Fantasy Baseball Advice

On Dancer!  On Prancer!  On Comet!  On–Oh, I didn’t hear you come in.  Welcome, reader!  Grab some egg nog and brandy it up to the fire.  The 2012 fantasy baseball rankings are not far away.  Right now, January Grey is throwing darts at a board to figure out where to place Matt Joyce.  Exciting!  In the meantime, let’s look at the players who have multiple position eligibility for this upcoming 2012 fantasy baseball season.  This took me far longer than it probably should’ve.  Can’t someone write me a program that sorts all the players by games played at a position?   Why do I need to go through every player on every roster?  It totally harshes my buzz.  I did this list of multi-position eligible players because I figured it would help for your 2012 fantasy baseball drafts.  I’m a giver, snitches!  I only listed players that have multiple position eligibility of ten games or more played outside of their primary position.  So this should cover Yahoo, ESPN, CBS, et al (not the Israeli airline).  Yes, Christmas came early this year.  (Or you actually got a (C)Hanuk(k)ah present this year, if you get your Jew on.)  Players with multiple position eligibility are listed once alphabetically under their primary position.  On a different post, I’ll make some comments about some of the players. In the mean’s while, you make comments in the comments.  Say that fast 117 times!  Anyway, here’s all the players with multiple position eligibility for the 2012 fantasy baseball season and the positions they are eligible at:

CATCHERS

Joe Mauer C (52), 1B (18)
Mike Napoli C (61), 1B (35)
Carlos Santana C (95), 1B (66)

1ST BASEMEN

Jeff Baker 1B (19), 2B (18), 3B (11), OF (11)
Jorge Cantu 1B (26), 3B (10)
Mike Carp 1B (34), OF (28)
Chris Davis 1B (31), 3B (26)
Aubrey Huff 1B (120), OF (16)
Conor Jackson 1B (53), OF (52)
Adam Kennedy 1B (36), 2B (34), 3B (27)
Mitch Moreland 1B (99), OF (34)
Michael Morse 1B (85), OF (55)
Daniel Murphy 1B (52), 3B (28), 2B (24)
Xavier Nady 1B (52), OF (10)
Steve Pearce 1B (16), OF (10)
Mark Trumbo 1B (149), OF (11)

2ND BASEMEN

Robert Andino 2B (94), SS (30), 3B (22)
Jamey Carroll 2B (81), SS (66)
Alexi Casilla 2B (56), SS (36)
Craig Counsell 2B (25), SS (23), 3B (14)
Brian Dinkelman 2B (11), OF (10)
Jason Donald 2B (19), SS (16)
Matt Downs 2B (27), 3B (19), 1B (13)
Tyler Greene 2B (25), SS (20), OF (10)
Alberto Gonzalez 2B (41), SS (30), 3B (21)
Jonathan Herrera 2B (62), SS (21)
Luke Hughes 2B (37), 1B (36), 3B (13)
Maicer Izturis 2B (49), 3B (37), SS (16)
Howie Kendrick 2B (108), OF (23), 1B (17)
DJ LeMahieu 2B (15), 3B (11)
Aaron Miles 2B (72), 3B (61)
Chris Nelson 2B (29), 3B (24)
Ramon Santiago 2B (75), SS (27)
Skip Schumaker 2B (95), OF (40)
Ruben Tejada 2B (55), SS (41)
Matt Tolbert 2B (36), SS (31)
Justin Turner 2B (78), 3B (36)
Wilson Valdez 2B (45), SS (25), 3B (24)
Jack Wilson 2B (45), SS (13)
Danny Worth 2B (15), 3B (13)
Ben Zobrist 2B (131), OF (38)

SHORTSTOPS

Emilio Bonifacio SS (67), OF (60), 3B (36)
Willie Bloomquist SS (59), OF (25)
Chase D’Arnaud SS (29), 3B (12)
Mike Fontenot SS (37), 2B (23)
Jed Lowrie SS (49), 3B (33)
Mike McCoy SS (26), OF (20), 3B (16), 2B (10)
Donnie Murphy SS (18), 3B (15)
Eduardo Nunez SS (50), 3B (40), 2B (16)
Trevor Plouffe SS (45), 2B (17), OF (13)
Luis Rodriguez SS (23), 3B (11)
Sean Rodriguez SS (60), 2B (48), 3B (30)
Angel Sanchez SS (46), 2B (19), 3B (10)
Justin Sellers SS (19), 2B (12)
Eric Sogard SS (14), 3B (10)
Ryan Theriot SS (91), 2B (35)

3RD BASEMEN

Mike Aviles 3B (46), 2B (27), SS (14)
Miguel Cairo 3B (58), 2B (13)
Alex Cora 3B (31), SS (16)
Daniel Descalso 3B (117), 2B (18), SS (13)
Mark DeRosa 3B (16), 1B (10)
Edwin Encarnacion 3B (36), 1B (25)
Logan Forsythe 3B (26), 2B (23)
Jerry Hairston Jr. 3B (49), OF (42), 2B (30)
Jose Lopez 3B (39), 2B (20)
Michael Martinez 3B (26), 2B (19), OF (14), SS (13)
Mark Reynolds 3B (114), 1B (44)
Ryan Roberts 3B (107), 2B (28)
Kyle Seager 3B (42), SS (10)
Scott Sizemore 3B (91), 2B (18)
Mark Teahen 3B (32), 1B (18), OF (15)
Miguel Tejada 3B (44), SS (42)
Juan Uribe (59), 2B (18)
Omar Vizquel 3B (29), 2B (16)
Ty Wigginton 3B (68), 1B (36), OF (27)
Josh Wilson 3B (13), SS (11), 2B (10)
Brandon Wood 3B (61), SS (19)
Michael Young 3B (40), 1B (36), 2B (14)

OUTFIELDERS

Jose Bautista OF (116), 3B (25)
Brandon Belt OF (32), 1B (31)
Lance Berkman OF (126), 1B (21)
Brian Bixler OF (34), 3B (14)
Kyle Blanks OF (37), 1B (13)
Michael Cuddyer OF (77), 1B (46), 2B (17)
Blake DeWitt OF (23), 2B (18), 3B (14)
Lucas Duda OF (46), 1B (43)
Willie Harris OF (44), 2B (10)
Eric Hinske OF (46), 1B (13)
Garrett Jones OF (90), 1B (34)
Don Kelly OF (58), 3B (45), 1B (15)
Mark Kotsay OF (54), 1B (11)
Carlos Lee OF (80), 1B (79)
Brent Lillibridge OF (59), 1B (22)
John Mayberry OF (61), 1B (18)
Eric Patterson OF (16), 2B (10)
Martin Prado OF (100), 3B (41)
Ryan Raburn OF (72), 2B (56)
Juan Rivera OF (73), 1B (38)
Luke Scott OF (45), 1B (12)
Nick Swisher OF (141), 1B (11)

The 2011 fantasy baseball rankings are not as far away as you might think.  Right now, January Grey is throwing darts at a board to figure out where to place Edwin Jackson.  Exciting!  In the meantime, let’s look at the players who have multiple position eligibility for this upcoming 2011 fantasy baseball season.  This took me far longer than it probably should’ve.  Can’t someone write me a program that sorts all the players by games played at a position?   Why do I need to go through every player on every roster?  It totally harshes my buzz.  I did this list of multi-position eligible players because I figured it would help for your 2011 fantasy baseball drafts.  I’m a giver, snitches!  I only listed players that have multiple position eligibility of ten games or more played outside of their primary position.  So this should cover Yahoo, ESPN, CBS, et al (not the Israeli airline).  Yes, Christmas came early this year.  (Or (C)Hanuk(k)ah came late, if you get your Jew on.)  Players with multiple position eligibility are listed once alphabetically under their primary position.  On a different post, I’ll make some comments about some of the players. In the mean’s while, you make comments in the comments. Say that fast 117 times! Anyway, here’s all the players with multiple position eligibility for the 2011 fantasy baseball season and the positions they are eligible at:

CATCHERS

Ryan Doumit C (100), OF (18)
Jake Fox C (19), OF (13), 1B (10)
Buster Posey C (76), 1B (30)
Victor Martinez C (110), 1B (14)

1ST BASEMEN

Michael Cuddyer 1B (84), OF (67), 3B (14)
Aubrey Huff 1B (100), OF (63)
Garrett Jones 1B (112), OF (49)
Xavier Nady 1B (52), OF (28)
Mike Napoli 1B (70), C (66)
Luke Scott 1B (19), OF (14)
Ty Wigginton 1B (98), 2B (40), 3B (22)

2ND BASEMEN

Mike Aviles 2B (87), SS (13)
Clint Barmes 2B (88), SS (47)
Ronnie Belliard 2B (20), 3B (16), 1B (10)
Andres Blanco 2B (40), SS (16)
Reid Brignac 2B (68), SS (50)
Mike Fontenot 2B (49), 3B (19)
Alberto Gonzalez 2B (38), 3B (27), SS (16)
Cristian Guzman 2B (63), SS (20)
Jonathan Herrera 2B (57), 3B (16)
Omar Infante 2B (65), 3B (29), OF (21), SS (19)
Howie Kendrick 2B (143), 1B (15)
Adam Kennedy 2B (86), 1B (51)
Jeff Keppinger 2B (126), SS (12)
Jed Lowrie 2B (28), SS (23)
Julio Lugo 2B (59), SS (26)
John McDonald 2B (23), SS (19), 3B (19)
Augie Ojeda 2B (15), 3B (12)
Martin Prado 2B (98), 3B (43)
Sean Rodriguez 2B (92), OF (21)
Adam Rosales 2B (47), SS (14)
Skip Schumaker 2B (123), OF (17)
Ruben Tejada 2B (50), SS (28)
Ryan Theriot 2B (119), SS (29)
Matt Tolbert 2B (20), 3B (14)
Eric Young Jr. 2B (35), OF (10)

SHORTSTOPS

Geoff Blum SS (18), 3B (14), 1B (14)
Jamey Carroll SS (69), 2B (48), 3B (11)
Alexi Casilla SS (30), 2B (24)
Juan Castro SS (33), 3B (11)
Craig Counsell SS (42), 3B (20)
Bobby Crosby SS (22), 2B (16), 3B (10)
Jason Donald SS (47), 2B (41)
Tyler Greene SS (22), 2B (15), 3B (11)
Jerry Hairston SS (62), 2B (47), OF (12)
Paul Janish SS (62), 3B (11)
Ramon Santiago SS (85), 2B (25)
Marco Scutaro SS (132), 2B (16)
Juan Uribe SS (103), 3B (26), 2B (24)
Wilson Valdez SS (59), 2B (42)
Danny Worth SS (24), 2B (12)

3RD BASEMEN

Tony Abreu 3B (20), SS (15), 2B (12)
Jeff Baker 3B (33), 2B (26)
Miguel Cairo 3B (37), 1B (14)
Alberto Callaspo 3B (130), 2B (12)
Jorge Cantu 3B (81), 1B (40)
Pedro Feliz 3B (102), 1B (15)
Brendan Harris 3B (27), SS (11)
Maicer Izturis 3B (28), 2B (22)
Felipe Lopez 3B (58), 2B (24), SS (24)
Andy Marte 3B (45), 1B (32)
Melvin Mora 3B (63), 1B (25), 2B (19)
Jayson Nix 3B (56), 2B (28)
Eduardo Nunez 3B (15), SS (11)
Ramiro Pena 3B (48), SS (23)
Jhonny Peralta 3B (100), SS (46)
Placido Polanco 3B (123), 2B (12)
Nick Punto 3B (48), SS (31), 2B (12)
Kevin Russo 3B (16), OF (11)
Pablo Sandoval 3B (143), 1B (11)
Mark Teahen 3B (52), OF (10)
Miguel Tejada 3B (97), SS (58)
Omar Vizquel 3B (83), 2B (19)
Brandon Wood 3B (56), SS (22)

OUTFIELDERS

Jose Bautista OF (113), 3B (48)
Willie Bloomquist OF (35), 3B (11)
Bill Hall OF (65), 2B (51)
Eric Hinske OF (50), 1B (32)
Don Kelly OF (74), 1B (28), 3B (15)
Carlos Lee OF (133), 1B (20)
Adam Lind OF (16), 1B (11)
Mike McCoy OF (15), 2B (14)
Mike Morse OF (72), 1B (19)
Eric Patterson OF (65), 2B (14)
Ryan Raburn OF (91), 2B (18)
Juan Rivera OF (105), 1B (13)
Ryan Ryal OF (36), 1B (24)
Matt Tuiasosopo OF (14), 3B (12)
Delwyn Young OF (21), 2B (10)
Ben Zobrist OF (110), 2B (55), 1B (14)

The comments were shut off on the Position Eligibility for 2010 Fantasy Baseball post because that post was just listing players and their eligibility for 2010 fantasy baseball.  Now, in this here post, we get down to business.  Or bidness, if you mispronounce business.  That business is pointing out players that gain some advantage by having more eligibility than they know what to do with.  Are you going to finish the rest of that 3rd base eligibility? Multiple position eligibility is a funny thing.  Just when you think someone has no value, they unbutton the top button on their shirt and a heaving bosom of multiple position eligibility comes pouring out.  It’s the “butterface” of fantasy players.  Thanks for dinner, Ian Stewart, but I have a headache… *reveals 2nd base eligibility*  Well, you don’t have to go home just yet.  If I left someone off of this post from the position eligibility for 2010 fantasy baseball post it’s because I didn’t see any added boost in their value from having extra eligibility.  Or maybe I forgot them.  I’m half-idiot, sometimes.  Anyway, here’s some players who see a boost in their 2010 fantasy baseball value because of their multiple position eligibility:

Victor Martinez – You want him at catcher, but the added eligibility is nice if you lose a 1st baseman to an injury and need to slot in V-Mart.  Krishna knows it’s easier to find a random schmohawk catcher off waivers than a 1st baseman.

Jorge Cantu – Without the 3rd base eligibility, he wouldn’t even be drafted in most leagues.  With the eligibility, you still want to avoid him.  For those keeping score, that’s damned if you do, and damned if you do.

Chris Davis – When you’re looking to draft a player that is capable of striking out 300 times, you probably want them at a corner infidel spot, so the additional 3rd base eligibility doesn’t add much.  If you don’t play with corner infielders, you want Davis at 3rd, but with only 11 games there you may be S.O.L. in some leagues. (Damn you, ESPN.)

Ryan Garko – From the files of “Yeah, No Kidding,” he’s a whole lot more appealing as a 5th outfielder than a 1st baseman.  And even in the outfield, it’s really only in deep leagues.

Bobby Crosby – Psyche!  He has no added value anywhere, but seeing him on the position eligibility list made me realize something.  He played 54 games at 1st base and 42 at 3rd base.  Billy Beane might be like the Orson Wells of baseball GMs.  The Moneyball years is to Citizen Kane as Bobby Crosby playing 1st and 3rd base is to Orson Welles shilling for cheap wine.

Clint Barmes – 2nd base eligibility is nice, but, as the Yankee Doodles used to say, shortstop eligibility is macaroni.

Alberto Callaspo – With MI and CI eligibility, he has the coveted superfecta of eligibility.  Though, I wouldn’t say Callaspo is necessarily coveted.  Funny how that worked.

Jose Lopez – You want him at 2nd base or MI.

Ben Zobrist – Zobrist’s risk of not repeating is definitely counterbalanced by the nice eligibility.  He played 91 games at 2nd base, 70 games at outfield and 13 games at shortstop.  Hmm… No wonder he hit 27 homers and stole 17 bases, he played in 174 games.

Emilio Bonifacio – I wouldn’t own him outside of NL-Only leagues, but he does have the Pick 3 of eligibility.

Mark DeRosa – Slot him in at the corner infielder spot, grow bored and put him in your fifth outfielder spot.  Lose interest and drop him.  You know what I’m saying, you’ve been there before.

Casey McGehee – You know you’re more likely to take a chance on him at 2nd base or MI than 3rd base.  Yes, I know you better than you know yourself.

Mark Reynolds – You think you’ll be fine with him as your 1st baseman, but, by the end of 2010, you’re going to want him as your 3rd baseman.

Jhonny Peralta – He gained 3rd base eligibility this year to go along with shortstop…. yay!  He hit 11 homers in 582 at-bats.  Moving on…

Ian Stewart – I’m excited about Ian Stewart for 2010 fantasy baseball.  Looks like Mark Reynolds going into 2009.  Oh, and he’s eligible at 2nd base.

Juan Uribe – Won’t find him on a Grey Albright team out of a draft, but in single league, uh, leagues he has solid eligibility.

Michael Cuddyer – Corner infield and outfield eligibility is nice, but I’ll bet you $5 he’s the first guy you want to drop.

Adam Dunn – Probably will end up in your outfield, but the flexibility of putting Dunn in at corner is nice.  And that is the only time a sentence will ever contain flexibility and Dunn.

Nick Swisher – See Adam Dunn or 1/12th of an inch above.

Garrett Jones – Robot Jones is in the same boat as Casey McGehee.  The added eligibility makes the gamble easier to take.

Chase Headley – Maybe it’s the three whiskey sours talking, but I’m sorta excited about Headley at third base this year.

Asdrubal Cabrera – Shortstop eligibility is a nice added bonus, so we’ll excuse him for fielding his position in the shape of a swastika.

The 2010 fantasy baseball rankings are not as far away as you might think.  Right now, January Grey is throwing darts at a board to figure out where to place Edwin Jackson.  In the meantime, let’s look at the players who have multiple position eligibility for this upcoming 2010 fantasy baseball season.  This took me far longer than it probably should’ve.  Can’t someone write me a program that sorts all the players by games played at a position?  Why do I need to go through every player on every roster?  Maybe I’m just a coprocephalic (Nerdy Word of the Day!).  I did this list of multi-position eligible players because I figured it would help for your 2010 fantasy baseball drafts.  I’m a giver, snitches! I only listed players that have multiple position eligibility of ten games or more played outside of their primary position. So this should cover Yahoo, ESPN, CBS, et al (not the Israeli airline).  Yes, Christmas came early this year.  (Or (C)Hanuk(k)ah came late, if that’s your thing.)  Players with multiple position eligibility are listed once alphabetically under their primary position.  Games played are listed in parentheses. I closed this to comments.  Comments for this post can be found at the position eligibility for 2010 fantasy baseball, companion piece — say that fast three times with food in your mouth.  Anyway, here’s all the players with multiple position eligibility for the 2010 fantasy baseball season and the positions they are eligible at:

CATCHERS

Chris Coste C (55), 1B (16)
Ramon Hernandez C (55), 1B (30)
Victor Martinez C (85), 1B (70)

1ST BASEMEN

Rich Aurilia 1B (22), 3B (13)
Willie Aybar 1B (31), 2B (28), 3B (18)
Jorge Cantu 1B (111), 3B (45)
Bobby Crosby 1B (54), 3B (42)
Chris Davis 1B (100), 3B (11)
Ryan Garko 1B (84), OF (12)
Ross Gload 1B (41), OF (10)
Mark Kotsay 1B (41), OF (20)
Daniel Murphy 1B (101), OF (27)
Fernando Tatis 1B (41), OF (28), 3B (27)
Ty Wigginton 1B (40), 3B (39)
Kevin Youkilis 1B (78), 3B (63)

2ND BASEMEN

Jeff Baker 2B (52), 3B (20)
Clint Barmes 2B (139), SS (16)
Ronnie Belliard 2B (60), 1B (15), 3B (12)
Andres Blanco 2B (40), SS (15)
Eric Bruntlett 2B (13), OF (10)
Alberto Callaspo 2B (146), 3B (14)
Jamey Carroll 2B (56), 3B (23)
Craig Counsell 2B (50), 3B (43), SS (27)
Mike Fontenot 2B (70), 3B (50)
Alberto Gonzalez 2B (55), SS (41)
Edgar Gonzalez 2B (15), OF (14)
Anderson Hernandez 2B (74), SS (38)
Omar Infante 2B (30), OF (16), 3B (10), SS (10)
Maicer Izturis 2B (68), SS (28)
Brent Lillibridge 2B (23), OF (12)
Jose Lopez 2B (141), 1B (16)
Jayson Nix 2B (52), SS (15), 3B (12)
Augie Ojeda 2B (35), SS (34), 3B (28)
Martin Prado 2B (63), 3B (41), 1B (28)
Nick Punto 2B (63), SS (58)
Omar Quintanilla 2B (25), SS (13), 3B (10)
Ryan Roberts 2B (57), 3B (19), OF (16)
Rusty Ryal 2B (13), 1B (10)
Skip Schumaker 2B (133), OF (54)
Matt Tolbert 2B (36), 3B (27ha)
Luis Valbuena 2B (75), SS (28)
Delwyn Young 2B (53), OF (30)
Ben Zobrist 2B (91), OF (70), SS (13)

SHORTSTOPS

Asdrubal Cabrera SS (100), 2B (28)
Juan Castro SS (28), 2B (20)
Ronnie Cedeno SS (82), 2B (13)
Alex Cora SS (56), 2B (19)
Khalil Greene SS (30), 3B (16)
Tyler Greene SS (30), 3B (11)
Brendan Harris SS (56), 3B (44), 2B (11)
Julio Lugo SS (56), 2B (30)
John McDonald SS (31), 3B (10)
Ramiro Pena SS (34), 3B (27)
Luis Rodriguez SS (34), 2B (30)
Brendan Ryan SS (105), 2B (19)
Ramon Santiago SS (69), 2B (29)
Ramon Vazquez SS (28), 2B (22), 3B (14)
Omar Vizquel SS (27), 3B (20), 2B (16)

3RD BASEMEN

Garrett Atkins 3B (78), 1B (28)
Geoff Blum 3B (102), 1B (10)
Emilio Bonifacio 3B (86), SS (20), OF (17)
Brian Buscher 3B (25), 1B (13)
Mark DeRosa 3B (108), OF (28), 1B (10)
Greg Dobbs 3B (16), OF (15)
Jerry Hairston Jr. 3B (49), SS (42), OF (41), 2B (12)
Jack Hannahan 3B (84), 1B (18)
Josh Fields 3B (49), 1B (17)
Jake Fox 3B (27), OF (26)
Adam Kennedy 3B (82), 2B (50)
Jeff Keppinger 3B (67), 2B (22), SS (11)
Mark Loretta 3B (23), 1B (17)
Casey McGehee 3B (71), 2B (22)
Jhonny Peralta 3B (104), SS (41)
Mark Reynolds 3B (130), 1B (28)
Adam Rosales 3B (57), 1B (11)
Pablo Sandoval 3B (120), 1B (26)
Ian Stewart 3B (121), 2B (21)
Mark Teahen 3B (107), OF (32)
Joe Thurston 3B (68), 2B (47)
Juan Uribe 3B (44), SS (41), 2B (38)
Chris Woodward 3B (18), 2B (11)

OUTFIELDERS

Jose Bautista OF (79), 3B (26)
Willie Bloomquist OF (84), SS (38), 2B (14)
Michael Cuddyer OF (117), 1B (34)
Adam Dunn OF (84), 1B (67)
Darin Erstad OF (28), 1B (15)
Willie Harris OF (98), 2B (19)
Chase Headley OF (114), 3B (28)
Eric Hinske OF (35), 3B (13)
Micah Hoffpauir OF (36), 1B (27)
Chris Gimenez OF (20), 1B (18)
Garrett Jones OF (53), 1B (30)
Matt LaPorta OF (39), 1B (10)
Robb Quinlan OF (23), 1B (17)
Ryan Raburn OF (70), 1B (10)
Bobby Scales OF (20), 2B (11)
Luke Scott OF (26), 1B (10)
Nick Swisher OF (134), 1B (20)
Eugenio Velez OF (51), 2B (31)