Cafe Positional Rankings: Week 7

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Note: Our rankings do not include any player that was on the DL or in the minors at the time the rankings were submitted.

Catchers

Rank	Player	Prev	Comments
1	Victor Martinez	1
2	Joe Mauer	2	Newfound power stroke is very impressive
3	Brian McCann	3
4	Bengie Molina	5
5	Russell Martin	4	Still homerless, though average is up
6	Mike Napoli	7
7	Brandon Inge	10
8	Geovany Soto	6
9	Pablo Sandoval	9
10	Chris Iannetta	8
11	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	13
12	Yadier Molina	11
13	John Baker	12
14	Kurt Suzuki	NR
15	Ivan Rodriguez	NR

First Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev	Comments
1	Albert Pujols	1
2	Miguel Cabrera	2
3	Ryan Howard	3
4	Mark Teixeira	4	Tex’s power returned with A-Rod: six HRs in last two weeks
5	Adrian Gonzalez	10
6	Justin Morneau	6
7	Prince Fielder	5
8	Carlos Pena	8
9	Lance Berkman	7
10	Adam Dunn	11
11	Jorge Cantu	12
12	Joey Votto	13	Numbers still good, but health has owners scared
13	Chris Davis	15
14	Aubrey Huff	NR
15	Paul Konerko	14

 
Second Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev	Comments
1	Ian Kinsler	1
2	Chase Utley	2
3	Dustin Pedroia	3
4	Brian Roberts	4
5	Brandon Phillips	6
6	Aaron Hill	7
7	Robinson Cano	5
8	Orlando Hudson	11
9	Chone Figgins	9	Last two weeks: eight SBs and .315 average
10	Dan Uggla	8	Always lived with low average, but .200 is low even for him
11	Marco Scutaro	NR
12	Alexei Ramirez	12
13	Jose Lopez	13
14	Ian Stewart	NR
15	Asdrubal Cabrera	NR

Third Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev	Comments
1	Miguel Cabrera	1
2	Evan Longoria	2
3	David Wright	3	14 hits in last 22 ABs, with five steals to boot
4	Alex Rodriguez	4
5	Ryan Zimmerman	8
6	Michael Young	7
7	Chipper Jones	9
8	Jorge Cantu	6
9	Chris Davis	12
10	Aubrey Huff	10
11	Chone Figgins	11
12	Mark Reynolds	13
13	Mike Lowell	14
14	Hank Blalock	NR
15	Garrett Atkins	15	A Rockies hitter with a .194 average?

Shortstops

Rank	Player	Prev	Comments
1	Hanley Ramirez	1
2	Jose Reyes	2
3	Jimmy Rollins	3
4	Michael Young	4
5	Derek Jeter	5
6	Troy Tulowitzki	6
7	J.J. Hardy	7
8	Miguel Tejada	10
9	Jason Bartlett	13	#1 shortstop: .379 average, five HRs, 12 SBs
10	Rafael Furcal	8	No one expected Furcal to have only three steals at this point
11	Jhonny Peralta	9
12	Stephen Drew	NR
13	Asdrubal Cabrera	15
14	Marco Scutoro	12
15	Ryan Theriot	14

Outfielders

Rank	Player	Prev	Comments
1	Ryan Braun	1
2	Grady Sizemore	2	2/23 last week, though did add a HR and SB
3	Carlos Beltran	3
4	Alfonso Soriano	4
5	Carlos Lee	5
6	Nick Markakis	6
7	Carl Crawford	8
8	Jason Bay	10
9	Matt Kemp	9
10	Josh Hamilton	12
11	Curtis Granderson	11
12	B.J. Upton	18
13	Carlos Quentin	7	White Sox should put Quentin and injured foot on DL
14	Ichiro Suzuki	16
15	Jacoby Ellsbury	17
16	Matt Holliday	13
17	Alex Rios	14
18	Raul Ibanez	27	#1 outfielder: 14 HRs and a .347 average
19	Adam Dunn	21
20	Corey Hart	19
21	Nate McLouth	20
22	Shane Victorino	22
23	Adam Jones	26
24	Jay Bruce	28
25	Torii Hunter	32	Five SBs last week puts him on a 30/30 pace
26	Johnny Damon	31
27	Andre Ethier	25
28	Bobby Abreu	23
29	Nelson Cruz	24
30	Jayson Werth	35
31	Hunter Pence	29
32	Jermaine Dye	34
33	Adam Lind	33
34	Magglio Ordonez	30
35	Justin Upton	36
36	Brad Hawpe	38
37	Vernon Wells	37
38	Shin-Soo Choo	NR
39	Jason Kubel	39
40	Juan Pierre	NR

Starting Pitchers

Rank	Player	Prev	Comments
1	Johan Santana	1
2	Tim Lincecum	2
3	Roy Halladay	4
4	CC Sabathia	3
5	Zach Greinke	5
6	Dan Haren	6
7	Chad Billingsley	7
8	Jake Peavy	8
9	Cole Hamels	9
10	Josh Beckett	10
11	Felix Hernandez	12
12	Yovani Gallardo	13
13	James Shields	11
14	Javier Vazquez	16
15	Roy Oswalt	14
16	Cliff Lee	18	Seven straight quality starts, though giving up too many hits
17	Justin Verlander	23
18	Josh Johnson	21
19	Erik Bedard	22
20	Matt Cain	20
21	Scott Kazmir	15	Seven ERs allowed in back-to-back outings, so buy low if brave
22	Jon Lester	19	Great K/BB, but horrible ratios thus far; he’s better than this
23	Ervin Santana	NR
24	Rich Harden	27
25	Joba Chamberlain	28
26	Ted Lilly	30
27	Derek Lowe	31
28	John Danks	17
29	A.J. Burnett	24
30	Johnny Cueto	33
31	Jered Weaver	38	He (and Saunders) held down the fort admirably
32	Edinson Volquez	32
33	John Lackey	NR
34	Adam Wainwright	26
35	Francisco Liriano	25	Must get the walks in check to regain value
36	Wandy Rodriguez	39	Sub 2.00 ERA and 53/16 K/BB should garner more attention
37	Matt Garza	29
38	Aaron Harang	37
39	Kevin Slowey	36
40	Gil Meche	35
41	Clayton Kershaw	42
42	Ricky Nolasco	34
43	Edwin Jackson	45
44	Chris Young	40
45	Ryan Dempster	41
46	Jair Jurrjens	43
47	Scott Baker	NR
48	Randy Wolf	NR
49	Joe Saunders	44
50	Paul Maholm	46

Relievers

Rank	Player	Prev	Comments
1	Jonathan Papelbon	1
2	Joe Nathan	2
3	Francisco Rodriguez	3
4	Jonathan Broxton	4
5	Mariano Rivera	6
6	Heath Bell	5
7	Brad Lidge	7
8	Trevor Hoffman	16	No walks, three hits allowed overall; last six saves were perfect
9	Bobby Jenks	10
10	Francisco Cordero	11
11	Chad Qualls	14
12	Brian Fuentes	12
13	Mike Gonzalez	13
14	Kerry Wood	9	One save, two blown saves since May 2
15	Huston Street	21	Zero ERs since April 24, Street is running away with closer job
16	Brian Wilson	17
17	Matt Capps	15	Ugly May: 10 ERs in 7.2 innings
18	Ryan Franklin	25
19	Scott Downs	23
20	Fernando Rodney	18
21	Matt Lindstrom	29
22	Kevin Gregg	20
23	George Sherrill	27
24	Juan Cruz	28
25	Troy Percival	26
26	David Aardsma	NR
27	Carlos Marmol	22
28	LaTroy Hawkins	29
29	C.J. Wilson	NR
30	Andrew Bailey	NR

 
R.J. White (or daullaz) has been actively involved in fantasy sports for over 14 years, making him an addict at this point. He loves writing, the Atlanta Braves, music, the Buffalo Bills, theatre, the Philadelphia Eagles, his family, and the number 42, though not in that order.
 

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