Fantasy Baseball

Here at The Best Sports Blog, we like to start fantasy early. I mean really early. That's because, even when you're not playing yet, it's still fun. One of my favorite hobbies is to debate rankings with my friends.

Last year, my friend John had Jose Reyes in his Top 10 and we debated that all the way….well all the way until he got injured and I ended up being right.

Of course, I was wrong about Gordon Beckham and Paul Konerko so no one's perfect but I do tend to win my fantasy leagues so I must be doing something right.

So, with that, I give you my initial top 75 rankings with overrated players in bold and my favorite sleepers underlined.


Here they are:

  1. Albert Pujols, 1B
  2. Hanley Ramirez, SS
  3. Miguel Cabrera, 1B
  4. Carl Crawford, OF
  5. Joey Votto, 1B
  6. Carlos Gonzalez, OF
  7. Roy Halladay, SP
  8. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B
  9. Ryan Braun, OF
  10. Evan Longoria, 3B
  11. Prince Fielder, 1B
  12. Matt Kemp, OF
  13. David Wright, 3B
  14. Troy Tulowitzki, SS
  15. Felix Hernandez, SP
  16. Tim Lincecum, SP
  17. Robinson Cano, 2B
  18. Ryan Howard, 1B
  19. Chase Utley, 2B
  20. Matt Holiday, OF
  21. Alex Rodriguez, 3B
  22. Mark Teixeira, 1B
  23. C.C. Sabathia, SP
  24. Jon Lester, SP
  25. David Price, SP

  26. Adam Wainwright, SP
  27. Justin Upton, OF
  28. Joe Mauer, C
  29. Josh Hamilton, OF
  30. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
  31. Kevin Youkilis, 3B
  32. Jason Heyward, OF
  33. Cliff Lee, SP
  34. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B
  35. Jacoby Ellisbury, OF
  36. Ichiro Suzuki, OF
  37. Shin Soo Choo, OF
  38. Josh Johnson, SP
  39. Zach Grienke, SP
  40. Ubaldo Jimenez, SP
  41. Kendry Morales, 1B
  42. Clayton Kershaw, SP
  43. Nelson Cruz, OF
  44. Andre Ethier, OF
  45. Justin Verlander, SP
  46. Jose Reyes, SS
  47. Ian Kinsler, 2B
  48. Jered Weaver, SP
  49. Dan Uggla, 2B
  50. Cole Hamels, SP

  51. Andrew McCutchen, OF
  52. Brandon Phillips, 2B
  53. Alex Rios, OF
  54. Buster Posey, C
  55. Jayson Werth, OF
  56. Matt Cain, SP
  57. Mat Latos, SP
  58. Roy Oswalt, SP
  59. Dan Haren, SP
  60. Adrian Beltre, 3B
  61. Adam Dunn, DH
  62. Jimmy Rollins, SS
  63. Victor Martinez, C
  64. Brian McCann, C
  65. Jose Bautista, 1B/OF
  66. Hunter Pence, OF
  67. Tommy Hanson, SP
  68. Mariano Rivera, RP
  69. Richie Weeks, 2B
  70. Tim Hudson, SP
  71. Chris Carpenter, SP
  72. Billy Butler, 1B/DH
  73. Mike Stanton, OF
  74. Heath Bell, RP
  75. Brian Wilson, RP
Evan Longoria

Thanks to Keith Allison at flickr.com for Evan Longoria's photo.

Alex Rodriguez

Thanks to Keith Allison at flickr.com for Alex Rodriguez's photo.

Joe Mauer

Thanks to Keith Allison at flickr.com for this Mauer batting for the Twins photo.

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