Rankings: Position by position

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April 21, 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 April 21

Starting Pitchers
1.	Chris Carpenter, STL	39.	Chris Young, SD
2.	Roy Oswalt, HOU	40.	Mike Mussina, NYY
3.	Johan Santana, MIN	41.	Aaron Harang, CIN
4.	Curt Schilling, BOS	42.	Bronson Arroyo, CIN
5.	Josh Beckett, BOS	43.	Dan Haren, OAK
6.	Pedro Martinez, NYM	44.	Scott Kazmir, TB
7.	Roy Halladay, TOR	45.	Derek Lowe, LAD
8.	Jake Peavy, SD	46.	Joe Blanton, OAK
9.	Rich Harden, OAK	47.	Noah Lowry, SF
10.	Randy Johnson, NYY	48.	Mark Prior, CHC
11.	Cliff Lee, CLE	49.	Ervin Santana, LAA
12.	Carlos Zambrano, CHC	50.	Matt Morris, SF
13.	John Lackey, LAA	51.	Joel Pineiro, SEA
14.	Mark Buehrle, CHW	52.	Javier Vazquez, CHW
15.	Greg Maddux, CHC	53.	Chris Capuano, MIL
16.	Dontrelle Willis, FLA	54.	C.C. Sabathia, CLE
17.	Brad Penny, LAD	55.	Gustavo Chacin, TOR
18.	John Patterson, WAS	56.	Kris Benson, BAL
19.	John Smoltz, ATL	57.	Chien-Ming Wang, NYY
20.	Brandon Webb, ARI	58.	Kelvim Escobar, LAA
21.	Jason Schmidt, SF	59.	Jarrod Washburn, SEA
22.	Bartolo Colon, LAA	60.	Oliver Perez, PIT
23.	Andy Pettitte, HOU	61.	Jeff Weaver, LAA
24.	Tim Hudson, ATL	62.	Vicente Padilla, TEX
25.	Tom Glavine, NYM	63.	Kenny Rogers, DET
26.	Livan Hernandez, WAS	64.	Jon Garland, CHW
27.	Barry Zito, OAK	65.	Jason Johnson, CLE
28.	Kevin Millwood, TEX	66.	Zach Duke, PIT
29.	Felix Hernandez, SEA	67.	Rodrigo Lopez, BAL
30.	Jeremy Bonderman, DET	68.	Ted Lilly, TOR
31.	Mark Mulder, STL	69.	Daniel Cabrera, BAL
32.	Ben Sheets, MIL	70.	Tim Wakefield, BOS
33.	Brett Myers, PHI	71.	Jason Jennings, COL
34.	A.J. Burnett, TOR	72.	Jake Westbrook, CLE
35.	Freddy Garcia, CHW	73.	Matt Cain, SF
36.	Doug Davis, MIL	74.	Jeff Francis, COL
37.	Jose Contreras, CHW	75.	Brad Radke, MIN
38.	Erik Bedard, BAL

Relief Pitchers
1.	Mariano Rivera, NYY	16.	Trevor Hoffman, SD
2.	Curt Schilling, BOS	17.	Jose Valverde, ARI
3.	Francisco Rodriguez, LAA	18.	Bob Wickman, CLE
4.	Brad Lidge, HOU	19.	Tom Gordon, PHI
5.	Joe Nathan, MIN	20.	Francisco Cordero, TEX
6.	Jon Papelbon, BOS	21.	Armando Benitez, SF
7.	Chris Ray, BAL	22.	Brian Fuentes, COL
8.	Billy Wagner, NYM	23.	Mike Gonzalez, PIT
9.	Huston Street, OAK	24.	Danys Baez, LAD
10.	Derrick Turnbow, MIL	25.	Eddie Guardado, SEA
11.	Ryan Dempster, CHC	26.	Chris Reitsma, ATL
12.	Bobby Jenks, CHW	27.	Eric Gagne, LAD
13.	B.J. Ryan, TOR	28.	Tim Worrell, SF
14.	Chad Cordero, WAS	29.	Fernando Rodney, DET
15.	Jason Isringhausen, STL	30.	J.J. Putz, SEA

First Basemen
1.	Albert Pujols, STL	16.	Nick Johnson, WAS
2.	Lance Berkman, HOU	17.	Chad Tracy, ARI
3.	Mark Teixeira, TEX	18.	Derrek Lee, CHC
4.	Todd Helton, COL	19.	Justin Morneau, MIN
5.	Jim Thome, CHW	20.	Dan Johnson, OAK
6.	Adam Dunn, CIN	21.	Brad Wilkerson, TEX
7.	Chris Shelton, DET	22.	Adam LaRoche, ATL
8.	Paul Konerko, CHW	23.	Prince Fielder, MIL
9.	Carlos Delgado, NYM	24.	Kevin Youkilis, BOS
10.	Jason Giambi, NYY	25.	Aubrey Huff, TB
11.	Richie Sexson, SEA	26.	Casey Kotchman, LAA
12.	Ryan Howard, PHI	27.	Craig Wilson, PIT
13.	Nick Swisher, OAK	28.	Xavier Nady, NYM
14.	Jay Gibbons, BAL	29.	Phil Nevin, TEX
15.	Lyle Overbay, TOR	30.	Mike Jacobs, FLA

Second Basemen
1.	Chase Utley, PHI	16.	Placido Polanco, DET
2.	Alfonso Soriano, WAS	17.	Jose Lopez, SEA
3.	Chone Figgins, LAA	18.	Luis Castillo, MIN
4.	Jeff Kent, LAD	19.	Jose Castillo, PIT
5.	Jorge Cantu, TB	20.	Josh Barfield, SD
6.	Jose Vidro, WAS	21.	Todd Walker, CHC
7.	Robinson Cano, NYY	22.	Dan Uggla, FLA
8.	Rickie Weeks, MIL	23.	Aaron Hill, TOR
9.	Marcus Giles, ATL	24.	Mark Ellis, OAK
10.	Brian Roberts, BAL	25.	Adam Kennedy, LAA
11.	Craig Biggio, HOU	26.	Mark Grudzielanek, KC
12.	Ryan Freel, CIN	27.	Craig Counsell, ARI
13.	Tadahito Iguchi, CHW	28.	Ray Durham, SF
14.	Ron Belliard, CLE	29.	Rich Aurilia, CIN
15.	Mark Loretta, BOS	30.	Orlando Husdson, ARI

Shortstops
1.	Miguel Tejada, BAL	16.	Orlando Cabrera, LAA
2.	Michael Young, TEX	17.	J.J. Hardy, MIL
3.	Derek Jeter, NYY	18.	Ronny Cedeno, CHC
4.	Jose Reyes, NYM	19.	Russ Adams, TOR
5.	Felipe Lopez, CIN	20.	Juan Uribe, CHW
6.	Jimmy Rollins, PHI	21.	Angel Berroa, KC
7.	Jhonny Peralta, CLE	22.	David Eckstein, STL
8.	Rafael Furcal, LAD	23.	Omar Vizquel, SF
9.	Edgar Renteria, ATL	24.	Adam Everett, HOU
10.	Khalil Greene, SD	25.	Bill Hall, MIL
11.	Bobby Crosby, OAK	26.	Craig Counsell, ARI
12.	Carlos Guillen, DET	27.	Yuniesky Betancourt, SEA
13.	Hanley Ramirez, FLA	28.	Alex A. Gonzalez, BOS
14.	Clint Barmes, COL	29.	Nomar Garciaparra, LAD
15.	Jack Wilson, PIT	30.	Julio Lugo, TB

Third Basemen
1.	Alex Rodriguez, NYY	16.	Kevin Youkilis, BOS
2.	David Wright, NYM	17.	Chad Tracy, ARI
3.	Scott Rolen, STL	18.	Brandon Inge, DET
4.	Miguel Cabrera, FLA	19.	Bill Mueller, LAD
5.	Eric Chavez, OAK	20.	Mike Lowell, BOS
6.	Morgan Ensberg, HOU	21.	Ryan Zimmerman, WAS
7.	Garrett Atkins, COL	22.	Ty Wigginton, TB
8.	Hank Blalock, TEX	23.	Aaron Boone, CLE
9.	Troy Glaus, TOR	24.	Adrian Beltre, SEA
10.	Chone Figgins, LAA	25.	Nomar Garciaparra, LAD
11.	Melvin Mora, BAL	26.	Joe Crede, CHW
12.	Jorge Cantu, TB	27.	Shea Hillenbrand, TOR
13.	Chipper Jones, ATL	28.	Vinny Castilla, SD
14.	Aramis Ramirez, CHC	29.	Wilson Betemit, ATL
15.	Edwin Encarnacion, CIN	30.	Matk Teahen, KC

Catchers
1.	Victor Martinez, CLE	16.	Jason Kendall, OAK
2.	Ramon Hernandez, BAL	17.	A.J. Pierzynski, CHW
3.	Joe Mauer, MIN	18.	Toby Hall, TB
4.	Michael Barrett, CHC	19.	Miguel Olivo, FLA
5.	Jorge Posada, NYY	20.	Damian Miller, MIL
6.	Jason Varitek, BOS	21.	Johnny Estrada, ARI
7.	Josh Willingham, FLA	22.	John Buck, KC
8.	Kenji Johjima, SEA	23.	Brad Ausmus, HOU
9.	Ivan Rodriguez, DET	24.	Danny Ardoin, COL
10.	Bengie Molina, TOR	25.	Rod Barajas, TEX
11.	Mike Piazza, SD	26.	Chris Snyder, ARI
12.	Javy Lopez, BAL	27.	Yadier Molina, STL
13.	Brian McCann, ATL	28.	Dioner Navarro, LAD
14.	Paul LoDuca, NYM	29.	Ryan Doumit, PIT
15.	Mike Lieberthal, PHI	30.	Jeff Mathis, LAA

Outfielders
1.	Carlos Lee, MIL	39.	Ryan Freel, CIN
2.	Andruw Jones, ATL	40.	Barry Bonds, SF
3.	Lance Berkman, HOU	41.	Josh Willingham, FLA
4.	Bobby Abreu, PHI	42.	Aaron Rowand, PHI
5.	Adam Dunn, CIN	43.	Jeff Francoeur, ATL
6.	Vladimir Guerrero, LAA	44.	Brad Wilkerson, TEX
7.	Manny Ramirez, BOS	45.	Mark Kotsay, OAK
8.	Miguel Cabrera, FLA	46.	Austin Kearns, CIN
9.	Jason Bay, PIT	47.	Jason Lane, HOU
10.	Vernon Wells, TOR	48.	Scott Podsednik, CHW
11.	Gary Sheffield, NYY	49.	Willy Taveras, HOU
12.	Hideki Matsui, NYY	50.	Shawn Green, ARI
13.	Johnny Damon, NYY	51.	Jermaine Dye, CHW
14.	Carl Crawford, TB	52.	Matt Murton, CHC
15.	Ichiro Suzuki, SEA	53.	Xavier Nady, NYM
16.	Grady Sizemore, CLE	54.	Craig Monroe, DET
17.	Alfonso Soriano, WAS	55.	Jeremy Hermida, FLA
18.	Brian Giles, SD	56.	Ken Griffey, CIN
19.	Carlos Beltran, NYM	57.	Jeromy Burnitz, PIT
20.	Torii Hunter, MIN	58.	Reggie Sanders, KC
21.	J.D. Drew, LAD	59.	Curtis Granderson, DET
22.	Jonny Gomes, TB	60.	Milton Bradley, OAK
23.	Brad Hawpe, COL	61.	Shannon Stewart, MIN
24.	Chone Figgins, LAA	62.	Matt Holliday, COL
25.	Pat Burrell, PHI	63.	Brady Clark, MIL
26.	Luis Gonzalez, ARI	64.	Trot Nixon, BOS
27.	Jim Edmonds, STL	65.	Wily Mo Pena, BOS
28.	Jay Gibbons, BAL	66.	Kevin Mench, TEX
29.	Magglio Ordonez, DET	67.	Randy Winn, SF
30.	Jose Guillen, WAS	68.	Carl Everett, SEA
31.	Moises Alou, SF	69.	Pedro Feliz, SF
32.	Chad Tracy, ARI	70.	Mike Cameron, SD
33.	Juan Pierre, CHC	71.	Joey Gathright, TB
34.	Garret Anderson, LAA	72.	Geoff Jenkins, MIL
35.	Casey Blake, CLE	73.	Nick Markakis, BAL
36.	Craig Wilson, PIT	74.	Ryan Langerhans, ATL
37.	Alex Rios, TOR	75.	Ryan Church, WAS
38.	Nick Swisher, OAK