These are my first rankings for the 2013 season. All advice welcome and appreciated!
Rnk Catcher 1 Posey, Buster 2 Mauer, Joe 3 Molina, Yadier 4 Santana, Carlos 5 Montero, Miguel 6 Wieters, Matt 7 Martinez, Victor 8 Grandall, Yasmani 9 Perez, Salvodor 10 McCann, Brian 11 Ruiz, Carlos 12 Pierzynski, A.J. 13 Rosario, Wilin 14 Montero, Jesus 15 Napoli, Mike
Rnk First Basemen 1 Votto, Joey 2 Pujols, Albert 3 Fielder, Prince 4 Posey, Buster 5 Encarnation, Edwin 6 Gonzalez, Adrian 7 Butler, Billy 8 Mauer, Joe 9 Goldschmidt, Paul 10 Ortiz, David 11 Teixeria, Mark 12 Hart, Corey 13 Konerko, Paul 14 Craig, Allen 15 Santana, Carlos 16 Howard, Ryan 17 Rizzo, Anthony 18 Sandoval, Pablo 19 Morse, Michael 20 Hosmer, Eric 21 LaRoche, Adam 22 Trumbo, Mark 23 Davis, Chris 24 Freeman, Freddie 25 Swisher, Nick 26 Martinez, Victor 27 Morales, Kendrys 28 Moss, Brandon 29 Carter, Cris 30 Dunn, Adam
Rnk Second Basemen 1 Cano, Robinson 2 Hill, Aaron 3 Phillips, Brandon 4 Kipnis, Jason 5 Kinsler, Ian 6 Zobrist, Ben 7 Pedroia, Dustin 8 Utley, Chase 9 Prado, Martin 10 Walker, Neil 11 Altuve, Jose 12 Uggla, Dan 13 Weeks, Rickie 14 Kendrick, Howie 15 Scutaro, Marco
Rnk Third Basemen 1 Cabrera, Miguel 2 Longoria, Evan 3 Bautista, Jose 4 Headley, Chase 5 Wright, David 6 Beltre, Adrian 7 Zimmerman, Ryan 8 Ramirez, Aramis 9 Ramirez, Hanley 10 Sandoval, Pablo 11 Freese, David 12 Trumbo, Mark 13 Lawrie, Brett 14 Rodriguez, Alex 15 Prado, Martin 16 Moustakas, Mike 17 Young, Michael 18 Scutaro, Marco 19 Frazier, Todd 20 Machado, Manny 21 Johnson, Chris 22 Middlebrooks, Wil 23 Alvarez, Pedro 24 Chisenhall, Lonnie 25 Youkilis, Kevin
Rnk Short Stop 1 Reyes, Jose 2 Tulowitzki, Troy 3 Desmond, Ian 4 Castro, Starlin 5 Andrus, Elvis 6 Rollins, Jimmy 7 Cabrera, Asdrubal 8 Ramirez, Hanley 9 Zobrist, Ben 10 Jeter, Derek 11 Aybar, Erick 12 Escobar, Alcides 13 Simmons, Andrelton 14 Scutaro, Marco 15 Ramirez, Alexi
Rnk Outfield 1 Braun, Ryan 2 Trout, Mike 3 McCutchen, Andrew 4 Stanton, Giancarlo 5 Hamilton, Josh 6 Kemp, Matt 7 Gonzalez, Carlos 8 Holliday, Matt 9 Gonzalez, Adrian 10 Bautista, Jose 11 Rios, Alex 12 Jones, Adam 13 Beltran, Carlos 14 Upton, BJ 15 Upton, Justin 16 Granderson, Curtis 17 Harper, Bryce 18 Choo, Shin-Soo 19 Heyward, Jason 20 Ellsbury, Jacoby 21 Cespedes, Yoenis 22 Zobrist, Ben 23 Bourn, Michael 24 Bruce, Jay 25 Cruz, Nelson 26 Willingham, Josh 27 Jackson, Austin 28 Gordon, Alex 29 Either, Andre 30 Allen, Craig 31 Suzuki, Ichiro 32 Markakis, Nick 33 Morse, Michael 34 Jennings, Desmond 35 Pence, Hunter 36 Hart, Corey 37 Kubel, Jason 38 Reddick, Josh 39 Soriano, Alfonso 40 Trumbo, Mark 41 Davis, Chris 42 Swisher, Nick 43 Werth, Jayson 44 Hunter, Torri 45 Pagan, Angel 46 Cabrera, Melky 47 Victorino, Shane 48 De Aza, Aljandro 49 Moss, Brandon 50 Quentin, Carlos 51 Cuddyer, Michael 52 Fowler, Dexter 53 Revere, Ben 54 Crisp, Coco 55 Pierre, Juan 56 Norichika, Aoki 57 Span, Denard 58 Brantley, Michael 59 Ludwick, Ryan 60 Stubbs, Drew
Rnk Starting Pitcher 1 Verlandez, Justin 2 Kershaw, Clayton 3 Strasburg, Stephen 4 Price, David 5 Hernandez, Felix 6 Cain, Matt 7 Weaver, Jered 8 Grienke, Zach 9 Gonzalez, Gio 10 Dickey, R.A. 11 Hamels, Cole 12 Sabathia, CC 13 Lee, Cliff 14 Bumgarner, Madison 15 Cueteo, Johnny 16 Medlen, Kris 17 Moore, Matt 18 Morrow, Brandon 19 Latos, Matt 20 Sale, Chris 21 Sherzer, Max 22 Gallardo, Yovanni 23 Beachy, Brandon 24 Halladay, Roy 25 Haren, Dan 26 Zimmerman, Jordan 27 Darvish, Yu 28 Hellickson, Jeremy 29 Wilson, CJ 30 Linecum, Tim 31 Sheilds, James 32 Samardizja, Jeff 33 Loshe, Kyle 34 Wainwright, Adam 35 Garza, Matt 36 Peavy, Jake 37 Sanchez, Anibal 38 Johnson, Josh 39 Anderson, Brett 40 Kennedy, Ian 41 Lester, Jon 42 Carpenter, Chris 43 Fiers, Mike 44 Fister, Doug 45 Billingsley, Chad 46 Capuano, Chris 47 Minor, Mike 48 Garcia, Jamie 49 Harvey, Matt 50 Lynn, Lance 51 Estrada, Marco 52 Dempster, Ryan 53 Jackson, Edwin 54 Burnett, A.J. 55 Lewis, Colby 56 Gee, Dillion 57 Beckett, Josh 58 Cashner, Andrew 59 Vogelsong, Ryan 60 Hughes, Phil 61 Niese, Jonathon 62 Bailey, Homer 63 Cahill, Trevor 64 Parkor, Jarrod 65 Miley, Wade 66 Kuroda, Hideki 67 Kendrick, Kyle 68 Rodriguez, Wandy 69 Milone, Tommy 70 McCarthy, Brandon 71 Hanson, Tommy 72 Arroyo, Bronson 73 Marcum, Shaun 74 Griffin, A.J. 75 Buehrle, Mark 76 Hudson, Tim 77 McDonald, James 78 Feliz, Neftali 79 Norris, Bud 80 Santana, Johan 81 Hammel, Jason 82 Harrison, Matt 83 Diamond, Scott 84 Richard, Clayton 85 Cobb, Alex 86 Tillman, Chris 87 Happ, J.A. 88 Masterson, Justin 89 Doubront, Felix 90 Niemann, Jeff 91 Maholm, Paul 92 Bucholz, Clay 93 Nolasco, Rickey 94 Harrell, Lucas 95 Romero, Rickey 96 Vargas, Jason 97 Danks, John 98 Volquez, Edison 99 Wood, Travis 100 Floyd, Gavin
Rnk Relief Pitcher 1 Kimbrel, Craig 2 Chapman, Aroldis 3 Jansen, Kenley 4 Rodney, Fernando 5 Papelbon, Jonathon 6 Motte, Jason 7 Rivera, Mariano 8 Johnson, Jim 9 Nathan, Joe 10 Putz, J.J. 11 Hanrahan, Joel 12 Street, Huston 13 Frieri, Ernesto 14 Balfour, Grant 15 Pestano, Vinnie 16 Axford, John 17 Valverde, Jose 18 Betancourt, Rafael 19 Janssen, Casey 20 Perez, Chris 21 Holland, Greg 22 Romo, Sergio 23 Soriano, Rafael 24 Clippard, Tyler 25 Wilhelmesen, Tom 26 Marmol, Carlos 27 Reed, Addison 28 Cishek, Steve 29 Capps, Matt 30 Wilson, Brian
jfg wrote:I don't fault anyone for tempering expectations with Sale next year.
Care to elaborate? I can see the IP spike being detrimental, but Sale was filthy. He isn't a top 12 SP but I think 20th may be a tad low. I'd put him right behind Cueto.
Others I don't like are Trumbo in both 1st and 3rd base. Dunn is way too low. As is Dustin with his absurdly good run after returning from wrist problems. I still have him in the top 3 if healthy. Medlen is way too high IMO. No way he comes close to the success he had this year.
I would also rank players at positions they will be primarily used at, even if qualify at more than one. Assuming you know they will have more value there.
Posey should be used as a catcher. Ranking him as a 1B can be nice for position by position comparison purposes, but no one is going to play him at 1B.
jfg wrote:I don't fault anyone for tempering expectations with Sale next year.
Care to elaborate? I can see the IP spike being detrimental, but Sale was filthy. He isn't a top 12 SP but I think 20th may be a tad low. I'd put him right behind Cueto.
The IP spike is what's going to keep me away. It's not just a spike, he pitched a full load (192 innings) this year minus a couple skipped starts after pitching 71 innings last year. That's enough to place him at least a tier or two down my list.
I haven't really looked at anything yet, but I'm a little skeptical about those 2B rankings. I'll be owning Kinsler/Pedroia in a lot of leagues if that ends up being standard.
I agree that Kinsler and Pedroia are too low but I'm kind of torn on what to do with Aaron Hill. I have him in a keeper where I have to choose between him and Justin Upton. Tell me I'd be even thinking about that back in April and I would have laughed at you. His career has been so odd, 2007 he was average, 2008 he sucked, 2009 he was a monster, 2010 the power stayed but the average sucked, 2011 he sucked until he got to Arizona where the average came back but no power still and then 2012 he's right around 2009 levels again. That's not a guy I necessarily want as the second 2B taken, but at the same time 2012 isn't a fluke.
jfg wrote:I agree that Kinsler and Pedroia are too low but I'm kind of torn on what to do with Aaron Hill. I have him in a keeper where I have to choose between him and Justin Upton. Tell me I'd be even thinking about that back in April and I would have laughed at you. His career has been so odd, 2007 he was average, 2008 he sucked, 2009 he was a monster, 2010 the power stayed but the average sucked, 2011 he sucked until he got to Arizona where the average came back but no power still and then 2012 he's right around 2009 levels again. That's not a guy I necessarily want as the second 2B taken, but at the same time 2012 isn't a fluke.
But it's Aaron hill. I can't imagine he'll go higher than Upton next year.
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by TribeIn2012 » Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:14 am 
