Your top 10 players in baseball going into 2008?

[Blackout]

1-Alex Rodriguez
2-Albert Pujols
3-Hanley Ramirez
4-Ryan Howard
5-Chase Utley
6-Grady Sizemore
7-Miguel Cabrera
8-David Wright
9-Prince Fielder
10-Carl Crawford (or Jose Reyes)


Outside of my top 3 its a tough call :noidea


pitchers

1-Johan Santana
2-Jake Peavy
3-Brandon Webb
4-Josh Beckett
5-CC Sebathia
6-Dan Haren
7-Erik Bedard
8-Justin Verlander (should get alot of wins this year)
9-Roy Oswalt
10-Chein Mein Wang

[Zagi-CRO]

This is my Fantasy team:

FIELDER	PRINCE	MIL
PENA	CARLOS	TB
PHILLIPS	BRANDON	CIN
UPTON	B.J.	TB
BRAUN	RYAN	MIL
ZIMMERMAN	RYAN	WAS
MARTIN	RUSSELL	LAD
MCCANN	BRIAN	ATL
CANO	ROBINSON	NYY
KOUZMANOFF	KEVIN	SD
RIOS	ALEX	TOR
GRANDERSON	CURTIS	DET
FRANCOEUR	JEFF	ATL
YOUNG	CHRIS	ARI
HART	COREY	MIL
FUKUDOME	KOSUKE	CHC
PUTZ	J.J.	SEA
PAPELBON	JONATHAN	BOS
SORIANO	RAFAEL	ATL
LYON	BRANDON	ARI
BECKETT	JOSH	BOS
VERLANDER	JUSTIN	DET
WANG	CHIEN-MING	NYY
CARMONA	FAUSTO	CLE
CAIN	MATT	SF
MAINE	JOHN	NYM
RAMIREZ	HANLEY	FLA
HARDY	J.J.	MIL

[GiambiJuice]

This is my Fantasy team:

FIELDER	PRINCE	MIL
PENA	CARLOS	TB
PHILLIPS	BRANDON	CIN
UPTON	B.J.	TB
BRAUN	RYAN	MIL
ZIMMERMAN	RYAN	WAS
MARTIN	RUSSELL	LAD
MCCANN	BRIAN	ATL
CANO	ROBINSON	NYY
KOUZMANOFF	KEVIN	SD
RIOS	ALEX	TOR
GRANDERSON	CURTIS	DET
FRANCOEUR	JEFF	ATL
YOUNG	CHRIS	ARI
HART	COREY	MIL
FUKUDOME	KOSUKE	CHC
PUTZ	J.J.	SEA
PAPELBON	JONATHAN	BOS
SORIANO	RAFAEL	ATL
LYON	BRANDON	ARI
BECKETT	JOSH	BOS
VERLANDER	JUSTIN	DET
WANG	CHIEN-MING	NYY
CARMONA	FAUSTO	CLE
CAIN	MATT	SF
MAINE	JOHN	NYM
RAMIREZ	HANLEY	FLA
HARDY	J.J.	MIL

Are there 3 teams in your league????

[GiambiJuice]

Anyway, here's my list: (position players only, no DH's)

Alex Rodriguez
Albert Pujols
David Wright
Miguel Cabrera
Chase Utley
Matt Holliday
Hanley Ramirez
Vladimir Guerrero
Grady Sizemore
Lance Berkman

[bob]

1. Arod - Massive offensive ability with good defence.
2. Pujols - Big offense, improving defence
3. Ichiro - One of the best contact hitters, fielders and baserunners around.
4. Holliday
5. Wright
6. H Ramirez
7. Utley
8. Cabrera
9. Reyes
10. Fielder

[willshad]

1. David Wright (5 tool player at age 24)
2. A-Rod (great, but has probably peaked)
2. Valdimir Guerrero (consistent as they come)
3. David Ortiz (best hiter the last 5 years)
4. Ichiro (amazing all around game and consistency)
5. Miguel Cabrera (Wright without the fielding or speed)
6. Chase Utley (Just reaching his peak)
7. Albert Pujols (headed for a decline)
8. Jose Reyes (best at leadoff besides Ichiro)
9. Ryan Howard (Best power hitter)
10. Justin Morneau or Lance Berkman (Morneau is younger, but Berkman more proven)

[mjrennie]

i know next to nothing about the game, i am running to catch up to even novice level...from where i sit in the uk, my 9 are:

1. a-rod. obviously.
2. guerrero.
3. holliday.
4. jeter.
5. sizemore.
6. ordonez.
7. ichiro.
8. griffey jnr.
9. pujols.

apologies for spellings.

[skyking162]

Rodriguez,AlexNYA
Wright,DavidANYN
Pujols,AlbertSTL (although tough to gauge effects of injury)
Utley,ChasePHI
Beltran,CarlosNYN
Sizemore,GradyCLE
Santana,JohanNYM
Reyes,JoseNYN
Holliday,MattTCOL
Granderson,CurtisDET

Folks who list Miguel Cabrera or Hanley Ramirez are underestimating the effects of fielding. They are clearly top twenty-five players, but wouldn't lose any value if switched to DH.

[uberpsycho]

1. Alex Rodriguez
2. Albert Pujols
3. Chase Utley
4. Jake Peavy
5. Miguel Cabrera
6. Johan Santana
7. Matt Holliday
8. Hanley Ramirez
9. Cutis Granderson
10. David Wright

[RubeBaker]

Just what exactly is the definition of "young" here? It's not old by any means, but A-Rod is 32, which is at the tail-end of middle age in baseball years.

[Scoops]

Just what exactly is the definition of "young" here? It's not old by any means, but A-Rod is 32, which is at the tail-end of middle age in baseball years.

Who said "young"?

[Rapmaster]

1. Albert Pujols
2. Alex Rodriguez
3. Miguel Cabrera
4. David Wright
5. Victor Martinez
6. Chase Utley
7. Chipper Jones
8. David Ortiz
9. Ryan Howard
10. Lance Berkman

1. Johan Santana
2. Brandon Webb
3. Jake Peavy
4. Roy Oswalt
5. C.C. Sabathia
6. Josh Beckett
7. Aaron Harang
8. Roy Halladay
9. Dan Haren
10. Javier Vazquez

Kinda in a loose order, but I really do stress consistency and long-term success, leaving guys like Hanley Ramirez or Fausto Carmona out of consideration.

[duckydps]

1. Alex Rodriguez
2. Albert Pujols
3. Miguel Cabrera
4. Matt Holliday
5. Ryan Howard
6. Johan Santana
7. Jake Peavy
8. Derek Jeter
9. Chase Utley
10. David Wright

[Imgran]

Only one guy picked the best LHH over the last 3 years? How come no love for Big Papi? He was only like .012 OPS behind A-Rod as a hitter last year and well ahead of him the previous two. And I see the defensive butchers Cabrera and Howard on a lot of the lists so don't give me the DH BS. Ortiz would at least beat Howard defensively if he had to play the field and Howard would DH on any American League squad.

[digglahhh]

Only one guy picked the best LHH over the last 3 years? How come no love for Big Papi? He was only like .012 OPS behind A-Rod as a hitter last year and well ahead of him the previous two. And I see the defensive butchers Cabrera and Howard on a lot of the lists so don't give me the DH BS. Ortiz would at least beat Howard defensively if he had to play the field and Howard would DH on any American League squad.

Well, if you were building a team from scratch, would you take Ortiz with one of the top ten picks?

Look, I'm a big fan of David Ortiz, but all things considered, I would not consider him in my top 10 of desired MLB players if I'm starting a team.