Updated Player RAnkings Thru May 12

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Fantasy Rankings: Position by position

May 12, 2006 Each week, CBS SportsLine's Fantasy Baseball experts provide you with their position-by-position rankings. These rankings are not based on any specific criteria or format, rather the opinions of some of the best in the industry. They are meant to help owners evaluate trades, acquire free agents and formulate an overall opinion on a player. These will be updated weekly throughout the baseball season. Updated May 12 Starting Pitchers 1. Johan Santana, MIN 41. Chris Capuano, MIL 2. Chris Carpenter, STL 42. Chris Young, SD 3. Pedro Martinez, NYM 43. Kenny Rogers, DET 4. Roy Oswalt, HOU 44. Nate Robertson, DET 5. Roy Halladay, TOR 45. Erik Bedard, BAL 6. Jake Peavy, SD 46. Aaron Harang, CIN 7. Josh Beckett, BOS 47. Dan Haren, OAK 8. Curt Schilling, BOS 48. Derek Lowe, LAD 9. Jason Schmidt, SF 49. Joe Blanton, OAK 10. Mark Buehrle, CHW 50. Justin Verlander, DET 11. Greg Maddux, CHC 51. Mark Prior, CHC 12. John Lackey, LAA 52. Ervin Santana, LAA 13. Cliff Lee, CLE 53. Matt Morris, SF 14. Brandon Webb, ARI 54. Javier Vazquez, CHW 15. Randy Johnson, NYY 55. Joel Piniero, SEA 16. Brad Penny, LAD 56. Mike Moroth, DET 17. John Smoltz, ATL 57. Gustavo Chacin, TOR 18. Mike Mussina, NYY 58. Chien-Ming Wang, NYY 19. Andy Pettitte, HOU 59. Kris Benson, BAL 20. Bronson Arroyo, CIN 60. Kelvim Escobar, LAA 21. Tim Hudson, ATL 61. Jarrod Washburn, SEA 22. Barry Zito, OAK 62. Jason Marquis, STL 23. Tom Glavine, NYM 63. Tim Wakefield, BOS 24. Carlos Zambrano, CHC 64. Wandy Rodriguez, HOU 25. Felix Hernandez, SEA 65. Vicente Padilla, TEX 26. Jeremy Bonderman, DET 66. Jon Garland, CHW 27. Rich Harden, OAK 67. Cole Hamels, PHI 28. Kevin Millwood, TEX 68. Jason Johnson, CLE 29. Dontrelle Willis, FLA 69. Zach Duke, PIT 30. Mark Mulder, STL 70. Rodrigo Lopez, BAL 31. Jose Contreras, CHW 71. Ted Lilly, TOR 32. Bartolo Colon, LAA 72. Dave Bush, MIL 33. Livan Hernandez, WAS 73. Matt Cain, SF 34. John Patterson, WAS 74. Jake Westbrook, CLE 35. Brett Myers, PHI 75. Daniel Cabrera, BAL 36. C.C. Sabathia, CLE 76. Jeff Weaver, LAA 37. Scott Kazmir, TB 77. Brad Radke, MIN 38. Freddy Garcia, CHW 78. Kyle Davies, ATL 39. Ben Sheets, MIL 79. Jason Jennings, COL 40. Doug Davis, MIL 80. Jeff Francis, COL Relief Pitchers 1. Francisco Rodriguez, LAA 16. Huston Street, OAK 2. Mariano Rivera, NYY 17. Brad Lidge, HOU 3. Jonathan Papelbon, BOS 18. Akinori Otsuka, TEX 4. Tom Gordon, PHI 19. Brian Fuentes, COL 5. Derrick Turnbow, MIL 20. Todd Jones, DET 6. Curt Schilling, BOS 21. Danys Baez, LAD 7. Bobby Jenks, CHW 22. Chad Cordero, WAS 8. Billy Wagner, NYM 23. Armando Benitez, SF 9. Ryan Dempster, CHC 24. Ambiorix Burgos, KC 10. Jose Valverde, ARI 25. David Weathers, CIN 11. Joe Nathan, MIN 26. Joe Borowski, FLA 12. Chris Ray, BAL 27. Bob Wickman, CLE 13. B.J. Ryan, TOR 28. Mike Gonzalez, PIT 14. Jason Isringhausen, STL 29. J.J. Putz, SEA 15. Trevor Hoffman, SD 30. Chris Reitsma, ATL First Basemen 1. Albert Pujols, STL 16. Lyle Overbay, TOR 2. Jim Thome, CHW 17. Richie Sexson, SEA 3. Lance Berkman, HOU 18. Chris Shelton, DET 4. Adam Dunn, CIN 19. Derrek Lee, CHC 5. Paul Konerko, CHW 20. Jay Gibbons, BAL 6. Carlos Delgado, NYM 21. Kevin Youkilis, BOS 7. Jason Giambi, NYY 22. Phil Nevin, TEX 8. Mark Teixeira, TEX 23. Xavier Nady, NYM 9. Nick Swisher, OAK 24. Conor Jackson, ARI 10. Nick Johnson, WAS 25. Adam LaRoche, ATL 11. Ryan Howard, PHI 26. Shea Hillenbrand, TOR 12. Chad Tracy, ARI 27. Dan Johnson, OAK 13. Todd Helton, COL 28. Ben Broussard, CLE 14. Prince Fielder, MIL 29. Brad Wilkerson, TEX 15. Nomar Garciaparra, LAD 30. Aubrey Huff, TB Second Basemen 1. Alfonso Soriano, WAS 16. Jorge Cantu, TB 2. Chase Utley, PHI 17. Bill Hall, MIL 3. Chone Figgins, LAA 18. Mark Loretta, BOS 4. Tadahito Iguchi, CHW 19. Dan Uggla, FLA 5. Jose Vidro, WAS 20. Todd Walker, CHC 6. Craig Biggio, HOU 21. Ryan Freel, CIN 7. Jeff Kent, LAD 22. Ronnie Belliard, CLE 8. Marcus Giles, ATL 23. Freddy Sanchez, PIT 9. Robinson Cano, NYY 24. Mark Ellis, OAK 10. Rickie Weeks, MIL 25. Luis Castillo, MIN 11. Brian Roberts, BAL 26. Mark DeRosa, TEX 12. Brandon Phillips, CIN 27. Placido Polanco, DET 13. Jose Lopez, SEA 28. Adam Kennedy, LAA 14. Ty Wigginton, TB 29. Orlando Hudson, ARI 15. Josh Barfield, SD 30. Craig Counsell, ARI Shortstops 1. Miguel Tejada, BAL 16. Julio Lugo, TB 2. Michael Young, TEX 17. Clint Barmes, COL 3. Felipe Lopez, CIN 18. Jack Wilson, PIT 4. Jose Reyes, NYM 19. Bill Hall, MIL 5. Derek Jeter, NYY 20. Omar Vizquel, SF 6. Jimmy Rollins, PHI 21. David Eckstein, STL 7. Jhonny Peralta, CLE 22. Ronny Cedeno, CHC 8. Bobby Crosby, OAK 23. Craig Counsell, ARI 9. Nomar Garciaparra, LAD 24. Russ Adams, TOR 10. Hanley Ramirez, FLA 25. Adam Everett, HOU 11. Khalil Greene, SD 26. Alex Gonzalez, BOS 12. Carlos Guillen, DET 27. J.J. Hardy, MIL 13. Rafael Furcal, LAD 28. Yuniesky Betancourt, SEA 14. Edgar Renteria, ATL 29. Angel Berroa, KC 15. Orlando Cabrera, LAA 30. Juan Uribe, CHW Third Basemen 1. Alex Rodriguez, NYY 16. Aramis Ramirez, CHC 2. David Wright, NYM 17. Mike Lowell, BOS 3. Troy Glaus, TOR 18. Bill Hall, MIL 4. Miguel Cabrera, FLA 19. Kevin Youkilis, BOS 5. Morgan Ensberg, HOU 20. Ty Wigginton, TB 6. Eric Chavez, OAK 21. Shea Hillenbrand, TOR 7. Chone Figgins, LAA 22. Joe Crede, CHW 8. Chad Tracy, ARI 23. Ryan Zimmerman, WAS 9. Hank Blalock, TEX 24. Jorge Cantu, TB 10. Edwin Encarnacion, CIN 25. Brandon Inge, DET 11. Nomar Garciaparra, LAD 26. Pedro Feliz, SF 12. Chipper Jones, ATL 27. Adrian Beltre, SEA 13. Garrett Atkins, COL 28. Aubrey Huff, TB 14. Melvin Mora, BAL 29. Aaron Boone, CLE 15. Scott Rolen, STL 30. Michael Cuddyer, MIN Catchers 1. Victor Martinez, CLE 16. Brad Ausmus, HOU 2. Josh Willingham, FLA 17. A.J. Pierzynski, CHW 3. Ramon Hernandez, BAL 18. Bengie Molina, TOR 4. Ivan Rodriguez, DET 19. Jason Kendall, OAK 5. Jorge Posada, NYY 20. Toby Hall, TB 6. Joe Mauer, MIN 21. Miguel Olivo, FLA 7. Kenji Johjima, SEA 22. Rod Barajas, TEX 8. Kenji Johjima, SEA 23. Dioner Navarro, LAD 9. Jason Varitek, BOS 24. Mike Matheny, SF 10. Paul Lo Duca, NYM 25. Brian Schneider, WAS 11. Brian McCann, ATL 26. Jason LaRue, CIN 12. Johnny Estrada, ARI 27. Ronnie Paulino, PIT 13. Javy Lopez, BAL 28. Adam Melhouse, OAK 14. Mike Piazza, SD 29. Mike Lieberthal, PHI 15. Damian Miller, MIL 30. Yadier Molina, STL Outfielders 1. Carlos Lee, MIL 39. Brian Giles, SD 2. Lance Berkman, HOU 40. Scott Podsednik, CHW 3. Vernon Wells, TOR 41. Raul Ibanez, SEA 4. Bobby Abreu, PHI 42. Ryan Freel, CIN 5. Andruw Jones, ATL 43. Jermaine Dye, CHW 6. Adam Dunn, CIN 44. Xavier Nady, NYM 7. Vladimir Guerrero, LAA 45. Geoff Jenkins, MIL 8. Manny Ramirez, BOS 46. Shawn Green, ARI 9. Miguel Cabrera, FLA 47. Brad Wilkerson, TEX 10. Jason Bay, PIT 48. Jeff Francoeur, ATL 11. Nick Swisher, OAK 49. Cory Sullivan, COL 12. Johnny Damon, NYY 50. Garret Anderson, LAA 13. Matt Holliday, COL 51. Carl Everett, SEA 14. Jonny Gomes, TB 52. Cliff Floyd, NYM 15. Luis Gonzalez, ARI 53. Pedro Feliz, SF 16. Alfonso Soriano, WAS 54. Ken Griffey, CIN 17. Grady Sizemore, CLE 55. Randy Winn, SF 18. Kevin Mench, TEX 56. Juan Pierre, CHC 19. Carlos Beltran, NYM 57. Trot Nixon, BOS 20. Magglio Ordonez, DET 58. Mark Kotsay, OAK 21. Brad Hawpe, COL 59. Willy Taveras, HOU 22. Carl Crawford, TB 60. Mike Cameron, SD 23. Chad Tracy, ARI 61. Preston Wilson, HOU 24. J.D. Drew, LAD 62. Dave Roberts, SD 25. Pat Burrell, PHI 63. Juan Encarnacion, STL 26. Casey Blake, CLE 64. Shannon Stewart, MIN 27. Chone Figgins, LAA 65. Jose Guillen, WAS 28. Josh Willingham, FLA 66. Jason Michaels, CLE 29. Barry Bonds, SF 67. Jose Cruz, LAD 30. Austin Kearns, CIN 68. Matt Murton, CHC 31. Alex Rios, TOR 69. Craig Wilson, PIT 32. Jay Gibbons, BAL 70. Frank Catalanotto, TOR 33. Jason Lane, HOU 71. Steve Finley, SF 34. Torii Hunter, MIN 72. Bubba Crosby, NYY 35. Gary Sheffield, NYY 73. Melky Cabrera, NYY 36. Ichiro Suzuki, SEA 74. Ryan Church, WAS 37. Jim Edmonds, STL 75. Jeromy Burnitz, PIT 38. Craig Monroe, DET