Cafe Positional Rankings: Week 22 - 1 comments

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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	Battling through injuries and displaying power
6	Miguel Montero	6
7	Mike Napoli	7
8	A.J. Pierzynski	10
9	Ryan Doumit	8	Benched recently — will he rebound?
10	Kurt Suzuki	14
11	Russell Martin	12
12	Geovany Soto	9
13	Brandon Inge	11
14	Chris Iannetta	13
15	Matt Wieters	15
Also receiving votes: None

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
6	Ryan Howard	7
7	Justin Morneau	6	Can’t get the bat on the ball; 3 for 22 this week
8	Adrian Gonzalez	8
9	Kevin Youkilis	10
10	Adam Dunn	9
11	Lance Berkman	11
12	Kendry Morales	12	14 for 28, 3 HRs last week
13	Carlos Pena	13
14	Derrek Lee	15
15	Joey Votto	14
Also receiving votes: None

Second Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Chase Utley	1
2	Ian Kinsler	2	3 HRs, 4 SBs last week and approaching 30/30
3	Brian Roberts	3	Couldn’t maintain hot August pace
4	Aaron Hill	4
5	Robinson Cano	5
6	Dustin Pedroia	6
7	Brandon Phillips	7
8	Ben Zobrist	8
9	Chone Figgins	9
10	Alexei Ramirez	11
11	Dan Uggla	10
12	Asdrubal Cabrera	12
13	Luis Castillo	15
14	Jose Lopez	13
15	Marco Scutaro	NR
Also receiving votes: Felipe Lopez

Third Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Miguel Cabrera	1
2	Alex Rodriguez	2
3	Mark Reynolds	3
4	Evan Longoria	4
5	Ryan Zimmerman	5
6	Kevin Youkilis	6
7	Michael Young	8	Was struggling before injury
8	Aramis Ramirez	9
9	Pablo Sandoval	7
10	Chone Figgins	11
11	Gordon Beckham	13
12	Chipper Jones	10
13	Chris Davis	NR	Welcome back: 2 HRs, .355 AVG since return
14	Casey Blake	14
15	Jorge Cantu	15
Also receiving votes: None

Shortstops

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Hanley Ramirez	1
2	Derek Jeter	2
3	Jimmy Rollins	3
4	Troy Tulowitzki	4
5	Michael Young	5
6	Ben Zobrist	6
7	Jason Bartlett	7
8	Alexei Ramirez	9
9	Gordon Beckham	8
10	Marco Scutaro	10	Great overall, but stuck in a rut the past two weeks
11	Asdrubal Cabrera	12
12	Jhonny Peralta	11
13	Macier Izturis	NR
14	Yunel Escobar	15	Last 2 weeks: .377 AVG, 3 HRs
15	Stephen Drew	14
Also receiving votes: Felipe Lopez

Outfielders

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Ryan Braun	1
2	Carl Crawford	2
3	Matt Kemp	3	Last 2 weeks: 6 HRs, 4 SBs, and 23/29 on the season
4	Matt Holliday	4
5	Adam Dunn	7
6	Ichiro Suzuki	5
7	Jason Bay	9
8	Justin Upton	NR	Back with a bang: .441 AVG, 3 HRs, 2 SBs
9	Carlos Lee	10
10	Grady Sizemore	6
11	Manny Ramirez	8
12	Nick Markakis	11
13	Jayson Werth	13
14	Curtis Granderson	12
15	Bobby Abreu	15
16	Jacoby Ellsbury	14
17	Shane Victorino	16
18	Torii Hunter	19
19	Josh Hamilton	17
20	Nelson Cruz	20
21	Shin-Soo Choo	18
22	Johnny Damon	22
23	Vladimir Guerrero	25
24	Andre Ethier	26
25	Kendry Morales	24
26	Adam Lind	27
27	Raul Ibanez	21	.193, 1 HR in August — where did it go?
28	B.J. Upton	23	Only one strong month (June) all year
29	Adam Jones	28
30	Josh Willingham	30
31	Brad Hawpe	29
32	Alfonso Soriano	31
33	Andrew McCutchen	33
34	Hunter Pence	35
35	Michael Bourn	36
36	Carlos Quentin	34
37	Matt Diaz	NR
38	Hideki Matsui	38
39	Carlos Gonzalez	NR
40	Denard Span	40
Also receiving votes: Jason Kubel, Rajai Davis

Starting Pitchers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Tim Lincecum	1
2	Zack Greinke	2
3	Roy Halladay	3
4	Dan Haren	5
5	Justin Verlander	4
6	Felix Hernandez	6
7	Cliff Lee	7
8	Chris Carpenter	8
9	Josh Beckett	9
10	Javier Vazquez	10
11	Adam Wainwright	12	2 ERs or less every time out since mid-June
12	Josh Johnson	11
13	CC Sabathia	13	Back to piling up Ks and wins
14	Matt Cain	14
15	Jon Lester	15
16	Ubaldo Jimenez	18
17	Chad Billingsley	16
18	John Lackey	17
19	Clayton Kershaw	22
20	Edwin Jackson	19
21	Wandy Rodriguez	21
22	Cole Hamels	26
23	Yovani Gallardo	20
24	Ricky Nolasco	23	Back to a bloated ERA, 6.52 last month
25	Jered Weaver	24
26	Roy Oswalt	25
27	Gavin Floyd	27
28	Ted Lilly	31
29	A.J. Burnett	28	No wins in a month with a 5.68 ERA
30	Rich Harden	30
31	Matt Garza	29	Like Burnett, no wins, 5+ ERA last month
32	Tommy Hanson	33
33	James Shields	32
34	Scott Baker	34
35	Randy Wolf	41	Quietly great season: 3.25 ERA, 1.11 WHIP, 140 Ks
36	Joe Blanton	37
37	Jair Jurrjens	35
38	Randy Wells	36
39	Max Scherzer	42
40	J.A. Happ	40
41	Andy Pettitte	46
42	Joel Pineiro	43
43	Brett Anderson	39
44	John Danks	44
45	Jorge de la Rosa	48
46	John Smoltz	NR
47	Scott Kazmir	NR
48	Jarrod Washburn	38
49	Scott Feldman	50
50	Ervin Santana	49
Also receiving votes: Jason Marquis, Brad Penny

Relievers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Mariano Rivera	1
2	Joe Nathan	2
3	Heath Bell	3
4	Jonathan Broxton	4
5	Jonathan Papelbon	5
6	Huston Street	6
7	Ryan Franklin	8
8	Joakim Soria	7	August: 7.45 ERA, 1.55 WHIP
9	Brian Fuentes	9
10	David Aardsma	10
11	Brian Wilson	11
12	Andrew Bailey	12
13	Francisco Rodriguez	13
14	Jose Valverde	14	Last 6 innings: 10 Ks, 3 SVs, 1 W
15	Trevor Hoffman	15
16	Rafael Soriano	19
17	Francisco Cordero	16
18	Bobby Jenks	17
19	J.P. Howell	18
20	Fernando Rodney	21	30 save season, 0 ERs since August 9
21	Carlos Marmol	23
22	Frank Francisco	22
23	Jim Johnson	25	Getting knocked around lately; don’t envision him as 2010 closer
24	Mike MacDougal	26
25	Jason Frasor	27
26	Brad Lidge	24
27	Leo Nunez	28
28	Matt Capps	29
29	Kerry Wood	30
30	Neftali Feliz	NR
Also receiving votes: None

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