Hanley Ramirez has pretty much separated himself from Reyes and Rollins. I’m not sure what’s happening with the MI nowadays — but it seems like low-average / high-power is now en vogue.
The Rankings are still rough, but you can adjust them as you see fit.
| 1 | Hanley Ramirez | Best player in fantasy baseball |
| 2 | Jose Reyes | Wasn’t he supposed to have developed power by now? |
| 3 | Jimmy Rollins | Bounce back year in store. Stolen Bases go down, other numbers go up! |
| 4 | Rafael Furcal | Lets say 525 AB, and he still gets it done |
| 5 | Stephen Drew | Looks to improve across the board – Power may drop if BA goes up. |
| 6 | Jhonny Peralta | Power is power, and Peralta has power. |
| 7 | Troy Tulowitzki | Should start 2009 the way he ended 2008. No more sophomore slumps |
| 8 | J.J. Hardy | Just keeping Escobars spot warm – Should be more than incentive for awesome year |
| 9 | Derek Jeter | What doesn’t Jeter do – No upside really, you get what you pay for. |
| 10 | Michael Young | Switch to third should help, not hurt him. |
| 11 | Elvis Andrus | Enters the spot vacated by Young – Will Steal, Steal a lot of bases. |
| 12 | Ryan Theriot | Solid fantasy producer across the board |
| 13 | Orlando Cabrera | Where does he land? |
| 14 | Yunel Escobar | Nice OBP, and with 600AB should approach 90 R. Production depends on rest of line-up. |
| 15 | Khalil Greene | I’m picking a bounce-back year, and I’m almost certainly wrong. |
| 16 | Christian Guzman | I’m not sure if he sticks at the top of this Nats line-up. Maybe he reproduces 2008 OBP + AVG? |
| 17 | Edgar Renteria | Getting older, and he’s on a bad team. Maybe he gets to 12-15 SB? |
| 18 | Miguel Tejada | Lying to congress may have hurt him. Follow this closely. |
| 19 | Jed Lowrie | He plays in Boston’s line-up so the RBI and R should be nice. Looks like it’s an open comp. vs. Lugo |
| 20 | Jerry Hairston Jr. | Left field? If Hairston has a gig all year, he could be a fantasy saviour. |
| 21 | Mike Aviles | I do not buy the hype, at all. Return to sender. |
| 22 | Jason Bartlett | Primed for a solid year. |
| 23 | Erick Aybar | He’ll bat in the bottom half with the addition of Abreu, but he’ll steal bases and score runs |
| 24 | Yuniesky Betancourt | Things are starting to look brighter |
| 25 | Asdrubal Cabrera | I cannot make up my mind on Cabrera, Should be solid at the very least |
| 26 | Clint Barmes | He’s got a starting gig in Coors |
| 27 | Emmanuel Burriss | Quick-Fast. |
| 28 | Brandon Wood | Angel’s acquiring Abreu hurts Wood the most |
| 29 | Jeff Keppinger | Solid across the board production. He wont hurt, or help you. |
| 30 | Cesar Izturis | A less appealing Aybar with maybe a smidgen more speed |
| 31 | Cliff Pennington | Baseball cube has him at 35 Power, 85 Speed, 78 Contact, and 87 Patience. |
| 32 | Ben Zobrist | Doesn’t look like he’ll be playing the field all that much |
| 33 | Nick Punto | I like his speed and versatility |
| 34 | Julio Lugo | Ugly average, but powers always nice. Open competition for the job. |
| 35 | Aaron Miles | |
| 36 | Bobby Crosby | |
| 37 | Brandon Harris | |
| 38 | Alberto Collaspo | Sleeper time |
| 39 | Ronny Cedeno | |
| 40 | Ryan Freel | Set him free. |
…spreadsheet available here.
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