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MLB Fantasy Fifty

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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 Walk-off HR Thursday is just him marking his territory 2 Carl Crawford OF TB All-Star snubbing was absolutely ridiculous 3 Jim Thome DH CWS Recent 7-game stretch in July: 5 HR, 12 RBI, .409 4 Johan Santana SP MIN Twins have won his last 9 starts, 13 of his last 14 5 David Wright 3B NYM HR in the All-Star game and one HR short of HR Derby title 6 Travis Hafner DH CLE He and Crawford should sue someone, they're both All-Stars 7 9 Manny Ramirez OF BOS Hit safely in 14 of recent 17 games (.410, 8 HR, 24 RBI) 8 Ichiro Suzuki OF SEA Ultimate leadoff stats: .351, 66 runs, 27 SB, with 6 HR 9 18 David Ortiz DH BOS 8 HR in 9-game stretch, leads MLB in HR (30) & RBI (84) 10 7 Miguel Tejada SS BAL Best hitting shortstop in baseball, .315, 17 HR, 60 RBI 11 10 A. Soriano OF WAS AVG (.274) is the only thing keeping him out of the top 5 12 11 V. Guerrero OF LAA AVG back over .300 thanks to 8-game hit streak (15-for-29) 13 12 M. Cabrera 3B FLA AVG (.342), RBI (60), runs (64) all still at elite levels 14 Ryan Howard 1B PHI HR Derby champ is the best young power player in the game 15 21 Jason Schmidt SP SF Just 20 ER in last 13 games pitched, 2.69 ERA leads MLB 16 17 Derek Jeter SS NYY Midst of a 12-game hit streak (.428), hit in 18 of recent 19 17 19 N. Garciaparra 1B LAD Going back and forth with Sanchez for NL batting lead 18 25 Joe Mauer C MIN .391, 7 SB for a catcher is ridiculous, 6 HR needs improvement 19 23 L. Berkman 1B HOU 76 RBI ranks 2nd in MLB, 1st in NL, 24 HR & .316 are beautiful 20 27 Scott Rolen 3B STL 4 HR in 8-game stretch a nice show of power to go with .335 21 13 Jon Papelbon RP BOS Just 2 ER in 42.2 IP (0.42 ERA), 25 saves 22 15 Alex Rodriguez 3B NYY Should be ready to explode in the second half of the season 23 20 C. Carpenter SP STL 2.88 ERA ranks 5th in MLB, 90 Ks, but 7-4 record needs work 24 Carlos Beltran OF NYM 5 HR in recent 10 games, but AVG (.283) is dropping 25 26 Jason Bay OF PIT .281 isn't bad, but it's the only thing keeping him out of top 15 26 30 Carlos Lee OF MIL .284 AVG catching up to his 25 HR, 70 RBI, 11 SB 27 35 Jose Reyes SS NYM Leads MLB in SB (39) and runs (74), AVG up over .300 28 34 C. Zambrano SP CHC Hopefully, being hit by that bat doesn't keep him out of action 29 49 F. Liriano SP MIN Worst outing of the season Thursday, but still great numbers 30 22 Andruw Jones OF ATL 72 RBI alone make him worthy of being this high 31 32 Vernon Wells OF TOR Another huge 5-category guy, but AVG has dropped to .312 32 28 Mike Mussina SP NYY 3 or more ER in 5 of last 7 starts raised ERA to 3.24 33 36 Chase Utley 2B PHI During 12-game hit streak: .404, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 11 runs 34 33 C. Patterson OF BAL Currently mired in a 4-for-27 slump, 0 HR, 0 SB 35 16 Pedro Martinez SP NYM 18 ER in 26 June innings before being put on the DL 36 37 Matt Holliday OF COL Hit .388 in June, but power numbers have dropped off a bit 37 42 Jermaine Dye OF CWS Hitting .462, 7 RBI in 10-game hitting streak 38 31 Derrek Lee 1B CHC .304 in 12 games off the DL, but just 1 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB 39 38 G. Sizemore OF CLE 5-tool fantasy guy, but recent slump dipped AVG below .300 40 41 B. Arroyo SP CIN 2.79 ERA still 4th in MLB, despite 5 ER in last game 41 54 Justin Morneau 1B MIN Hit safely in 24 of recent 25 games, 22 HR, 71 RBI 42 44 Roy Halladay SP TOR 12 wins is the most in MLB, 2.92 ERA is great as well 43 46 Paul Konerko 1B CWS .315, 21 HR, 67 RBI are easily top 50 numbers 44 47 Chris Young SP SD 1.17 June ERA was amongst the best in MLB for All-Star snub 45 NR F. Sanchez 2B PIT Hitting .412 in last 36 games, .358 ranks 2nd in MLB 46 NR Chris Capuano SP MIL 6-hit shutout was his 10th win, 112 Ks ranks 5th in MLB 47 51 J. Bonderman SP DET 2 ER or less in 6 straight starts, 107 Ks 48 43 B.J. Ryan RP TOR Worst outing of year (2 ER) raises ERA to 0.89 – what a shame! 49 NR Jason Giambi DH NYY 26 HR, 68 RBI, 54 runs soured only slightly by .264 AVG 50 52 V. Martinez C CLE 16-for-40 (.400) in recent 10-game hit streak, with 9 RBI Just missed Rk P A Player Pos TM Comment 51 NR Brandon Webb SP ARI 4-hit, 1-run CG broke 6-game winless streak, 2.72 ERA 52 NR Brad Penny SP LAD All-Star starter's 10-2 record backed by a 2.92 ERA, 82 Ks 53 NR Bobby Jenks RP CWS 26 saves is the most in MLB, 47 Ks ain't too shabby 54 NR Scott Kazmir SP TB 2-hit, 10-K shutout vs. Red Sox has people talking again 55 NR Gary Matthews OF TEX All-Star's hitting .344 since May 1, .331 ranks 4th in AL The Fallen Rk P A Player Pos TM Comment -- 29 Alex Rios OF TOR DL stint lasting longer than many had anticipated -- 39 Bobby Abreu OF PHI No HR & just 4 runs in recent 20-game stretch, but 6 SB -- 40 Todd Helton 1B COL Had a nice run, but has leveled off recently, just 10 HR -- 45 Tom Gordon RP PHI Allowed runs in 3 of his last 6 outings -- 48 Curt Schilling SP BOS 4 ER in a loss to Devil Rays would hurt anyone's cause -- 50 Johnny Damon OF NYY 4-for-23 slump knocks him out of this week's top 50 FOXSports.com would welcome your comments and feedback on the MLB Fantasy Fifty.