Cafe Positional Rankings: Week 21

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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	HRs in 3 of last 5 games played with 9 RBIs
5	Jorge Posada	5
6	Miguel Montero	6
7	Mike Napoli	8
8	Ryan Doumit	7
9	Geovany Soto	10	Only 2 HRs since July 1 and now splitting time with Hill
10	A.J. Pierzynski	13
11	Brandon Inge	9
12	Russell Martin	11
13	Chris Iannetta	12
14	Kurt Suzuki	NR
15	Matt Wieters	14
Also receiving votes: Bengie Molina

First Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Albert Pujols	1
2	Prince Fielder	2
3	Miguel Cabrera	3
4	Mark Teixeira	4
5	Mark Reynolds	5	Out since 8/22 and was only 7 for 33 (.212) before bout of flu
6	Justin Morneau	6
7	Ryan Howard	7
8	Adrian Gonzalez	8
9	Adam Dunn	9
10	Kevin Youkilis	10
11	Lance Berkman	11
12	Kendry Morales	12
13	Carlos Pena	15	6 HRs in last 5 games and 14 RBIs in last 6 games
14	Joey Votto	13
15	Derrek Lee	14
Also receiving votes: None

Second Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Chase Utley	1	2 or more hits in 4 of last 6 games with 3 stolen bases
2	Ian Kinsler	2
3	Brian Roberts	4
4	Aaron Hill	3
5	Robinson Cano	5
6	Dustin Pedroia	7
7	Brandon Phillips	6
8	Ben Zobrist	8
9	Chone Figgins	9
10	Dan Uggla	10	Hitless in 4 of last 5 games; .238 BA is worst of career
11	Alexei Ramirez	11
12	Asdrubal Cabrera	13
13	Jose Lopez	14
14	Mark DeRosa	12
15	Luis Castillo	NR
Also receiving votes: Marco Scutaro, Adam Kennedy, Ian Stewart

Third Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Miguel Cabrera	2	Has HRs and 3 hits in each of last 3 games with 9 RBIs total
2	Alex Rodriguez	1
3	Mark Reynolds	3
4	Evan Longoria	4
5	Ryan Zimmerman	5
6	Kevin Youkilis	6
7	Pablo Sandoval	7
8	Michael Young	8
9	Aramis Ramirez	9
10	Chipper Jones	10	1 for last 28 (.036 BA); owners wishing he was on DL as usual
11	Chone Figgins	11
12	Russell Branyan	12
13	Gordon Beckham	13
14	Casey Blake	14
15	Jorge Cantu	15
Also receiving votes: Chris Davis

Shortstops

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Hanley Ramirez	1
2	Derek Jeter	5
3	Jimmy Rollins	2
4	Troy Tulowitzki	3
5	Michael Young	4
6	Ben Zobrist	6	4 HRs, 9 RBIs, 9 runs over last 7 games; Tulo vs. Zorilla is on again
7	Jason Bartlett	7
8	Gordon Beckham	8
9	Alexei Ramirez	9
10	Marco Scutaro	12
11	Jhonny Peralta	13
12	Asdrubal Cabrera	15
13	Miguel Tejada	10	4 runs and 2 RBIs in last 12 games, BA about to slip below .300
14	Stephen Drew	11
15	Yunel Escobar	14
Also receiving votes: Macier Izturis, Alcides Escobar

Outfielders

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Ryan Braun	1
2	Carl Crawford	2
3	Matt Kemp	3
4	Matt Holliday	4
5	Ichiro Suzuki	5
6	Grady Sizemore	7
7	Adam Dunn	9
8	Manny Ramirez	6
9	Jason Bay	11
10	Carlos Lee	8
11	Nick Markakis	13
12	Curtis Granderson	10
13	Jayson Werth	15	On pace for 100 runs/RBI and nearly 40 HRs
14	Jacoby Ellsbury	12
15	Bobby Abreu	14
16	Shane Victorino	20
17	Josh Hamilton	17
18	Shin-Soo Choo	19
19	Torii Hunter	21
20	Nelson Cruz	NR
21	Raul Ibanez	18
22	Johnny Damon	22
23	B.J. Upton	16
24	Kendry Morales	24
25	Vladimir Guerrero	26
26	Andre Ethier	29
27	Adam Lind	27
28	Adam Jones	23
29	Brad Hawpe	25
30	Josh Willingham	30
31	Alfonso Soriano	28	5 for last 43 (.116 BA) and may need knee surgery now
32	Nyjer Morgan	34
33	Andrew McCutchen	32
34	Carlos Quentin	35
35	Hunter Pence	31
36	Michael Bourn	38
37	Jermaine Dye	33	Only 37/165 (.224 BA) since 7/1
38	Hideki Matsui	NR	3 multi-HR games last road trip; WOW
39	Ryan Ludwick	36
40	Denard Span	NR
Also receiving votes: Carlos Gonzalez, Rajai Davis, Julio Borbon

Starting Pitchers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Tim Lincecum	1
2	Zack Greinke	3
3	Roy Halladay	2	Averaging nearly 10 hits allowed over last 6 starts
4	Justin Verlander	6
5	Dan Haren	4
6	Felix Hernandez	8
7	Cliff Lee	12	10 straight QSs and hasn’t given up >2 ERs since 7/16
8	Chris Carpenter	9
9	Josh Beckett	7	8 HRs and 15 ERs allowed over last 2 starts
10	Javier Vazquez	11
11	Josh Johnson	10
12	Adam Wainwright	14	12 straight QSs all less than 2 ERs allowed
13	CC Sabathia	15
14	Matt Cain	13
15	Jon Lester	16
16	Chad Billingsley	17
17	John Lackey	19
18	Ubaldo Jimenez	24	5 straight wins and 9 straight QSs with boatload of Ks
19	Edwin Jackson	20
20	Yovani Gallardo	21
21	Wandy Rodriguez	22
22	Clayton Kershaw	23
23	Ricky Nolasco	18
24	Jered Weaver	25
25	Roy Oswalt	26
26	Cole Hamels	27
27	Gavin Floyd	31
28	A.J. Burnett	28
29	Matt Garza	29
30	Rich Harden	30
31	Ted Lilly	36
32	James Shields	32
33	Tommy Hanson	34
34	Scott Baker	33
35	Jair Jurrjens	35
36	Randy Wells	39
37	Joe Blanton	42
38	Jarrod Washburn	40
39	Brett Anderson	37
40	J.A. Happ	38
41	Randy Wolf	46
42	Max Scherzer	44
43	Joel Pineiro	43
44	John Danks	45
45	Joba Chamberlain	41	4 ERs or more in 4 straight and being skipped occasionally
46	Andy Pettitte	50
47	Derek Holland	NR
48	Jorge de la Rosa	NR
49	Ervin Santana	47
50	Scott Feldman	NR
Also receiving votes: Scott Kazmir, Derek Lowe

Relievers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Mariano Rivera	1
2	Joe Nathan	2
3	Heath Bell	5
4	Jonathan Broxton	6
5	Jonathan Papelbon	4
6	Huston Street	7
7	Joakim Soria	3	2 losses and 7.45 ERA in August
8	Ryan Franklin	10	9 saves and no ERs in August
9	Brian Fuentes	9
10	David Aardsma	8
11	Brian Wilson	11
12	Andrew Bailey	14
13	Francisco Rodriguez	13
14	Jose Valverde	16
15	Trevor Hoffman	15
16	Francisco Cordero	12
17	Bobby Jenks	18
18	J.P. Howell	19
19	Rafael Soriano	21
20	Chad Qualls	17
21	Fernando Rodney	20	11 saves and only 5 ERs since July
22	Frank Francisco	22
23	Carlos Marmol	26
24	Brad Lidge	24	Has allowed 42 runs in 46 innings; Myers may steal job
25	Jim Johnson	25
26	Mike MacDougal	28
27	Jason Frasor	23
28	Leo Nunez	30
29	Matt Capps	29
30	Kerry Wood	27
Also receiving votes: Neftali Feliz

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