Hache Man
"Seven Days Without Gambling Makes One Weak"
Re: Fantasy Baseball News 2008
June Outfielder Rankings
Up this week are the June rankings. Players are ranked based on how I believe they will perform in 5x5 leagues over the remainder of the season. Included with the position rankings is a new overall top-250 list.
Click to see other June Rankings:
Relief Pitcher Rankings
Starting Pitcher Rankings
Outfielder Rankings
Catcher Rankings
First Basemen Rankings
DH Rankings
Second Basemen Rankings
Shortstop Rankings
Third basemen Rankings
Top 250 Overall Rankings
Outfielders
<TABLE width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=TableTopRed><TD>Rank</TD><TD>Player Name</TD><TD>Team</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>1</TD><TD>Carl Crawford</TD><TD>TB</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>2</TD><TD>Matt Holliday</TD><TD>COL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>3</TD><TD>Vladimir Guerrero</TD><TD>ANA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>4</TD><TD>Ichiro Suzuki</TD><TD>SEA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>5</TD><TD>Alfonso Soriano</TD><TD>CHC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>6</TD><TD>Carlos Beltran</TD><TD>NYM</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>7</TD><TD>Nick Markakis</TD><TD>BAL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>8</TD><TD>Grady Sizemore</TD><TD>CLE</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>9</TD><TD>Alex Rios</TD><TD>TOR</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>10</TD><TD>Bobby Abreu</TD><TD>NYY</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>11</TD><TD>Manny Ramirez</TD><TD>BOS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>12</TD><TD>Curtis Granderson</TD><TD>DET</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>13</TD><TD>Carlos Lee</TD><TD>HOU</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>14</TD><TD>Magglio Ordonez</TD><TD>DET</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>15</TD><TD>Jason Bay</TD><TD>PIT</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>16</TD><TD>Jacoby Ellsbury</TD><TD>BOS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>17</TD><TD>Adam Dunn</TD><TD>CIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>18</TD><TD>[URL="http://fantasyfootball.usatoday.com/content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=194"]Chris Young[/URL]</TD><TD>ARZ</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>19</TD><TD>Corey Hart</TD><TD>MLW</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>20</TD><TD>Hunter Pence</TD><TD>HOU</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>21</TD><TD>Nate McLouth</TD><TD>PIT</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>22</TD><TD>Josh Hamilton</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>23</TD><TD>Torii Hunter</TD><TD>ANA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>24</TD><TD>Jeff Francoeur</TD><TD>ATL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>25</TD><TD>Carlos Quentin</TD><TD>CWS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>26</TD><TD>Matt Kemp</TD><TD>LA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>27</TD><TD>Johnny Damon</TD><TD>NYY</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>28</TD><TD>Delmon Young</TD><TD>MIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>29</TD><TD>Nick Swisher</TD><TD>CWS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>30</TD><TD>Kosuke Fukudome</TD><TD>CHC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>31</TD><TD>Shane Victorino</TD><TD>PHI</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>32</TD><TD>Pat Burrell</TD><TD>PHI</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>33</TD><TD>Hideki Matsui</TD><TD>NYY</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>34</TD><TD>Jay Bruce</TD><TD>CIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>35</TD><TD>Raul Ibanez</TD><TD>SEA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>36</TD><TD>Jeremy Hermida</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>37</TD><TD>Jermaine Dye</TD><TD>CWS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>38</TD><TD>Michael Bourn</TD><TD>HOU</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>39</TD><TD>Vernon Wells</TD><TD>TOR</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>40</TD><TD>Brad Hawpe</TD><TD>COL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>41</TD><TD>Juan Pierre</TD><TD>LA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>42</TD><TD>Willy Taveras</TD><TD>COL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>43</TD><TD>Eric Byrnes</TD><TD>ARZ</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>44</TD><TD>Michael Cuddyer</TD><TD>MIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>45</TD><TD>Carlos Gomez</TD><TD>MIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>46</TD><TD>Mike Cameron</TD><TD>MLW</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>47</TD><TD>Lastings Milledge</TD><TD>WAS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>48</TD><TD>Rick Ankiel</TD><TD>STL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>49</TD><TD>Justin Upton</TD><TD>ARZ</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>50</TD><TD>Aaron Rowand</TD><TD>SF</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>51</TD><TD>Ryan Church</TD><TD>NYM</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>52</TD><TD>J.D. Drew</TD><TD>BOS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>53</TD><TD>Adam Jones</TD><TD>BAL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>54</TD><TD>Gary Matthews Jr.</TD><TD>ANA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>55</TD><TD>[URL="http://fantasyfootball.usatoday.com/content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=2353"]Jose Guillen[/URL]</TD><TD>KC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>56</TD><TD>Ken Griffey Jr.</TD><TD>CIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>57</TD><TD>Josh Willingham</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>58</TD><TD>Andre Ethier</TD><TD>LA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>59</TD><TD>Milton Bradley</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>60</TD><TD>Randy Winn</TD><TD>SF</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>61</TD><TD>Melky Cabrera</TD><TD>NYY</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>62</TD><TD>Garret Anderson</TD><TD>ANA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>63</TD><TD>Xavier Nady</TD><TD>PIT</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>64</TD><TD>Brian Giles</TD><TD>SD</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>65</TD><TD>Jack Cust</TD><TD>OAK</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>66</TD><TD>Fred Lewis</TD><TD>SF</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>67</TD><TD>David Murphy</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>68</TD><TD>Austin Kearns</TD><TD>WAS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>69</TD><TD>Mark Teahen</TD><TD>KC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>70</TD><TD>Luke Scott</TD><TD>BAL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>71</TD><TD>Ryan Ludwick</TD><TD>STL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>72</TD><TD>Andruw Jones</TD><TD>LA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>73</TD><TD>Wily Mo Pe?a</TD><TD>WAS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>74</TD><TD>David DeJesus</TD><TD>KC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>75</TD><TD>Skip Schumaker</TD><TD>STL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>76</TD><TD>Ben Francisco</TD><TD>CLE</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>77</TD><TD>Jason Kubel</TD><TD>MIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>78</TD><TD>Geoff Jenkins</TD><TD>PHI</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>79</TD><TD>Chris Duncan</TD><TD>STL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>80</TD><TD>Jayson Werth</TD><TD>PHI</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>81</TD><TD>Moises Alou</TD><TD>KC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>82</TD><TD>Scott Hairston</TD><TD>SD</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>83</TD><TD>Franklin Gutierrez</TD><TD>CLE</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>84</TD><TD>Matt Stairs</TD><TD>TOR</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>85</TD><TD>Coco Crisp</TD><TD>BOS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>86</TD><TD>Joey Gathright</TD><TD>KC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>87</TD><TD>David Dellucci</TD><TD>CLE</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>88</TD><TD>Ryan Spilborghs</TD><TD>COL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>89</TD><TD>Corey Patterson</TD><TD>CIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>90</TD><TD>Adam Lind</TD><TD>TOR</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>91</TD><TD>Jacque Jones</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>92</TD><TD>Jonny Gomes</TD><TD>TB</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>93</TD><TD>Travis Buck</TD><TD>OAK</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>94</TD><TD>Barry Bonds</TD><TD>SF</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>95</TD><TD>Wladimir Balentien</TD><TD>SEA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>96</TD><TD>Emil Brown</TD><TD>OAK</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>97</TD><TD>Cliff Floyd</TD><TD>TB</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>98</TD><TD>Elijah Dukes</TD><TD>WAS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>99</TD><TD>Mark Kotsay</TD><TD>ATL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>100</TD><TD>Marcus Thames</TD><TD>DET</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>101</TD><TD>Shannon Stewart</TD><TD>TOR</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>102</TD><TD>Ryan Sweeney</TD><TD>OAK</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>103</TD><TD>Kenny Lofton</TD><TD>CLE</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>104</TD><TD>Gregor Blanco</TD><TD>ATL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>105</TD><TD>Jim Edmonds</TD><TD>CHC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>106</TD><TD>Carlos Gonzalez</TD><TD>OAK</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>107</TD><TD>Ryan Freel</TD><TD>CIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>108</TD><TD>[URL="http://fantasyfootball.usatoday.com/content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=3797"][URL="http://fantasyfootball.usatoday.com/content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=4378"]Luis Gonzalez[/URL][/URL]</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>109</TD><TD>Reed Johnson</TD><TD>CHC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>110</TD><TD>John Bowker</TD><TD>SF</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>111</TD><TD>Cody Ross</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>112</TD><TD>Frank Catalanotto</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>113</TD><TD>Craig Monroe</TD><TD>MIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>114</TD><TD>Brandon Boggs</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>115</TD><TD>Felix Pie</TD><TD>CHC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>116</TD><TD>Marlon Byrd</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>117</TD><TD>Rocco Baldelli</TD><TD>TB</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>118</TD><TD>Matt Diaz</TD><TD>ATL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>119</TD><TD>Cameron Maybin</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>120</TD><TD>Angel Pagan</TD><TD>NYM</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Rising: Ichiro Suzuki (6 to 4), Alfonso Soirano (10 to 5), Jason Bay (29 to 15), Jacoby Ellsbury (26 to 16), Nate McLouth (39 to 21), Josh Hamilton (33 to 22), Carlos Quentin (52 to 25), Jay Bruce (91 to 34), Juan Pierre (55 to 41), Carlos Gomez (74 to 45), Aaron Rowand (60 to 50), Ryan Church (61 to 51), Randy Winn (70 to 60), David Murphy (81 to 67), Ryan Ludwick (101 to 71), Ben Francisco (NR to 76), Joey Gathright (102 to 86), Ryan Spilborghs (118 to 88), Wladimir Balentien (NR to 95)
Falling: Matt Holliday (1 to 2), Nick Markakis (4 to 7), Alex Rios (7 to 9), Delmon Young (23 to 28), Nick Swisher (25 to 29), Vernon Wells (19 to 39), Eric Byrnes (18 to 43), Lastings Milledge (41 to 47), Adam Jones (46 to 53), Josh Willingham (48 to 57), Austin Kearns (53 to 68), Mark Teahen (57 to 69), Andruw Jones (44 to 72), Chris Duncan (67 to 79), Franklin Gutierrez (54 to 83), Corey Patterson (76 to 89), Jacque Jones (77 to 91), Barry Bonds (79 to 94), Reed Johnson (88 to 109), Colby Rasmus (95 to NR)
- Holliday will likely reclaim the top spot after returning from a hamstring injury next week. Crawford hardly deserves to be ranked No. 1 with the way he's performed, but he still figures to get hot at some point and he's better quite a bit better in runs and RBI than expected given his slow start.
- Swisher drops only four slots. He's pretty much the ultimate buy-low candidate at this point. He has too much power not to eventually take advantage of playing at U.S. Cellular.
- I'm slotting Bruce in at No. 34. My preseason projection called for a .258/.306/.452 line, 12 homers, 52 RBI and six steals in 310 at-bats. Now that he's up, he looks like a pretty good bet for 400 at-bats and 20 homers. A .300 average is unrealistic, but he should post fine run and RBI numbers anyway if he continues to hit high in Cincinnati's order.
June Outfielder Rankings
Up this week are the June rankings. Players are ranked based on how I believe they will perform in 5x5 leagues over the remainder of the season. Included with the position rankings is a new overall top-250 list.
Click to see other June Rankings:
Relief Pitcher Rankings
Starting Pitcher Rankings
Outfielder Rankings
Catcher Rankings
First Basemen Rankings
DH Rankings
Second Basemen Rankings
Shortstop Rankings
Third basemen Rankings
Top 250 Overall Rankings
Outfielders
<TABLE width="100%"><TBODY><TR class=TableTopRed><TD>Rank</TD><TD>Player Name</TD><TD>Team</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>1</TD><TD>Carl Crawford</TD><TD>TB</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>2</TD><TD>Matt Holliday</TD><TD>COL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>3</TD><TD>Vladimir Guerrero</TD><TD>ANA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>4</TD><TD>Ichiro Suzuki</TD><TD>SEA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>5</TD><TD>Alfonso Soriano</TD><TD>CHC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>6</TD><TD>Carlos Beltran</TD><TD>NYM</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>7</TD><TD>Nick Markakis</TD><TD>BAL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>8</TD><TD>Grady Sizemore</TD><TD>CLE</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>9</TD><TD>Alex Rios</TD><TD>TOR</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>10</TD><TD>Bobby Abreu</TD><TD>NYY</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>11</TD><TD>Manny Ramirez</TD><TD>BOS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>12</TD><TD>Curtis Granderson</TD><TD>DET</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>13</TD><TD>Carlos Lee</TD><TD>HOU</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>14</TD><TD>Magglio Ordonez</TD><TD>DET</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>15</TD><TD>Jason Bay</TD><TD>PIT</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>16</TD><TD>Jacoby Ellsbury</TD><TD>BOS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>17</TD><TD>Adam Dunn</TD><TD>CIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>18</TD><TD>[URL="http://fantasyfootball.usatoday.com/content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=194"]Chris Young[/URL]</TD><TD>ARZ</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>19</TD><TD>Corey Hart</TD><TD>MLW</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>20</TD><TD>Hunter Pence</TD><TD>HOU</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>21</TD><TD>Nate McLouth</TD><TD>PIT</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>22</TD><TD>Josh Hamilton</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>23</TD><TD>Torii Hunter</TD><TD>ANA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>24</TD><TD>Jeff Francoeur</TD><TD>ATL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>25</TD><TD>Carlos Quentin</TD><TD>CWS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>26</TD><TD>Matt Kemp</TD><TD>LA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>27</TD><TD>Johnny Damon</TD><TD>NYY</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>28</TD><TD>Delmon Young</TD><TD>MIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>29</TD><TD>Nick Swisher</TD><TD>CWS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>30</TD><TD>Kosuke Fukudome</TD><TD>CHC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>31</TD><TD>Shane Victorino</TD><TD>PHI</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>32</TD><TD>Pat Burrell</TD><TD>PHI</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>33</TD><TD>Hideki Matsui</TD><TD>NYY</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>34</TD><TD>Jay Bruce</TD><TD>CIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>35</TD><TD>Raul Ibanez</TD><TD>SEA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>36</TD><TD>Jeremy Hermida</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>37</TD><TD>Jermaine Dye</TD><TD>CWS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>38</TD><TD>Michael Bourn</TD><TD>HOU</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>39</TD><TD>Vernon Wells</TD><TD>TOR</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>40</TD><TD>Brad Hawpe</TD><TD>COL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>41</TD><TD>Juan Pierre</TD><TD>LA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>42</TD><TD>Willy Taveras</TD><TD>COL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>43</TD><TD>Eric Byrnes</TD><TD>ARZ</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>44</TD><TD>Michael Cuddyer</TD><TD>MIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>45</TD><TD>Carlos Gomez</TD><TD>MIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>46</TD><TD>Mike Cameron</TD><TD>MLW</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>47</TD><TD>Lastings Milledge</TD><TD>WAS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>48</TD><TD>Rick Ankiel</TD><TD>STL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>49</TD><TD>Justin Upton</TD><TD>ARZ</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>50</TD><TD>Aaron Rowand</TD><TD>SF</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>51</TD><TD>Ryan Church</TD><TD>NYM</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>52</TD><TD>J.D. Drew</TD><TD>BOS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>53</TD><TD>Adam Jones</TD><TD>BAL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>54</TD><TD>Gary Matthews Jr.</TD><TD>ANA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>55</TD><TD>[URL="http://fantasyfootball.usatoday.com/content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=2353"]Jose Guillen[/URL]</TD><TD>KC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>56</TD><TD>Ken Griffey Jr.</TD><TD>CIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>57</TD><TD>Josh Willingham</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>58</TD><TD>Andre Ethier</TD><TD>LA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>59</TD><TD>Milton Bradley</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>60</TD><TD>Randy Winn</TD><TD>SF</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>61</TD><TD>Melky Cabrera</TD><TD>NYY</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>62</TD><TD>Garret Anderson</TD><TD>ANA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>63</TD><TD>Xavier Nady</TD><TD>PIT</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>64</TD><TD>Brian Giles</TD><TD>SD</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>65</TD><TD>Jack Cust</TD><TD>OAK</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>66</TD><TD>Fred Lewis</TD><TD>SF</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>67</TD><TD>David Murphy</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>68</TD><TD>Austin Kearns</TD><TD>WAS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>69</TD><TD>Mark Teahen</TD><TD>KC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>70</TD><TD>Luke Scott</TD><TD>BAL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>71</TD><TD>Ryan Ludwick</TD><TD>STL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>72</TD><TD>Andruw Jones</TD><TD>LA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>73</TD><TD>Wily Mo Pe?a</TD><TD>WAS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>74</TD><TD>David DeJesus</TD><TD>KC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>75</TD><TD>Skip Schumaker</TD><TD>STL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>76</TD><TD>Ben Francisco</TD><TD>CLE</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>77</TD><TD>Jason Kubel</TD><TD>MIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>78</TD><TD>Geoff Jenkins</TD><TD>PHI</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>79</TD><TD>Chris Duncan</TD><TD>STL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>80</TD><TD>Jayson Werth</TD><TD>PHI</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>81</TD><TD>Moises Alou</TD><TD>KC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>82</TD><TD>Scott Hairston</TD><TD>SD</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>83</TD><TD>Franklin Gutierrez</TD><TD>CLE</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>84</TD><TD>Matt Stairs</TD><TD>TOR</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>85</TD><TD>Coco Crisp</TD><TD>BOS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>86</TD><TD>Joey Gathright</TD><TD>KC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>87</TD><TD>David Dellucci</TD><TD>CLE</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>88</TD><TD>Ryan Spilborghs</TD><TD>COL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>89</TD><TD>Corey Patterson</TD><TD>CIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>90</TD><TD>Adam Lind</TD><TD>TOR</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>91</TD><TD>Jacque Jones</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>92</TD><TD>Jonny Gomes</TD><TD>TB</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>93</TD><TD>Travis Buck</TD><TD>OAK</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>94</TD><TD>Barry Bonds</TD><TD>SF</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>95</TD><TD>Wladimir Balentien</TD><TD>SEA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>96</TD><TD>Emil Brown</TD><TD>OAK</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>97</TD><TD>Cliff Floyd</TD><TD>TB</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>98</TD><TD>Elijah Dukes</TD><TD>WAS</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>99</TD><TD>Mark Kotsay</TD><TD>ATL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>100</TD><TD>Marcus Thames</TD><TD>DET</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>101</TD><TD>Shannon Stewart</TD><TD>TOR</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>102</TD><TD>Ryan Sweeney</TD><TD>OAK</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>103</TD><TD>Kenny Lofton</TD><TD>CLE</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>104</TD><TD>Gregor Blanco</TD><TD>ATL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>105</TD><TD>Jim Edmonds</TD><TD>CHC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>106</TD><TD>Carlos Gonzalez</TD><TD>OAK</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>107</TD><TD>Ryan Freel</TD><TD>CIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>108</TD><TD>[URL="http://fantasyfootball.usatoday.com/content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=3797"][URL="http://fantasyfootball.usatoday.com/content/playerpages/player_main.asp?sport=MLB&id=4378"]Luis Gonzalez[/URL][/URL]</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>109</TD><TD>Reed Johnson</TD><TD>CHC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>110</TD><TD>John Bowker</TD><TD>SF</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>111</TD><TD>Cody Ross</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>112</TD><TD>Frank Catalanotto</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>113</TD><TD>Craig Monroe</TD><TD>MIN</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>114</TD><TD>Brandon Boggs</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>115</TD><TD>Felix Pie</TD><TD>CHC</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>116</TD><TD>Marlon Byrd</TD><TD>TEX</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>117</TD><TD>Rocco Baldelli</TD><TD>TB</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>118</TD><TD>Matt Diaz</TD><TD>ATL</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW2><TD>119</TD><TD>Cameron Maybin</TD><TD>FLA</TD></TR><TR class=TABLEALTROW1><TD>120</TD><TD>Angel Pagan</TD><TD>NYM</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
Rising: Ichiro Suzuki (6 to 4), Alfonso Soirano (10 to 5), Jason Bay (29 to 15), Jacoby Ellsbury (26 to 16), Nate McLouth (39 to 21), Josh Hamilton (33 to 22), Carlos Quentin (52 to 25), Jay Bruce (91 to 34), Juan Pierre (55 to 41), Carlos Gomez (74 to 45), Aaron Rowand (60 to 50), Ryan Church (61 to 51), Randy Winn (70 to 60), David Murphy (81 to 67), Ryan Ludwick (101 to 71), Ben Francisco (NR to 76), Joey Gathright (102 to 86), Ryan Spilborghs (118 to 88), Wladimir Balentien (NR to 95)
Falling: Matt Holliday (1 to 2), Nick Markakis (4 to 7), Alex Rios (7 to 9), Delmon Young (23 to 28), Nick Swisher (25 to 29), Vernon Wells (19 to 39), Eric Byrnes (18 to 43), Lastings Milledge (41 to 47), Adam Jones (46 to 53), Josh Willingham (48 to 57), Austin Kearns (53 to 68), Mark Teahen (57 to 69), Andruw Jones (44 to 72), Chris Duncan (67 to 79), Franklin Gutierrez (54 to 83), Corey Patterson (76 to 89), Jacque Jones (77 to 91), Barry Bonds (79 to 94), Reed Johnson (88 to 109), Colby Rasmus (95 to NR)
- Holliday will likely reclaim the top spot after returning from a hamstring injury next week. Crawford hardly deserves to be ranked No. 1 with the way he's performed, but he still figures to get hot at some point and he's better quite a bit better in runs and RBI than expected given his slow start.
- Swisher drops only four slots. He's pretty much the ultimate buy-low candidate at this point. He has too much power not to eventually take advantage of playing at U.S. Cellular.
- I'm slotting Bruce in at No. 34. My preseason projection called for a .258/.306/.452 line, 12 homers, 52 RBI and six steals in 310 at-bats. Now that he's up, he looks like a pretty good bet for 400 at-bats and 20 homers. A .300 average is unrealistic, but he should post fine run and RBI numbers anyway if he continues to hit high in Cincinnati's order.