There are a lot of very similar producing secondbasemen for fantasy leaguers to choose from. Surprisingly, there were not many who contribute across the four or five fantasy categories. As such, the White Sox' Tadahito Iguchi rates so highly. He ranks highly in AVG and Runs with double digit HRs and SBs and decent RBIs. Sometimes being good at many things is better than excelling at one. Just ask NL batting champ, Freddie Sanchez.
I mentioned Jamey Carroll in a diary yesterday and left him where he showed-up in my NL-only rankings not so much because I believe he is the 6th best choice. I kept him there to give some props to a surprising good season - .300 AVG in 400+ ABs with 84 Runs and 10 SBs.
Jeff Kent is also ranked very low. He is an older player who has no guarantee of not being injury-plagued for another season. I left him so low to demonstrate the risk. However, I'd rank him as high as Ray Durham, whose 2006 production is the what I consider a best-case scenario for Kent in 2007.
Previous rankings:
Mixed | AL-only | NL-only | ||||
1 | UTLEY CHASE | PHI | ROBERTS BRIAN | BAL | UTLEY CHASE | PHI |
2 | DURHAM RAY | SF | IGUCHI TADAHITO | CWS | PHILLIPS BRANDON | CIN |
3 | ROBERTS BRIAN | BAL | CANO ROBINSON | NYY | DURHAM RAY | SF |
4 | IGUCHI TADAHITO | CWS | LUGO JULIO | BOS | UGGLA DAN | FLA |
5 | PHILLIPS BRANDON | CIN | KINSLER IAN | TEX | HUDSON ORLANDO | ARZ |
6 | UGGLA DAN | FLA | BARFIELD JOSH | CLE | CARROLL JAMEY | COL |
7 | HUDSON ORLANDO | ARZ | KENDRICK HOWIE | ANA | WEEKS RICKIE | MLW |
8 | BARFIELD JOSH | SD | CASTILLO LUIS | MIN | DEROSA MARK | CHC |
9 | CASTILLO LUIS | MIN | LOPEZ JOSE | SEA | SANCHEZ FREDDY | PIT |
10 | CANO ROBINSON | NYY | VIDRO JOSE | SEA | GILES MARCUS | SD |
11 | KINSLER IAN | TEX | CANTU JORGE | TB | BURKE CHRIS | HOU |
12 | LUGO JULIO | BOS | HILL AARON | TOR | VALENTIN JOSE | NYM |
13 | KENT JEFF | LA | GRUDZIELANEK MARK | KC | KENNEDY ADAM | ANA |
14 | KENDRICK HOWIE | ANA | WIGGINTON TY | TB | CASTILLO JOSE | PIT |
15 | DEROSA MARK | CHC | GERMAN ESTEBAN | KC | BIGGIO CRAIG | HOU |
16 | LOPEZ JOSE | SEA | CINTRON ALEX | CWS | THERIOT RYAN | CHC |
17 | SANCHEZ FREDDY | PIT | BELLIARD RONNIE | FA | LORETTA MARK | HOU |
18 | GILES MARCUS | SD | ELLIS MARK | OAK | ANDERSON MARLON | LA |
19 | WEEKS RICKIE | MLW | POLANCO PLACIDO | DET | GRAFFANINO TONY | MLW |
20 | BURKE CHRIS | HOU | PEDROIA DUSTIN | BOS | KENT JEFF | LA |
21 | PUNTO NICK | MIN | SCUTARO MARCOS | OAK | BELLIARD RONNIE | FA |
22 | KENNEDY ADAM | STL | ADAMS RUSS | TOR | AMEZAGA ALFREDO | FLA |
23 | VIDRO JOSE | SEA | HAIRSTON JERRY | TEX | MATSUI KAZ | COL |
24 | CANTU JORGE | TB | CASILLA ALEXI | MIN | WALKER TODD | SD |
25 | VALENTIN JOSE | NYM | CAIRO MIGUEL | NYY | FRANDSEN KEVIN | SF |
26 | GRUDZIELANEK MARK | KC | INGLETT JOE | CLE | PRADO MARTIN | ATL |
27 | BIGGIO CRAIG | HOU | INFANTE OMAR | DET | MILES AARON | STL |
28 | WIGGINTON TY | TB | CASTRO BERNIE | WAS | ||
29 | CASTILLO JOSE | PIT | ||||
30 | POLANCO PLACIDO | DET | ||||
31 | HILL AARON | TOR | ||||
32 | ELLIS MARK | OAK | ||||
33 | PEDROIA DUSTIN | BOS | ||||
34 | LORETTA MARK | BOS | ||||
35 | CARROLL JAMEY | COL | ||||
36 | GRAFFANINO TONY | MLW | ||||
37 | CINTRON ALEX | CWS | ||||
38 | THERIOT RYAN | CHC | ||||
39 | GERMAN ESTEBAN | KC | ||||
40 | BELLIARD RONNIE | FA | ||||
41 | AMEZAGA ALFREDO | FLA | ||||
42 | WALKER TODD | SD | ||||
43 | MATSUI KAZ | COL | ||||
44 | ADAMS RUSS | TOR | ||||
45 | PRADO MARTIN | ATL | ||||
46 | FRANDSEN KEVIN | SF | ||||