Cafe Positional Rankings: Week 8

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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	Joe Mauer	2	Has not gone more than 2 games without HR since 5/8
2	Victor Martinez	1
3	Brian McCann	3
4	Bengie Molina	4
5	Russell Martin	5
6	Brandon Inge	7
7	Mike Napoli	6	1 for last 20 and no longer DHing with Vlad back
8	Geovany Soto	8
9	Pablo Sandoval	9
10	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	11
11	John Baker	13
12	Yadier Molina	12
13	Kurt Suzuki	14
14	A.J. Pierzynski	NR
15	Jason Varitek	NR

First Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Albert Pujols	1
2	Miguel Cabrera	2
3	Mark Teixeira	4	5 straight games with 2 hits; red for 2nd consecutive week
4	Ryan Howard	3
5	Justin Morneau	6
6	Adrian Gonzalez	5
7	Prince Fielder	7
8	Carlos Pena	8
9	Lance Berkman	9
10	Kevin Youkilis	NR
11	Adam Dunn	10
12	Joey Votto	12
13	Jorge Cantu	11	Struggling a bit lately; only four hits in last six games
14	Aubrey Huff	14
15	Paul Konerko	15

Second Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Chase Utley	2
2	Ian Kinsler	1	Recently went 3 for 27 bringing average down to below .280
3	Dustin Pedroia	3
4	Brian Roberts	4
5	Brandon Phillips	5
6	Aaron Hill	6
7	Robinson Cano	7	Four multi-hit games in last 6 games
8	Chone Figgins	9
9	Orlando Hudson	8
10	Dan Uggla	10
11	Alexei Ramirez	12
12	Marco Scutaro	11
13	Asdrubal Cabrera	15
14	Kelly Johnson	NR
15	Jose Lopez	13

Third Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Alex Rodriguez	4	Finally back to where he was pre-injury
2	Miguel Cabrera	1
3	Evan Longoria	2
4	David Wright	3
5	Kevin Youkilis	NR
6	Ryan Zimmerman	5
7	Michael Young	6
8	Chipper Jones	7
9	Jorge Cantu	8
10	Mark Reynolds	12
11	Chone Figgins	11
12	Aubrey Huff	10
13	Mike Lowell	13
14	Chris Davis	9	One for 30 with boatload of Ks before 2 HR game
15	Hank Blalock	14

Shortstops

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Hanley Ramirez	1
2	Jose Reyes	2	Hasn’t played since 5/20 and now DL bound
3	Jimmy Rollins	4
4	Michael Young	3
5	Jason Bartlett	9
6	Derek Jeter	5
7	Miguel Tejada	8
8	J.J. Hardy	7
9	Troy Tulowitzki	6
10	Stephen Drew	12
11	Jhonny Peralta	11
12	Rafael Furcal	10
13	Alexei Ramirez	NR	.391 BA, 2 HR, 7 runs, 6 RBI last 6 games and now in 2-hole
14	Asdrubal Cabrera	13
15	Marco Scutaro	14

Outfielders

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Ryan Braun	1
2	Carlos Beltran	3
3	Grady Sizemore	2
4	Alfonso Soriano	4
5	Carlos Lee	5
6	Nick Markakis	6
7	Jason Bay	8
8	Carl Crawford	7
9	Josh Hamilton	10
10	Matt Kemp	9
11	Curtis Granderson	11
12	Raul Ibanez	18	Homered 4 consecutive days; enjoy the ride while it lasts
13	B.J. Upton	12
14	Ichiro Suzuki	14
15	Jacoby Ellsbury	15
16	Carlos Quentin	13
17	Matt Holliday	16
18	Adam Dunn	19
19	Torii Hunter	25
20	Adam Jones	23
21	Nate McLouth	21
22	Alex Rios	17	No runs, RBI, or SB in last 7 games played
23	Nelson Cruz	29	On fire; has had 5 HR and 5 SB last 7 games
24	Johnny Damon	26
25	Shane Victorino	22
26	Jay Bruce	24
27	Vladimir Guerrero	NR
28	Corey Hart	20	Not running and not hitting for power or average
29	Hunter Pence	31
30	Jayson Werth	30
31	Justin Upton	35
32	Bobby Abreu	28
33	Andre Ethier	27
34	Jermaine Dye	32
35	Brad Hawpe	36
36	Magglio Ordonez	34
37	Vernon Wells	37
38	Juan Pierre	40
39	Adam Lind	33
40	Shin-Soo Choo	38

Starting Pitchers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Johan Santana	1
2	Tim Lincecum	2
3	Roy Halladay	3
4	Zack Greinke	5	80% win pct., 50% CG pct., and 100% QS pct.
5	C.C. Sabathia	4
6	Jake Peavy	8
7	Dan Haren	6
8	Chad Billingsley	7
9	Cole Hamels	9
10	Josh Beckett	10
11	Felix Hernandez	11
12	Yovani Gallardo	12
13	Justin Verlander	17	Six straight QSs with 8+ strikeouts
14	Javier Vazquez	14
15	James Shields	13	Only one win in past month, though not entirely his fault
16	Cliff Lee	16
17	Roy Oswalt	15
18	Josh Johnson	18
19	Matt Cain	20	70% QS percentage; finally getting run support
20	Erik Bedard	19
21	Johnny Cueto	30
22	Jered Weaver	31
23	Jon Lester	22
24	Derek Lowe	27
25	Ted Lilly	26
26	Wandy Rodriguez	36
27	John Lackey	33
28	Ervin Santana	23	Seven runs in one inning same as Greinke all year
29	Adam Wainwright	34
30	Joba Chamberlain	25
31	Matt Garza	37
32	Aaron Harang	38
33	Kevin Slowey	39
34	John Danks	28
35	Edwin Jackson	43
36	A.J. Burnett	29
37	Clayton Kershaw	41
38	Jair Jurrjens	46
39	Chris Young	44
40	Francisco Liriano	35	Has given up 5 or more earned runs in 50% of starts
41	Paul Maholm	50
42	Scott Baker	47
43	Joe Saunders	49
44	Gil Meche	40
45	Chris Volstad	NR
46	Ryan Dempster	45
47	Zack Duke	NR
48	Randy Wolf	48
49	Mark Buehrle	NR
50	Kevin Millwood	NR

Relievers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Jonathan Papelbon	1	Four ER in last 2 and 1.38 WHIP for year; still #1?
2	Jonathan Broxton	3	Should have 100+ Ks and has more saves than hits allowed
3	Joe Nathan	2
4	Francisco Rodriguez	4
5	Heath Bell	6
6	Mariano Rivera	5
7	Trevor Hoffman	7
8	Francisco Cordero	9
9	Frank Francisco	NR
10	Brian Fuentes	12
11	Chad Qualls	11
12	Brad Lidge	8
13	Bobby Jenks	10
14	Huston Street	15
15	Scott Downs	19
16	Mike Gonzalez	13
17	Ryan Franklin	17
18	Brian Wilson	16
19	Matt Capps	18
20	Fernando Rodney	20
21	Matt Lindstrom	21
23	Kerry Wood	14
24	David Aardsma	26
25	Juan Cruz	24
26	Kevin Gregg	22
27	George Sherrill	23
28	Carlos Marmol	27
29	LaTroy Hawkins	28
30	Andrew Bailey	30

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