Hey guys long time reader, first time poster. Wanted to share my hitter rankings for this upcoming season. Been working on them for about a month now here is my final rankings.
Catchers: 1 Mauer, Joe 2 Martinez, Victor 3 McCann, Brian 4 Wieters, Matt 5 Posada, Jorge 6 Suzuki, Kurt 7 Napoli, Mike 8 Molina, Bengie 9 Martinez, Russell 10 Doumit, Ryan 11 Soto, Geovany 12 Pierzynski, A.J. 13 Saltalamacchia, J. 14 Montero, Miguel 15 Ianetta, Chris 16 Olivo, Miguel 17 Molina, Yadier 18 Santana, Carlos 19 Shoppach, Kelly 20 Kendall, Jason
First Basemen: 1 Pujols, Albert 2 Fielder, Prince 3 Teixeria, Mark 4 Cabrera, Miguel 5 Howard, Ryan 6 Votto, Joey 7 Gonzalez, Adrian 8 Reynolds, Mark 9 Morneau, Justin 10 Berkman, Lance 11 Martinez, Victor 12 Sandoval, Pablo 13 Butler, Billy 14 Youkilis, Kevin 15 Morales, Kendry 16 Lee, Derrek 17 Dunn, Adam 18 LaRoche, Adam 19 Pena, Carlos 20 Lopez, Jose 21 Loney, James 22 Cantu, Jorge 23 Helton, Todd 24 Posada, Jorge 25 Cuddyer, Michael 26 Konerko, Paul 27 DeRosa, Mark 28 Teahen, Mark 29 Guillen, Carlos 30 Davis, Chris 31 Ortiz, David 32 Blake, Casey 33 Delgado, Carlos 34 Johnson, Nick 35 Swisher, Nick 36 Overbay, Lyle 37 Huff, Aubrey 38 Blalock, Hank 39 Atkins, Garrett 40 Jones, Garrett 41 Scott, Luke 42 Branyan, Russell 43 LaPorta, Matt 44 Raburn, Ryan 45 Jacobs, Mike 46 Molina, Yadier 47 Jones, Andruw 48 Garko, Ryan 49 Marte, Andy 50 Tracy, Chad
Second Basemen: 1 Utley, Chase 2 Kinsler, Ian 3 Pedroia, Dustin 4 Roberts, Brian 5 Phillips, Brandon 6 Cano, Robinson 7 Zobrist, Ben 8 Cabrera, Asdrubal 9 Hill, Aaron 10 Figgins, Chone 11 Stewart, Ian 12 Lopez, Jose 13 Uggla, Dan 14 Kendrick, Howie 15 Coghlan, Chris 16 Cuddyer, Michael 17 Weeks, Rickie 18 Scutaro, Marco 19 DeRosa, Mark 20 McGehee, Casey 21 Polanco, Placido 22 Shumaker, Skip 23 Hudson, Orlando 24 Castillo, Luis 25 Lopez, Felipe 26 Barmes, Clint 27 Valbuena, Luis 28 Ellis, Mark 29 Callaspo, Alberto 30 Izturis, Macier 31 Prado, Martin 32 Iwamura, Akinori 33 Sanchez, Freddy 34 Belliard, Ronnie 35 Matsui, Kaz
Third Basemen: 1 Rodriguez, Alex 2 Longoria, Evan 3 Wright, David 4 Reynolds, Mark 5 Sandoval, Pablo 6 Zimmerman, Ryan 7 Youkilis, Kevin 8 Ramirez, Aramis 9 Young, Michael 10 Zobrist, Ben 11 Jones, Chipper 12 Figgins, Chone 13 Stewart, Ian 14 Beckham, Gordon 15 Cantu, Jorge 16 Beltre, Adrian 17 DeRosa, Mark 18 Teahen, Mark 19 Kouzmanoff, Kevin 20 McGehee, Casey 21 Davis, Chris 22 Peralta, Jhonny 23 Polanco, Placido 24 Blake, Casey 25 Rolen, Scott 26 Lowell, Mike 27 Atkins, Garrett 28 Valbuena, Luis 29 Martinez, Russell 30 Callaspo, Alberto 31 Mora, Melvin 32 Inge, Brandon 33 Raburn, Ryan 34 Izturis, Macier 35 Prado, Martin 36 Iwamura, Akinori 37 Encarnation, Edwin 38 Belliard, Ronnie 39 Feliz, Pedro 40 Gamel, Mat
Short Stops: 1 Ramirez, Hanley 2 Tulowitzki, Troy 3 Jeter, Derek 4 Reyes, Jose 5 Rollins, Jimmy 6 Zobrist, Ben 7 Ramirez, Alexi 8 Cabrera, Asdrubal 9 Tejada, Miguel 10 Andrus, Elvis 11 Escobar, Yunel 12 Aybar, Erick 13 Bartlett, Jason 14 Drew, Stephen 15 Cabrera, Orlando 16 Scutaro, Marco 17 Peralta, Jhonny 18 Furcal, Rafael 19 Escobar, Alcides 20 Hardy, J.J. 21 Callaspo, Alberto 22 Barmes, Clint 23 Valbuena, Luis 24 Ryan, Brendan 25 Izturis, Macier 26 Guzman, Christian 27 Cabrera, Everth 28 Renteria, Edgar 29 Aviles, Mike 30 Gonzalez, Alex
Outfielders: 1 Braun, Ryan 2 Holliday, Matt 3 Kemp, Matt 4 Crawford, Carl 5 Sizemore, Grady 6 Bay, Jason 7 Upton, Justin 8 Cruz, Nelson 9 Ellsbury, Jacoby 10 Suzuki, Ichiro 11 Hamilton, Josh 12 Werth, Jayson 13 Markakis, Nick 14 Abreu, Bobby 15 Beltran, Carlos 16 Ramirez, Manny 17 Lee, Carlos 18 Lind, Adam 19 Granderson, Curtis 20 Either, Andre 21 Quentin, Carlos 22 Span, Denard 23 Choo, Shin-Soo 24 Hunter, Torri 25 Pence, Hunter 26 McCutchen, Andrew 27 Victorino, Shane 28 Bourn, Michael 29 Zobrist, Ben 30 Dunn, Adam 31 Damon, Johnny 32 Kubel, Jason 33 Ibanez, Rual 34 McLouth, Nate 35 Morgan, Nyger 36 Guerrero, Vladimir 37 Stewart, Ian 38 Ludwick, Ryan 39 Jones, Adam 40 Dye, Jermaine 41 Borbon, Julio 42 Soriano, Alfonso 43 Hawpe, Brad 44 Davis, Rajai 45 Rivera, Juan 46 Drew, J.D. 47 Gutierrez, Franklin 48 Ross, Cody 49 Hart, Corey 50 Rios, Alex 51 Wells, Vernon 52 Ordonez, Maggilo 53 Cuddyer, Michael 54 Coghlan, Chris 55 Bruce, Jay 56 Maybin, Cameron 57 Milledge, Lastings 58 Young, Chris B. 59 Murphy, David 60 Cameron, Mike 61 DeJesus, David 62 Dukes, Elijah 63 DeRosa, Mark 64 Bradlety, Milton 65 Smith, Seth 66 Willingham, Josh 67 Diaz, Matt 68 Teahen, Mark 69 Francouer, Jeff 70 McGehee, Casey 71 Cust, Jack 72 Guillen, Carlos 73 Winn, Randy 74 Brantley, Michael 75 Fowler, Dexter 76 Blake, Casey 77 Gonzalez, Carlos 78 Swisher, Nick 79 Podsednick, Scott 80 Jones, Garrett 81 Hairston, Scott 82 Scott, Luke 83 Doumit, Ryan 84 Anderson, Garret 85 LaPorta, Matt 86 Byrd, Marlon 87 Pierre, Juan 88 Izturis, Macier 89 Fukudome, Kosuke 90 Gomes, Johnny 91 Raburn, Ryan 92 Snider, Travis 93 Prado, Martin 94 Ankiel, Rick 95 Pie, Felix 96 Reimold, Nolan 97 Sheffield, Gary 98 Jones, Andruw 99 Balentein, Wladmir 100 Garko, Ryan
Designated Hitters: 1 Matsui, Hideki 2 Hafner, Travis 3 Thome, Jim 4 Burrell, Pat 5 Griffey Jr., Ken
Top 50 Overall: 1 Pujols, Albert 2 Ramirez, Hanley 3 Braun, Ryan 4 Holliday, Matt 5 Utley, Chase 6 Rodriguez, Alex 7 Fielder, Prince 8 Teixeria, Mark 9 Cabrera, Miguel 10 Longoria, Evan 11 Wright, David 12 Kemp, Matt 13 Howard, Ryan 14 Mauer, Joe 15 Kinsler, Ian 16 Tulowitzki, Troy 17 Jeter, Derek 18 Crawford, Carl 19 Sizemore, Grady 20 Reyes, Jose 21 Rollins, Jimmy 22 Votto, Joey 23 Gonzalez, Adrian 24 Reynolds, Mark 25 Bay, Jason 26 Upton, Justin 27 Cruz, Nelson 28 Ellsbury, Jacoby 29 Morneau, Justin 30 Berkman, Lance 31 Martinez, Victor 32 Sandoval, Pablo 33 Suzuki, Ichiro 34 Hamilton, Josh 35 Werth, Jayson 36 Markakis, Nick 37 Abreu, Bobby 38 Zimmerman, Ryan 39 Pedroia, Dustin 40 Roberts, Brian 41 Phillips, Brandon 42 Beltran, Carlos 43 Ramirez, Manny 44 Lee, Carlos 45 Lind, Adam 46 Butler, Billy 47 Youkilis, Kevin 48 Cano, Robinson 49 Ramirez, Aramis 50 Young, Michael
kab21 wrote:So does anyone want to be part of the 9 - 1Bman in the first 32 picks run? Or grab a bargain guy (it's all relative) later?
These guys do all deserve their ranking but it just jumps out to me.
With that kind of depth, I am certainly waiting on filling my 1B spot until the middle rounds. I have even tinkered with the idea of selecting Hanley #1 overall. There is no question that Albert is the superior player, but with the mocks I have done/seen so far, I prefer the rosters with Hanley over Pujols. In my auction keeper league last season I went with a rotation of Helton and Konerko and was fine with that. Looking at the list above, there are some 1B options ranked in the 20's that I wouldn't mind giving a shot.
Nice lists, I think we have a record for the most thought going into an initial post! Only really out of whack 1 I see is Nelson Cruz, that avg just doesn't deserve that lofty ranking; I would have gone higher on Hill & S Drew
I agree with the depth at 1B. It looks like it may make sense to fill that slot AND your UTIL early on, maybe with a '5 tool guy (SS or OF) sprinkled in between. Or one of the top SPs, though that has never been my cup o tea.
Grounded Polo wrote:Rankings look good, Holliday seems high though. Is that ranking if he stays in STL or will it stay the same no matter where he signs?
Yeah I did my Holliday projections as though he will be in STL next year, his spot is def. subject to change. I have him down for .328/104/26/111/12 next year.
First base is crazy deep, but I don't think I could pass up the chance to take an elite player like Cabrera, Tex or Fielder. Although I would have to think hard about Hanley vs. Pujols.
Welcome With posts like this you should have been a poster long before and not just a spectator I won't address everything in this post, as there is a lot to dissect, but a couple things I want to mention in the short term.
I think Montero is way too low at catcher. I actually have him in front of Posada in my own rankings and behind Wieters (like your top 4 as they match mine to a "T"). He had a nice 2nd half, and given that he has a solid pedigree, he isn't exactly an "out of nowhere," type.
I would probably move Mike Napoli down. I love his skills, but the fact Scioscia seems to like to play Mathis strong defense no stick behind the dish a ton hurts Nap's value. What hurts his value even more is the signing of Hideki Matsui as he won't likely be DH'ing at all this year unless Matsui gets hurt, which means his days off behind the dish will be true days off, not days DH'ing.
Finally, I see Michael Cuddyer listed at 2B. I'm wondering if this was an error, or if your league format awards players position eligibility based on just one appearance? If one appearance is the only requirement, I guess I'm curious why Pablo Sandoval isn't listed as a catcher.
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by TribeIn2012 » Mon Dec 28, 2009 4:22 am 
I won't address everything in this post, as there is a lot to dissect, but a couple things I want to mention in the short term.
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