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Each week, FOXSports.com will provide you with an updated list of our selections for the top 50 fantasy players in baseball. These rankings will be revised every Friday. Index | NASCAR | NBA | NHL | NFL | MLB MLB Fantasy Fifty Rk P A Player Pos TM Comment 1 Albert Pujols 1B STL Pinball-like April. Already 15 HR, 33 RBI & 29 BBs. 2 3 Vlad Guerrero OF ANA 4 HR, 12 RBI in last 10. AVG up to .327 w/ 3 SB 3 2 Alex Rodriguez 3B NYY Homerless in 12 straight. Average plummeted to .250 4 David Ortiz 1B BOS Solid power numbers at 11 HR, 24 RBI w/ OPS over 1.000 5 8 Travis Hafner DH CLE HR in 4 straight. Hitting at .343 clip w/ 29 RBI to lead AL 6 9 Carl Crawford OF TAM AVG at .259 w/ only 5 EBH, but 8 steals paying off for owners 7 Roy Oswalt SP HOU Raced to 5-1 record, 2.86 ERA, 32 K, only 9 BB w/big support 8 6 Michael Young SS TEX Longballs lacking, but hard to complain w/ .328 and 19 RBI 9 10 M. Cabrera - 3B OF FLA Continues to rope (.337, 4 HR, 19 RBI) even w/ no support 10 5 Mark Teixeira 1B TEX Slow start w/ 4 HR & 16 RBI. Typically heats up around June 1 11 15 C. Carpenter SP STL Lost battle vs. HOU but still at 3-2 w/ 2.35 ERA & 4 K per BB 12 Miguel Tejada SS BAL Leading AL in hitting w/ big RBI production at 26. 13 Johan Santana SP MIN 2 straight Ws & kicking up his K total. 3 great starts in a row 14 23 L. Berkman 1B HOU Hit, RBI in 9 of last 10, .349 w/dominant 11 HR, 36 RBI 15 11 David Wright 3B NYM Only 4 EBH in last 10 w/ 5 RBI. 4-Hit game pushes above .300 16 14 Manny Ramirez OF BOS Hitting .299, still waiting for power game. 4 EBH in last 10 17 19 Pedro Martinez SP NYM Wagner blew 6-0 start, 0.86 WHIP, allowed HR each game 18 17 Ichiro Suzuki OF SEA Signs of life w/ 5 multi-hit games in last 10. Has added 9 SB 19 16 Bobby Abreu OF PHI 1st-round pick hasn't panned out, no HRs in 14 games 20 24 Roy Halladay SP TOR Roughed up by BOS, but still 3-1. Only AVG 4.5 K/9 21 27 Gary Sheffield OF NYY 1 EBH in last 10 (6 RBI), hit safely in 9 of 10, .344 AVG 22 20 Curt Schilling SP BOS 1st L of the year vs. TAM, but a solid start, still 4-1 23 28 Victor Martinez C CLE Roping at .387 w/ 15 EBH & 21 RBI. Distancing himself at C 24 25 Andruw Jones OF ATL Ended RBI drought w/3 straight 2-RBI games. Hits in 8 of 10 25 26 Figgins - 2B-OF 3B LAA Hits in 8 of his last 10 (3 multi-hit) w/ 5 SB in last 10 26 18 Jake Peavy SP SD Both Ws came vs. SF. Padres totaled 4 runs in his 3 losses 27 31 A. Soriano 2B WAS Hits in 7 of 10 to get to .298. 8 HR, 17 RBI & 5 SB a nice start 28 21 Jason Bay OF PIT Scuffling mightily. 1 HR & 2 RBI in last 10. AVG down at .255 29 34 Derek Jeter SS NYY Roping at .364 clip w/ 20 RBI. 5 multi-hit in last 10 games 30 29 Jimmy Rollins SS PHI HR in 3 of 5, finally offering offense, AVG at .270 31 35 Carlos Delgado 1B NYM .295 w/ 11 HR & 23 RBI exactly what was expected. 32 37 Carlos Lee OF MIL Another hot start w/ 12 HR & 25 RBI. 4 HR & 9 RBI in last 10 33 32 Chase Utley 2B PHI 3 straight multi-hit gets him to .298, 4 HR, 17 RBI 34 22 Todd Helton 1B COL Rejoins team this weekend vs. HOU after 2-weeks out 35 50 Greg Maddux RP CHC ARI finally gave him a loss, still 5-1, 2.35 ERA 36 30 Jose Reyes SS NYM OBP crept back over .300. At least he's stealing bases (11-14) 37 33 Carlos Beltran OF NYM 5 HR, 12 RBI tops '05, leg injuries worry me 38 54 Jim Thome 1B CWS Eclipsed '05 HR production already, hitting .300 too 39 56 Tom Glavine SP NYM Knew he'd win behind lineup, but 1.94 ERA & 41 Ks a surprise 40 46 F. Rodriguez RP LAA 8 saves. Has found groove w/ 6th straight scoreless outing 41 36 Chris Shelton 1B DET 1 HR, 3 RBI in last 16, still hitting .310, 10 HR overall 42 38 Randy Johnson SP NYY 4 good starts & 3 bad, still at 5-1 w/ large 5.02 ERA 43 47 M. Ensberg 3B HOU Cooled off after huge start. Zero HR, zero RBI in last 9 games 44 42 Brad Lidge RP HOU 1.72 WHIP, 5.74 ERA large, but converted 11 of 13 saves 45 43 Mariano Rivera RP NYY Inconsistent, converted 5 of 6 saves in just 9 games 46 40 A. Ramirez 3B CHC 1 HR, 2 RBI last 10, .207 avg not picking up for D. Lee 47 41 Juan Pierre OF CHC 10 SBs are nice, but .313 OBP not helping the cause. 48 54 B. Arroyo SP CIN 5-0, 2.06 ERA, 3 Ks per BB. Getting out of AL East a win 49 44 G. Sizemore OF CLE Solid .305, but minimal power/speed: 2 HR, 11 RBI 50 39 Jeff Kent 2B LAD 16 straight w/o an EBH. AVG down at miserable .181 Just missed Rk P A Player Pos TM Comment 51 Kevin Mench OF TEX 9 HR, 24 RBI in last 14 since shoe change 52 UR Jonny Gomes OF TAM 11 HR leads AL, w/24 RBI, .299, needs to cut Ks 53 52 Billy Wagner RP NYM 3 blown saves in 10 games, still 1.80 ERA, 1 K per IP 54 Ryan Howard 1B PHI Team yet to find stride, but .323, 6 HR, 18 RBI is strong 55 48 Ben Sheets SP MIL ERA now 6.64, but 28 Ks vs. 1 BB is awesome 56 53 Joe Nathan RP MIN Twins are awful, so only has 3 save ops The Fallen Rk P A Player Pos TM Comment 49 -- C. Zambrano SP CHC 25 BB in 33 IP leads to 5.35 ERA. Winless in 6 starts 50 -- Rafael Furcal SS LAD 1 SB in last 10. He's still hitting .200 and offering no help 55 -- Dontrelle Willis SP FLA 1 W in 6 starts. 5 solid efforts but zero support. 56 -- Rich Harden SP OAK DL as of 4/27 w/ back injury. Might miss 6-8 weeks 57 -- Joe Mauer C MIN Solid .294, not offering pop or steals in Twins slow start FOXSports.com would welcome your comments and feedback on the MLB Fantasy Fifty.