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| Clayton Kershaw's injury is a lesson in not leaning too heavily on pitching in fantasy. (calltothepen.com) |
With all of the media coverage that baseball has, it's hard to believe how many surprises there have been so far for fantasy owners. The day-in-day-out grind that is covering a baseball team usually lends itself to sensational stories or any interesting minutia being discussed just to get something submitted by a deadline. Yet, here we are a week into the season and Clayton Kershaw's precautionary scratch is now a month plus on the DL. Ryan Braun who was homer happy and excited in spring training, now all of a sudden, can't feel his fingers. Pre-season sleeper favorite for the White Sox's closer job, Nate Jones, didn't even get a chance to blow a save, as that gig went to Matt Lindstrom, and he will forever be known as the INF reliever for failing to retire a single batter in his first two appearances of the regular season. Jim Henderson also immediately lost the closing job out of the blue, but he is expected to get it back at some point. Oh and no one seemed to notice that Stephen Strasburg was throwing 90 mph either.
I mean, what the hell, beat writers? How did none of this some to light? I can't remember being more blind sided to start a season than I have been this year. Add to that the unfortunate injuries that have already taken place to Aroldis Chapman, Jose Reyes, and a quick Yu Darvish trip to the DL it's been a scattered and crazy start.
Anyway, with that being said, it seems necessary to start pumping out more rankings faster. This is just getting things official for review and consumption. I've really only altered a couple of players slightly. Most of the movement is due to injuries or players losing their starting gigs. No reason to overhaul everything after a week. Plus these ranks should have been posted by now anyway. No reason to play revisionist history on these. Enjoy!
| RANK | PLAYER NAME | POS | POS RANK | TEAM | CHANGE |
| 1 | Miguel Cabrera | 3B | 1 | DET | |
| 2 | Mike Trout | OF | 1 | LAA | |
| 3 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 1 | ARZ | |
| 4 | Andrew McCutchen | OF | 2 | PIT | |
| 5 | Carlos Gonzalez | OF | 3 | COL | |
| 6 | Jacoby Ellsbury | OF | 4 | NYY | |
| 7 | Hanley Ramirez | SS | 1 | LAD | |
| 8 | Edwin Encarnacion | 3B | 2 | BAL | |
| 9 | Chris Davis | 1B | 3 | TOR | |
| 10 | Carlos Gomez | OF | 5 | MIL | 16 |
| 11 | Robinson Cano | 2B | 1 | SEA | |
| 12 | Bryce Harper | OF | 6 | WAS | |
| 13 | Adrian Beltre | 3B | 3 | TEX | |
| 14 | Joey Votto | 1B | 3 | CIN | |
| 15 | Adam Jones | OF | 7 | BAL | |
| 16 | Giancarlo Stanton | OF | 8 | MIA | |
| 17 | Troy Tulowitzki | SS | 2 | COL | |
| 18 | Jason Kipnis | 2B | 2 | CLE | |
| 19 | Prince Fielder | 1B | 4 | TEX | |
| 20 | Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | TB | |
| 21 | Chris Sale | SP | 1 | CHI | |
| 22 | David Wright | 3B | 5 | NYM | |
| 23 | Dustin Pedroia | 2B | 3 | BOS | |
| 24 | Felix Hernandez | SP | 2 | SEA | |
| 25 | Adam Wainwright | SP | 3 | STL | |
| 26 | Ian Desmond | SS | 3 | WAS | |
| 27 | Yu Darvish | SP | 4 | TEX | |
| 28 | Alex Rios | OF | 9 | TEX | |
| 29 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | 5 | ATL | |
| 30 | Cliff Lee | SP | 5 | PHI | 31 |
| 31 | Jose Fernandez | SP | 6 | MIA | 43 |
| 32 | Hunter Pence | OF | 10 | SF | |
| 33 | Jose Bautista | OF | 11 | TOR | |
| 34 | Shin-Soo Choo | OF | 12 | TEX | |
| 35 | Justin Verlander | SP | 7 | DET | |
| 36 | Justin Upton | OF | 13 | ATL | |
| 37 | Stephen Strasburg | SP | 8 | WAS | |
| 38 | Ryan Braun | OF | 14 | MIL | 5 |
| 39 | Craig Kimbrel | RP | 1 | ATL | |
| 40 | David Price | SP | 9 | TB | |
| 41 | Matt Holliday | OF | 15 | STL | |
| 42 | Buster Posey | C | 1 | SF | |
| 43 | Clayton Kershaw | SP | 10 | LAD | |
| 44 | David Ortiz | 1B | 6 | BOS | |
| 45 | Elvis Andrus | SS | 4 | TEX | 37 |
| 46 | Madison Bumgarner | SP | 11 | SF | |
| 47 | Max Scherzer | SP | 12 | DET | |
| 48 | Jay Bruce | OF | 16 | CIN | |
| 49 | Ian Kinsler | 2B | 4 | DET | |
| 50 | Yasiel Puig | OF | 17 | LAD | |
| 51 | Eric Hosmer | 1B | 7 | KC | |
| 52 | Zack Greinke | SP | 13 | LAD | |
| 53 | Starling Marte | OF | 18 | PIT | |
| 54 | Albert Pujols | 1B | 8 | LAA | |
| 55 | Jean Segura | SS | 5 | MIL | |
| 56 | Adrian Gonzalez | 1B | 9 | LAD | |
| 57 | Yoenis Cespedes | OF | 19 | OAK | |
| 58 | Homer Bailey | SP | 14 | CIN | |
| 59 | Kenley Jansen | RP | 2 | LAD | |
| 60 | Allen Craig | 1B | 10 | STL | |
| 61 | Jason Heyward | OF | 20 | ATL | |
| 62 | Matt Carpenter | 2B | 5 | STL | |
| 63 | Pedro Alvarez | 3B | 6 | PIT | |
| 64 | Pablo Sandoval | 3B | 7 | SF | 85 |
| 65 | Everth Cabrera | SS | 6 | SD | |
| 66 | Greg Holland | RP | 3 | KC | |
| 67 | Jose Altuve | 2B | 6 | HOU | |
| 68 | Wil Myers | OF | 21 | TB | |
| 69 | Joe Mauer | C | 2 | MIN | |
| 70 | Jayson Werth | OF | 22 | WAS | |
| 71 | Alex Gordon | OF | 23 | KC | |
| 72 | Shane Victorino | OF | 24 | BOS | |
| 73 | Jose Abreu | 1B | 11 | CHW | |
| 74 | Anibal Sanchez | SP | 15 | DET | |
| 75 | Starlin Castro | SS | 7 | CHC | |
| 76 | Alex Cobb | SP | 16 | TB | |
| 77 | Trevor Rosenthal | RP | 4 | STL | |
| 78 | Josh Donaldson | 3B | 8 | OAK | |
| 79 | Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 12 | CHC | |
| 80 | Mark Trumbo | 1B | 13 | ARZ | |
| 81 | Yadier Molina | C | 3 | STL | |
| 82 | Kyle Seager | 3B | 9 | SEA | |
| 83 | James Shields | SP | 17 | KC | |
| 84 | Josh Hamilton | OF | 25 | LAA | |
| 85 | Manny Machado | 3B | 10 | BAL | 89 |
| 86 | Billy Hamilton | OF | 26 | CIN | |
| 87 | Ben Zobrist | SS | 8 | TB | |
| 88 | Carlos Santana | C | 4 | CLE | |
| 89 | Ryan Zimmerman | 3B | 11 | BAL | 64 |
| 90 | Wilin Rosario | C | 5 | COL | |
| 91 | Carlos Beltran | OF | 27 | NYY | |
| 92 | Jordan Zimmermann | SP | 18 | WAS | |
| 93 | Xander Bogaerts | SS | 9 | BOS | |
| 94 | Masahiro Tanaka | SP | 19 | NYY | |
| 95 | Brett Lawrie | 2B | 7 | TOR | |
| 96 | Matt Kemp | OF | 28 | LAD | |
| 97 | Matt Cain | SP | 20 | SF | |
| 98 | Mat Latos | SP | 21 | CIN | |
| 99 | Danny Salazar | SP | 22 | CLE | |
| 100 | Sonny Gray | SP | 23 | OAK | |
| 101 | Victor Martinez | 1B | 14 | DET | |
| 102 | Brandon Belt | 1B | 15 | SF | |
| 103 | Koji Uehara | RP | 5 | BOS | |
| 104 | Shelby Miller | SP | 24 | STL | |
| 105 | Chase Utley | 2B | 8 | PHI | |
| 106 | Gio Gonzalez | SP | 25 | WAS | |
| 107 | Andrew Cashner | SP | 26 | SD | |
| 108 | Gerrit Cole | SP | 27 | PIT | |
| 109 | Billy Butler | 1B | 16 | KC | |
| 110 | Martin Prado | SS | 10 | ARZ | |
| 111 | Jedd Gyorko | 2B | 9 | SD | |
| 112 | Jonathan Lucroy | C | 6 | MIL | |
| 113 | Cole Hamels | SP | 28 | PHI | |
| 114 | Desmond Jennings | OF | 29 | TB | |
| 115 | Brian McCann | C | 7 | NYY | |
| 116 | Jose Reyes | SS | 11 | TOR | |
| 117 | Brett Gardner | OF | 30 | NYY | |
| 118 | Aaron Hill | 2B | 10 | ARZ | |
| 119 | Hyun-Jin Ryu | SP | 29 | LAD | |
| 120 | Joe Nathan | RP | 6 | DET | |
| 121 | Aramis Ramirez | 3B | 12 | MIL | |
| 122 | Coco Crisp | OF | 31 | OAK | |
| 123 | Brad Miller | 2B | 11 | SEA | |
| 124 | Austin Jackson | OF | 32 | DET | |
| 125 | David Robertson | RP | 7 | NYY | |
| 126 | Mike Napoli | 1B | 17 | BOS | |
| 127 | Sergio Romo | RP | 8 | SF | |
| 128 | Brandon Phillips | 2B | 12 | CIN | |
| 129 | Doug Fister | SP | 30 | WAS | |
| 130 | Addison Reed | RP | 9 | ARZ | |
| 131 | Aroldis Chapman | RP | 10 | CIN | 59 |
| 132 | Ernesto Frieri | RP | 11 | LAA | |
| 133 | Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 18 | COL | |
| 134 | Julio Teheran | SP | 31 | ATL | |
| 135 | Mike Minor | SP | 32 | ATL | |
| 136 | Justin Masterson | SP | 33 | CLE | |
| 137 | Joakim Soria | RP | 12 | TEX | |
| 138 | Matt Moore | SP | 34 | TB | |
| 139 | R.A. Dickey | SP | 35 | TOR | |
| 140 | Jim Johnson | RP | 13 | OAK | |
| 141 | Matt Adams | 1B | 19 | STL | |
| 142 | Chase Headley | 3B | 13 | SD | |
| 143 | Will Venable | OF | 33 | SD | |
| 144 | Tony Cingrani | SP | 36 | CIN | |
| 145 | Glen Perkins | RP | 14 | MIN | |
| 146 | Hisashi Iwakuma | SP | 37 | SEA | |
| 147 | Michael Wacha | SP | 38 | STL | |
| 148 | Jeff Samardzija | SP | 39 | CHC | |
| 149 | C.J. Wilson | SP | 40 | LAA | |
| 150 | Jason Grilli | RP | 15 | PIT | |
| 151 | Salvador Perez | C | 8 | KC | |
| 152 | Jered Weaver | SP | 41 | LAA | |
| 153 | Alfonso Soriano | OF | 34 | NYY | |
| 154 | Jason Castro | C | 9 | HOU | |
| 155 | David Murphy | 2B | 13 | NYM | |
| 156 | Brandon Moss | 1B | 20 | OAK | |
| 157 | Domonic Brown | OF | 35 | PHI | |
| 158 | J.J. Hardy | SS | 12 | BAL | |
| 159 | Curtis Granderson | OF | 36 | NYM | |
| 160 | Christian Yelich | OF | 37 | MIA | |
| 161 | Leonys Martin | OF | 38 | TEX | |
| 162 | Andrelton Simmons | SS | 13 | CHW | |
| 163 | Will Middlebrooks | 3B | 14 | BOS | |
| 164 | Carl Crawford | OF | 39 | LAD | |
| 165 | Hiroki Kuroda | SP | 42 | NYY | |
| 166 | Matt Weiters | C | 10 | BAL | |
| 167 | Nelson Cruz | OF | 40 | BAL | |
| 168 | Alexi Ramirez | SS | 14 | ATL | |
| 169 | Anthony Rendon | 2B | 14 | WAS | |
| 170 | Rafael Soriano | RP | 16 | WAS | |
| 171 | Steve Cishek | RP | 17 | MIA | |
| 172 | Jonathan Papelbon | RP | 18 | PHI | |
| 173 | Johnny Cueto | SP | 43 | CIN | |
| 174 | Norichika Aoki | OF | 41 | KC | |
| 175 | Matt Garza | SP | 44 | MIL | |
| 176 | Jon Lester | SP | 45 | BOS | |
| 177 | Yan Gomes | C | 11 | CLE | |
| 178 | Asdrubal Cabrera | SS | 15 | CLE | |
| 179 | Adam Lind | 1B | 21 | TOR | |
| 180 | Torii Hunter | OF | 42 | DET |
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