Early Rankings

By Adam Lewis

It’s getting to be that time again, the winter meetings are over and the hot stove is running at full throttle. Some leagues are requiring your keepers to be set and your buddy wants to trade you Troy Glaus and a draft pick for Albert Pujols. To make this decision a little easier for you, some Cafe members decided to get together and share their thoughts on where they are ranking players at this point. Rankings are going to change as Spring Training gets closer and trades are made. However, for those of you who need to set those keepers now or get your buddy to stop bothering you about a trade, here are some rankings to help you out. Each position has been ranked and any player who was not ranked by a member was given the last number assigned. We hope this will help some of you, and enjoy!

Catchers	Avg Rank	c	Su	D	P	l	M	Ba	sw	bu	g
Joe Mauer	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Victor Martinez	2.4	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
Brian McCann	2.7	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	2
Jorge Posada	5.9	6	4	9	5	5	6	7	7	5	5
Ramon Hernandez	6.0	4	5	5	6	4	7	8	6	3	12
Kenji Johjima	7.2	9	7	7	7	6	10	6	5	7	8
Ivan Rodriguez	7.6	8	8	12	4	8	11	4	11	6	4
Russell Martin	9.0	11	6	8	10	15	8	5	10	8	9
Paul LoDuca	9.1	5	10	4	8	10	15	11	8	10	10
Michael Barrett	9.6	7	16	6	12	7	4	14	4	13	13
Mike Piazza	11.7	13	9	11	13	18	5	18	12	11	7
AJ Pierzynski	11.8	14	13	14	9	9	14	10	9	12	14
Jason Varitek	12.2	10	14	13	18	16	12	9	15	9	6
Jason Kendall	14.1	18	11	15	11	14	18	12	17	14	11
Johnny Estrada	15.2	17	15	18	14	11	17	13	13	17	17
Miguel Olivo	16.2	12	18	10	16	17	18	17	18	18	18
David Ross	16.2	16	17	18	17	13	9	18	18	18	18
Bengie Molina	16.2	18	18	18	15	18	13	15	14	18	15
Chris Iannetta	17.2	18	18	16	18	18	18	16	18	16	16
Ronny Paulino	17.4	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	16	15	18

First Basemen	Avg Rank	c	S u	D	P	l	M	B a	s w	b u	g
Albert Pujols	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Ryan Howard	2.3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3
David Ortiz	3.1	2	4	4		4	4	2	3	3	2
Lance Berkman	4.3	4	3	5	4	3	5	5	4	5	5
Travis Hafner	4.5		5	3		5	3	6	6	4	4
Derrek Lee	6.6	6	6	6	5		6	9	8	6	7
Mark Teixeira	6.7	5	9	10	3	6	9	4	7	8	6
Justin Morneau	7.1	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	5	7	8
Paul Konerko	8.2	8	8	7	6	9	8	8	10	9	9
Carlos Delgado	10.2	9	12	9	8	11	11	10	11	10	11
Jim Thome	11.3		10	16		7	10	14	9	14	10
Jason Giambi	12.4	10	14	13		13	12	15	12	11	12
Prince Fielder	14.2	15	18	12	12	12	13	17	17	13	13
Adam LaRoche	14.7	13	11	11	11	18	14	18	16	17	18
Todd Helton	14.9	17	18	18	10	10	16	16	14	12	18
Nick Swisher	15.2	12	13	14	18	14	18	13	18	18	14
Richie Sexson	15.4	18	18	15	9	17	18	11	15	16	17
Nick Johnson	16.2	18	18	17	13	15	18	12	18	15	18
Lyle Overbay	16.5	14	18	18	14	18	18	18	13	18	16
Nomar Garciaparra	17.0	18	16	18	16	18	15	18	18	18	15
Adrian Gonzalez	17.4	16	17	18	15	18	18	18	18	18	18
Frank Thomas	17.7	18	18	18	18	16	17	18	18	18	18

Note that Hafner, Thome, and Thomas may not have eligibility at 1B depending on your league settings.

Second Basemen	Avg Rank	c	S u	D	P	l	M	B a	s w	b u	g
Chase Utley	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Robinson Cano	3.3	3	4	4	2	3	2	4	2	6	3
Brian Roberts	4.8	7	6	3	4	8	8	3	4	3	2
Dan Uggla	5.5	6	2	7	11	2	4	6	3	5	9
Rickie Weeks	6.4	4	7	5		10	7	5	8	4	8
Ray Durham	7.2	8	3	12	3	7	5	10	5	7	12
Jeff Kent	7.5	5	17	6	5	4	3	15	11	2	7
Tadahito Iguchi	9.6	9	8	17	10	5	11	8	7	8	13
Chone Figgins	10.9	2	5	2	18	18	9	2	17	18	18
Ian Kinsler	11.1	16	14	8	6	14	6	17	6	9	15
Josh Barfield	12.4	18	13	10	8	16	12	7	16	10	14
Brandon Phillips	12.6	14	10	15	14	15	16	11	9	18	4
Marcus Giles	13.0	13	11	14	18	17	13	13	12	13	6
Freddy Sanchez	14.4	12	18	11	18	18	18	9	10	12	18
Howie Kendrick	14.6	18	18	9	17	18	14	18	13	11	10
Luis Castillo	14.7	18	9	16	9	18	18	12	18	18	11
Jorge Cantu	14.8	10	18	13	18	12	17		15	14	16
Jose Lopez	15.3	18	12	18	12	6	18	18	18	15	18
Orlando Hudson	15.4	18	16	18	7	13	18	14	14	18	18
Placido Polanco	17.5	15	18	18	16	18	18	18	18	18	18

Note that Figgins may not have eligibility at 2B depending on your league settings.

Third Basemen	Avg Rank	c	S u	D	P	l	M	B a	s w	b u	g
Alex Rodriguez	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Miguel Cabrera	2.5	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	3	2
David Wright	2.5	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3
Aramis Ramirez	4.4	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4
Garrett Atkins	4.6	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	5	5
Troy Glaus	7.9	9	6	7	6	8	7	6	8	10	12
Ryan Zimmerman	8.2	8	7	6	8	7	10	7	9	12	8
Scott Rolen	8.9	11	9	8	7	9	6	8	7	14	10
Chipper Jones	10.4	7	18	12	18	6	8	14	6	9	6
Eric Chavez	11.1	12	12	11	10	10	9	13	10	13	11
Joe Crede	12.2	13	8	10	14	13	11	18	11	6	18
Chone Figgins	13.5	6	16	18	18	18	18	9	18	7	7
Chad Tracy	14.0	10	11	9	17	14	18	11	18	18	14
Hank Blalock	14.7	18	10	14	18	11	18	15	16	11	16
Adrian Beltre	14.8	14	15	18	13	15	17	10	15	18	13
Mike Lowell	16.0	18	13	18	9	18	18	18	12	18	18
Edwin Encarnacion	16.0	18	18	16	12	18	12	18	14	16	18
Melvin Mora	16.1	15	18	15	16	17	18	12	18	15	17
Mark Teahen	16.1	17	18	13	11	18	18	16	17	18	15
Brandon Inge	17.0	18	18	17	15	18	13	17	18	18	18

Shortstops	Avg Rank	c	S u	D	P	l	M	B a	s w	b u	g
Jose Reyes	1.1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Miguel Tejada	2.8	2	5	2	2	1	3	4	3	2	4
Derek Jeter	3.1	3	3	7	4	3	2	2	2	3	2
Jimmy Rollins	3.7	4	2	3	5	5	4	3	4	4	3
Michael Young	5.4	5	7	5	3	4	5	6	6	5	8
Hanley Ramirez	6.5	7	4	4	10	7	8	5	7	7	6
Rafael Furcal	6.7	8	6	8	6	6	7	7	8	6	5
Carlos Guillen	8.3	10	8	10	7	8	6	8	5	12	9
Bill Hall	10.6	9	9	15	8	18	9	11	9	8	10
Edgar Renteria	11.0	11	12	16	9	12	10	9	10	9	12
Felipe Lopez	11.5	12	10	9	12	18	15	10	12	10	7
Orlando Cabrera	11.7	13	11	11	11	9	12	14	11	11	14
Julio Lugo	14.4	16	17	13	18	18	11	12	15	13	11
Stephen Drew	15.0	18	13	14	15	11	18	16	13	16	16
Jhonny Peralta	15.9	18	18	18	18	10	13	13	18	15	18
Omar Vizquel	16.1	18	18	18	18	13	18	15	16	14	13
Bobby Crosby	16.6	14	18	12	17	15	18	18	18	18	18
Freddy Sanchez	17.0	15	16	17	18	18	18	18	14	18	18
Khalil Greene	17.2	18	18	18	16	16	16	17	17	18	18

Outfielders	Avg Rank	c	S u	D	P	l	M	B a	s w	b u	g
Alfonso Soriano	1.7	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	3	2	2
Carlos Beltran	2.9	2	5	3	6	2	1	1	1	3	5
Vladimir Guerrero	3.6	4	4	6	4	5	3	4	2	1	3
Carl Crawford	5.2	6	3	2	8	10	4	5	9	4	1
Lance Berkman	5.6	5	2	7				7		7
Manny Ramirez	6.3	3	7	10	1	4	5	8	4	14	7
Jason Bay	7.9	7	8	4	13	8	6	9	7	9	8
Matt Holliday	7.9	10	6	12	3	6	8	3	6	19	6
Carlos Lee	8.3	8	10	5	7	15	9	10	5	10	4
Grady Sizemore	9.1	12	9	8	10	9	11	6	8	8	10
Vernon Wells	9.7	9	11	11	11	3	7	13	10	13	9
Andruw Jones	11.1	13	12	9	15	7	14	11	11	6	13
Ichiro Suzuki	11.9	11	13	13	9	11	15	16	15	5	11
Jermaine Dye	13.7	16	19	19	5	12	10	14	12	11	19
Bobby Abreu	14.7	15	20	16	12	22	12	12	14	12	12
Johnny Damon	16.3	18	17	17	16	14	17	17	13	16	18
Adam Dunn	20.3	22	24	21	30	13	19	15	20	15	24
Hideki Matsui	21.8	14	22	15	40	16	13	20	24	40	14
Alex Rios	22.1	17	14	14	28	24	16	23	30	22	33
Nick Swisher	22.3	21	15	18	27	26	24	26	16	24	26
Raul Ibanez	23.5	27	34	32	14	18	22	27	17	23	21
Torii Hunter	24.6	25	30	35	20	21	23	21	19	32	20
Magglio Ordonez	24.8	26	39	22	22	17	20	35	18	27	22
Juan Pierre	27.2	28	26	23	19	40	40	25	27	28	16
Chone Figgins	27.7	20	27	36	21	40	40	18	40	18	17
Gary Sheffield	28.1	19	18	20	40	40	40	22	21	21	40
Michael Cuddyer	28.1	31	25	40	18	40	40	24	23	17	23
Jeff Francoeur	29.0	23	31	34	37	32	18	19	38	30	28
JD Drew	31.0	24	33	33	31	19	32	33	28	37	40
Pat Burrell	32.8	30	37	31	40	23	40	30	36	26	35
Rocco Baldelli	32.8	39	40	26	40	29	21	29	25	40	39
Mike Cameron	33.3	40	29	40	23	35	34	38	40	25	29
Brad Hawpe	33.8	40	32	28	35	28	25	32	40	38	40
Delmon Young	34.1	35	23	25	40	36	40	28	34	40	40
Gary Matthews Jr	34.1	36	40	40	17	25	40	40	29	36	38
Juan Rivera	34.2	33	40	24	32	40	40	40	22	31	40
Barry Bonds	34.2	37	38	40	40	34	40	40	26	20	27
Corey Patterson	34.4	40	40	27	24	30	27	39	37	40	40
Eric Byrnes	35.7	40	28	40	25	40	40	36	32	40	36
Dave Roberts	37.1	40	35	40	26	40	40	40	40	40	30
Coco Crisp	37.3	29	40	30	40	40	40	34	40	40	40
Craig Monroe	37.9	40	40	40	39	33	30	37	40	40	40
Jim Edmonds	38.2	40	40	37	40	40	40	40	40	40	25

Starting Pitchers	Avg Rank	c	S u	D	P	l	M	B a	s w	b u	g
Johan Santana	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Chris Carpenter	2.7	2	2	5	2	2	2	5	2	3	2
Roy Oswalt	4.1	3	3	2	5	4	5	7	3	6	3
Roy Halladay	5.4	5	8	3	6	3	3	9	10	2	5
Brandon Webb	6.3	6	6	4	8	6	4	14	4	4	7
Jake Peavy	7.4	7	5	8	11	5	6	2	13	11	6
John Smoltz	8.7	10	9	11	3	11	9	11	6	9	8
Carlos Zambrano	9.2	4	4	6	13	7	12	6	31	5	4
C.C. Sabathia	11.5	11	7	16	10	16	8	15	7	15	10
John Lackey	13.2	9	10	15	15	9	10	20	16	12	16
Ben Sheets	14.5	32	18	10	7	8	7	4	8	40	11
Scott Kazmir	14.7	8	13	7	17	10	25	18	15	25	9
Jason Schmidt	17.9	12	14	12	28	24	18	13	27	8	23
Jered Weaver	19.9	29	28	9	27	19	22	8	19	20	18
Justin Verlander	20.3	13	27	14	18	13	14	40	40	10	14
Dan Haren	21.6	25	19	21	25	15	13	17	17	24	40
Jeremy Bonderman	22.8	19	15	19	16	17	27	26	14	35	40
Mike Mussina	23.5	26	29	23	9	40	11	39	11	27	20
Chris Young	23.5	28	11	24	30	20	20	10	37	40	15
Aaron Harang	24.1	34	12	40	14	21	29	24	12	29	26
Cole Hamels	24.9	16	26	18	31	28	28	21	29	39	13
Matt Cain	25.0	17	21	17	32	36	23	23	32	32	17
Rich Harden	25.1	27	17	22	40	26	15	12	40	40	12
Dontrelle Willis	25.3	21	25	40	21	14	17	28	40	16	31
Felix Hernandez	25.5	22	38	20	19	23	31	16	30	19	37
Barry Zito	25.9	14	23	13	40	27	21	36	40	13	32
Curt Schilling	26.6	40	20	29	12	33	39	38	9	22	24
Bronson Arroyo	26.7	20	30	26	22	40	19	19	24	40	27
Brett Myers	27.0	33	16	36	20	22	24	30	26	23	40
Chris Capuano	29.8	39	31	31	24	31	16	40	20	26	40
Pedro Martinez	30.9	40	40	40	40	12	40	25	18	14	40
Erik Bedard	31.5	31	32	34	26	29	40	34	25	28	36
Randy Johnson	32.6	24	40	25	40	40	40	35	34	18	30
AJ Burnett	32.7	40	34	30	37	30	40	40	21	33	22
Kelvim Escobar	33.4	40	37	38	40	25	40	27	22	40	25
Chien-Ming Wang	34.8	40	40	40	36	32	40	40	40	7	33
John Patterson	34.9	40	40	28	40	34	34	31	33	40	29
Dave Bush	35.0	40	24	40	23	40	40	40	23	40	40
Ervin Santana	35.2	38	40	32	40	18	40	40	40	30	34
Andy Pettitte	35.3	40	33	37	39	40	40	29	40	34	21
Josh Beckett	35.6	40	36	40	40	35	26	40	40	21	38
Derek Lowe	36.6	40	40	40	40	40	30	33	28	40	35
Scott Olsen	37.5	40	35	27	34	40	40	40	40	40	39
Jose Contreras	37.8	30	40	35	40	39	35	40	39	40	40
Josh Johnson	37.8	40	40	39	33	40	32	40	38	36	40
Kevin Millwood	38.5	40	40	40	35	40	40	37	36	37	40
Javier Vazquez	39.0	40	40	40	38	37	40	40	35	40	40

Relief Pitchers	Avg Rank	c	S u	D	P	l	M	B a	s w	b u	g
Joe Nathan	1.9	1	3	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	1
Francisco Rodriguez	2.1	2	1	1	1	1	1	6	5	1	2
BJ Ryan	3.8	5	2	7	4	2	4	3	4	3	4
Mariano Rivera	5.3	4	7	3	10	3	3	4	10	6	3
Billy Wagner	5.4	3	6	4	7	6	5	5	8	4	6
Huston Street	7.9	7	9	5	12	7	6	8	7	7	11
Trevor Hoffman	8.5	6	8	8	15	5	7	7	9	8	12
Takashi Saito	9.4	10	5	9	5	13	19	2	6	20	5
JJ Putz	10.2	20	4	13	3	11	11	9	3	20	8
Chad Cordero	12.4	8	14	16	16	15	17	10	12	9	7
Bobby Jenks	12.7	11	10	10	20	12	8	20	15	5	16
Chris Ray	13.0	9	15	6	20	9	13	11	19	15	13
Tom Gordon	13.9	13	20	17	20	8	9	12	17	13	10
Francisco Cordero	16.5	15	19	11	17	20	20	16	14	18	15
Brad Lidge	16.7	17	20	15	20	10	16	19	20	11	19
Brian Fuentes	16.8	14	13	19	20	20	18	20	16	14	14
Akinori Otsuka	16.9	12	20	20	20	20	20	14	11	12	20
Todd Jones	17.0	16	20	16	20	16	12	13	20	17	20
Mike Gonzalez	17.8	20	11	14	20	18	20	20	18	20	17
Bob Wickman	17.9	18	20	20	20	19	15	18	13	16	20
Jason Isringhausen	18.1	20	20	12	20	14	20	17	20	20	18

c = chadlincoln
Su = Suppasonic
D = Deerayfan072
P = Prhood
l = Laxguy8947
M = Mugrila
Ba = Bandit
sw = swyck
bu = buccofan
g = greenandgold

Special thanks to chadlincoln, Suppasonic, Deerayfan072, Prhood, Laxguy8947, Mugrila, Bandit, swyck, buccofan, and greenandGold for ranking the players.

Adam is a law student trying to be a sports agent. He is always around the Cafe looking to talk about anything, especially the Devil Rays, and posts under the name of deerayfan072.

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