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2004 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

These rankings are perfect for Yahoo type drafts that use standard 5 X 5 scoring and the rankings are listed side by side from various experts to combine with your own knowledge and help you decide how to pre rank your players and draft the best team possible.  The players are color coded into different levels to help you determine the depth of the elite players for each position. The red players are top of the line. The green are the second tier players for that position. It is crucial to try and get one these top two tier players at each position. The Players are ranked for each position and also compiled into an overall Top 200 list. Listed in the Closer rankings is a link to a site that lists the closers and setup men for each team and each players projected number of saves, and is also kept up-to-date. At the very bottom of this page are links to any baseball information you will probably ever need available on the internet. More Information

 

Second Base

1. Soriano, Alfonso (TEX)
2. Boone, Bret (SEA)
3. Giles, Marcus (ATL)
4. Vidro, Jose (MON)
5. Castillo, Luis (FLA)
6. Kent, Jeff (HOU)
7. Young, Mike (TEX)

8. Reyes, Jose (NY-N)
9. Polanco, Placido (PHI)
10. Walker, Todd (CHI-N)
11. Alomar, Roberto (AZ)
12. Durham, Ray (SF)
13. Hairston, Jerry (BAL)
14. Kennedy, Adam (ANA)
15. Loretta, Mark (SD)
16. Rivas, Luis (MIN)
17. Jimenez, D'Angelo (CIN)
18. Ginter, Keith (MIL)
19. Roberts, Brian (BAL)
20. Young, Eric (TEX)
21. Blum, Geoff (TB)
22. Relaford, Desi (KC)
23. Reese, Pokey (BOS)
24. Spivey, Junior (MIL)
25. DeRosa, Mark (ATL)
26. Vina, Fernando (DET)
27. Kata, Matt (AZ)
28. Miles, Aaron (COL)
29. Grudzielanek, Mark (CHI-N)
30. Belliard, Ron (CLE)

Alfonso Soriano, Tex
Bret Boone, Sea
Jeff Kent, Hou
Luis Castillo, Fla
Jose Vidro, Mon
Marcus Giles, Atl
Michael Young, Tex

Ray Durham, SF
Placido Polanco, Phi
Junior Spivey, Mil
Adam Kennedy, Ana
Jerry Hairston, Jr., Bal
Roberto Alomar, Ari
Mark Loretta, SD
D'Angelo Jimenez, Cin
Luis Rivas, Min
Todd Walker, ChC
Orlando Hudson, Tor
Mark Grudzielanek, ChC
Desi Relaford, KC
Marlon Anderson, StL
Aaron Miles, Col
Fernando Vina, Det
Eric Young, Tex
Ron Belliard, Cle
Brian Roberts, Bal
Mark DeRosa, Atl
Mark Ellis, Oak
Pokey Reese, Bos
Carlos Febles, Bos
Alfonso Soriano
Jeff Kent
Bret Boone
Marcus Giles
Jose Vidro
Aaron Boone
Luis Castillo
Michael Young

Ray Durham
Mark Loretta
Adam Kennedy
Placido Polanco
D'Angelo Jimenez
Jerry Hairston Jr.
Todd Walker
Roberto Alomar
Jose Reyes
Junior Spivey
Orlando Hudson
Marlon Anderson
Eric Young
Luis Rivas
Mark Grudzielanek
Fernando Vina
Mark Ellis
Desi Relaford
Matt Kata
Chase Utley
Brian Roberts
Mark DeRosa
1. Alfonso Soriano, Tex
2. Bret Boone, Sea
3. Jeff Kent, Hou
4. Marcus Giles, Atl
5. Jose Vidro, Mon
6. Luis Castillo, Fla
7. Michael Young, Tex

8. Ray Durham, SF
9. Bill Mueller, Bos
10. Placido Polanco, Phi
11. Roberto Alomar, Ari
12. Melvin Mora, Bal
13. Alex Cintron, Ari
14. Mark Loretta, SD
15. Junior Spivey, Mil
16. Orlando Hudson, Tor
17. D'Angelo Jimenez, Cin
18. Jerry Hairston Jr., Bal
19. Adam Kennedy, Ana
20. Luis Rivas, Min
21. Pokey Reese, Bos
22. Desi Relaford, KC
23. Aaron Miles, Col
24. Todd Walker, ChC
25. Mark DeRosa, Atl
26. Ronnie Belliard, Cle
27. Freddy Sanchez, Pit
28. Mark Ellis, Oak
29. Brian Roberts, Bal
30. Fernando Vina, Det
Alfonso Soriano
Bret Boone
Jeff Kent
Jose Vidro
Marcus Giles
Luis Castillo

Jerry Hairston
Todd Walker

Mike Young
Jose Reyes
Adam Kennedy
Ray Durham
Placido Polanco
D'Angelo Jimenez
Mark Loretta
Orlando Hudson
Junior Spivey
Luis Rivas
Ron Belliard
Brian Roberts
Eric Young
Desi Relaford
Roberto Alomar
Pokey Reese
Marlon Anderson
Damian Jackson
Mark Bellhorn
Chase Utley
Keith Ginter
Fernando Vina
PLAYER AB R HR RBI SB AVG
Alfonso Soriano
Bret Boone
Marcus Giles
Michael Young
Luis Castillo
Jeff Kent
Mark Loretta
Placido Polanco
Jose Vidro
Adam Kennedy
Eric Young
Todd Walker
D'Angelo Jimenez
Marlon Anderson
Brian Roberts
Mark Grudzielanek
Luis Rivas
Ronnie Belliard
Ray Durham
Orlando Hudson
Roberto Alomar
Junior Spivey
Mark Ellis
Jolbert Cabrera
Carlos Baerga
Keith Ginter
Tony Graffanino
Ramon Vazquez
Warren Morris
Jerry Hairston Jr.
682
622
551
666
595
505
589
492
509
449
475
587
561
482
460
481
475
447
410
474
516
365
553
347
207
358
250
422
346
218
114
111
101
106
99
77
74
87
77
71
80
92
69
59
65
73
69
73
61
54
76
52
78
43
31
51
51
56
37
25
38
35
21
14
6
22
13
14
15
13
15
13
14
6
5
3
8
8
8
9
5
13
9
6
4
14
7
3
6
2
91
117
69
72
39
93
72
63
65
49
34
85
57
67
41
38
43
50
33
57
39
50
52
37
39
44
23
30
37
21
35
16
14
13
21
6
5
14
3
22
28
1
11
19
23
6
17
7
7
5
12
4
6
6
1
1
8
10
4
14
.290
.294
.315
.306
.314
.297
.314
.289
.310
.269
.250
.282
.273
.269
.269
.313
.258
.277
.285
.267
.257
.254
.247
.282
.342
.256
.260
.260
.271
.271

Note - Michael Young (Tex) is expected to move to shortstop to make room for Alfonso Soriano at second base and should qualify at both positions once the season starts depending on your league rules.

First Base

Third Base

Shortstop

Outfield

Catcher

Starting Pitcher

Closers

Click Here for Team by Team List of Closers and Setup guys With Projected Number of Saves

Top 200 Overall

Links

Below is a few links with a lot of current and valuable information. The first link is very nice as you can click on any player and get a one paragraph write up of expected performance with stats from each of his last three major league seasons. These links are not active.

Very nice player previews and last 3 years stats

Player Tracker - Select your own players to track their lastest news

All the latest player news

Links to all things concerning fantasy baseball

Lots of links nicely categorized

Baseball links

Free fantasy baseball local news source

Fantasy Baseball Resource Center

Links to all things baseball

Top of Page Second Base Rankings

More Information

If you would like to activate the links and have instant access to the rankings for all the positions plus the extra links to additional information, we do ask for a small donation of $5.00 to help pay for our time of putting together all of this information. The positions are all ranked in the same way as the Second Base rankings above with 5 separate expert rankings of 30 players, 99 players for the outfield and starting pitchers. Each position is also color coded to help lump together players we feel have similar value. A separate table for each position is included showing last seasons stats. The exception is the Top 200 Overall list which is a single ranking list including all players from all positions.  There is no advertising or graphics to slow down loading of the page, and all the rankings are conveniently located on one page with links to jump from one section to another.  Good Luck to you this year in your leagues.

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