Cafe Positional Rankings: Week 23

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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	Miguel Montero	6	Making a push for top 5 next year
7	A.J. Pierzynski	8
8	Ryan Doumit	9	2009 disappointment banged up again
9	Mike Napoli	7
10	Brandon Inge	13
11	Russell Martin	11
12	Geovany Soto	12
13	Kurt Suzuki	10
14	Bengie Molina	NR
15	Ivan Rodriguez	NR
Also receiving votes: Chris Iannetta

First Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Albert Pujols	1
2	Prince Fielder	2
3	Miguel Cabrera	3
4	Mark Teixeira	4
5	Ryan Howard	6
6	Mark Reynolds	5
7	Justin Morneau	7
8	Adrian Gonzalez	8
9	Kevin Youkilis	9
10	Adam Dunn	10
11	Derrek Lee	14	Seems to have multi-HR game every week
12	Lance Berkman	11	Not hitting for power or BA this year
13	Kendry Morales	12
14	Joey Votto	15
15	Billy Butler	NR
Also receiving votes: Todd Helton, Garrett Jones

Second Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Chase Utley	1
2	Ian Kinsler	2	.370/.424/.611 last 2 weeks with 4 SB
3	Aaron Hill	4
4	Brian Roberts	3
5	Robinson Cano	5
6	Dustin Pedroia	6
7	Brandon Phillips	7
8	Ben Zobrist	8	Only .256/.370/.409 since All-Star break
9	Alexei Ramirez	10
10	Chone Figgins	9
11	Dan Uggla	11
12	Asdrubal Cabrera	12
13	Luis Castillo	13
14	Jose Lopez	14
15	Chris Coghlan	NR
Also receiving votes: Felipe Lopez, Ian Stewart

Third Basemen

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Miguel Cabrera	1
2	Alex Rodriguez	2
3	Mark Reynolds	3
4	Evan Longoria	4	6 HR and 15 RBI last 2 weeks
5	Ryan Zimmerman	5
6	David Wright	NR
7	Kevin Youkilis	6
8	Aramis Ramirez	8
9	Pablo Sandoval	9
10	Chone Figgins	10	.250/.400/.292 last 2 weeks with 0 SB
11	Gordon Beckham	11
12	Chipper Jones	12
13	Chris Davis	13
14	Jorge Cantu	15
15	Carlos Guillen	NR
Also receiving votes: Ian Stewart

Shortstops

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Hanley Ramirez	1
2	Derek Jeter	2
3	Jimmy Rollins	3
4	Troy Tulowitzki	4
5	Jason Bartlett	7
6	Ben Zobrist	6
7	Alexei Ramirez	8
8	Gordon Beckham	9
9	Asdrubal Cabrera	11
10	Yunel Escobar	14
11	Stephen Drew	15
12	Jhonny Peralta	12
13	Elvis Andrus	NR	.313/.376/.469 with 10 SB since All-Star break
14	Marco Scutaro	10	Production drastically down since ASB
15	Macier Izturis	13
Also receiving votes: Miguel Tejada, Everth Cabrera

Outfielders

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Ryan Braun	1
2	Matt Kemp	3
3	Carl Crawford	2
4	Matt Holliday	4	Hot again; hopefully not slowed by injury
5	Adam Dunn	7
6	Ichiro Suzuki	5
7	Jason Bay	9
8	Manny Ramirez	13
9	Justin Upton	10
10	Carlos Lee	11
11	Jayson Werth	15
12	Nick Markakis	14
13	Curtis Granderson	16
14	Bobby Abreu	17
15	Jacoby Ellsbury	18
16	Shane Victorino	19
17	Torii Hunter	20
18	Carlos Beltran	NR	Return gives H2H owners a nice surprise for playoffs
19	Nelson Cruz	22
20	Adam Lind	28
21	Johnny Damon	24
22	Andre Ethier	26
23	Kendry Morales	27
24	Shin-Soo Choo	23
25	Vladimir Guerrero	25
26	Raul Ibanez	29
27	Hunter Pence	36
28	Josh Hamilton	21	2009 a disappointment; should return this weekend
29	Brad Hawpe	33
30	Josh Willingham	32
31	Michael Bourn	37
32	Andrew McCutchen	35
33	B.J. Upton	30	Perhaps fantasy’s biggest disappointment in 2009
34	Rajai Davis	NR
35	Carlos Gonzalez	NR
36	Nick Swisher	NR
37	Carlos Quentin	38
38	Denard Span	NR
39	Matt Diaz	39
40	Jason Kubel	NR
Also receiving votes: Hideki Matsui, Ryan Ludwick, Julio Borbon

Starting Pitchers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Tim Lincecum	1
2	Zack Greinke	2
3	Roy Halladay	3
4	Dan Haren	4
5	Chris Carpenter	8
6	Justin Verlander	5
7	Felix Hernandez	6
8	CC Sabathia	13
9	Adam Wainwright	11
10	Javier Vazquez	10
11	Josh Johnson	12
12	Cliff Lee	7	Hasn’t been the same last month
13	Matt Cain	14
14	Josh Beckett	9	Continues to be ice cold, though better last start
15	Jon Lester	15
16	Ubaldo Jimenez	16
17	John Lackey	18
18	Cole Hamels	22
19	Wandy Rodriguez	21
20	Chad Billingsley	17
21	Edwin Jackson	20
22	Jered Weaver	25
23	Ted Lilly	28
24	Yovani Gallardo	23
25	Gavin Floyd	27
26	Clayton Kershaw	19
27	Ricky Nolasco	24
28	Randy Wolf	35
29	Roy Oswalt	26
30	A.J. Burnett	29
31	Rich Harden	30
32	Matt Garza	31
33	Tommy Hanson	32
34	Scott Baker	34
35	James Shields	33
36	Jair Jurrjens	37
37	Scott Kazmir	47	Hasn’t allowed more than 1 ER in last 3 outings
38	Joe Blanton	36
39	Randy Wells	38
40	Andy Pettitte	41
41	Joel Pineiro	42
42	John Danks	44
43	J.A. Happ	40
44	Jason Marquis	NR
45	Pedro Martinez	NR
46	Scott Feldman	NR	Now tied for AL lead in wins; WOW
47	Bronson Arroyo	NR
48	Jorge de la Rosa	45
49	Clay Buchholz	NR
50	Carlos Zambrano	NR
Also receiving votes: John Smoltz, Brad Penny, Johnny Cueto, Max Scherzer, Brett Anderson

Relievers

Rank	Player	Prev.	Comments
1	Mariano Rivera	1
2	Joe Nathan	2
3	Heath Bell	3
4	Jonathan Broxton	4
5	Jonathan Papelbon	7
6	Ryan Franklin	9
7	Joakim Soria	10
8	David Aardsma	12
9	Brian Wilson	13
10	Francisco Rodriguez	15
11	Huston Street	5	Morales’ success may cause Rox to not rush return
12	Brian Fuentes	11
13	Andrew Bailey	14
14	Francisco Cordero	19
15	Jose Valverde	16
16	Trevor Hoffman	17
17	Rafael Soriano	18
18	Bobby Jenks	20
19	Frank Francisco	24
20	Carlos Marmol	23	Has been great since being named closer
21	Fernando Rodney	22
22	Jim Johnson	25
23	Mike MacDougal	26
24	Jason Frasor	27
25	Leo Nunez	29
26	Matt Capps	30
27	Juan Gutierrez	NR
28	Kerry Wood	NR
29	Neftali Feliz	NR
30	Brad Lidge	28
Also receiving votes: None

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