As indicated by the title of this post, with opening day less than a week away, the new fantasy baseball season is also rapidly approaching. Here are ESPN's top 10 rankings per position to help with draft selections. These are also pretty comparable to USA Today's rankings.
CATCHERS
1. Joe Mauer, MIN
2. Victor Martinez, CLE*
3. Brian McCann, ATL
4. Ramon Hernandez, BAL
5. Kenji Johjima, SEA
6. Jorge Posada, NYY
7. Michael Barrett, ChC
8. Mike Piazza, OAK**
9. Ivan Rodriguez, DET
10. Russell Martin, LAD
* will split time at 1B and C
** will make most of his starts at DH
FIRST BASE
1. Albert Pujols, StL
2. Ryan Howard, PHI
3. Mark Teixeira, TEX
4. Lance Berkman, HOU
5. Justin Mourneau, MIN
6. Derrick Lee, ChC
7. Paul Konerko, ChW
8. Victor Martinez, CLE*
9. Carlos Delgado, NYM
10. Richie Sexson, SEA
SECOND BASE
1. Chase Utley, PHI
2. Brian Roberts, BAL
3. Robinson Cano, NYY
4. Brandon Phillips, CIN
5. Rickie Weeks, MIL
6. Howie Kendrick, LAD
7. Julio Lugo, BOS***
8. Dan Uggla, FLA
9. Tadahito Iguchi, ChW
10. Josh Barfield, CLE
*** will split time between 2B and SS
SHORTSTOP
1. Jose Reyes, NYM
2. Miguel Tejada, BAL
3. Derek Jeter, NYY
4. Michael Young, TEX
5. Jimmy Rolllins, PHI
6. Hanley Ramirez, FLA
7. Rafael Furcal, LAD****
8. Carlos Guillen, DET
9. Bill Hall, MIL*****
10. Felipe Lopez, WAS
**** injured
***** will make most of starts in CF
THIRD BASE
1. Alex Rodriguez, NYY
2. David Wright, NYM
3. Miguel Cabrera, FLA
4. Aramis Ramirez, ChC
5. Garrett Atkins, COL
6. Chone Figgins, LAA******
7. Ryan Zimmerman, WAS
8. Troy Glaus, TOR
9. Chipper Jones, ATL
10. Scott Rolen, StL
****** will split time at several positions
OUTFIELD
1. Alfonso Soriano, ChC
2. Vladimir Guerrero, LAA
3. Carl Crawford, TB
4. Carlos Beltran, NYM
5. Lance Berkman, HOU
6. Manny Ramirez, BOS
7. Grady Sizemore, CLE
8. Jason Bay, PIT
9. Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
10. Carlos Lee, HOU
PITCHERS
1. Johan Santana, MIN
2. Chris Carpenter, StL
3. Roy Halladay, TOR
4. Roy Oswalt, HOU
5. Jake Peavy, SD
6. Carlos Zambrano, ChC
7. Brandon Webb, ARI
8. Francisco Rodriguez, LAA
9. Joe Nathan, MIN
10. B.J. Ryan, TOR
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touch with baseball when his childhood heroes Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, and Jim Gantner retired but the Great Home Run Chase of 1998 reignited his passion. As a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Erik became involved with the campus chapter of Habitat for Humanity. With this group Erik traveled to Portland, OR and Baltimore, MD to work on construction projects and help the group raise $25,000 to partially sponsor a house in Milwaukee. Also at UWM, Erik met Peter Nagel. The two attended their first Brewers game together during Opening Weekend 2003. Despite their failure to ignite the coals at their first tailgate, the two had a blast and were soon making weekly trips to the ballpark. Erik has gone on to several colleges and changed careers several times, and has moved all the way out to New Hampshire, but has always stayed true to his baseball roots by holding part-time stadium usher jobs. To this day he looks back fondly on his incredible cross-country journey.
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