Posted: Friday February 18, 2011 11:38AM ; Updated: Thursday March 17, 2011 1:04PM
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Pujols, Ramirez top 2011 fantasy baseball rankings
Fantasy Baseball 2011 Rankings Top 300
Rankings based on 2011 projected value in mixed 5 x 5 Rotisserie leagues and standard head-to-head points leagues. Check back every week during Spring Training for updated rankings.
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Rank
Player
Position
Team
Team Rank
1
Albert Pujols
1B
STL
1
2
Hanley Ramirez
SS
FLA
1
3
Ryan Braun
OF
MIL
1
4
Carlos Gonzalez
OF
COL
1
5
Troy Tulowitzki
SS
COL
2
6
Miguel Cabrera
1B
DET
1
7
Evan Longoria
3B
TB
1
8
Robinson Cano
2B
NYY
1
9
Joey Votto
1B
CIN
1
10
Josh Hamilton
OF
TEX
1
11
Roy Halladay
SP
PHI
1
12
Carl Crawford
OF
BOS
1
13
Mark Teixeira
1B
NYY
2
14
Alex Rodriguez
3B
NYY
3
15
David Wright
3B
NYM
1
16
Dustin Pedroia
2B
BOS
2
17
Joe Mauer
C
MIN
1
18
CC Sabathia
SP
NYY
4
19
Felix Hernandez
SP
SEA
1
20
Adrian Gonzalez
1B
BOS
3
21
Kevin Youkilis
1B
BOS
4
22
Matt Holliday
OF
STL
2
23
Ryan Howard
1B
PHI
2
24
Tim Lincecum
SP
SF
1
25
Ryan Zimmerman
3B
WAS
1
26
Prince Fielder
1B
MIL
2
27
Victor Martinez
C
DET
2
28
Buster Posey
C
SF
2
29
Cliff Lee
SP
PHI
3
30
David Price
SP
TB
2
31
Ubaldo Jimenez
SP
COL
3
32
Jon Lester
SP
BOS
5
33
Josh Johnson
SP
FLA
2
34
Justin Verlander
SP
DET
3
35
Chase Utley
2B
PHI
4
36
Brian McCann
C
ATL
1
37
Jose Bautista
OF
TOR
1
38
Justin Morneau
1B
MIN
2
39
Ian Kinsler
2B
TEX
2
40
Jered Weaver
SP
LAA
1
41
Roy Oswalt
SP
PHI
5
42
Jose Reyes
SS
NYM
2
43
Jacoby Ellsbury
OF
BOS
6
44
Matt Kemp
OF
LAD
1
45
Dan Uggla
2B
ATL
2
46
Rickie Weeks
2B
MIL
3
47
Brian Wilson
RP
SF
3
48
Clayton Kershaw
SP
LAD
2
49
Chris Carpenter
SP
STL
3
50
Cole Hamels
SP
PHI
6
Rank
Player
Position
Team
Team Rank
51
Shin-Soo Choo
OF
CLE
1
52
Jonathan Papelbon
RP
BOS
7
53
Mat Latos
SP
SD
1
54
Matt Cain
SP
SF
4
55
Francisco Liriano
SP
MIN
3
56
Mariano Rivera
RP
NYY
5
57
Yovani Gallardo
SP
MIL
4
58
Nelson Cruz
OF
TEX
3
59
Andre Ethier
OF
LAD
3
60
Clay Buchholz
SP
BOS
8
61
Phil Hughes
SP
NYY
6
62
Tommy Hanson
SP
ATL
3
63
Heath Bell
RP
SD
2
64
Adam Dunn
1B
CHW
1
65
Paul Konerko
1B
CHW
2
66
Adrian Beltre
3B
TEX
4
67
Carlos Marmol
RP
CHC
1
68
Joakim Soria
RP
KC
1
69
Jayson Werth
OF
WAS
2
70
Andrew McCutchen
OF
PIT
1
71
Dan Haren
SP
LAA
2
72
Zack Greinke
SP
MIL
5
73
Josh Beckett
SP
BOS
9
74
Justin Upton
OF
ARI
1
75
Jason Heyward
OF
ATL
4
76
Derek Jeter
SS
NYY
7
77
Jimmy Rollins
SS
PHI
7
78
Nick Markakis
OF
BAL
1
79
B.J. Upton
OF
TB
3
80
Alex Rios
OF
CHW
3
81
Tim Hudson
SP
ATL
5
82
Brandon Phillips
2B
CIN
2
83
Kendrys Morales
1B
LAA
3
84
Ichiro Suzuki
OF
SEA
2
85
Delmon Young
OF
MIN
4
86
Chris Young
OF
ARI
2
87
Hunter Pence
OF
HOU
1
88
Shane Victorino
OF
PHI
8
89
Brett Myers
SP
HOU
2
90
Stephen Drew
SS
ARI
3
91
Vernon Wells
OF
LAA
4
92
Michael Stanton
OF
FLA
3
93
Carlos Quentin
OF
CHW
4
94
Brett Gardner
OF
NYY
8
95
Aubrey Huff
1B
SF
5
96
Aramis Ramirez
3B
CHC
2
97
Trevor Cahill
SP
OAK
1
98
Jay Bruce
OF
CIN
3
99
Nick Swisher
OF
NYY
9
100
Jaime Garcia
SP
STL
4
Rank
Player
Position
Team
Team Rank
101
Billy Butler
1B
KC
2
102
Carlos Pena
1B
CHC
3
103
Carlos Lee
OF
HOU
3
104
Curtis Granderson
OF
NYY
10
105
C.J. Wilson
SP
TEX
5
106
Mark Reynolds
3B
BAL
2
107
Michael Young
3B
TEX
6
108
Manny Ramirez
OF
TB
4
109
Corey Hart
OF
MIL
6
110
Martin Prado
2B
ATL
6
111
Brian Roberts
2B
BAL
3
112
Kelly Johnson
2B
ARI
4
113
Aaron Hill
2B
TOR
2
114
Geovany Soto
C
CHC
4
115
Jorge Posada
C
NYY
11
116
Neftali Feliz
RP
TEX
7
117
Carlos Santana
C
CLE
2
118
Alexei Ramirez
SS
CHW
5
119
Elvis Andrus
SS
TEX
8
120
David Ortiz
DH
BOS
10
121
Jason Bay
OF
NYM
3
122
Carlos Zambrano
SP
CHC
5
123
Shaun Marcum
SP
MIL
7
124
Colby Lewis
SP
TEX
9
125
Max Scherzer
SP
DET
4
126
Pablo Sandoval
3B
SF
6
127
Casey McGehee
3B
MIL
8
128
Rafael Furcal
SS
LAD
4
129
Ryan Dempster
SP
CHC
6
130
Brett Anderson
SP
OAK
2
131
Chad Billingsley
SP
LAD
5
132
Matt Garza
SP
CHC
7
133
John Danks
SP
CHW
6
134
Vladimir Guerrero
DH
BAL
4
135
Bobby Abreu
OF
LAA
5
136
Torii Hunter
OF
LAA
6
137
Juan Pierre
OF
CHW
7
138
John Lackey
SP
BOS
11
139
Ervin Santana
SP
LAA
7
140
Ben Zobrist
OF
TB
5
141
Ian Stewart
3B
COL
9
142
Gordon Beckham
2B
CHW
8
143
Lance Berkman
1B
STL
5
144
Kurt Suzuki
C
OAK
3
145
Miguel Montero
C
ARI
5
146
Matt Wieters
C
BAL
5
147
Mike Napoli
1B
TEX
10
148
Edinson Volquez
SP
CIN
4
149
Derrek Lee
1B
BAL
6
150
Michael Cuddyer
1B
MIN
5
Rank
Player
Position
Team
Team Rank
151
Jake Peavy
SP
CHW
9
152
Wandy Rodriguez
SP
HOU
4
153
Ted Lilly
SP
LAD
6
154
Drew Stubbs
OF
CIN
5
155
Grady Sizemore
OF
CLE
3
156
Austin Jackson
OF
DET
5
157
Magglio Ordonez
OF
DET
6
158
Angel Pagan
OF
NYM
4
159
Francisco Cordero
RP
CIN
6
160
Jose Valverde
RP
DET
7
161
Brad Lidge
RP
PHI
9
162
Jonathan Broxton
RP
LAD
7
163
Francisco Rodriguez
RP
NYM
5
164
Huston Street
RP
COL
5
165
Gio Gonzalez
SP
OAK
4
166
Johnny Cueto
SP
CIN
7
167
Denard Span
OF
MIN
6
168
Michael Bourn
OF
HOU
5
169
Colby Rasmus
OF
STL
6
170
Alfonso Soriano
OF
CHC
8
171
Adam Jones
OF
BAL
7
172
Rajai Davis
OF
TOR
3
173
Howard Kendrick
2B
LAA
8
174
Chone Figgins
2B
SEA
3
175
Bronson Arroyo
SP
CIN
8
176
Carl Pavano
SP
MIN
7
177
James Shields
SP
TB
6
178
Chris Perez
RP
CLE
4
179
Ryan Franklin
RP
STL
7
180
Andrew Bailey
RP
OAK
5
181
Joe Nathan
RP
MIN
8
182
Adam Lind
DH
TOR
4
183
Ricky Romero
SP
TOR
5
184
Ricky Nolasco
SP
FLA
4
185
A.J. Burnett
SP
NYY
12
186
Jonathan Sanchez
SP
SF
7
187
Brandon Morrow
SP
TOR
6
188
Fernando Rodney
RP
LAA
9
189
Craig Kimbrel
RP
ATL
7
190
Edwin Jackson
SP
CHW
10
191
Madison Bumgarner
SP
SF
8
192
Neil Walker
2B
PIT
2
193
Leo Nunez
RP
FLA
5
194
John Axford
RP
MIL
9
195
Matt Thornton
RP
CHW
11
196
Marco Scutaro
SS
BOS
12
197
Starlin Castro
SS
CHC
9
198
Jason Kubel
OF
MIN
9
199
Alex Gonzalez
SS
ATL
8
200
Chipper Jones
3B
ATL
9
Rank
Player
Position
Team
Team Rank
201
Scott Rolen
3B
CIN
9
202
Pedro Alvarez
3B
PIT
3
203
Brett Cecil
SP
TOR
7
204
Daniel Hudson
SP
ARI
6
205
Jeff Niemann
SP
TB
7
206
Jeremy Hellickson
SP
TB
8
207
Hiroki Kuroda
SP
LAD
8
208
Carlos Beltran
OF
NYM
6
209
Kevin Slowey
SP
MIN
10
210
Mike Pelfrey
SP
NYM
7
211
Jair Jurrjens
SP
ATL
10
212
Chris Johnson
3B
HOU
6
213
Jason Bartlett
SS
SD
3
214
Jorge De La Rosa
SP
COL
6
215
Wade Davis
SP
TB
9
216
Gavin Floyd
SP
CHW
12
217
Tsuyoshi Nishioka
2B
MIN
11
218
Ian Desmond
SS
WAS
3
219
Jhonny Peralta
3B
DET
8
220
Juan Uribe
SS
LAD
9
221
Andres Torres
OF
SF
9
222
Placido Polanco
3B
PHI
10
223
Russell Martin
C
NYY
13
224
Yadier Molina
C
STL
8
225
Adam LaRoche
1B
WAS
4
226
Ike Davis
1B
NYM
8
227
Brian Fuentes
RP
OAK
6
228
Octavio Dotel
RP
TOR
8
229
John Buck
C
FLA
6
230
Omar Infante
2B
FLA
7
231
Derek Lowe
SP
ATL
11
232
J.P. Arencibia
C
TOR
9
233
Gaby Sanchez
1B
FLA
8
234
James Loney
1B
LAD
10
235
Jose Tabata
OF
PIT
4
236
Garrett Jones
1B
PIT
5
237
Ian Kennedy
SP
ARI
7
238
Dallas Braden
SP
OAK
7
239
Matt Capps
RP
MIN
12
240
Clayton Richard
SP
SD
4
241
Jon Garland
SP
LAD
11
242
Anibal Sanchez
SP
FLA
9
243
Hideki Matsui
DH
OAK
8
244
Mark Buehrle
SP
CHW
13
245
Tommy Hunter
SP
TEX
11
246
Daisuke Matsuzaka
SP
BOS
13
247
Chris Iannetta
C
COL
7
248
Ryan Doumit
C
PIT
6
249
Raul Ibanez
OF
PHI
11
250
Chris Coghlan
OF
FLA
10
Rank
Player
Position
Team
Team Rank
251
John Jaso
C
TB
10
252
Jim Thome
DH
MIN
13
253
Johnny Damon
OF
TB
11
254
Cliff Pennington
SS
OAK
9
255
Randy Wolf
SP
MIL
10
256
Marlon Byrd
OF
CHC
10
257
Travis Snider
OF
TOR
10
258
Brian Matusz
SP
BAL
8
259
Scott Kazmir
SP
LAA
10
260
J.J Putz
RP
ARI
8
261
Nyjer Morgan
OF
WAS
5
262
Carlos Ruiz
C
PHI
12
263
A.J. Pierzynski
C
CHW
14
264
Miguel Olivo
C
SEA
4
265
Jarrod Saltalamacchia
C
BOS
14
266
Rod Barajas
C
LAD
12
267
Miguel Tejada
SS
SF
10
268
Ramon Hernandez
C
CIN
10
269
Danny Valencia
3B
MIN
14
270
J.J. Hardy
SS
BAL
10
271
Reid Brignac
SS
TB
12
272
Bill Hall
2B
HOU
7
273
J.D. Drew
OF
BOS
15
274
Tyler Colvin
OF
CHC
11
275
Casey Blake
3B
LAD
13
276
R.A. Dickey
SP
NYM
9
277
Bud Norris
SP
HOU
8
278
Fausto Carmona
SP
CLE
5
279
Rick Porcello
SP
DET
9
280
Brandon League
RP
SEA
5
281
Jake Westbrook
SP
STL
9
282
Javier Vazquez
SP
FLA
11
283
Mike Leake
SP
CIN
11
284
Jonny Venters
RP
ATL
12
285
Koji Uehara
RP
BAL
11
286
Brandon Lyon
RP
HOU
9
287
Asdrubal Cabrera
SS
CLE
6
288
Jed Lowrie
SS
BOS
16
289
Eric Young
2B
COL
8
290
Coco Crisp
OF
OAK
10
291
Cody Ross
OF
SF
11
292
Alex Gordon
OF
KC
3
293
Jake McGee
RP
TB
13
294
Joel Hanrahan
RP
PIT
7
295
Brian Duensing
SP
MIN
15
296
Kyle McClellan
RP
STL
10
297
Daniel Bard
RP
BOS
17
298
David Dejesus
OF
OAK
11
299
Aroldis Chapman
RP
CIN
12
300
Chris Sale
RP
CHW
15
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Catcher
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Starting Pitcher
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AL Sleepers
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NL Busts
AL Breakouts
NL Breakouts
In baseball, 27 is magic number
Third-year starting pitchers
Contract-year players to watch
Ellsbury tops injury risks
Top rookies to target
Santana, Smoak lead super sophs