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