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2007 2B Rankings

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.

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Firstbasemen

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