Cafe Positional Rankings: Week 14

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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	4 for 47 (.085 BA) last 14 games
3	Brian McCann	3
4	Pablo Sandoval	4	10 HR and 28 RBI since June 1st; deserves to be All-Star
5	Jorge Posada	7
6	Matt Wieters	5
7	Bengie Molina	6
8	Geovany Soto	8
9	Brandon Inge	9
10	Mike Napoli	10
11	Russell Martin	11
12	Chris Iannetta	12
13	A.J. Pierzynski	15
14	Miguel Olivo	13
15	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	14

First Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Albert Pujols	1
2	Miguel Cabrera	2
3	Prince Fielder	4	On pace for 150 RBI; having better year than ‘07 breakthrough
4	Mark Teixeira	3
5	Justin Morneau	6
6	Ryan Howard	5	Hasn’t homered since 6/20 and SLG only .515 for year
7	Adrian Gonzalez	7
8	Lance Berkman	9
9	Kevin Youkilis	8
10	Mark Reynolds	10
11	Joey Votto	12
12	Adam Dunn	13
13	Carlos Pena	11
14	Derrek Lee	14
15	Paul Konerko	NR

Second Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Chase Utley	1
2	Ian Kinsler	2	0 for 24 before HR on 7/7; unthinkable that BA down to .250
3	Brandon Phillips	3
4	Brian Roberts	4
5	Aaron Hill	6
6	Robinson Cano	5
7	Alexei Ramirez	9
8	Dustin Pedroia	7
9	Ben Zobrist	8
10	Chone Figgins	10
11	Jose Lopez	12
12	Dan Uggla	11
13	Mark DeRosa	15
14	Casey McGehee	NR	.368/.429/.671 in June and even hotter in July
15	Ian Stewart	13

Third Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Miguel Cabrera	1
2	Alex Rodriguez	3
3	David Wright	2
4	Evan Longoria	4	2 for last 26 (.077) with no runs scored
5	Kevin Youkilis	5
6	Mark Reynolds	6
7	Aramis Ramirez	NR
8	Chipper Jones	7
9	Michael Young	8
10	Ryan Zimmerman	9
11	Chone Figgins	10
12	Russell Branyan	12
13	Jorge Cantu	11
14	Casey McGehee	NR
15	Scott Rolen	15	.384 BA in June and has 25 game hitting streak going

Shortstops

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Hanley Ramirez	1
2	Derek Jeter	4
3	Michael Young	2
4	Jimmy Rollins	5	10/19 (.526 BA), 6 runs, 6 RBI, 6 walks over last 5 games
5	Alexei Ramirez	7
6	Ben Zobrist	6
7	Jason Bartlett	9
8	Troy Tulowitzki	3
9	Miguel Tejada	8
10	Stephen Drew	10
11	J.J. Hardy	11
12	Gordon Beckham	14
13	Jhonny Peralta	12	.254/.331/366 for year; doesn’t really deserve to be ranked
14	Rafael Furcal	13
15	Ryan Theriot	NR

Outfielders

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Ryan Braun	1
2	Carl Crawford	2
3	Matt Kemp	3
4	Jason Bay	4
5	Curtis Granderson	5
6	Manny Ramirez	NR
7	B.J. Upton	6
8	Grady Sizemore	7
9	Ichiro Suzuki	10
10	Nick Markakis	8
11	Carlos Lee	9	Only 2 HR last month and BA down below .300
12	Torii Hunter	12	Having career year and doesn’t seem to be slowing down
13	Nelson Cruz	14
14	Justin Upton	13
15	Alfonso Soriano	11	0 HR and only 1 SB last month; dropped to 6 in order
16	Josh Hamilton	NR
17	Adam Dunn	17
18	Hunter Pence	15
19	Matt Holliday	16
20	Brad Hawpe	18
21	Jacoby Ellsbury	20
22	Nate McLouth	19
23	Shane Victorino	22
24	Adam Jones	21
25	Jayson Werth	27
26	Johnny Damon	23
27	Adam Lind	25
28	Bobby Abreu	29
29	Shin-Soo Choo	30
30	Andre Ethier	24
31	Jermaine Dye	26
32	Vladimir Guerrero	33
33	Alex Rios	28
34	Corey Hart	31
35	Jay Bruce	32
36	Jason Kubel	35
37	Vernon Wells	36
38	Michael Bourn	37
39	Juan Rivera	NR	40 for 114 (.351 BA) with 11 HR in last month
40	Colby Rasmus	NR

Starting Pitchers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Tim Lincecum	1	23 consecutive scoreless IP streak; definitely best in MLB
2	Dan Haren	2
3	Zack Greinke	4
4	Roy Halladay	5
5	Johan Santana	3
6	Chad Billingsley	6
7	Felix Hernandez	7
8	Josh Beckett	8
9	Yovani Gallardo	13
10	Justin Verlander	11	Only 1 QS and very hittable over last 4 starts
11	CC Sabathia	9
12	Josh Johnson	12
13	Javier Vazquez	14
14	Cole Hamels	10
15	Matt Cain	15
16	Chris Carpenter	17
17	Jered Weaver	16
18	Roy Oswalt	21
19	Jon Lester	20
20	Edwin Jackson	22
21	Cliff Lee	18
22	James Shields	19
23	Adam Wainwright	28
24	Ted Lilly	25
25	Johnny Cueto	23	5 or more ER in 3 of last 4 starts; 120.90 ERA last game
26	Ricky Nolasco	31	Hasn’t given up > 2 ER and K’ing 8.2 a game since return
27	A.J. Burnett	27	3 ER total and averaging 8.25 strikeouts last 4 starts
28	John Lackey	30
29	John Danks	32
30	Scott Baker	26
31	Matt Garza	29
32	Scott Kazmir	33
33	Clayton Kershaw	37
34	Ubaldo Jimenez	40
35	Tommy Hanson	38
36	Aaron Harang	35
37	Jair Jurrjens	36
38	Francisco Liriano	46
39	Derek Lowe	34	Has allowed 7 or more hits in 5 straight starts
40	Joba Chamberlain	39
41	Kevin Millwood	42
42	Gavin Floyd	45
43	Ricky Romero	NR
44	Carlos Zambrano	44
45	Mark Buehrle	NR
46	Wandy Rodriguez	NR
47	Rich Harden	43
48	Max Scherzer	48
49	Nick Blackburn	NR
50	David Price	41	5 or more BB in 5 of 8 starts; 5 or more ER in 3 of last 4

Relievers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Joe Nathan	1
2	Jonathan Broxton	2
3	Heath Bell	4
4	Francisco Rodriguez	3	Three BS last month though one not his fault
5	Mariano Rivera	5
6	Joakim Soria	7	Only 1 baserunner allowed and 18 K/9 last 5 games
7	Jonathan Papelbon	6
8	Brian Fuentes	8
9	Francisco Cordero	9
10	Huston Street	11
11	Ryan Franklin	12
12	Bobby Jenks	13
13	David Aardsma	15
14	Trevor Hoffman	10
15	Matt Capps	14
16	Andrew Bailey	19	0 ER last month with stellar K/9
17	Brian Wilson	16
18	Brad Lidge	21
19	Jose Valverde	17
20	Frank Francisco	20
21	J.P Howell	24
22	Fernando Rodney	18
23	George Sherrill	22
24	Kevin Gregg	26
25	Chad Qualls	27
26	Kerry Wood	25
27	Mike Gonzalez	23	ER or more in 3 of last 5 and seems to have lost gig
28	Rafael Soriano	29
29	Leo Nunez	28
30	Randy Choate	NR

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