Fantasy Baseball 2012: Early Top 50 Outfielder Rankings

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: Matt Kemp #27 of the Los Angeles Dodgers watches his three run homerun during the fifth inning to trail 5-4 to the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium on September 21, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

Fake Teams early look at the 2012 fantasy rankings continues today with the Top 50 Outfielders. Make sure you check out our previous early 2012 position rankings along with the profiles for each player ranked:

Catcher: Initial, In-Depth with Profiles

First Base: Initial, In-Depth with Profiles

Second Base: Initial, In-Depth with Profiles

Third Base: Initial, In-Depth with Profiles

Shortstop: Initial, In-Depth with Profiles

Other than the top 14-15 outfielders in my rankings, most of the outfielders listed have a question mark that fantasy owners must answer on draft day. You can tell from my rankings that I lean toward guys like Chris Young, Ben Zobrist, and Shane Victorino, that can hit for some power and steal bases. I am probably lower on Andre Ethier than others, but he disappointed last year as his power has dropped in each of the last two seasons, and I don't see him being a mid-20's type home run hitter.

I will profile each of the Top 50 over the next two days, with 1 - 25 coming tomorrow and 26 - 50 coming on Wednesday.

Here are my early 2012 rankings for the Top 50 outfielders for fantasy baseball:

1. Matt Kemp, LAD

2. Ryan Braun, MIL

3. Justin Upton, ARI

4. Jose Bautista, TOR

5. Carlos Gonzalez, COL

6. Curtis Granderson, NYY

7. Andrew McCutchen, PIT

8. Jacoby Ellsbury, BOS

9. Carl Crawford, BOS

10. Alex Gordon, KC