguel Batista	SEA
26	Tim Hudson	ATL	76	Kevin Millwood	TEX
27	A.J. Burnett	TOR	77	Noah Lowry	SF
28	Francisco Liriano	MIN	78	Ian Kennedy	NYY
29	Matt Cain	SF	79	Daniel Cabrera	BAL
30	Andy Pettitte	NYY	80	Jeff Suppan	MIL
31	Pedro Martinez	NYM	81	Jason Marquis	CHC
32	Tim Lincecum	SF	82	Anthony Reyes	STL
33	Chris Young	SD	83	Nate Robertson	DET
34	Yovani Gallardo	MIL	84	Paul Byrd	CLE
35	Jeff Francis	COL	85	Doug Davis	ARI
36	Joe Blanton	OAK	86	Jason Schmidt	LAD
37	Curt Schilling	BOS	87	Adam Loewen	BAL
38	Oliver Perez	NYM	88	Orlando Hernandez	NYM
39	John Maine	NYM	89	Mike Mussina	NYY
40	Barry Zito	SF	90	John Patterson	WAS
41	Jeremy Bonderman	DET	91	Micah Owings	ARI
42	Adam Wainwright	STL	92	Paul Maholm	PIT
43	James Shields	TB	93	Scott Baker	MIN
44	Rich Harden	OAK	94	Homer Bailey	CIN
45	Randy Johnson	ARI	95	Aaron Cook	COL
46	Rich Hill	CHC	96	Wandy Rodriguez	HOU
47	Dontrelle Willis	FLA	97	Braden Looper	STL
48	Chad Billingsley	LAD	98	Jose Contreras	CHW
49	Derek Lowe	LAD	99	Kenny Rogers	DET
50	Phil Hughes	NYY	100	Clay Buchholz	BOS
Top 50 relief pitchers
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Jonathan Papelbon	BOS	26	Brian Wilson	SF
2	Francisco Rodriguez	LAA	27	Matt Capps	PIT
3	J.J. Putz	SEA	28	Akinori Otsuka	TEX
4	Mariano Rivera	NYY	29	Al Reyes	TB
5	Francisco Cordero	FA	30	Jamie Walker	BAL
6	Bobby Jenks	CHW	31	Octavio Dotel	FA
7	Joe Nathan	MIN	32	David Weathers	CIN
8	Jose Valverde	ARI	33	Joel Zumaya	DET
9	Trevor Hoffman	SD	34	Jonathan Broxton	LAD
10	Takashi Saito	LAD	35	Rafael Betancourt	CLE
11	Brett Myers	PHI	36	Carlos Marmol	CHC
12	Billy Wagner	NYM	37	Pat Neshek	MIN
13	Huston Street	OAK	38	Aaron Heilman	NYM
14	Jason Isringhausen	STL	39	Scot Shields	LAA
15	Manuel Corpas	COL	40	Tony Pena	ARI
16	Rafael Soriano	ATL	41	B.J. Ryan	TOR
17	Chad Cordero	WAS	42	Jon Rauch	WAS
18	Joe Borowski	CLE	43	Eddie Guardado	FA
19	Joba Chamberlain	NYY	44	Bob Howry	CHC
20	Brad Lidge	HOU	45	Brad Hennessey	SF
21	Ryan Dempster	CHC	46	Derrick Turnbow	MIL
22	Todd Jones	DET	47	C.J. Wilson	SD
23	Eric Gagne	FA	48	Jeremy Accardo	TOR
24	Joakim Soria	KC	49	Joaquin Benoit	TEX
25	Kevin Gregg	FLA	50	Hideki Okajima	BOS

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