Fantasy Baseball 2013: Relief Pitcher Rankings

March 25, 2013

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

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Fantasy Baseball 2013: Third Base Rankings

March 22, 2013
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

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Fantasy Baseball 2013: Shortstop Rankings

March 20, 2013

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

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Fantasy Baseball 2013: Second Base Rankings

March 19, 2013

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

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2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: First Base

March 18, 2013

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

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2013 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: Catcher

March 17, 2013

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

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Ranking Week 4’s Two Start Pitchers

April 22, 2012
  1. Matt Cain at CIN (Latos), SD (Richard)
  2. Madison Bumgarner at NYM (Santana), SD (Bass)
  3. Gio Gonzalez at SD (Richard), at LAD (TBD)
  4. David Price LAA (Santana), at TEX (Holland)
  5. Jon Lester at MIN (Marquis), at CWS (Peavy)
  6. Zack Grienke HOU (Harrell), at STL (Garcia)
  7. Jordan Zimmermann at SD (Richard), at LAD (Capuano)
  8. Bartolo Colon CWS (Peavy), at BAL (Hunter)
  9. Matt Garza STL (Garcia), at PHI (Kendrick)
  10. Jaime Garcia at CHC (Garza), MIL (Greinke)
  11. Johan Santana SF (Bumgarner), at COL (Guthrie)
  12. Derek Holland NYY (Kuroda), TB (Price)
  13. Mark Buehrle at NYM (Dickey), ARI (TBD)
  14. Mat Latos SF (Cain), HOU (Harrell)
  15. Brandon Morrow at KC (Chen), SEA (Millwood)
  16. Max Scherzer SEA (Vargas), at NYY (Kuroda)
  17. Jake Peavy at OAK (Colon), BOS (Lester)
  18. Ervin Santana at TB (Price), at CLE (Lowe)
  19. Jair Jurrjens at LAD (Capuano), PIT (McDonald)
  20. Josh Beckett at MIN (Swarzark), at CWS (Floyd)
  21. Jason Vargas at DET (Scherzer), at TOR (Alvarez)
  22. Chris Capuano ATL (Jurrjens), WAS (Zimmermann)
  23. Henderson Alvarez at BAL (Hunter), SEA (Vargas)
  24. Gavin Floyd at OAK (Milone), BOS (Beckett)
  25. Hiroki Kuroda at TEX (Holland), DET (Scherzer)
  26. Kyle Kendrick at ARI (Miley), CHC (Garza)
  27. RA Dickey MIA (Buehrle), at COL (Moyer)
  28. Jonathan Sanchez at CLE (Lowe), at MIN (Marquis)
  29. Bruce Chen TOR (Morrow), at MIN (Liriano)
  30. Clayton Richard WAS (Zimmermann), at SF (Cain)
  31. James McDonald COL (Moyer), at ATL (Jurrjens)
  32. Jason Marquis BOS (Lester), KC (Sanchez)
  33. Tommy Hunter TOR (Alvarez), OAK (Colon)
  34. Jamie Moyer at PIT (McDonald), NYM (Dickey)
  35. Derek Lowe KC (Sanchez), LAA (Santana)
  36. Lucas Harell at MIL (Greinke), at CIN (Latos)

Numbers 1-14 are go’s for sure, numbers 15-24 are okay bets, and 25-30 only if you need it, rest are no goes.

Thanks to Yahoo Sports for the list and matchups

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MLB Pick’em and Start Or Dart For 4/11/12

April 10, 2012

Start the pitcher in normal font and avoid the bolded starters

WINNER LOSER START OR DART
Tigers Rays Shields vs Verlander
Indians White Sox Danks vs Masterson
Reds Cardinals Garcia vs Cueto
Blue Jays Red Sox Lester vs Romero
Mets Nationals Strasburg vs Santana
Cubs Brewers Gallardo vs Dempster
Athletics Royals Chen vs McCarthy
Padres D’Backs Saunders vs Luebke
Marlins Phillies Johnson vs Halladay
Yankees Orioles Sabathia vs Arrieta
Braves Astros Delgado vs Rodriguez
Rangers Mariners Millwood vs   Lewis
Angels Twins Weaver vs Pavano
Rockies Giants Lincecum vs Guthrie
Dodgers Pirates Bedard vs Billingsley

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Fantasy Baseball 2012- A Deeper Look Into Each Position

March 11, 2012

Catcher
Best Hitter: Brian McCann (Joe Mauer when healthy)
Best Power: Mike Napoli
Best Basestealer: Russell Martin
Overrated: Russell Martin
Underrated: Chris Ianetta Rising: Matt Wieters, Alex Avila and Carlos Santana
Falling: John Buck
Sleeper: Wilson Ramos
Super Sleeper: Derek Norris
Hottest Young Gun: Jesus Montero
Best Value: Miguel Montero
Risky: Geovany Soto

First Base
Best Hitter: Miguel Cabrera
Best Power: Prince Fielder
Best Basestealer: Eric Hosmer
Overrated: Ryan Howard
Underrated: Joey Votto
Rising: Eric Hosmer and Paul Goldschmit
Falling: Justin Morneau
Sleeper: Brandon Allen
Super Sleeper: Russ Canzler
Hottest Young Gun: Eric Hosmer
Best Value: Paul Konerko
Risky: Justin Morneau

Second Base
Best Hitter: Robinson Cano
Best Power: Dan Uggla
Best Basestealer: Ian Kinsler
Overrated: Gordon Beckham
Underrated: Rickie Weeks (Zobrist a close second)
Rising: Jemile Weeks, Jason Kipnis and best Dustin Ackley
Falling: Brian Roberts
Sleeper: Jason Kipnis
Super Sleeper: Johnny Giavotella
Best Value: Ben Zobrist
Hottest Young Gun: Dustin Ackley
Risky: Brian Roberts

Third Base
Best Hitter: Miguel Cabrera (Evan Longoria second)
Best Power: Jose Bautista (Mark Reynolds second)
Best Basestealer: Emilio Bonifacio
Overrated: Kevin Youkilis
Underrated: Aramis Ramirez
Rising: Brett Lawrie and Mike Moustakas
Falling: Alex Rodriguez
Sleeper: Chase Headley
Super Sleeper: Alex Liddi
Hottest Young Gun: Brett Lawrie and Mike Moustakas
Best Value: Pablo Sandoval
Risky: Ryan Roberts

Shortstop
Best Hitter: Jose Reyes
Best Power: Troy Tulowitzki
Best Basestealer: Jose Reyes
Overrated: Derek Jeter
Underrated: JJ Hardy
Rising: Elvis Andrus and Starlin Castro
Falling: Ian Desmond
Sleeper: Zack Cozart
Super Sleeper: Reid Brignac
Hottest Young Gun: Starlin Castro
Best Value: Stephen Drew, if he can stay healthy, if not Jhonny Peralta
Risky: Jimmy Rollins

Outfield
Best Hitter: Ryan Braun
Best Power: Jose Bautista then Giancarlo Stanton then Matt Kemp
Best Basestealer: Michael Bourn
Overrated: Shane Victorino
Underrated: Carlos Beltran
Rising: Andrew McCutchen and Giancarlo Stanton
Falling: Ichiro Suzuki
Sleeper: Brennan Boesch
Super Sleeper: Casper Wells and Travis Snider
Hottest Young Gun: Mike Trout and Bryce Harper
Best Value: Shin-Soo Choo
Risky: Ichiro Suzuki

DH
Best Hitter: Michael Young
Best Power: David Ortiz
Best Basestealer: Bobby Abreu
Underrated: Adam Dunn
Rising: Billy Butler
Falling: Travis Hafner
Sleeper: Shelly Duncan

Starting Pitchers
Best Velocity: Justin Verlander
Best Stuff: Roy Halladay
Best Make-up: Stephen Strasburg
Overrated: Josh Beckett
Underrated: Johan Santana
Rising:
Falling:
Sleeper: Tim Stauffer
Super Sleeper: Wade Davis
Hottest Young Gun: Matt Moore
Best Value: Matt Garza
Risky: Ricky Nolasco

Relievers
Best Velocity: Jordan Walden
Best Stuff: Mariano Rivera
Best Make-Up: Mariano Rivera
Overrated: Jon Paplebon
Underrated: Sergio Santos
Rising: Jordan Walden
Falling: Carlos Marmol
Sleeper: Kenley Jansen
Super Sleeper: Jake McGee
Hottest Young Gun: Addison Reed
Best Value: Brandon League
Risky:  Matt Capps

 

 

 

BEST POWER HITTER
Jose Bautista
Miguel Cabrera
Prince Fielder
Albert Pujols
Joey Votto
Mark Teixeira
Dan Uggla
Troy Tulowitzki
Mark Reynolds
Matt Kemp
Giancarlo Stanton
Jay Bruce
Robinson Cano
Adam Dunn (Assuming he gets better)

Best Speed
Michael Bourn
Jose Reyes
Carl Crawford
Brett Gardner
Dee Gordon
Cameron Maybin
Elvis Andrus
Desmond Jennings
Coco Crisp
Jacoby Ellsbury
Jemile Weeks
Matt Kemp

Best Average
Joe Mauer
Miguel Cabrera
Albert Pujols
Ryan Braun
Starlin Castro
Joey Votto
Adrian Gonzalez
Michael Young
Hanley Ramirez
Jose Reyes

Best K’s
Justin Verlander
Jered Weaver
Tim Lincecum
Clayton Kershaw
Felix Hernandez
Brandon Morrow
Matt Garza
Stephen Strasburg
Roy Halladay
James Shields
Yovani Gallardo

Best ERA
Justin Verlander
Roy Halladay
Cliff Lee
Clayton Kershaw
David Price
Jered Weaver
Felix Hernandez
Tim Lincecum
Adam Wainwright
Josh Johnson

Best Saves
Jose Valverde
Heath bell
Mariano Rivera
John Axford
Craig Kimbrel
Jon Paplebon
Andrew Bailey
Jordan Walden
Brian Wilson
JJ Putz
Jason Motte

Thanks to Lindy’s Fantasy Baseball 2012 Magazine and USA Today Sports Weekly for the ideas

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Fantasy Baseball 2012- DH Rankings

March 9, 2012
RANK PLAYER TIER ROUND
1 Michael Young 1 6
2 David Ortiz 1 10
3 Billy Butler 1 10
4 Jesus Montero 1 11
5 Edwin Encarnacion 2 16
6 Bobby Abreu 2 29
7 Adam Dunn 2 30
8 Travis Hafner 2 30
9 Raul Ibanez 2 W
10 Johnny Damon 3 W
11 Vladimir Guerrero 3 W
12 Shelly Duncan 4 W

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