Really early 2011 Rankings

[TribeIn2012]

My team has been in 3rd place the past two months, I am 15 points behind the 1st place team who has Cabrera, Votto, Hamilton, Cano and Ubaldo. So yeah...my season is finished. I am looking to 2011 already...any input is welcome!

Catchers:
1 - Joe Mauer
2 - Brian McCann
3 - Victor Martinez
4 - Buster Posey
5 - Carlos Santana
6 - Geovany Soto
7 - Jorge Posada
8 - Kurt Suzuki
9 - Miguel Montero
10 - Matt Wieters
11 - Mike Napoli
12 - Miguel Olivo

First Basemen:
1 - Albert Pujols
2 - Miguel Cabrera
3 - Joey Votto
4 - Prince Fielder
5 - Ryan Howard
6 - Mark Teixeria
7 - Adrian Gonzalez
8 - Justin Morneau
9 - Kevin Youkilis
10 - Adam Dunn
11 - Victor Martinez
12 - Pablo Sandoval
13 - Buster Posey
14 - Kendry Morales
15 - Paul Konerko
16 - Mark Reynolds
17 - Aubrey Huff
18 - David Ortiz
19 - Martin Prado
20 - Nick Swisher
21 - Adam LaRoche
22 - Carlos Pena
23 - Billy Butler
24 - Ben Zobrist
25 - Lance Berkman
26 - Gaby Sanchez
27 - Luke Scott
28 - Michael Cuddyer
29 - James Loney
30 - Derrek Lee

Second Base:
1 - Robinson Cano
2 - Chase Utley
3 - Dustin Pedroia
4 - Ian Kinsler
5 - Dan Uggla
6 - Rickie Weeks
7 - Brandon Phillips
8 - Martin Prado
9 - Brian Roberts
10 - Ben Zobrist
11 - Howie Kendrick
12 - Aaron Hill
13 - Casey McGehee
14 - Ian Stewart
15 - Chone Figgins
16 - Gordon Beckham
17 - Placido Polanco
18 - Kelly Johnson
19 - Juan Uribe
20 - Ian Desmond

Third Basemen:
1 - Evan Longoria
2 - David Wright
3 - Alex Rodriguez
4 - Ryan Zimmerman
5 - Kevin Youkilis
6 - Adrian Beltre
7 - Jose Bautista
8 - Michael Young
9 - Pablo Sandoval
10 - Mark Reynolds
11 - Martin Prado
12 - Scott Rolen
13 - Casey McGehee
14 - Ian Stewart
15 - Aramis Ramirez
16 - Chipper Jones
17 - Chone Figgins
18 - Gordon Beckham
19 - Chris Johnson
20 - Michael Cuddyer
21 - Placido Polanco
22 - Chase Headley
23 - Juan Uribe
24 - Alberto Callaspo
25 - Miguel Tejada

Short Stops:
1 - Hanley Ramirez
2 - Troy Tulowitzki
3 - Jose Reyes
4 - Derek Jeter
5 - Alexi Ramirez
6 - Elvis Andrus
7 - Jimmy Rollins
8 - Ben Zobrist
9 - Rafael Furcal
10 - Stephen Drew
11 - Erik Aybar
12 - Starlin Castro
13 - Asdrubal Cabrera
14 - Yunel Escobar
15 - Marco Scutaro

Outfielders:
1 - Josh Hamilton
2 - Carl Crawford
3 - Ryan Braun
4 - Carlos Gonzalez
5 - Matt Holliday
6 - Jayson Werth
7 - Matt Kemp
8 - Justin Upton
9 - Ichiro Suzuki
10 - Andrew McCutchen
11 - Adam Dunn
12 - Jose Bautista
13 - Nelson Cruz
14 - Shin-Soo Choo
15 - Alex Rios
16 - Chris Young
17 - Corey Hart
18 - Grady Sizemore
19 - Jacoby Ellsbury
20 - Vladimir Guerrero
21 - Hunter Pence
22 - Andre Either
23 - Juan Pierre
24 - Aubrey Huff
25 - Nick Swisher
26 - Torri Hunter
27 - Shane Victorino
28 - BJ Upton
29 - Jason Heyward
30 - Nick Markakis
31 - Delmon Young
32 - Angel Pagan
33 - Brett Gardner
34 - Colby Rasmus
35 - Carlos Quentin
36 - Adam Jones
37 - Jason Kubel
38 - Chris Coghlan
39 - Adam Lind
40 - Maggilo Ordonez
41 - Manny Ramirez
42 - Bobby Abreu
43 - Ben Zobrist
44 - Vernon Wells
45 - Alfonso Soriano
46 - Jason Bay
47 - Mike Stanton
48 - Luke Scott
49 - Austin Jackson
50 - Michael Cuddyer
51 - Carlos Lee
52 - Curtis Granderson
53 - Jose Tabata
54 - Drew Stubbs
55 - Michael Bourn
56 - Rajai Davis
57 - Andres Torres
58 - Denard Span
59 - Jay Bruce
60 - Nyger Morgan
61 - Scott Podsednick
62 - Marlon Byrd
63 - Chase Headley
64 - Cody Ross
65 - Josh Willingham
66 - Garrett Jones
67 - J.D. Drew
68 - Johnny Damon
69 - Raul Ibanez
70 - Tyler Colvin
71 - Hideki Matsui
72 - Ryan Ludwick
73 - Brennan Boesch
74 - David DeJesus
75 - Coco Crisp
76 - Dexter Fowler
77 - Brad Hawpe
78 - Matt LaPorta
79 - Michael Brantley
80 - Alex Gordon

Top 10 Hitters:
1 - Albert Pujols
2 - Miguel Cabrera
3 - Hanley Ramirez
4 - Josh Hamilton
5 - Carl Crawford
6 - Evan Longoria
7 - Troy Tulowitzki
8 - Joey Votto
9 - Prince Fielder
10 - Ryan Braun

Pitchers coming tomorrow!

[Grounded Polo]

I'd avoid Hamilton like the plague that early.

[AquaMan2342]

Beckham breaks out next season. He's too low at both positions.

[RedHopeful]

I'd avoid Hamilton like the plague that early.

Yeah - any guy who is a moderate injury risk should have expectations tempered coming off a fantastic year.

[MTUCache]

I'd avoid Hamilton like the plague that early.

Not sure I'd have any OF in my top five, but trading this guy away after a hot start has scalded me twice in the last three seasons. If I do happen to own him again next year I don't think I'll be parting with him.

Of course, if I've got options like Cruz down at 14 (under Worth/Kemp/Upton/McCutchen???), I'll likely be getting an infielder in the first couple of rounds anyway.

Lots of nit-picky things that I would give about those lists, but at this point it's not really worth the effort. Only name that looks remarkably out of place in that first round is Tulo... can't see him being in my top 10 next year.

Good luck with the pitchers... that's going to be a huge logjam next season. Pitchers 10-30 are all going to be so close. It's going to be tough trying to figure out how to rate all of these guys' potential, history, etc, etc. Hard to believe, but I think SP is going to be even deeper next year than it was this year.

[TribeIn2012]

Starters:
1 - Roy Halladay
2 - Felix Hernandez
3 - Tim Lincecum
4 - Adam Wainwright
5 - Ubaldo Jimenez
6 - Josh Johnson
7 - CC Sabathia
8 - Cliff Lee
9 - Jon Lester
10 - David Price
11 - Justin Verlander
12 - Zach Greinke
13 - Chris Carpenter
14 - Jered Weaver
15 - Clayton Kershaw
16 - Dan Haren
17 - Cole Hamels
18 - Fransisco Liriano
19 - Johan Santana
20 - Yovani Gallardo
21 - Rickey Nolasco
22 - Roy Oswalt
23 - Tommy Hanson
24 - Chad Billingsley
25 - Brett Anderson
26 - Clay Bucholtz
27 - Tim Hudson
28 - Mat Latos
29 - Ryan Dempster
30 - Max Sherzer
31 - Brandon Morrow
32 - Matt Cain
33 - John Danks
34 - Matt Garza
35 - James Shields
36 - Rickey Romero
37 - Jonathon Sanchez
38 - Edwin Jackson
39 - Trevor Cahill
40 - Ervin Santana
41 - Gavin Floyd
42 - C.J. Wilson
43 - Gio Gonzalez
44 - Colby Lewis
45 - Wandy Rodriguez
46 - Shaun Marcum
47 - Ted Lilly
48 - John Lackey
49 - Josh Beckett
50 - Jamie Garcia
51 - Jeremy Hellickson
52 - Ian Kennedy
53 - Brett Myers
54 - Clayton Richard
55 - Scott Baker
56 - Hiroki Kuroda
57 - Phil Hughes
58 - Anibal Sanchez
59 - Carl Pavano
60 - Jeff Niemann
61 - A.J. Burnett
62 - Javier Vazquez
63 - Johnny Cueto
64 - Jake Peavy
65 - Bronson Arroyo
66 - Dallas Braden
67 - Daniel Hudson
68 - Aroldis Champman
69 - Barry Zito
70 - Randy Wells
71 - Jonathon Niese
72 - Bud Norris
73 - Randy Wolf
74 - Daisuke Matsuzaka
75 - Jhoulys Chacin
76 - Brett Cecil
77 - Kevin Slowey
78 - Mark Buehrle
79 - Fausto Carmona
80 - Jorge De La Rosa

Closers:
1 - Rafael Soriano
2 - Heath Bell
3 - Mariano Rivera
4 - Joakim Soria
5 - Brian Wilson
6 - Billy Wagner*
7 - Andrew Bailey
8 - Carlos Marmol
9 - Neftali Feliz
10 - Jonathon Papelbon
11 - Fransisco Rodriguez
12 - Jonathon Broxton
13 - Jose Valverde
14 - Leo Nunez
15 - Chris Perez
16 - Matt Capps
17 - Huston Street
18 - Joe Nathan*
19 - Francisco Cordero
20 - Kevin Gregg
21 - Bobby Jenks
22 - David Aardamsa
23 - Brad Lidge
24 - John Axford
25 - Ryan Franklin*

[Grounded Polo]

Lilly at 47? How many years does he have to perform like a top 12-15 starter before he gets drafted like one? I would love to see him prove to be a bargain again while he produces as a low end SP1/great SP2 in standard leagues. If he didn't have injury concerns to start the year, I would have drafted him on every single team. Despite that, he's been an elite SP once again and is carrying teams currently.

I'd also bump up Lee, Buchholz and Latos. Oswalt is pretty high, same with Dempster.

[Rollotommasi]

Starters:

3 - Tim Lincecum

LOL, no way

Drop in velocity, wind up mod edit: messed up


Era 4.80, Whip 1.56 since May 20th

[Padsin05]

27- Latos...east coast biased, dude is top 10

[AquaMan2342]

27- Latos...east coast biased, dude is top 10

He's not top ten. Top 20, maybe top 15.