THT’s 2009 season rankings
by Paul SingmanMarch 03, 2009
The Fantasy Focus section of the Hardball Times is one of the most well-rounded fantasy sites. With a strong group of writers, we are able to produce daily content covering new statistics, player analysis and fantasy baseball theory.
One thing we lacked, though, was rankings; regular old position-by-position rankings. To fill the void, I asked the Fantasy Focus writers to submit their personal rankings for the 2009 season. I then compiled all the lists and came up with the composite ranking for each player by position.
Here are the results (which will be updated regularly until the start of the season):
+--------------------------+--------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+ | Catcher | First Base | Second Base | Third Base | +--------------------------+--------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+ | 1 Brian McCann | 1 Albert Pujols | 1 Chase Utley | 1 David Wright | | 2 Joe Mauer | 2 Miguel Cabrera | 2 Ian Kinsler | 2 Alex Rodriguez | | 3 Russell Martin | 3 Mark Teixeira | 3 Dustin Pedroia | 3 Miguel Cabrera | | 4 Geovany Soto | 4 Ryan Howard | 4 Brian Roberts | 4 Kevin Youkilis | | 5 Victor Martinez | 5 Lance Berkman | 5 Brandon Phillips | 5 Aramis Ramirez | | 6 Ryan Domuit | 6 Prince Fielder | 6 Robinson Cano | 6 Chipper Jones | | 7 Chris Iannetta | 7 Justin Morneau | 7 Alexei Ramirez | 7 Evan Longoria | | 8 Jorge Posada | 8 Kevin Youkilis | 8 Dan Uggla | 8 Garrett Atkins | | 9 Matt Wieters | 9 Adrian Gonzalez | 9 Kelly Johnson | 9 Aubrey Huff | | 9 Bengie Molina | 10 Joey Votto | 10 Rickie Weeks | 10 Adrian Beltre | | 11 AJ Pierzynski | 11 Derrek Lee | 11 Placido Polanco | 11 Ryan Zimmerman | | 11 Ramon Hernandez | 12 Aubrey Huff | 12 Howie Kendrick | 12 Chris Davis | | 13 Mike Napoli | 13 Carlos Pena | 13 Mark DeRosa | 13 Chone Figgins | | 14 Kelly Shoppach | 14 Carlos Delgado | 14 Jose Lopez | 14 Edwin Encarnacion | | 15 Dioner Navarro | 15 James Loney | 15 Aaron Hill | 15 Jorge Cantu | | 16 Jarrod Saltalamaccia | 16 Garrett Atkins | 16 Ian Stewart | 16 Alex Gordon | | 17 Pablo Sandoval | 17 Conor Jackson | 17 Felipe lopez | 17 Carlos Guillen | | 18 Brandon Inge | 18 Adam Dunn | 17 Orlando Hudson | 18 Mark DeRosa | | 19 Ivan Rodriguez | 19 Chris Davis | 18 Freddy Sanchez | 19 Mark Reynolds | | 20 Kurt Suzuki | 20 Pablo Sandoval | | 19 Troy Glaus | | 20 Jeff Clement | | | 19 Hank Blalock | +--------------------------+--------------------+----------------------+-----------------------+
+---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+ | Shortstop | Outfield | Starting Pitcher | Relief Pitcher | +---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+ | 1 Hanley Ramirez | 1 Grady Sizemore | 1 Johan Santana | 1 Jonathan Papelbon | | 2 Jose Reyes | 2 Ryan Braun | 2 Tim Lincecum | 2 Mariano Rivera | | 3 Jimmy Rollins | 3 Carlos Beltran | 3 CC Sabathia | 2 Joe Nathan | | 4 Alexei Ramirez | 4 Matt Holliday | 4 Jake Peavy | 4 Francisco Rodriguez | | 5 Derek Jeter | 5 Alfonso Soriano | 5 Brandon Webb | 5 Joakim Soria | | 6 Troy Tulowitzki | 6 Carlos Lee | 5 Cole Hamels | 6 Brad Lidge | | 7 JJ Hardy | 7 Josh Hamilton | 7 Dan Haren | 7 Jonathan Broxton | | 8 Rafael Furcal | 8 BJ Upton | 7 Roy Halladay | 8 Carlos Marmol | | 9 Stephen Drew | 9 Carl Crawford | 9 Josh Beckett | 9 Jose Valverde | | 9 Michael Young | 10 Manny Ramirez | 10 Ervin Santana | 10 Brian Fuentes | | 11 Jhonny Peralta | 11 Nick Markakis | 11 John Lackey | 11 Bobby Jenks | | 12 Miguel Tejada | 12 Matt Kemp | 12 James Shields | 12 BJ Ryan | | 13 Orlando Cabrera | 13 Ichiro Suzuki | 13 Chad Billingsley | 13 Francisco Cordero | | 14 Yunel Escobar | 14 Vladimir Guerrero | 14 Roy Oswalt | 14 Kerry Wood | | 15 Edgar Renteria | 15 Alex Rios | 15 Joba Chaimberlan | 15 Heath Bell | | 16 Mike Aviles | 16 Jason Bay | 16 Felix Hernandez | 15 Huston Street | | 17 Ryan Theriot | 17 Curtis Granderson | 17 Cliff Lee | 17 Matt Capps | | 18 Christan Guzman | 18 Jacoby Ellsbury | 18 Javier Vazquez | 18 Chad Qualls | | 18 Kahlil Greene | 19 Bobby Abreu | 18 Scott Kazmir | 19 Brian Wilson | | | 20 Carlos Quentin | 20 Francisco Liriano | 20 Trevor Hoffman | | | 21 Magglio Ordonez | 21 Daisuke Matsuzaka | 21 Joey Devine | | | 22 Nate McLouth | 22 Matt Cain | 22 Rafael Perez | | | 23 Shane Victorino | 23 Edison Volquez | 23 Grant Balfour | | | 24 Corey Hart | 23 AJ Burnett | 24 Mike Gonzalez | | | 25 Adam Dunn | 25 Jon Lester | 25 Chris Perez | | | 26 Torii Hunter | 26 Adam Wainwright | 26 Frank Francisco | | | 26 Hunter Pence | 27 Yovani Gallardo | 27 Joel Hanrahan | | | 28 Jermain Dye | 28 Rich Harden | | | | 29 Vernon Wells | 29 Ricky Nolasco | | | | 30 Raul Ibanez | 30 Aaron Harang | | | | 31 Johnny Damon | 31 Carlos Zambrano | | | | 32 Jay Bruce | 32 Jered Weaver | | | | 33 Andre Ethier | 33 Erik Bedard | | | | 34 Brad Hawpe | 34 Zach Greinke | | | | 34 Ryan Ludwick | 35 Justin Verlander | | | | 36 Nelson Cruz | 36 Scott Baker | | | | 37 Chris Young | 37 Derek Lowe | | | | 38 Conor Jackson | 38 Chris Young | | | | 38 Justin Upton | 39 Josh Johnson | | | | 40 Delmon Young | 39 Matt Garza | | | | 41 Mlton Bradley | 39 Brett Myers | | | | 42 Fred Lewis | 42 John Danks | | | | 43 Jason Werth | 42 Ted Lilly | | | | 44 Adam Lind | 44 Kevin Slowey | | | | 45 Jeff Francoeur | 45 David Price | | | | 45 Adam Jones | 46 Chien-Ming Wang | | | | 47 Lastings Milledge | 47 Ryan Dempster | | | | 47 Carlos Gomez | 48 Max Scherzer | | | | 48 Cameron Maybin | 49 John Smoltz | | | | 49 Hideki Matsui | 49 Gil Meche | | | | 49 Shin Soo-Choo | 51 Clayton Kershaw | | | | 51 Xavier Nady | 52 Chris Volstad | | | | 51 David DeJesus | 53 Johnny Cueto | | +---------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------+
Paul has been managing fantasy baseball teams for many seasons and writing for THT Fantasy over the past three years. He is currently a student at UPenn welcomes readers' thoughts at his email here or in the comments below.
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