2009 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

Sep. 29, 2008
By Eric Mack
Senior Fantasy Writer
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In preparation for our Early 2009 Mock Draft, we have outlined an initial Top 300. Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes sit at the top, but in non-Rotisserie leagues you certainly should pick some bigger sluggers. Albert Pujols could have been No. 1, but the possibility of elbow surgery that could knock him out the first month of next season looms.

Initial Rankings by Position for 2009: C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | DH | SP | RP

Initial Top 300 Rankings for 2009
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Hanley Ramirez	FLA	101	Bobby Abreu	NYY	201	Shin-Soo Choo	CLE
2	Jose B. Reyes	NYM	102	Ben Sheets	MIL	202	Chris R. Young	SD
3	Albert Pujols	STL	103	Josh Johnson	FLA	203	Brian Giles	SD
4	Chase Utley	PHI	104	Brett Myers	PHI	204	Adrian Beltre	SEA
5	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	105	Joakim Soria	KC	205	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW
6	David Wright	NYM	106	Brandon Morrow	SEA	206	Ramon Hernandez	BAL
7	Matt Holliday	COL	107	B.J. Ryan	TOR	207	Paul Konerko	CHW
8	Grady Sizemore	CLE	108	David Price	TB	208	Todd Helton	COL
9	Josh Hamilton	TEX	109	Yovani Gallardo	MIL	209	Edgar Renteria	DET
10	Miguel Cabrera	DET	110	Aaron Harang	CIN	210	Rafael Furcal	LAD
11	Ryan Howard	PHI	111	Jermaine Dye	CHW	211	Jeff Francis	COL
12	Mark Teixeira	LAA	112	Johnny Damon	NYY	212	Brad Penny	LAD
13	Johan Santana	NYM	113	Shane Victorino	PHI	213	Randy Johnson	ARI
14	C.C. Sabathia	MIL	114	Hunter Pence	HOU	214	Oliver Perez	NYM
15	Tim Lincecum	SF	115	Corey Hart	MIL	215	Mike Cameron	MIL
16	Ryan J. Braun	MIL	116	Ricky Nolasco	FLA	216	Cameron Maybin	FLA
17	Carlos Quentin	CHW	117	Max Scherzer	ARI	217	Gil Meche	KC
18	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	118	Erik Bedard	SEA	218	Clayton Kershaw	LAD
19	Lance Berkman	HOU	119	Jose Valverde	HOU	219	Orlando Hudson	ARI
20	Justin Morneau	MIN	120	Francisco Cordero	CIN	220	Melvin Mora	BAL
21	Prince Fielder	MIL	121	J.J. Putz	SEA	221	Howie Kendrick	LAA
22	Evan Longoria	TB	122	Jonathan Broxton	LAD	222	Yadier Molina	STL
23	Manny Ramirez	LAD	123	Pat Burrell	PHI	223	Aaron Cook	COL
24	Carlos Beltran	NYM	124	Jay Bruce	CIN	224	Chris Snyder	ARI
25	Ian Kinsler	TEX	125	Torii Hunter	LAA	225	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX
26	Francisco Rodriguez	LAA	126	Brad Hawpe	COL	226	Jeff Francoeur	ATL
27	Brandon Webb	ARI	127	Raul Ibanez	SEA	227	Michael Cuddyer	MIN
28	Roy Halladay	TOR	128	Carlos Pena	TB	228	Jim Thome	CHW
29	Jake Peavy	SD	129	Chris Davis	TEX	229	Jeff Kent	LAD
30	David Ortiz	BOS	130	Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	230	Ian Stewart	COL
31	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	131	Rick Ankiel	STL	231	Travis Hafner	CLE
32	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	132	Andre Ethier	LAD	232	Rocco Baldelli	TB
33	Jason Bay	BOS	133	Chris B. Young	ARI	233	Dioner Navarro	TB
34	Carlos N. Lee	HOU	134	James Loney	LAD	234	Jesus Flores	WAS
35	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA	135	Jhonny Peralta	CLE	235	Kurt Suzuki	OAK
36	Alfonso Soriano	CHC	136	Michael Young	TEX	236	Ivan Rodriguez	NYY
37	Jonathan Papelbon	BOS	137	Conor Jackson	ARI	237	Freddy Sanchez	PIT
38	Mariano Rivera	NYY	138	Mark DeRosa	CHC	238	Bronson Arroyo	CIN
39	Brian McCann	ATL	139	Jorge Cantu	FLA	239	Mark Buehrle	CHW
40	Brian Roberts	BAL	140	Troy Glaus	STL	240	Jeremy Bonderman	DET
41	Aramis Ramirez	CHC	141	Mike Mussina	NYY	241	Mike Napoli	LAA
42	Nick Markakis	BAL	142	Javier Vazquez	CHW	242	Jason Varitek	BOS
43	Dan Haren	ARI	143	Zack Greinke	KC	243	Chris Volstad	FLA
44	Cole Hamels	PHI	144	Matt Cain	SF	244	Justin Duchscherer	OAK
45	Russell Martin	LAD	145	Fausto Carmona	CLE	245	Randy Winn	SF
46	Geovany Soto	CHC	146	Bengie Molina	SF	246	Brian Wilson	SF
47	Magglio Ordonez	DET	147	Ryan Doumit	PIT	247	Chad Qualls	ARI
48	Roy Oswalt	HOU	148	Chris Iannetta	COL	248	Chris Ray	BAL
49	Cliff Lee	CLE	149	Kelly Shoppach	CLE	249	Trevor Hoffman	SD
50	John Lackey	LAA	150	Joey Votto	CIN	250	Kevin Gregg	FLA
51	Josh Beckett	BOS	151	Ted Lilly	CHC	251	Taylor Teagarden	TEX
52	Ervin Santana	LAA	152	Derek Lowe	LAD	252	Gerald Laird	TEX
53	Joe Nathan	MIN	153	Matt Garza	TB	253	Scot Shields	LAA
54	Brandon Phillips	CIN	154	Joe Saunders	LAA	254	Hank Blalock	TEX
55	Aubrey Huff	BAL	155	Mike Pelfrey	NYM	255	Jeff Clement	SEA
56	Adrian Gonzalez	SD	156	Jon Garland	LAA	256	Scott Baker	MIN
57	Joe Mauer	MIN	157	Brian Fuentes	COL	257	Troy Percival	TB
58	Dan Uggla	FLA	158	Mike Gonzalez	ATL	258	Armando Galarraga	DET
59	Alexei Ramirez	CHW	159	Gavin Floyd	CHW	259	Kevin Slowey	MIN
60	Nate McLouth	PIT	160	John Danks	CHW	260	Andy Sonnanstine	TB
61	Chipper Jones	ATL	161	Jair Jurrjens	ATL	261	Pedro Martinez	NYM
62	Curtis Granderson	DET	162	Milton Bradley	TEX	262	Jose Guillen	KC
63	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	163	J.D. Drew	BOS	263	Paul Maholm	PIT
64	A.J. Burnett	TOR	164	Delmon Young	MIN	264	Aaron Rowand	SF
65	Edinson Volquez	CIN	165	Xavier Nady	NYY	265	Jeremy Hermida	FLA
66	Daisuke Matsuzaka	BOS	166	Hideki Matsui	NYY	266	Ken Griffey	CHW
67	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	167	Jose Lopez	SEA	267	Dontrelle Willis	DET
68	Scott Kazmir	TB	168	Jorge Posada	NYY	268	Joey Devine	OAK
69	Adam Dunn	ARI	169	Mark Reynolds	ARI	269	Matt Capps	PIT
70	Ryan Ludwick	STL	170	Edwin Encarnacion	CIN	270	Kyle Lohse	STL
71	B.J. Upton	TB	171	Mike Lowell	BOS	271	Wandy Rodriguez	HOU
72	Carl Crawford	TB	172	Carlos Guillen	DET	272	Casey Blake	LAD
73	Derrek Lee	CHC	173	Alex Gordon	KC	273	Gary Sheffield	DET
74	Carlos Delgado	NYM	174	Chone Figgins	LAA	274	Carlos Gomez	MIN
75	Garrett Atkins	COL	175	Jayson Werth	PHI	275	Denard Span	MIN
76	Victor Martinez	CLE	176	Willy Taveras	COL	276	Luke Scott	BAL
77	Stephen Drew	ARI	177	Miguel Tejada	HOU	277	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SD
78	Chad Billingsley	LAD	178	Andy Pettitte	NYY	278	Elijah Dukes	WAS
79	Jon Lester	BOS	179	Phil Hughes	NYY	279	Ryan Church	NYM
80	Ryan Dempster	CHC	180	Ubaldo Jimenez	COL	280	Adam Lind	TOR
81	James Shields	TB	181	John Maine	NYM	281	Salomon Torres	MIL
82	Francisco Liriano	MIN	182	Johnny Cueto	CIN	282	Chris Perez	STL
83	Felix Hernandez	SEA	183	Huston Street	OAK	283	Randy Wolf	HOU
84	Derek Jeter	NYY	184	Brad Ziegler	OAK	284	Cody Ross	OF
85	Troy Tulowitzki	COL	185	Jose Arredondo	LAA	285	Todd Wellemeyer	STL
86	Alex Rios	TOR	186	Lastings Milledge	WAS	286	Anthony Reyes	CLE
87	Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS	187	Juan Pierre	LAD	287	Glen Perkins	MIN
88	Chien-Ming Wang	NYY	188	Eric Byrnes	ARI	288	Frank Francisco	TEX
89	Justin Verlander	DET	189	Nick Swisher	CHW	289	Jesse Litsch	TOR
90	Adam Wainwright	STL	190	Mike Jacobs	FLA	290	John Smoltz	ATL
91	Joba Chamberlain	NYY	191	Jason Giambi	NYY	291	Jamie Moyer	PHI
92	Rich Harden	CHC	192	Kelly Johnson	ATL	292	Vicente Padilla	TEX
93	Jered Weaver	LAA	193	Placido Polanco	DET	293	Scott Olsen	FLA
94	Bobby Jenks	CHW	194	Rickie Weeks	MIL	294	Jack Cust	OAK
95	Brad Lidge	PHI	195	Yunel Escobar	ATL	295	Michael Bourn	HOU
96	Kerry Wood	CHC	196	Orlando Cabrera	CHW	296	Fred Lewis	SF
97	Robinson Cano	NYY	197	Mike Aviles	KC	297	Pablo Sandoval	SF
98	J.J. Hardy	MIL	198	Ty Wigginton	HOU	298	Casey Kotchman	ATL
99	Matt Kemp	LAD	199	Josh Willingham	FLA	299	Adam A. LaRoche	PIT
100	Vernon Wells	TOR	200	Jason Kubel	MIN	300	Billy Butler	KC

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suck_it33

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Since:Feb 1, 2008

November 25, 2008 8:06 pm

Score: 82

chase utley number 4???

I really like how chase is considered to be the number 4 fantasy player considering the guy is going to be out until sometime in june at the earliest..there's no way i would draft somebody in the first round that was injured going into the season...even when he comes back he won't be at top for because he'll miss out on all those spring training at bats.

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