Baseball Rankings

The 2006 Rankings are currently a compilation of several different sources. The rankings will be updated periodically until the end of March.

POSITIONAL RANKINGS

AVG = Mean Rank

Rankings updated 2-28-2006

RN	OVERALL	TEAM	POS	AVG
1.	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	3B	1.3
2.	Albert Pujols	STL	1B	1.8
3.	Vladimir Guerrero	LAA	OF	3.6
4.	Mark Teixeira	TEX	1B	4.6
5.	Manny Ramirez	BOS	OF	6.9
6.	Derrek Lee	CHC	1B	7.1
7.	Carl Crawford	TB	OF	8.3
8.	Johan Santana	MIN	SP	8.6
9.	David Ortiz	BOS	1B	8.9
10.	Bobby Abreu	PHI	OF	10.4
11.	Jason Bay	PIT	OF	11.5
12.	David Wright	NYM	3B	12.3
13.	Miguel Cabrera	FLA	3B/OF	12.6
14.	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	OF	17.6
15.	Michael Young	TEX	SS	17.6
16.	Miguel Tejada	BAL	SS	20.1
17.	Travis Hafner	CLE	DH	21.0
18.	Chone Figgins	LAA	2B/3B/OF	21.3
19.	Chase Utley	PHI	2B	21.8
20.	Gary Sheffield	NYY	OF	21.9
21.	Todd Helton	COL	1B	22.5
22.	Pedro Martinez	NYM	SP	25.1
23.	Alfonso Soriano	WAS	2B	26.1
24.	Carlos Beltran	NYM	OF	27.3
25.	Jose Reyes	NYM	SS	27.4
26.	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	SS	28.9
27.	Derek Jeter	NYY	SS	30.3
28.	Andruw Jones	ATL	OF	30.5
29.	Jake Peavy	SD	SP	31.4
30.	Grady Sizemore	CLE	OF	31.4
31.	Roy Oswalt	HOU	SP	32.3
32.	Chris Carpenter	STL	SP	33.4
33.	Lance Berkman	HOU	1B/OF	33.5
34.	Aramis Ramirez	CHC	3B	35.1
35.	Mariano Rivera	NYY	RP	36.0
36.	Juan Pierre	CHC	OF	38.0
37.	Hideki Matsui	NYY	OF	38.5
38.	Adam Dunn	CIN	1B/OF	39.9
39.	Carlos Lee	MIL	OF	41.0
40.	Randy Johnson	NYY	SP	43.4
41.	Rafael Furcal	LAD	SS	45.3
42.	Paul Konerko	CWS	1B	45.4
43.	Brad Lidge	HOU	RP	47.4
44.	Billy Wagner	PHI	RP	48.0
45.	Roy Halladay	TOR	SP	49.5
46.	Johnny Damon	NYY	OF	49.9
47.	Barry Bonds	SF	OF	50.1
48.	Joe Nathan	SF	RP	50.3
49.	Jeff Kent	LAD	2B	51.5
50.	Ben Sheets	MIL	SP	51.6
51.	Eric Chavez	OAK	3B	52.0
52.	Carlos Zambrano	CHC	SP	52.6
53.	Richie Sexson	MIL	1B	53.8
54.	Marcus Giles	ATL	2B	54.1
55.	Carlos Delgado	NYM	1B	55.9
56.	Francisco Rodriguez	LAA	RP	57.3
57.	Dontrelle Willis	FLA	SP	59.8
58.	Ryan Howard	PHI	1B	60.4
59.	Matt Holliday	COL	OF	61.1
60.	Victor Martinez	CLE	C	61.4
61.	Morgan Ensberg	HOU	3B	63.6
62.	Rich Harden	OAK	SP	63.6
63.	Mark Prior	CHC	SP	65.1
64.	Brian Giles	SD	OF	65.8
65.	Huston Street	OAK	RP	66.5
66.	Coco Crisp	CLE	OF	68.1
67.	Felix Hernandez	SEA	SP	68.4
68.	Scott Podsednik	CWS	OF	69.4
69.	Vernon Wells	TOR	OF	71.5
70.	John Smoltz	ATL	SP	72.5
71.	Felipe Lopez	CIN	SS	73.9
72.	B.J. Ryan	TOR	RP	74.8
73.	Hank Blalock	TEX	3B	77.3
74.	Mark Buehrle	CWS	SP	78.9
75.	Chad Cordero	WAS	RP	79.3
76.	Melvin Mora	BAL	3B	79.8
77.	Randy Winn	SF	OF	81.1
78.	Scott Rolen	STL	3B	81.5
79.	Andy Pettitte	HOU	SP	81.8
80.	Jason Schmidt	SF	SP	82.4
81.	Chipper Jones	ATL	3B	83.0
82.	Eric Gagne	LAD	RP	83.5
83.	Bartolo Colon	LAA	SP	86.6
84.	Jim Edmonds	STL	OF	86.9
85.	Pat Burrell	PHI	OF	87.6
86.	Jorge Cantu	TB	2B/3B	88.4
87.	Aubrey Huff	TB	1B/OF	91.9
88.	Roger Clemens	FA	SP	94.8
89.	Jason Isringhausen	STL	RP	95.9
90.	Jhonny Peralta	CLE	SS	96.4
91.	Brian Roberts	BAL	2B	97.0
92.	Julio Lugo	TB	SS	97.9
93.	Troy Glaus	TOR	3B	97.9
94.	Derrick Turnbow	MIL	RP	97.9
95.	Chad Tracy	ARI	1B/3B/OF	98.6
96.	Trevor Hoffman	SD	RP	99.6
97.	Jim Thome	CWS	1B	101.4
98.	Francisco Cordero	TEX	RP	102.5
99.	John Patterson	WAS	SP	102.9
100.	Josh Beckett	BOS	SP	105.0
101.	Torii Hunter	MIN	OF	109.5
102.	Brandon Webb	ARI	SP	109.5
103.	Joe Mauer	MIN	C	109.5
104.	Tom Gordon	PHI	RP	110.1
105.	Curt Schilling	BOS	SP	111.4
106.	John Lackey	LAA	SP	112.3
107.	Rickie Weeks	MIL	2B	113.4
108.	Tadahito Iguchi	CWS	2B	114.8
109.	Barry Zito	OAK	SP	115.1
110.	Jeff Francoeur	ATL	OF	116.3
111.	Cliff Lee	CLE	SP	118.5
112.	Jonny Gomes	TB	OF	119.0
113.	Jason Giambi	NYY	1B	119.3
114.	Brett Myers	PHI	SP	119.6
115.	Dan Haren	OAK	SP	120.5
116.	Jason Varitek	BOS	C	121.6
117.	A.J. Burnett	TOR	SP	123.8
118.	Zach Duke	PIT	SP	124.0
119.	Noah Lowry	SF	SP	125.4
120.	Doug Davis	MIL	SP	125.4
121.	Edgar Renteria	ATL	SS	127.0
122.	Adrian Beltre	SEA	3B	127.0
123.	C.C. Sabathia	CLE	SP	129.3
124.	Tim Hudson	ATL	SP	130.1
125.	Javy Lopez	BAL	C	131.0
126.	Jose Valverde	ARI	RP	131.8
127.	Ken Griffey Jr.	CIN	OF	131.9
128.	Javier Vazquez	CWS	SP	132.0
129.	Brad Wilkerson	TEX	1B/OF	132.0
130.	Armando Benitez	SF	RP	133.0
131.	Aaron Rowand	PHI	OF	133.1
132.	Clint Barmes	COL	SS	133.6
133.	Shawn Green	ARI	OF	133.9
134.	Freddy Garcia	CWS	SP	134.4
135.	Cliff Floyd	NYM	OF	134.5
136.	Jeremy Hermida	FLA	OF	134.9
137.	Jermaine Dye	CWS	OF	134.9
138.	Willy Taveras	HOU	OF	135.5
139.	Bobby Jenks	CWS	RP	136.1
140.	Geoff Jenkins	MIL	OF	136.1
141.	Ivan Rodriguez	DET	C	137.3
142.	Brian Fuentes	COL	RP	137.5
143.	Eddie Guardado	SEA	RP	138.9
144.	Robinson Cano	NYY	2B	138.9
145.	Prince Fielder	MIL	1B	140.0
146.	Mike Gonzalez	PIT	RP	140.1
147.	Jose Guillen	WAS	OF	140.9
148.	Raul Ibanez	SEA	OF	141.0
149.	Mark Loretta	BOS	2B	141.3
150.	Ryan Freel	CIN	2B/OF	141.3
On the Bubble: J.D. Drew (LAD), Ryan Dempster (CHC), Rocco Baldelli (TB), Lyle Overbay (TOR), Chris Shelton (DET), Garrett Atkins (COL), Jorge Posada (NYY), Justin Morneau (MIN), Jason Lane (HOU), Kevin Millwood (TEX), Shea Hillenbrand (TOR), Joe Blanton (OAK), Preston Wilson (HOU), Moises Alou (SF), Bob Wickman (CLE), Placido Polanco (DET), Kevin Mench (TEX), Jon Lieber (PHI), Jeff Weaver (LAA)