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2008 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

David Gonos
Senior Fantasy Writer
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These are our initial rankings for the 2008 Fantasy Baseball season. These rankings are based off of Rotisserie play, for the most part, but can still be quite useful for Head-to-Head owners as well.

Position eligibility is determined by 20 games played last season. You'll notice that there aren't as many dual-eligible Fantasy studs as in previous years, which makes players like Carlos Guillen and B.J. Upton a little more valuable this year. That's mainly because they are big hitters with middle-infield eligibility.

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

While I plan on keeping these rankings current through the spring, they are by no means instantly automated, so a free agents signing could affect an entire group. Feel free to shoot me a note if there is a mistake -- or you just plain disagree. All emails are read -- but not necessarily answered because of sheer volume. Send your comments and suggestions to me by clicking on my Columnist page and sending a note through the feedback form.

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