Early 2008 Fantasy Baseball player rankings

Nov. 13, 2007
By Eric Mack
Senior Fantasy Writer
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We have outlined preliminary position-by-position rankings for next season. Feel free to argue, discuss and generally rip our opinions -- and absolutely grill us if we left someone out or overlooked some intriguing sleepers.

Top 40 catchers
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Victor Martinez	CLE	21	Miguel Olivo	FLA
2	Russell Martin	LAD	22	Kurt Suzuki	OAK
3	Joe Mauer	MIN	23	David Ross	CIN
4	Brian McCann	ATL	24	Gregg Zaun	TOR
5	Jorge Posada	NYY	25	Geovany Soto	CHC
6	Bengie Molina	SF	26	Yorvit Torrealba	FA
7	Kenji Johjima	SEA	27	Josh Bard	SD
8	Jason Varitek	BOS	28	Ryan Doumit	PIT
9	Ivan Rodriguez	DET	29	Miguel Montero	ARI
10	Ramon Hernandez	BAL	30	Jason Kendall	FA
11	Paul Lo Duca	FA	31	Yadier Molina	STL
12	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX	32	J.R. Towles	HOU
13	Johnny Estrada	MIL	33	Gerald Laird	TEX
14	Chris Snyder	ARI	34	Brian Schneider	WAS
15	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW	35	Jeff Mathis	LAA
16	Carlos Ruiz	PHI	36	Javier Valentin	CIN
17	John Buck	KC	37	Dioner Navarro	TB
18	Ronny Paulino	PIT	38	Rod Barajas	PHI
19	Michael Barrett	FA	39	Kelly Shoppach	CLE
20	Mike Napoli	LAA	40	Ramon A. Castro	FA
Top 40 First Basemen
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Albert Pujols	STL	21	Ryan Garko	CLE
2	Ryan Howard	PHI	22	Mike Jacobs	FLA
3	Prince Fielder	MIL	23	Nick Johnson	WAS
4	Mark Teixeira	ATL	24	Adam A. LaRoche	PIT
5	Lance Berkman	HOU	25	Casey Kotchman	LAA
6	Justin Morneau	MIN	26	Joey Votto	CIN
7	Victor Martinez	CLE	27	Aubrey Huff	BAL
8	Derrek Lee	CHC	28	Daric Barton	OAK
9	Carlos Pena	TB	29	Dmitri Young	WAS
10	Adrian Gonzalez	SD	30	Lyle Overbay	TOR
11	Paul Konerko	CHW	31	Conor Jackson	ARI
12	Nick Swisher	OAK	32	Nomar Garciaparra	LAD
13	Carlos Guillen	DET	33	Dan Johnson	OAK
14	James Loney	LAD	34	Kevin Millar	BAL
15	Todd Helton	COL	35	Ross Gload	KC
16	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	36	Matt Stairs	TOR
17	Alex Gordon	KC	37	Scott Hatteberg	CIN
18	Carlos Delgado	NYM	38	Marcus Thames	DET
19	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	TEX	39	Sean Casey	FA
20	Richie Sexson	SEA	40	Mike Lamb	FA
Top 40 second basemen
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Chase Utley	PHI	21	Felipe Lopez	WAS
2	Brandon Phillips	CIN	22	Mark DeRosa	CHC
3	B.J. Upton	TB	23	Brendan Harris	TB
4	Robinson Cano	NYY	24	Matthew Antonelli	SD
5	Brian Roberts	BAL	25	Luis Castillo	FA
6	Dan Uggla	FLA	26	Ryan Theriot	CHC
7	Ian Kinsler	TEX	27	Asdrubal Cabrera	CLE
8	Rickie Weeks	MIL	28	Yunel Escobar	ATL
9	Kelly Johnson	ATL	29	Kaz Matsui	COL
10	Howie Kendrick	LAA	30	Ray Durham	SF
11	Jeff Kent	LAD	31	Danny Richar	CHW
12	Placido Polanco	DET	32	Chris Burke	HOU
13	Orlando Hudson	ARI	33	Alexi Casilla	MIN
14	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	34	Josh Barfield	CLE
15	Aaron Hill	TOR	35	Erick Aybar	LAA
16	Mark Ellis	OAK	36	Mark Grudzielanek	KC
17	Tadahito Iguchi	FA	37	Ronnie Belliard	WAS
18	Freddy Sanchez	PIT	38	Marcus Giles	FA
19	Ty Wigginton	HOU	39	Mark Loretta	FA
20	Jose Lopez	SEA	40	Kevin Frandsen	SF
Top 40 shortstops
RK	Player	TM	RK	Player	TM
1	Jose Reyes	NYM	21	Ryan Theriot	CHC
2	Hanley Ramirez	FLA	22	Yunel Escobar	ATL
3	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	23	Yuniesky Betancourt	SEA
4	Derek Jeter	NYY	24	Juan Uribe	CHW
5	Troy Tulowitzki	COL	25	David Eckstein	FA
6	Miguel Tejada	BAL	26	Jack Wilson	PIT
7	Michael Young	TEX	27	Alex Gonzalez	CIN
8	Carlos Guillen	DET	28	Cristian Guzman	WAS
9	Orlando Cabrera	LAA	29	Adam Everett	HOU
10	Khalil Greene	SD	30	Tony Pena	KC
11	Jhonny Peralta	CLE	31	Jeff Keppinger	CIN
12	Rafael Furcal	LAD	32	Omar Vizquel	SF
13	Edgar Renteria	DET	33	Aaron Miles	STL
14	J.J. Hardy	MIL	34	Reid Brignac	TB
15	Bobby Crosby	OAK	35	Mark Loretta	FA
16	Stephen Drew	ARI	36	Marco Scutaro	OAK
17	Julio Lugo	BOS	37	Josh Wilson	TB