. | C | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | OF | SP | RP | MRP | |
. | You wanna draft a top | The top five. Dur. | Less exciting than the next | I’m fine taking one of these | The top five. Dur. | The top five. Dur. | The top tier. Didn’t I | Young, dumb and | They might not have the best | |
. | catcher? Be my guest! | Miguel Cabrera (2) | tier, but more consistent | guys with my first pick; Tulo | Jose Bautista (5) | Ryan Braun (1) | already say that? | full of speed gun. | ratios, but they have the | |
. | Carlos Santana (49) | Albert Pujols (3) | Robinson Cano (12) | better not disappoint me. | I’m fine taking one of these | Jose Bautista (5) | Roy Halladay (20) | Craig Kimbrel (68) | best ratios with the | |
. | Brian McCann (60) | Joey Votto (4) | These guys could win | Why do I always have such | guys with my first pick; Tulo | I’m fine taking one of these | Clayton Kershaw (22) | John Axford (99) | most vulture saves. | |
. | Matt Wieters (61) | Less exciting than the next | the MVP or frustrate the | trepidations about Tulo? | better not disappoint me. | guys with my first pick; Tulo | Cliff Lee (23) | Drew Storen (103) | Aroldis Chapman (279) | |
. | Mike Napoli (81) | tier, but more consistent | shizz out of you. | Maybe it’s the fact he can’t | Evan Longoria (6) | better not disappoint me. | Justin Verlander (24) | Not young, not dumb, but | Javy Guerra (280) | |
. | They could be the top | Prince Fielder (10) | Ian Kinsler (14) | ever stay healthy. | We’re too early in a | Matt Kemp (7) | The aces that once were. | will get the job done. | Jon Rauch (281) | |
. | catchers, but they’re not. | Adrian Gonzalez (11) | Two guys I | Troy Tulowitzki (8) | top 20 for question marks. | Justin Upton (9) | Tim Lincecum (28) | Mariano Rivera (104) | Tyler Clippard (282) | |
. | Go figure! | Caterpillars | probably won’t draft. | These guys could win the | So why are there so | Less exciting than the next | Felix Hernandez (30) | Jonathan Papelbon (112) | Mark Melancon (283) | |
. | Buster Posey (82) | Mark Teixeira (32) | Dustin Pedroia (21) | MVP or frustrate the | many question marks? | tier, but more consistent | C.C. Sabathia (36) | Jose Valverde (122) | Jonny Venters (284) | |
. | Alex Avila (105) | Paul Konerko (44) | I see good value. Draft one. | shizz out of you. | David Wright (25) | Jacoby Ellsbury (13) | Zack Greinke (41) | Brian Wilson (123) | Francisco Rodriguez (287) | |
. | Joe Mauer (106) | Lance Berkman (57) | Dan Uggla (33) | Jose Reyes (15) | Adrian Beltre (26) | These guys could win the | If I don’t have one starter | J.J. Putz (124) | Mike Adams | |
. | Miguel Montero (138) | Michael Young (58) | Howie Kendrick (46) | Hanley Ramirez (16) | Pablo Sandoval (34) | MVP or frustrate the | already, here’s where I’m | High ranked closers that | Best Holds guys coupled with | |
. | Jesus Montero (139) | The crab circle in | Brandon Phillips (47) | Only four shortstops in and | Ryan Zimmerman (35) | shizz out of you. | drafting and I’m fine with that. | I’m a bit wary of. Not enough | maybe a chance for | |
. | Low averages and catnip | Cabo San Lucas. | Chase Utley (54) | it’s your last chance for | Brett Lawrie (43) | Carlos Gonzalez (17) | Cole Hamels (42) | to kick out of bed, but | some saves, though | |
. | for kidnappers, but I’ll | Carlos Santana (49) | Michael Young (58) | a decent one. Yay. | Alex Rodriguez (45) | These players. ‘What Grey | Madison Bumgarner (50) | enough to wonder why | that’s less likely. | |
. | draft them. | Eric Hosmer (59) | Michael Cuddyer (83) | Elvis Andrus (39) | Aramis Ramirez (56) | wants in every league, Alex?’ | Yovani Gallardo (51) | I’m in bed with them. | David Robertson | |
. | Geovany Soto (241) | Michael Morse (69) | Others are taking these | Starlin Castro (40) | Kevin Youkilis (57) | Andrew McCutchen (18) | David Price (52) | Heath Bell (134) | Sergio Romo | |
. | Wilson Ramos (242) | Michael Cuddyer (83) | guys before me. | Jimmy Rollins (63) | Michael Young (58) | Mike Stanton (19) | Jon Lester (53) | Carlos Marmol (143) | Greg Holland | |
. | J.P. Arencibia (244) | Mark Reynolds (84) | Ben Zobrist (96) | Asdrubal Cabrera (64) | Mark Reynolds (84) | Jay Bruce (27) | Wim Wenders’s favorite tier. | Joakim Soria (161) | Sean Marshall | |
. | Sexy names with no track | Adam Lind (85) | Rickie Weeks (97) | Where’s all the | You should draft | Josh Hamilton (29) | Dan Haren (62) | Joel Hanrahan (162) | Jaoquin Benoit | |
. | record and unsexy names | Billy Butler (86) | Shine’s off these guys, but I | freakin’ shortstops? | someone else. | Nelson Cruz (31) | Jered Weaver (65) | I’ll probably own these | Vinnie Pestano | |
. | with track records. | Some major question | like them. Even if they | Derek Jeter (127) | Emilio Bonifacio (126) | Hunter Pence (37) | C.J. Wilson (66) | guys on multiple teams; this | Koji Uehara | |
. | Devin Mesoraco (245) | marks, but a chance for | might hit .240 collectively. | Alexei Ramirez (136) | Ryan Roberts (150) | How is this tier different than | Am I crazy with these | tier name doesn’t rhyme | Antonio Bastardo | |
. | Salvador Perez (246) | nice dividends. | Danny Espinosa (102) | Erick Aybar (137) | The good news, but it comes | all other tiers? This tier I’m | rankings? Yeah, crazy | and isn’t pithy. | Eric O'Flaherty | |
. | Jarrod Saltalamacchia (247) | Ryan Howard (87) | Aaron Hill (151) | J.J. Hardy (164) | with degrees of risk. | going to pass over. | like a fox! | Ryan Madson (163) | Jose Veras | |
. | Ryan Doumit (248) | Mike Napoli (81) | Kelly Johnson (152) | Emilio Bonifacio (126) | Mike Moustakas (135) | Curtis Granderson (38) | Gio Gonzalez (88) | Kenley Jansen (176) | Michael Dunn | |
. | Russell Martin (249) | Ike Davis (98) | Sleepers or guys that are | Honestly, I don’t even think | Danny Valencia (167) | Matt Holliday (48) | Matt Cain (89) | Jason Motte (177) | Joel Zumaya | |
. | Jonathan Lucroy (250) | Mark Trumbo (182) | overdrafted depending on | these guys are that great, | Mat Gamel (214) | Lance Berkman (57) | Mat Latos (90) | Huston Street (178) | Chris Resop | |
. | Yadier Molina | Paul Goldschmidt (183) | How smart your | but compared to what’s left | Ian Stewart (227) | Shane Victorino (67) | Stephen Strasburg (91) | Closers that I’m probably | Grant Balfour | |
. | Kurt Suzuki | Kendrys Morales (203) | leaguemates think they are. | after this, this is your | My New Year’s Resolution was | I’ll happily reach for one of | Daniel Hudson (92) | going to miss out on, but | Ernesto Frieri | |
. | Highlighted | Brandon Belt (202) | Jason Kipnis (168) | last chance for exciting. | to not see the movie New | these guys if I have to, in the | Jordan Zimmermann (93) | SAGNOF tells us saves are | Jeff Samardzija | |
. | Victor Martinez | Justin Morneau (205) | Jemile Weeks (172) | Dee Gordon (165) | Year’s Eve and to draft a 3rd | non-sexual way. Though it’s | Matt Garza (100) | saves are saves so I could | ||
. | Chris Ianetta (243) | Gaby Sanchez (206) | Dustin Ackley (191) | Ian Desmond (166) | baseman before this tier. | kinda sad this is the third tier | Anibal Sanchez (101) | draft one of these guys. | ||
. | Freddie Freeman (207) | Post-hype and no hype guys. | Zack Cozart (185) | David Freese (228) | of outfielders that I’m excited | The ‘perts that are taking | Andrew Bailey (190) | |||
. | Yonder Alonso (251) | I guess I’ll draft them, but | Alcides Escobar (186) | Martin Prado (229) | about. Times is tough, yo. | these guys are puff, puff, | Sergio Santos (215) | |||
. | Justin Smoak (252) | they’d have to be super cheap | If you draft from here, you | Edwin Encarnacion | Michael Morse (69) | puffing; I’m passing. | Rafael Betancourt (220) | |||
. | Carlos Pena (253) | Ryan Roberts (150) | will rotate out your SS | Highlighted | Desmond Jennings (70) | Josh Johnson (107) | Matt Thornton (221) | |||
. | Adam Dunn | Neil Walker (211) | at least 5 times this year. | Scott Sizemore | B.J. Upton (71) | Ian Kennedy (108) | Highlighted | |||
. | Anthony Rizzo | Gordon Beckham (212) | Jhonny Peralta (204) | Lonnie Chisenhall | Adam Jones (72) | Yu Darvish (109) | Chris Perez (273) | |||
. | Fool me once, shame on you. | Yunel Escobar (288) | Casey McGehee | Drew Stubbs (73) | Josh Beckett (110) | Joe Nathan (222) | ||||
. | Fool me twice and shame on | Jason Bartlett (289) | Pedro Alvarez | Krispie Young (74) | Ricky Romero (111) | Juan Abreu (277) | ||||
. | you again. I’m good at | Rafael Furcal (290) | Jason Heyward (75) | James Shields (113) | The Rest | |||||
. | displacing blame. | Tyler Pastornicky (291) | Howie Kendrick (46) | Tommy Hanson (120) | Brandon League (226) | |||||
. | Ryan Rayburn (265) | Jed Lowrie (292) | I could see myself missing | Yummo! | Jim Johnson (274) | |||||
. | Brian Roberts (266) | Stephen Drew (293) | out on these guys because | Matt Moore (121) | Matt Capps (275) | |||||
. | Highlighted | others are believing them | Max Scherzer (128) | Brian Fuentes (276) | ||||||
. | Daniel Murphy (285) | more than me. | Ubaldo Jiminez (129) | |||||||
. | Sean Rodriguez (278) | Shin-Soo Choo (76) | Shaun Marcum (130) | |||||||
. | Jose Altuve (267) | Carl Crawford (77) | Brandon Beachy (131) | |||||||
. | Alex Gordon (78) | Brandon Morrow (132) | ||||||||
. | I’m targeting these guys for | Cory Luebke (133) | ||||||||
. | my teams (the projections in | Might be fine, won’t be fine | ||||||||
. | this tier are a bit optimistic, | on my teams. | ||||||||
. | but I’m sick of hiding my | Chris Carpenter (142) | ||||||||
. | excitement. Let me free-ball | Johnny Cueto (153) | ||||||||
. | and show you my love!) | Michael Pineda (154) | ||||||||
. | Brett Gardner (79) | Adam Wainwright (155) | ||||||||
. | Jayson Werth (80) | Guys that no one seems that | ||||||||
. | Logan Morrison (94) | excited about that I’ll draft. | ||||||||
. | Michael Cuddyer (83) | Roy Oswalt (156) | ||||||||
. | Peter Bourjos(95) | Jhoulys Chacin (157) | ||||||||
. | Alex Rios (114) | Trevor Cahill (158) | ||||||||
. | Colby Rasmus (115) | Jaime Garcia (159) | ||||||||
. | I’ll reluctantly draft these | I have problems with | ||||||||
. | guys, but I’d rather not. | Ranger starters. | ||||||||
. | Corey Hart (116) | Neftali Feliz (160) | ||||||||
. | Yoenis Cespedes (117) | Colby Lewis (173) | ||||||||
. | Nick Markakis (118) | Derek Holland (174) | ||||||||
. | Ben Zobrist (96) | They got lucky last year. If | ||||||||
. | Andre Ethier (119) | you draft one this year, you’re | ||||||||
. | Vets that I’m either lukewarm | pressing your luck and | ||||||||
. | about or slightly more than | may get whammied. | ||||||||
. | lukewarm about. Read the | Justin Masterson (175) | ||||||||
. | temperature gauge. | Tim Hudson (179) | ||||||||
. | Torii Hunter (140) | Doug Fister (180) | ||||||||
. | Vernon Wells (141) | Ervin Santana (181) | ||||||||
. | Carlos Beltran (145) | Jair Jurrjens (187) | ||||||||
. | Nick Swisher (146) | Clay Buchholz (188) | ||||||||
. | Carlos Quentin (147) | Jeremy Hellickson (189) | ||||||||
. | Ichiro Suzuki (148) | Holy crap, there were a lot | ||||||||
. | SAGNOF! | of starters I didn’t like in | ||||||||
. | Michael Bourn (125) | this post. Let’s see some | ||||||||
. | Emilio Bonifacio (126) | names I like. Please. | ||||||||
. | Coco Crisp (144) | Jonathan Sanchez (208) | ||||||||
. | Nyjer Morgan (225) | Vance Worley (209) | ||||||||
. | Juan Pierre (294) | Mike Minor (210) | ||||||||
. | Rajai Davis | Wandy Rodriguez (213) | ||||||||
. | At least two of these guys | Brandon McCarthy (230) | ||||||||
. | will break out and shoot | Tim Stauffer (231) | ||||||||
. | up the rankings for 2013. | Ted Lilly (232) | ||||||||
. | Jose Tabata (149) | Scott Baker (233) | ||||||||
. | Austin Jackson (169) | Jake Peavy (234) | ||||||||
. | Delmon Young (170) | You may get a number three | ||||||||
. | Cameron Maybin (171) | fantasy starter or you may | ||||||||
. | Lorenzo Cain (192) | get someone similar to | ||||||||
. | Lucas Duda (193) | Nadir Bupkus. | ||||||||
. | Brennan Boesch (194) | Ryan Vogelsong (235) | ||||||||
. | Dexter Fowler (195) | Jonathon Niese (236) | ||||||||
. | Price is too steep for guys | Bud Norris (237) | ||||||||
. | coming off career years so | Mike Leake (238) | ||||||||
. | I’m probably going to miss | Ryan Dempster (239) | ||||||||
. | out on these schmohawks | Edwin Jackson (240) | ||||||||
. | Jeff Francouer (196) | Solid, but unspectacular. | ||||||||
. | Melky Cabrera (197) | Hiroki Kuroda (300) | ||||||||
. | Matt Joyce (198) | John Danks (301) | ||||||||
. | You may get a top 20 | Mark Buehrle | ||||||||
. | outfielder from any of these | Ivan Nova | ||||||||
. | guys. Or a guy you want to | Gavin Floyd | ||||||||
. | drop by April 15th. | R.A. Dickey | ||||||||
. | Brandon Belt (202) | Josh Collmenter | ||||||||
. | Eric Thames (199) | Screw you, Liriano. | ||||||||
. | Yonder Alonso (251) | Francisco Liriano | ||||||||
. | Nolan Reimold (200) | You’ll probably drop most of | ||||||||
. | Roger Bernadina (201) | these guys by mid-April and | ||||||||
. | Alex Presley (216) | may not even have the nads to | ||||||||
. | Mike Carp (223) | start them once on your team, | ||||||||
. | Chris Heisey (224) | but you may as well | ||||||||
. | Dayan Viciedo (254) | take a flyer. | ||||||||
. | Michael Brantley (255) | Brett Cecil | ||||||||
. | Josh Reddick (256) | Homer Bailey (268) | ||||||||
. | Jon Jay (257) | Chris Sale (271) | ||||||||
. | Alejandro de Aza (258) | Daniel Bard (272) | ||||||||
. | John Mayberry (259) | Brad Peacock (269) | ||||||||
. | Jordan Schafer (260) | Edinson Volquez (270) | ||||||||
. | Mitch Moreland (261) | I didn’t forget these guys. | ||||||||
. | It’s hard for me to tell you to | I’m just not drafting them. | ||||||||
. | draft these guys, because, if | Ricky Nolasco | ||||||||
. | things work out as planned, I | Wade Davis | ||||||||
. | won’t. But one of them might | Carlos Zambrano | ||||||||
. | be more valuable than I’m | Johan Santana | ||||||||
. | ranking them, and, if you | |||||||||
. | know which one, you’re a | |||||||||
. | witch and that scares me. | |||||||||
. | Angel Pagan (262) | |||||||||
. | Andres Torres (263) | |||||||||
. | Seth Smith (264) | |||||||||
. | Martin Prado (229) | |||||||||
. | Josh Willingham (286) | |||||||||
. | Jason Kubel (295) | |||||||||
. | Ben Revere (296) | |||||||||
. | Denard Span (297) | |||||||||
. | In less than 7 years, these | |||||||||
. | guys will receive just over | |||||||||
. | 5% of the Hall of Fame vote | |||||||||
. | and barely stay on the ballot | |||||||||
. | for one more year. | |||||||||
. | Carlos Lee (298) | |||||||||
. | Grady Sizemore (299) | |||||||||
. | Jason Bay | |||||||||
. | Aubrey Huff | |||||||||
. | Alfonso Soriano | |||||||||
. | Bobby Abreu | |||||||||
. | Alfonso Soriano | |||||||||
. | Bobby Abreu |