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April 2013

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First Pitch Fantasy Baseball Ranks

Monday, April 1st, 2013

Ranked the Top 200 a few days ago in preparation for a draft that ignores SB (H/R/HR/RBI/AVG/OBP & W/HLD/SV/K/ERA/WHIP).

Haven’t updated it since the draft to reflect the Motte injury, Jose Fernandez’ promotion, etc., but here it is as a matter of record.

Fantasy Baseball Top 200: 24-Mar.

• 1. Miguel Cabrera
• 2. Robinson Canó
• 3. Joey Votto
• 4. Prince Fielder
• 5. Albert Pujols
• 6. Ryan Braun
• 7. Carlos González
• 8. Andrew McCutchen
• 9. Bryce Harper
• 10. Matt Kemp
• 11. Mike Trout
• 12. Stephen Strasburg
• 13. Clayton Kershaw
• 14. Troy Tulowitzki
• 15. Justin Verlander
• 16. Adrián Béltre
• 17. José Bautista
• 18. Buster Posey
• 19. Ian Kinsler
• 20. Justin Upton
• 21. Josh Hamilton
• 22. Giancarlo Stanton
• 23. David Price
• 24. David Wright
• 25. Edwin Encarnación
• 26. Dustin Pedroia
• 27. Evan Longoria
• 28. Ryan Zimmerman
• 29. Jason Heyward
• 30. Yoenis Céspedes
• 31. Adam Jones
• 32. Cliff Lee
• 33. Félix Hernández
• 34. Matt Cain
• 35. Cole Hamels
• 36. Billy Butler
• 37. Allen Craig
• 38. Adrián González
• 39. Yu Darvish
• 40. Jay Bruce
• 41. B.J. Upton
• 42. Gio González
• 43. R.A. Dickey
• 44. Matt Holliday
• 45. Adam Wainwright
• 46. Zack Greinke
• 47. Paul Goldschmidt
• 48. Jered Weaver
• 49. Craig Kimbrel
• 50. CC Sabathia
• 51. Kris Medlen
• 52. José Reyes
• 53. Ian Desmond
• 54. Jason Kipnis
• 55. Joe Mauer
• 56. Anthony Rizzo
• 57. Shin-Soo Choo
• 58. Aroldis Chapman
• 59. Ben Zobrist
• 60. Starlin Castro
• 61. Brandon Phillips
• 62. Chris Sale
• 63. Jacoby Ellsbury
• 64. Aaron Hill
• 65. Aramis Ramírez
• 66. Freddie Freeman
• 67. Pablo Sandoval
• 68. Álex Ríos
• 69. Carlos Santana
• 70. Madison Bumgarner
• 71. Johnny Cueto
• 72. Asdrubal Cabrera
• 73. Mat Latos
• 74. Matt Moore
• 75. Max Scherzer
• 76. Hanley Ramírez
• 77. Alex Gordon
• 78. Jordan Zimmermann
• 79. Yovani Gallardo
• 80. Jimmy Rollins
• 81. Ryan Howard
• 82. Paul Konerko
• 83. Austin Jackson
• 84. Jonathan Papelbon
• 85. Eric Hosmer
• 86. James Shields
• 87. Brandon Morrow
• 88. Ike Davis
• 89. Matt Wieters
• 90. Melky Cabrera
• 91. David Freese
• 92. Brett Lawrie
• 93. Rickie Weeks
• 94. Carlos Beltrán
• 95. Elvis Andrus
• 96. Desmond Jennings
• 97. Nelson Cruz
• 98. Jake Peavy
• 99. Martín Prado
• 100. Jon Lester
• 101. Josh Johnson
• 102. Curtis Granderson
• 103. Mark Trumbo
• 104. Tim Lincecum
• 105. Yadier Molina
• 106. Rafael Soriano
• 107. Jason Motte
• 108. Hunter Pence
• 109. Chris Davis
• 110. Víctor Martínez
• 111. Miguel Montero
• 112. Ian Kennedy
• 113. Salvador Pérez
• 114. Chase Utley
• 115. Dan Haren
• 116. Matt Harvey
• 117. Roy Halladay
• 118. Derek Jeter
• 119. Sergio Romo
• 120. Chase Headley
• 121. Joe Nathan
• 122. Josh Willingham
• 123. Wilin Rosario
• 124. Mike Moustakas
• 125. Mike Napoli
• 126. Will Middlebrooks
• 127. Mariano Rivera
• 128. Andre Ethier
• 129. Nick Markakis
• 130. Nick Swisher
• 131. Adam LaRoche
• 132. Carlos Gómez
• 133. Fernando Rodney
• 134. Greg Holland
• 135. Huston Street
• 136. Tom Wilhelmsen
• 137. Jeff Samardzija
• 138. Brian McCann
• 139. Jesús Montero
• 140. Dan Uggla
• 141. Brett Anderson
• 142. Homer Bailey
• 143. J.J. Putz
• 144. Justin Morneau
• 145. Brandon Belt
• 146. Howie Kendrick
• 147. Jim Johnson
• 148. Danny Espinosa
• 149. J.J. Hardy
• 150. Michael Morse
• 151. Joel Hanrahan
• 152. Lorenzo Cain
• 153. Julio Teherán
• 154. Jeremy Hellickson
• 155. Grant Balfour
• 156. David Murphy
• 157. Todd Frazier
• 158. Pedro Alvarez
• 159. Alexi Ogando
• 160. Josh Beckett
• 161. Alfonso Soriano
• 162. Wil Myers
• 163. Bruce Rondon
• 164. Shelby Miller
• 165. David Robertson
• 166. Anibal Sánchez
• 167. Hiroki Kuroda
• 168. Andrew Cashner
• 169. Brandon Beachy
• 170. David Hernández
• 171. Kyle Seager
• 172. Michael Young
• 173. Michael Bourn
• 174. Shane Victorino
• 175. Ichiro Suzuki
• 176. Tyler Colvin
• 177. Jurickson Profar
• 178. James McDonald
• 179. Jonathon Niese
• 180. Jarrod Parker
• 181. Domonic Brown
• 182. Kyle Lohse
• 183. Manny Machado
• 184. Corey Hart
• 185. José Altuve
• 186. Neil Walker
• 187. Carlos Quentin
• 188. Carl Crawford
• 189. Doug Fister
• 190. Dexter Fowler
• 191. Alcides Escobar
• 192. Andrelton Simmons
• 193. Josh Rutledge
• 194. A.J. Pierzynski
• 195. Dustin Ackley
• 196. Trevor Cahill
• 197. Tim Hudson
• 198. Jed Lowrie
• 199. Alex Cobb
• 200. Ryan Dempster
• 201. J.P. Arencibia
• 202. Nolan Arenado

(Note: Updated with the team we are putting on the field for opening day):

C: Salvador Perez
1B: Freddie Freeman
2B: Robinson Cano
3B: Ryan Zimmerman
SS: Troy Tulowitzki
LF: Bryce Harper
CF: Adam Jones
RF: Alex Rios
UTIL: Shin Soo-Choo
Bench: Jesus Montero, Brandon Belt
DL: Hanley Ramirez

SP: Yu Darvish; Zack Greinke; Matt Moore; Jake Peavy; Jon Lester; Dan Haren; Alexi Ogando; Jose Fernandez
RP: Tom Wilhelmsen; Addison Reed; Bobby Parnell; Steve Cishek
DL: Brandon Beachy