Median Draft Position (MDP) Report - Updated 3/29/08

[rookies and cream]

This is a compilation of ADP's from various sites. At the present time, I have ADP's from ESPN, CBS, MDC, Couch Managers, and Fantasy Gameday. If you know of any more, please let me know. I will soon be adding Yahoo and FOX and NFBC when they come out. I decided to compile median draft position (MDP) instead of ADP due to the significant variability between sites (median is less affected by outliers than average). For example, Scott Kazmir had an ADP as high as 50.5 (CM's) and as low as 96.5 (ESPN). While I have him ranked 71 according to MDP, his rank would have been in the high 70's had I used ADP.

Here is Version 1.0 of the MDP report. I will continue to update it throughout spring training. Future reports will have rankings up to about 250.

Edit: Most recent MDP report (3/20/08) on pg. 9

Also available at: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key= ... V9YX2Hb9JA

Rank Player MDP
1 Alex Rodriguez 1.12
2 Hanley Ramirez 3.15
3 David Wright 4.34
4 Jose Reyes 4.53
5 Matt Holliday 6.43
6 Albert Pujols 6.53
7 Chase Utley 7.19
8 Jimmy Rollins 8.17
9 Miguel Cabrera 8.37
10 Ryan Howard 10.10
11 Johan Santana 11.45
12 Prince Fielder 12.10
13 Alfonso Soriano 14.07
14 Ryan Braun 15.29
15 Carl Crawford 16.12
16 Grady Sizemore 16.71
17 David Ortiz 16.75
18 Vladimir Guerrero 18.90
19 Jake Peavy 20.05
20 Carlos Beltran 20.15
21 Mark Teixeira 23.16
22 Carlos Lee 23.24
23 Brandon Phillips 23.29
24 Ichiro Suzuki 24.02
25 B.J. Upton 26.39
26 Lance Berkman 28.60
27 Victor Martinez 29.02
28 Magglio Ordonez 30.27
29 Aramis Ramirez 34.70
30 Brandon Webb 34.80
31 Alex Rios 35.32
32 Justin Morneau 35.40
33 Manny Ramirez 35.54
34 Derek Jeter 36.62
35 Josh Beckett 37.15
36 Russell Martin 37.16
37 Curtis Granderson 37.55
38 Adam Dunn 40.82
39 Erik Bedard 41.62
40 Brian Roberts 42.70
41 C.C. Sabathia 43.46
42 Travis Hafner 44.11
43 Derrek Lee 44.44
44 Troy Tulowitzki 44.98
45 Jonathan Papelbon 46.48
46 Nick Markakis 46.53
47 Garrett Atkins 49.95
48 Robinson Cano 51.25
49 J.J Putz 51.35
50 Bobby Abreu 51.77
51 Carlos Guillen 52.90
52 John Lackey 54.37
53 Chone Figgins 54.81
54 Justin Verlander 55.47
55 Cole Hamels 55.80
56 Carlos Pena 57.25
57 Francisco Rodriguez 58.99
58 Eric Byrnes 59.06
59 Dan Haren 60.26
60 Joe Mauer 61.60
61 Torii Hunter 62.98
62 Chipper Jones 63.77
63 Joe Nathan 64.81
64 Carlos Zambrano 65.82
65 Corey Hart 68.68
66 Aaron Harang 71.62
67 Hunter Pence 72.13
68 Miguel Tejada 72.98
69 Adrian Gonzalez 73.21
70 Roy Oswalt 73.23
71 Scott Kazmir 73.33
72 Brian McCann 73.86
73 Roy Halladay 74.40
74 Ian Kinsler 76.70
75 Felix Hernandez 81.90
76 John Smoltz 82.16
77 Michael Young 82.29
78 Paul Konerko 82.74
79 Chris B. Young 83.45
80 Daisuke Matsuzaka 83.98
81 Mariano Rivera 84.48
82 Takashi Saito 88.25
83 Brad Hawpe 88.30
84 Chris Young 88.79
85 Ryan Zimmerman 88.79
86 Dan Uggla 89.54
87 Vernon Wells 91.15
88 Jason Bay 91.76
89 Rafael Furcal 91.83
90 Billy Wagner 92.57
91 Jorge Posada 93.17
92 Jose Valverde 94.29
93 Bobby Jenks 94.40
94 Gary Sheffield 94.68
95 Hideki Matsui 95.32
96 Jeff Francoeur 101.50
97 Andruw Jones 101.60
98 Javier Vazquez 104.47
99 Rickie Weeks 105.03
100 Fausto Carmona 105.08

[Yoda]

Nice job Rooks. When will it be finished?

Also, Yahoo has a very craptastic ADP list.

[rookies and cream]

Yeah. I'll add yahoo right now and include it in the next report. I only went up to 100 this time because it requires continuous updating. I'll probably be updating it every weekend. Next weekend's report will be more comprehensive for sure.

[FantasyFreak]

thank you sir

[byfrcp]

Awesome. I was thinking about doing this yesterday but now I won't have to. Looking forward to the update with 250

[GotowarMissAgnes]

Awesome! I've done something similar in previous years, so I know how much work it is. Any chance you can do a BIG list (I'm in a 16 team league). I'm willing to help out.

[J35J]

Am I wrong in thinking that these are most helpful if you are in public leagues? Thats where most of this data comes from isn't it? It doesn't seem like it would be much help for more competitive leagues. Either way, nice resource to have. Thanks for putting it together RaC!

[rookies and cream]

Awesome! I've done something similar in previous years, so I know how much work it is. Any chance you can do a BIG list (I'm in a 16 team league). I'm willing to help out.

How "big" are we talking? Once we get further into drafting season, I'll probably go up to about 250-300. Honestly, I don't think it really matters how high you go up. Once you get past 200 or so, ADP/MDP is so variable that a compilation such as this is not so informative.

[rookies and cream]

Am I wrong in thinking that these are most helpful if you are in public leagues? Thats where most of this data comes from isn't it? It doesn't seem like it would be much help for more competitive leagues. Either way, nice resource to have. Thanks for putting it together RaC!

While I think that you're probably right that these types of reports are most helpful in public leagues, I do think they have a role in competitive leagues in approximating when players might be drafted. I used it in my competitive leagues last year with great success.

[rotoquest]

Am I wrong in thinking that these are most helpful if you are in public leagues? Thats where most of this data comes from isn't it? It doesn't seem like it would be much help for more competitive leagues. Either way, nice resource to have. Thanks for putting it together RaC!

While I think that you're probably right that these types of reports are most helpful in public leagues, I do think they have a role in competitive leagues in approximating when players might be drafted. I used it in my competitive leagues last year with great success.

I agree with you R&C, nice job!