2013 Tigers Hitting Projections

POSITION	PLAYER	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	R	SB
C	Alex Avila	16	70	280	361	65	3
1B	Prince Fielder	42	118	310	423	96	1
2B	Omar Infante	9	53	285	329	79	10
3B	Miguel Cabrera	40	128	337	420	116	5
SS	Jhonny Peralta	19	76	279	330	62	1
LF	Andy Dirks	14	64	294	349	72	7
CF	Austin Jackson	18	70	304	390	102	16
RF	Torii Hunter	21	82	287	359	80	5
DH	Victor Martinez	17	100	317	378	83	0
C	Brayan Pena	3	23	265	301	18	0
UT	Don Kelly	7	36	258	298	25	7
IF	Ramon Santiago	2	22	247	290	23	2
UT	Matt Tuiasosopo	10	34	270	309	20	2
OF	Quintin Berry	1	22	247	307	29	13

Fantasy Baseball 2013: Relief Pitcher Rankings

I have Storen and Soriano high because whoever closes will do great and whoever sets up could be a closer on almost any other team in baseball.

RANK	PLAYER	TIER	$
1	Craig Kimbrel	1	20
2	Mariano Rivera	1	18
3	Fernando Rodney	1	17
4	Jason Motte	2	15
5	Drew Storen	2	13
6	Jim Johnson	2	12
7	Joel Hanrahan	2	11
8	Rafael Soriano	2	11
9	Huston Street	3	10
10	Jon Paplebon	3	9
11	Joe Nathan	3	8
12	John Axford	3	8
13	Sergio Romo	3	7
14	Chris Perez	3	7
15	JJ Putz	3	6
16	Steve Cishek	4	6
17	Ryan Madson	4	5
18	Greg Holland	4	5
19	Jon Broxton	4	4
20	Brandon League	4	4
21	Addison Reed	4	4
22	Grant Balfour	5	3
23	Tom Wilhelmsen	5	3
24	Glen Perkins	5	3
25	Bruce Rondon	5	3
26	Jason Grilli	5	3
27	Casey Janseen	5	3
28	Carlos Marmol	5	2
29	Frank Francisco	5	2
30	Ernesto Frieri	5	2
31	Jose Veras	5	2
32	Brian Wilson	5	2
33	Jose Valverde	5	2
34	Sean Marshall	5	2
35	Ryan Cook	5	1
36	Joakim Soria	5	1
37	Sergio Santos	5	1
38	Kyuji Fujikawa	5	1
39	Rafael Bentancourt	5	1
40	Kenley Jansen	5	1
41	Vinnie Pestano	5	1
42	Tyler Clippard	5	1
43	Luke Gregerson	5	1
44	Joaquin Benoit	5	1
45	Phil Coke	6	0
46	David Hernandez	6	0
47	Santaigo Cassia	6	0
48	Bobby Parnell	6	0
49	Jake Mcgee	6	0
50	Joel Peralta	6	0
51	Kelvin Herrera	6	0
52	Tim Collins	6	0
53	Aaron Crow	6	0
54	David Robertson	6	0
55	Brad Ziegler	6	0
56	Heath Bell	6	0
57	Joba Chamberlin	6	0
58	Scott Downs	6	0
59	Alfredo Aceves	6	0
60	Sean Doolittle	6	0
61	Wilton Lopez	6	0
62	Steve Delabar	6	0
63	Octavio Dotel	6	0
64	Antonio Bastardo	6	0
65	Trevor Rosenthal	6	0

Fantasy Baseball 2013: Third Base Rankings

RANK	PLAYER	$	TIER
1	Miguel Cabrera	44	1
2	Evan Longoria	32	2
3	David Wright	30	2
4	Adrain Beltre	29	2
5	Ryan Zimmerman	26	2
6	Pablo Sandoval	22	3
7	Chase Headley	22	3
8	Aramis Ramirez	20	3
9	Brett Lawrie	19	3
10	David Freese	17	4
11	Mike Moustakas	16	4
12	Michael Young	13	4
13	Will Middlebrooks	13	4
14	Martin Prado	12	4
15	Kyle Seager	11	4
16	Kevin Youkilis	10	5
17	Manny Machado	10	5
18	Todd Frazier	10	5
19	Pedro Alvarez	9	5
20	Chris Johnson	8	5
21	Alberto Callaspo	7	5
22	Lonnie Chisenhall	7	5
23	Josh Donaldson	6	5
24	Luis Cruz	6	5
25	Jordan Pacheco	5	5
26	Matt Carpetner	5	5
27	Trevor Plouffe	4	6
28	Mike Olt	4	6
29	Juan Francisco	3	6
30	Ian Stewart	3	6
31	Josh Vitters	2	6
32	Alex Rodriguez	2	6
33	Eric Chavez	2	6
34	Jedd Gyorko	2	6
35	Greg Dobbs	1	6
36	Placido Polanco	1	6
37	Wilson Betemit	1	6
38	Kevin Frandsen	0	6
39	Luis Valbuena	0	6
40	Zack Cox	0	7
41	Taylor Green	0	7
42	Matt Dominguez	0	7
43	Nolan Arrenado	0	7
44	Anthony Rendon	0	7
45	Brent Lillibridge	0	7

Fantasy Baseball 2013: Shortstop Rankings

RANK	PLAYER	$	TIER
1	Troy Tulowitzki	36	1
2	Jose Reyes	34	1
3	Hanley Ramirez	31	1
4	Starlin Castro	27	2
5	Elvis Andrus	24	2
6	Ian Desmond	19	2
7	Asdrubal Cabrera	17	2
8	Jimmy Rollins	17	2
9	Derek Jeter	15	2
10	Alcides Escobar	14	3
11	Alexei Ramirez	12	3
12	JJ Hardy	11	3
13	Zack Cozart	10	4
14	Jhonny Peralta	10	4
15	Erick Aybar	10	4
16	Andrelton Simmons	6	4
17	Stephen Drew	5	4
18	Yunel Escobar	5	4
19	Jean Segura	5	4
20	Evereth Cabrera	5	4
21	Jed Lowrie	5	4
22	Dee Gordon	3	5
23	Cliff Pennington	2	5
24	Brandon Crawford	2	5
25	Mike Aviles	2	5
26	Sean Rodriguez	1	5
27	Ruben Tejada	1	6
28	Hiroyuki Nakajima	2	6
29	Eduardo Nunez	1	6
30	Pete Kozma	1	6
31	Alex Gonzalez	1	6
32	Brian Doizer	1	6
33	Adieny Hechevarria	1	6
34	Clint Barmas	1	6
35	Brendan Ryan	0	6
36	Jason Donald	0	6
37	Willie Bloomquist	0	7
38	Nick Franklin	0	7
39	Ronny Cedeno	0	7
40	Rafael Furcal	0	7

Fantasy Baseball 2013: Second Base Rankings

RANK	PLAYER	$	TIER
1	Robinson Cano	36	1
2	Ian Kinsler	30	2
3	Brandon Phillips	28	2
4	Dustin Pedroia	27	2
5	Ben Zobrist	25	2
6	Chase Utley	19	2
7	Jason Kipnis	19	3
8	Aaron Hil	18	3
9	Jose Altuve	16	3
10	Howie Kendrick	14	3
11	Dan Uggla	12	3
12	Rickie Weeks	11	3
13	Emilio Bonifacio	11	3
14	Neil Walker	9	4
15	Danny Espinosa	8	4
16	Kelly Johnson	8	4
17	Omar Infante	7	4
18	Dustin Ackley	7	4
19	Daniel Murphy	7	4
20	Marco Scutaro	6	4
21	Josh Rutledge	5	4
22	Gordon Beckham	4	5
23	Donovan Solano	3	5
24	Brian Roberts	3	5
25	Jeff Keppinger	3	5
26	Darwin Barney	3	5
27	Jemile Weeks	2	5
28	Johnny Giavotella	2	5
29	Jurickson Profar	2	5
30	Chris Nelson	2	5
31	Steve Lombardozzi	1	5
32	Ryan Roberts	1	5
33	Mark Ellis	1	6
34	Logan Forsythe	1	6
35	Macier Iztures	1	6
36	Ryan Theriot	1	6
37	Alexi Cassia	0	7
38	Tyler Greene	0	7
39	Jamey Carroll	0	7
40	DJ LaMahieu	0	7
41	Alexi Amarista	0	7
42	Skip Schumaker	0	7
43	Jimmy Padres	0	7
44	Pedro Ciriaco	0	7
45	Chris Getz	0	7

2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: First Base

RANK	PLAYER	$	TIER
1	Joey Votto	36	1
2	Prince Fielder	34	1
3	Albert Pujols	33	1
4	Adrian Gonzalez	30	1
5	Billy Butler	28	2
6	Edwin Encarnacion	26	2
7	Freddie Freeman	22	2
8	Paul Konerko	19	3
9	Adam LaRoche	19	3
10	Anthony Rizzo	18	3
11	Paul Goldschmidt	16	3
12	Eric Hosmer	15	4
13	Ryan Howard	14	4
14	Allen Craig	14	4
15	Mark Teixeira	12	4
16	Ike Davis	11	4
17	Justin Morneau	11	4
18	Corey Hart	10	4
19	Brandon Belt	10	5
20	Brandon Moss	9	5
21	Kendrys Morales	9	5
22	Lance Berkman	8	5
23	Chris Davis	8	5
24	Garrett Jones	8	5
25	Mark Reynolds	7	5
26	Chris Parmelee	7	5
27	Chris Carter	6	5
28	Justin Smoak	5	5
29	Mitch Moreland	5	5
30	Tyler Colvin	4	5
31	Brett Wallace	4	5
32	Carlos Pena	3	6
33	James Loney	2	6
34	Yonder Alonso	2	6
35	Adam Lind	2	6
36	Todd Helton	1	6
37	Gaby Sanchez	1	6
38	Casey Kotchman	1	7
39	Tyler Moore	1	7
40	Darin Ruf	1	7
41	Mike Adams	1	7
42	Ty Wiggington	0	7
43	Brett Pill	0	7
44	Mike Carp	0	7
45	Daric Barton	0	7

2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catcher

RANK	PLAYER	$	TIER
1	Buster Posey	28	1
2	Joe Mauer	23	1
3	Yadier Molina	21	2
4	Matt Wieters	19	2
5	Victor Martinez	16	2
6	Mike Napoli	14	2
7	Carlos Santana	13	2
8	Miguel Montero	12	2
9	Wilin Rosario	11	3
10	Jesus Montero	9	3
11	Brian McCann	8	3
12	AJ Pierzynski	9	3
13	Salvador Perez	8	3
14	Alex Avila	6	3
15	Jon Lucroy	5	3
16	Ryan Doumit	4	4
17	Carlos Ruiz	4	4
18	JP Arenciba	4	4
19	Jarrod Saltalamcchia	4	4
20	Wilson Ramos	3	4
21	Russell Martin	3	4
22	Wellington Castillo	2	4
23	Rob Brantly	2	4
24	Kurt Suzuki	1	5
25	Devin Mesoraco	1	5
26	John Jaso	1	5
27	Chris Iannetta	1	5
28	AJ Ellis	1	5
29	Tyler Flowers	1	5
30	Derek Norris	1	5
31	Geovany Soto	1	5
32	Jason Castro	1	5
33	John Buck	1	5
34	Martin Malandonado	1	6
35	Yasmani Grandal	1	6
36	David Ross	0	6
37	Ramon Hernandez	0	6
38	Ryan Hanigan	0	6
39	Brayan Pena	0	6
40	Travis D’arnaud	0	6
41	George Kottaras	0	6
42	Jose Molina	0	6
43	Michael McKenry	0	7
44	Hector Sanchez	0	7
45	Nick Hundley	0	7

USA Round 2 Outlook: WBC

The US barely made it into round two after another disappointing showing in the beginning of the Classic.  The USA does better and better each year and I think they can easily move out of this pool.  Italy should go down and the USA has a better team than Puerto Rico, so I’d expect no worse than a second place finish in the pool.  The USA will either totally disappoint or pick up and start doing well and surprising everyone (a little).  Look for David Wright to lead this team and the pitching to step it up.  There will be some guys on the USA that continue to struggle but guys like Hosmer and Stanton should improve in this round and impress.  The team also needs to overcome Joe Torre, who has done a horrible job at managing so far, but they can do it.  USA has the best support and I wouldn’t be surprised if they got hot in this round and rode it all the way to the Finals.  I predict a 2-1 round for USA and that they stay out of an elimination game.  I wouldn’t be surprised with a 3-0 round either.  Watch out for the US.

Top 10 Right Now- Team (Tigers, Royals, Indians)

Tigers

1. 3B Miguel Cabrera
2. SP Justin Verlander
3. 1B Prince Fielder
4. CF Austin Jackson
5. DH Victor Martinez
6. SP Max Scherzer
7. RF Torii Hunter
8. SP Doug Fister
9. SP Anibal Sanchez
10. RP Joaquin Beniot

Royals

1. LF Alex Gordon
2. DH Billy Butler
3. SP James Shields
4. 1B Eric Hosmer
5. 3B Mike Moustakas
6. SS Alcides Escobar
7. SP Jeremy Guthrie
8. RP Greg Holland
9. CF Lorenzo Cain
10. SP Wade Davis

Indians

1. RF Nick Swisher
2. 2B Jason Kipnis
3. CF Michael Bourn
4. SS Asdrubal Cabrera
5. SP Ubaldo Jimenez
6. RP Chris Perez
7. C Carlos Santana
8. 3B Lonnie Chisenhall
9. RP Vinnie Pestano
10. SP Justin Masterson