Cafe Positional Rankings: Week 11

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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	1
2	Victor Martinez	2
3	Brian McCann	3
4	Jorge Posada	4
5	Pablo Sandoval	9	Continues to get everyday at bats and now hitting for power
6	Bengie Molina	5
7	Matt Wieters	7
8	Brandon Inge	8
9	Russell Martin	6	Still no home runs and now slugging under .300
10	Geovany Soto	11
11	Mike Napoli	10
12	Chris Iannetta	NR
13	Jason Varitek	13
14	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	12
15	Miguel Olivo	NR

First Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Albert Pujols	1
2	Mark Teixeira	3
3	Miguel Cabrera	2
4	Ryan Howard	4
5	Prince Fielder	6
6	Justin Morneau	7
7	Adrian Gonzalez	5
8	Kevin Youkilis	8
9	Lance Berkman	9
10	Mark Reynolds	12	On pace for 40/30 and has gotten average above .280
11	Carlos Pena	11
12	Adam Dunn	10
13	Jorge Cantu	14	Only 1 HR in last 36 games
14	Russell Branyan	NR
15	Todd Helton	NR

Second Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Chase Utley	1
2	Ian Kinsler	2	No runs, RBIs, or SBs for 8 games before 2-HR game
3	Brandon Phillips	3
4	Brian Roberts	5
5	Dustin Pedroia	4
6	Robinson Cano	6
7	Chone Figgins	7
8	Aaron Hill	8
9	Ben Zobrist	15	On fire right now and averaging HR every 12 ABs
10	Dan Uggla	9
11	Alexei Ramirez	10
12	Ian Stewart	12
13	Jose Lopez	14
14	Orlando Hudson	11
15	Mark DeRosa	NR

Third Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Alex Rodriguez	1
2	David Wright	3	Two or more hits in 8 of last 10 games
3	Miguel Cabrera	2
4	Evan Longoria	4
5	Mark Reynolds	7
6	Kevin Youkilis	5
7	Chipper Jones	8
8	Michael Young	9
9	Ryan Zimmerman	6
10	Chone Figgins	10
11	Ian Stewart	NR
12	Adrian Beltre	15
13	Jorge Cantu	11
14	Russell Branyan	13
15	Aubrey Huff	12	Has been disappointment; only 1 HR last 27 games

Shortstops

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Hanley Ramirez	1
2	Jimmy Rollins	2
3	Derek Jeter	3
4	Miguel Tejada	5
5	Michael Young	4
6	Alexei Ramirez	6
7	Ben Zobrist	9
8	Stephen Drew	7
9	Troy Tulowitzki	11	Three HRs and 3 SBs with OBP of .571 last week
10	Jhonny Peralta	10
11	Yunel Escobar	15
12	J.J. Hardy	8	Hitless for 7 straight games last week
13	Rafael Furcal	13
14	Marco Scutaro	12
15	Ryan Theriot	14

Outfielders

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Ryan Braun	1
2	Carl Crawford	2
3	Carlos Beltran	3
4	Jason Bay	5
5	Carlos Lee	4
6	Matt Kemp	7
7	Alfonso Soriano	6
8	Raul Ibanez	9
9	Nick Markakis	8	Only 1 HR this month and hasn’t stolen base since 5/4
10	Curtis Granderson	10
11	Nelson Cruz	11
12	Ichiro Suzuki	12	Two or more hits in 6 of last 8 and finally scoring runs
13	Torii Hunter	15
14	B.J. Upton	16	One HR and 6 SBs in last 4 games
15	Matt Holliday	13
16	Justin Upton	21
17	Hunter Pence	17
18	Adam Dunn	14
19	Jacoby Ellsbury	18
20	Nate McLouth	20
21	Shane Victorino	23
22	Alex Rios	24
23	Adam Jones	19
24	Jermaine Dye	27
25	Johnny Damon	22
26	Brad Hawpe	31
27	Jayson Werth	29
28	Jay Bruce	26
29	Andre Ethier	32
30	Adam Lind	36
31	Bobby Abreu	28
32	Vladimir Guerrero	25	Has yet to hit HR since return from injury
33	Luke Scott	34
34	Corey Hart	38
35	Shin-Soo Choo	35
36	Ryan Ludwick	30
37	Andrew McCutchen	NR
38	Juan Pierre	37
39	Aaron Rowand	NR
40	Magglio Ordonez	33

Starting Pitchers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Tim Lincecum	2
2	Johan Santana	1	Three ERs or more in 5 of last 6 starts
3	Zack Greinke	4
4	Dan Haren	6
5	Roy Halladay	3
6	CC Sabathia	5
7	Chad Billingsley	7
8	Cole Hamels	9
9	Justin Verlander	10
10	Josh Beckett	14
11	Felix Hernandez	12	One ER or less in 5 straight starts and 6 of last 7
12	Yovani Gallardo	11
13	Javier Vazquez	13
14	Josh Johnson	15
15	Jered Weaver	18
16	Matt Cain	19	Six straight wins and one ER or less in 5 of last 6 starts
17	James Shields	16
18	Chris Carpenter	20
19	Cliff Lee	17
20	Johnny Cueto	22
21	Roy Oswalt	21
22	Jon Lester	30	One ER and 10+ Ks in last 3 starts
23	Kevin Slowey	25
24	Erik Bedard	23
25	Edwin Jackson	27
26	Ted Lilly	26
27	Derek Lowe	24
28	Adam Wainwright	28
29	Matt Garza	29
30	A.J. Burnett	31
31	Aaron Harang	35
32	Scott Baker	40
33	Jair Jurrjens	34
34	John Lackey	32
35	David Price	36
36	Joba Chamberlain	37
37	Clayton Kershaw	38
38	Rich Harden	NR
39	Ervin Santana	33	Six or more ERs in 3 of last 4; may be hurt despite normal MRI
40	Tommy Hanson	46
41	John Danks	45
42	Gil Meche	NR
43	Zach Duke	42
44	Ricky Nolasco	47
45	Joe Saunders	44
46	Gavin Floyd	NR
47	Francisco Liriano	43
48	Wandy Rodriguez	39	Five or more ERs in 3 of last 4
49	Carlos Zambrano	NR
50	Josh Outman	NR

Relievers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Jonathan Broxton	1
2	Francisco Rodriguez	2
3	Jonathan Papelbon	4
4	Joe Nathan	3
5	Heath Bell	5
6	Mariano Rivera	7
7	Trevor Hoffman	6
8	Joakim Soria	10
9	Francisco Cordero	9
10	Brian Fuentes	11	Only 1 ER since 5/1 aside from 5/30 outing
11	Huston Street	14	ERA down to 3 and sporting 10.67 K/9
12	Bobby Jenks	12
13	Scott Downs	15	Has been spectacular but just placed on DL
14	Ryan Franklin	16
15	Matt Capps	18
16	Brian Wilson	19
17	Chad Qualls	13
18	Andrew Bailey	21
19	Jose Valverde	NR
20	David Aardsma	25
21	Fernando Rodney	22
23	Kerry Wood	23
24	George Sherrill	24
25	Mike Gonzalez	20	Sharing saves though hasn’t allowed ER in 9 straight
26	Matt Lindstrom	26
27	Kevin Gregg	27
28	Rafael Soriano	28
29	Ryan Madson	NR
30	J.P Howell	NR

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