Cafe Positional Rankings: Week 18

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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	Pablo Sandoval	3
4	Brian McCann	4
5	Jorge Posada	5
6	Ryan Doumit	6
7	Brandon Inge	7
8	Mike Napoli	9	On fire but Vlad’s return means irregular ABs again
9	Matt Wieters	8
10	Russell Martin	10
11	Miguel Montero	14	6 HR since AS Break and 4 in last 14 games
12	Chris Iannetta	11
13	A.J. Pierzynski	13
14	Bengie Molina	12
15	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	NR

First Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Albert Pujols	1	Hitless in 4 of last 6 games before pounding Mets
2	Miguel Cabrera	3
3	Prince Fielder	2
4	Justin Morneau	5
5	Mark Teixeira	4
6	Mark Reynolds	9
7	Ryan Howard	6
8	Kevin Youkilis	7
9	Joey Votto	8
10	Adam Dunn	11
11	Adrian Gonzalez	10
12	Derrek Lee	12
13	Kendry Morales	14	6 HR and 2 multi-HR games in last 7; as hot as anyone in MLB
14	Paul Konerko	13
15	Carlos Pena	15

Second Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Chase Utley	1
2	Brandon Phillips	3
3	Aaron Hill	4
4	Brian Roberts	5
5	Dustin Pedroia	6
6	Ben Zobrist	7
7	Chone Figgins	8
8	Robinson Cano	10
9	Alexei Ramirez	9	0 HR in last month and now has bum ankle; hopefully back soon
10	Dan Uggla	11
11	Mark DeRosa	12
12	Jose Lopez	14	.500 BA, 3 HR, 10 RBI over last week
13	Ian Stewart	15
14	Orlando Hudson	13
15	Howie Kendrick	NR

Third Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Miguel Cabrera	2
2	Alex Rodriguez	1
3	Evan Longoria	4
4	Mark Reynolds	6	As many HR in Citi Field in 4 games as D Wright all season
5	Kevin Youkilis	5
6	David Wright	3
7	Aramis Ramirez	7
8	Pablo Sandoval	8
9	Ryan Zimmerman	12
10	Chipper Jones	9
11	Chone Figgins	10
12	Michael Young	11
13	Russell Branyan	13	3/25 (.120 BA) over last 9 games; coming back to earth a bit
14	Scott Rolen	15
15	Jorge Cantu	14

Shortstops

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Hanley Ramirez	1
2	Jimmy Rollins	3
3	Derek Jeter	2
4	Michael Young	4
5	Troy Tulowitzki	6
6	Ben Zobrist	5	Only one hit in August so far; Tulo now has lead :)
7	Miguel Tejada	8
8	Gordon Beckham	9	2 or more hits in 7 of last 8 games for AL ROY favorite
9	Alexei Ramirez	7
10	Stephen Drew	10
11	Jason Bartlett	11
12	Jhonny Peralta	14
13	Yunel Escobar	12
14	J.J. Hardy	13
15	Orlando Cabrera	NR

Outfielders

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Ryan Braun	1
2	Carl Crawford	2
3	Matt Kemp	3	2 HR and 10 RBI in last 3 games played
4	Ichiro Suzuki	4
5	Manny Ramirez	6
6	Grady Sizemore	5
7	Matt Holliday	13
8	Curtis Granderson	10
9	Carlos Lee	9
10	Jason Bay	7
11	B.J. Upton	8
12	Justin Upton	12
13	Adam Dunn	14
14	Raul Ibanez	11
15	Jacoby Ellsbury	18	2 or more hits in 9 of last 11 games with 7 SB
16	Jayson Werth	15
17	Shane Victorino	20
18	Nelson Cruz	16
19	Alfonso Soriano	17
20	Nick Markakis	19
21	Adam Jones	24
22	Brad Hawpe	22	3 for last 23 (.130 BA) with only 1 RBI
23	Bobby Abreu	27
24	Nate McLouth	23
25	Josh Hamilton	21	6/42 (.143 BA) with only 1 RBI over last 2 weeks
26	Shin-Soo Choo	25
27	Adam Lind	28
28	Andre Ethier	31
29	Carlos Quentin	NR
30	Hunter Pence	26
31	Johnny Damon	29
32	Jermaine Dye	30
33	Kendry Morales	NR
34	Vladimir Guerrero	NR
35	Alex Rios	32
36	Andrew McCutchen	40
37	Josh Willingham	37
38	Ryan Ludwick	33
39	Nyjer Morgan	NR
40	Juan Rivera	34

Starting Pitchers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Tim Lincecum	1
2	Dan Haren	2	No quality starts in last 3; second half swoon again?
3	Roy Halladay	4
4	Zack Greinke	3	No wins in last 6 despite 5 quality starts
5	Josh Beckett	7
6	Johan Santana	5
7	Felix Hernandez	6
8	Justin Verlander	8
9	Chris Carpenter	14	Has given up > 3 ER in only 1 game this year
10	Josh Johnson	9
11	Matt Cain	11
12	Javier Vazquez	10
13	Chad Billingsley	13
14	Jon Lester	18
15	Cole Hamels	15
16	Yovani Gallardo	16
17	Adam Wainwright	20
18	CC Sabathia	12
19	Cliff Lee	21	6 straight quality starts and complete games in 3 of last 4
20	Ricky Nolasco	22
21	Edwin Jackson	17
22	John Lackey	23
23	Wandy Rodriguez	28
24	Clayton Kershaw	26
25	Roy Oswalt	19
26	Jered Weaver	24	Has not allowed < 3 ER in 9 straight starts
27	James Shields	27
28	Rich Harden	38
29	Matt Garza	29	Quality starts in 6 of last 7; on target for nearly 200 K’s
30	A.J. Burnett	25
31	Ubaldo Jimenez	33
32	Scott Baker	31
33	Scott Kazmir	36
34	Joba Chamberlain	48
35	Tommy Hanson	32
36	Gavin Floyd	44
37	John Danks	30
38	Jarrod Washburn	40
39	Jair Jurrjens	35
40	Max Scherzer	37
41	Randy Wells	47
42	Derek Lowe	42
43	Joe Blanton	NR
44	Brett Anderson	49
45	Carlos Zambrano	43
46	Ricky Romero	39
47	Johnny Cueto	34	4 or more ER in 5 of last 6 starts; K/9 down as well
48	Joel Pineiro	NR
49	Mark Buehrle	41
50	J.A. Happ	NR

Relievers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Mariano Rivera	3	Lots of saves and has not allowed an ER in nearly 2 months
2	Joe Nathan	1
3	Joakim Soria	4
4	Jonathan Papelbon	6
5	Jonathan Broxton	2
6	Heath Bell	5
7	Huston Street	9
8	Francisco Rodriguez	7
9	Brian Fuentes	8
10	Francisco Cordero	10
11	David Aardsma	13	8 saves and no ER allowed over last month
12	Brian Wilson	14
13	Ryan Franklin	11
14	Trevor Hoffman	12
15	Jose Valverde	18
16	J.P. Howell	19
17	Rafael Soriano	17
18	Andrew Bailey	16
19	Chad Qualls	23
20	Brad Lidge	21
21	Bobby Jenks	15	Allowed ER in 5 of last 7 before kidney stones
22	Fernando Rodney	26
23	Jason Frasor	NR
24	Matt Capps	22
25	Kevin Gregg	24	5 ER against FLA over the weekend not good
26	Kerry Wood	27
27	Frank Francisco	NR
28	C.J. Wilson	29
29	Matt Lindstrom	NR
30	Jim Johnson	NR

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