. | Catcher | First Base | Second Base | Third Base | Shortstop | Outfield | Starting Pitchers |
. | These are the best, well la di da | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | Tier 1 | These guys could be a’ight, but I won’t own them because I’m drafting corner men or outfielders early | Tier 1 | These guys are the best. I will enjoy missing out on them |
. | Buster Posey | Albert Pujols | Robinson Cano | Miguel Cabrera | Troy Tulowitzki | Ryan Braun | Justin Verlander |
. | Carlos Santana | Prince Fielder | Ian Kinsler | Evan Longoria | Jose Reyes | Andrew McCutchen | Stephen Strasburg |
. | Matt Weiters | Joey Votto | This is your only chance for a decent 2nd baseman, but you do have about ten to choose from, so there’s that. | Adrian Beltre | Hanley Ramirez | Mike Trout | David Price |
. | Joe Mauer | Paul Goldschmidt | Dustin Pedroia | If you go against my wishes and draft Hanley, at least do it at shortstop | Shortstops that better not come up short. Hey, that came up short of clever! | Giancarlo Stanton | Clayton Kershaw |
. | I'll draft these guys if they fall to the right spot | Adrian Gonzalez | Brandon Phillips | Hanley Ramirez | Starlin Castro | Justin Upton | Felix Hernandez |
. | Salvador Perez | I fully admit that if you don’t get Votto or Goldschmidt, you can draft a 1st baseman from anywhere in the next twenty-five names and be relatively fine | Ben Zobrist | They’ve all burned me before but I’m not bitter, thanks to my shrink | Ben Zobrist | Carlos Gonzalez | Like these guys; might draft one; don’t reach for multiple ones |
. | Victor Martinez | Edwin Encarnacion | Aaron Hill | Ryan Zimmerman | Jimmy Rollins | Adam Jones | Zack Greinke |
. | Wilin Rosario | Buster Posey | Danny Espinosa | David Wright | Ian Desmond | Matt Kemp | Cole Hamels |
. | Jesus Montero | Billy Butler | Josh Rutledge | Pablo Sandoval | Elvis Andrus | Josh Hamilton | Matt Cain |
. | Mike Napoli | Not as exciting as the above tier or the tier below it, but should be safer. Yay, safety! | Jose Altuve | Chase Headley | Danny Espinosa | Jose Bautista | Madison Bumgarner |
. | Five Shades of Grey | Ike Davis | Emilio Bonifacio | I’m worried about this tier. Perhaps irrationally so. Who’s irrational? Me? | Josh Rutledge | Adrian Gonzalez | Gio Gonzalez |
. | Johanthan Lucroy | Allen Craig | Rickie Weeks | Aramis Ramirez | I’ll take one of these guys, but by design they’re lower than others have them | You’re still getting a top outfielder, but these young brothers have a few more issues | You’re mine and we belong together |
. | Miguel Montero | Carlos Santana | Jason Kipnis | Brett Lawrie | Asdrubal Cabrera | Matt Holliday | Cliff Lee |
. | Yadier Molina | Freddie Freeman | Kyle Seager | I irrationally like these guys. But, just so we’re clear, I’m so not irrational. Right? | Martin Prado | Jay Bruce | Max Scherzer |
. | A.J Pierzynski | Two of these guys will be good value, two of these guys will be terrible value, one of these guys will be great value, one of these guys will just recoup their value… Wait, how many guys is that? | They’ve all been good in the past. Are you drafting a fantasy classic league | Todd Frazier | Erick Aybar | Shin-Soo Choo | Adam Wainwright |
. | Brian McCann | Mark Trumbo | Chase Utley | Mike Moustakas | Derek Jeter | Jason Heyward | Jordan Zimmermann |
. | You've punted the position almost completely, now what? | Athony Rizzo | Dan Uggla | Will Middlebrooks | Piqued or peaked? | You could get a number one outfielder or flop, plop, nothing | Mat Latos |
. | Alex Avila | Chris Davis | Martin Prado | Manny Machado | Alcides Escobar | Bryce Harper | Matt Moore |
. | Wil Myers | Eric Hosmer | Howie Kendrick | I’m missing you (Tiers of a Clown) | Jean Segura | B.J. Upton | Aroldis Chapman |
. | J.P Arencibia | Todd Frazier | Neil Walker | Pedro Alverez | Everth Cabrera | Desmond Jennings | On my HP Tablet, I designed this tier to be lower than others have them. Now excuse me while I go over to the Lord & Taylor accessory wall |
. | Draft these guys so you can drop them the first week of the season for the hot catcher off of waivers | Cougar Love | Kelly Johnson | David Freese | Zack Cozart | Curtis Granderson | Jared Weaver |
. | Ryan Doumit | David Ortiz | Michael Young | Trevor Plouffe | Anderlton Simmons | Jacoby Ellsbury | C.C. Sabathia |
. | Jarrod Saltalamacchia | Ryan Howard | Marco Scutaro | Kyle Seager | Here’s hoping you have your shortstop and middle infield slots filled by this point | Yoenis Cespedes | Chris Sale |
. | A.J Ellis | Mark Teixeira | Upside has never looked this bad | Martin Prado | Jed Lowrie | Austin Jackson | R.A. Dickey |
. | Russel Martin | Kendrys Morales | Dustin Ackley | Your slightly older brother’s 3rd basemen | J.J. Hardy | Alex Gordon | James Shields |
. | Chris Iannetta | Michael Cuddyer | Gordon Beckham | Mark Reynolds | Marco Scutaro | These guys have more value at other positions so there’s that | I’ll grab one of these guys when possible; just not going apeshizz cray cray |
. | Joe Mauer | Logan Forsythe | Kevin Youkilis | Alexei Ramirez | Ben Zobrist | Yu Darvish | |
. | Paul Konerko | Donovan Solano | Michael Young | Stephen Drew | Allen Craig | Yovani Gallardo | |
. | Adam LaRoche | Jemile Weeks | Alex Rodriguez | Yunel Escobar | We had some good times with these guys. Like that time when we…Uh… And that other time! | Kris Medlen | |
. | Mark Reynolds | My hands are waving and I’m making the same face as Liotta when Pesci pretends he’s going to strangle him after being called funny | Marco Scutaro | Jhonny Peralta | Hunter Pence | Jake Peavy | |
. | Adam DUnn | Omar Infante | Placido Polanco | Rafael Furcal | Alex Rios | Johnny Roy Jon isn’t just your hillbilly neighbor; it’s also this tier of SPs I don’t like | |
. | Nick Swisher | Brian Roberts | Upside, but more question marks than the Riddler’s leotards | Ruben Tejeda | Nelson Cruz | Johnny Cueto | |
. | Kevin Youkilis | Daniel Murphy | Chris Johnson | Brandon Crawford | Carlos Beltran | Roy Halladay | |
. | Lance Berkman | Darwin Barney | Juan Francisco | Cliff Pennington | Mark Trumbo | Jon Lester | |
. | Justin Morneau | Cliff Pennington | Lonnie Chisenhall | Jurickson Profar | Josh Willingham | These guys are my BFF (Best Fantasy Friends) | |
. | Mike Napoli | Jeff Keppinger | Josh Donaldson | Shane Victorino | Jeff Samardzija | ||
. | Adam Lind | Ian Stewart | Ichiro Suzuki | Hyun-Jin Ryu | |||
. | Michael Young | Michael Bourn | Jonathon Niese | ||||
. | Carlos Pena | Torii Hunter | Brandon Morrow | ||||
. | Corey Hart | Andre Ethier | Homer Bailey | ||||
. | You might end dropping one of these guys by April 15th, but at least you’re trying for upside. Can’t we all try a little? | Nick Markakis | Phil Hughes | ||||
. | Mike Olt | Take last year at worst, get more than last year at best | A bunch of zeroes, and zeroes aren’t a bad thing | ||||
. | Brett Walace | Josh Reddick | Jarrod Parker | ||||
. | Brandon Belt | Norichika Aoki | Ian Kennedy | ||||
. | Yonder Alonso | Dexter Fowler | Mike Minor | ||||
. | You turn my entire world upside/downside | A.J. Burnett | |||||
. | Carl Crawford | Matt Garza | |||||
. | Brett Gardner | Tommy Milone | |||||
. | Chris Davis | Some are excited by these guys. Even some writers on this site. Not I (or is it me?) | |||||
. | Starling Marte | Tim Lincecum | |||||
. | Michael Morse | Josh Johnson | |||||
. | Fifty shades of ‘okay’ when drafted at other positions | Anibal Sanchez | |||||
. | Michael Cuddyer | Dan Haren | |||||
. | Emilio Bonifacio | I like them, but if drafting one causes an erection for longer than four hours, see a doctor | |||||
. | Nick Swisher | Hiroki Kuroda | |||||
. | Trevor Plouffe | Doug Fister | |||||
. | Martin Prado | Josh Beckett | |||||
. | In theory, these guys seem like a good idea to draft, but you’ll probably regret it | Lance Lynn | |||||
. | Carlos Gomez | Wade Miley | |||||
. | Jayson Werth | Brett Anderson | |||||
. | Ben Revere | Trevor Cahill | |||||
. | Denard Span | Ryan Vogelsong | |||||
. | Some power and not incredible speed equals yawnstipating over the course of a season | if you stay seated while you flush an airplane toilet, the pressure will suck out forty feet of your colon and your colon will be hanging out of the airplane at 30,000 feet | |||||
. | Michael Saunders | Johan Santana | |||||
. | Alejandro De Aza | Tommy Hanson | |||||
. | Angel Pagan | Ryan Dempster | |||||
. | Michael Brantley | C.J. Wilson | |||||
. | Melky Cabrera | Jeremy Hellickson | |||||
. | Cameron Maybin | Brandon McCarthy | |||||
. | Coco Crisp | I love you, I love you not… I love you! | |||||
. | Adam Eaton | Marco Estrada | |||||
. | Leonys Martin | Mike Fiers | |||||
. | Lorenzo Cain | A.J. Griffin | |||||
. | Colby Rasmus | Matt Harvey | |||||
. | Your grandfather’s younger brother’s fantasy outfield | Felix Doubront | |||||
. | Alfonso Soriano | Dillon Gee | |||||
. | Ryan Ludwick | Alexei Ogando | |||||
. | Corey Hart | Chris Tillman | |||||
. | Jason Kubel | Alex Cobb | |||||
. | Cody Ross | The opposite argument | |||||
. | Well, we’re pretty deep here, how much upside were you expecting? | Edwin Jackson | |||||
. | Dayan Viciedo | Shaun Marcum | |||||
. | Delmon Young | Matt Harrison | |||||
. | Value for homers and steals, no value for counting stats, you need to platoon | James McDonald | |||||
. | Brandon Moss | Tim Hudson | |||||
. | Dominic Brown | Kyle Lohse | |||||
. | John Mayberry Jr. | Schoolboy Q and Kendrick Lamar | |||||
. | Drew Stubbs | Bud Norris | |||||
. | Chris B. Young | Jason Hammel | |||||
. | Tyler Colvin | Dylan Bundy | |||||
. | Peter Bourjos | Shelby Miller | |||||
. | Not If But When’ isn’t just something I read in a fortune cookie, it’s also a tier name | Andrew Cashner | |||||
. | Wil Myers | Kyle Kendrick | |||||
. | Oscar Taveras | Hisashi Iwakuma | |||||
. | Matt Carpenter | Vance Worley | |||||
. | Colin Cowgill | Wily Peralta | |||||
. | They have an everyday job. Yay | Nate Eovaldi | |||||
. | David Murphy | Trevor Bauer | |||||
. | Garret Jones | Carlos Villanueva | |||||
. | Justin Ruggiano | Dan Straily | |||||
. | Logan Morrison | Tyler Scaggs | |||||
. | Darin Mastroianni | Jacob Turner | |||||
. | Chris Parmelee | Julio Teheran | |||||
. | Lucas Duda | Hey, you may as well fill your free DL spot until Jed Lowrie hurts himself | |||||
. | Juan Pierra | Cory Luebke | |||||
. | Nate McLouth | Brandon Beachy | |||||
. | Franklin Gutierrez | Colby Lewis | |||||
. | Jonny Gomes | Michael Pineda | |||||
. | Ryan Doumit | Daniel Hudson | |||||
. | Kirk Nieuwenhuis | Wandy Rodriguez | |||||
. | David DeJesus | Derek Holland | |||||
. | Carlos Quentin | Wei-Yin Chen | |||||
. | Justin Maxwell | Justin Masterson | |||||
. | J.D. Martinez | ||||||
. | Jon Jay | ||||||
. | Jeff Francoeur |