This morning begins the Fake Teams rankings by position. I used a system based on the player's 2006 performance and the relevent fantasy categories - AVG/HR/RBI/R/SB for 5x5 and AVG/HR/RBI/SB for 4x4. This assumes that last year's numbers are indicative of what will occur this year, and, in general, the rankings appear to pass the sniff test.
There are players that do not appear to be as highly ranked as one would think they should be i.e Jason Varitek. This will occur if the player in question had a poor year or hardly played. I took the liberty of adding Colorado and Arizona rookies Chris Iannetta and Miguel Montero to the lists. Both are ranked very conservatively.
Mixed | AL-only | NL-only | ||||
1 | MCCANN BRIAN | ATL | MARTINEZ VICTOR | CLE | MCCANN BRIAN | ATL |
2 | MARTINEZ VICTOR | CLE | MAUER JOE | MIN | BARRETT MICHAEL | CHC |
3 | MAUER JOE | MIN | POSADA JORGE | NYY | ESTRADA JOHNNY | ARZ |
4 | POSADA JORGE | NYY | RODRIGUEZ IVAN | DET | MARTIN RUSSELL | LA |
5 | RODRIGUEZ IVAN | DET | HERNANDEZ RAMON | BAL | MOLINA BENGIE | SF |
6 | HERNANDEZ RAMON | BAL | JOHJIMA KENJI | SEA | OLIVO MIGUEL | FLA |
7 | JOHJIMA KENJI | SEA | PIERZYNSKI A.J. | CWS | PAULINO RONNY | PIT |
8 | PIERZYNSKI A.J. | CWS | PIAZZA MIKE | OAK | LO DUCA PAUL | NYM |
9 | BARRETT MICHAEL | CHC | KENDALL JASON | OAK | BARD JOSH | SD |
10 | PIAZZA MIKE | OAK | ZAUN GREGG | TOR | ROSS DAVID | CIN |
11 | ESTRADA JOHNNY | ARZ | LAIRD GERALD | TEX | BARAJAS ROD | PHI |
12 | MOLINA BENGIE | SF | NAPOLI MIKE | ANA | CHRIS IANNETTA | COL |
13 | MARTIN RUSSELL | LA | VARITEK JASON | BOS | MIGUEL MONTERO | AZ |
14 | LO DUCA PAUL | NYM | BUCK JOHN | KC | ALFONZO ELIEZER | SF |
15 | OLIVO MIGUEL | FLA | LOPEZ JAVY | FA | COSTE CHRIS | PHI |
16 | PAULINO RONNY | PIT | HALL TOBY | CWS | LIEBERTHAL MIKE | LA |
17 | BARD JOSH | SD | NAVARRO DIONER | TB | SCHNEIDER BRIAN | WAS |
18 | ROSS DAVID | CIN | REDMOND MIKE | MIN | VALENTIN JAVIER | CIN |
19 | ZAUN GREGG | TOR | WILSON VANCE | DET | MILLER DAMIAN | MLW |
20 | LAIRD GERALD | TEX | LARUE JASON | KC | SNYDER CHRIS | ARZ |
21 | BARAJAS ROD | PHI | MOLINA JOSE | ANA | BLANCO HENRY | CHC |
22 | COSTE CHRIS | PHI | MIRABELLI DOUG | BOS | TORREALBA YORVIT | COL |
23 | VARITEK JASON | BOS | PAUL JOSH | TB | MOLINA YADIER | STL |
24 | KENDALL JASON | OAK | MELHUSE ADAM | OAK | RIVERA MIKE | MLW |
25 | CHRIS IANNETTA | COL | FASANO SAL | FA | AUSMUS BRAD | HOU |
26 | MIGUEL MONTERO | AZ | SHOPPACH KELLY | CLE | GREENE TODD | SF |
27 | ALFONZO ELIEZER | SF | JR HOUSE | BAL | BOWEN ROB | SD |
28 | NAPOLI MIKE | ANA | FICK ROBERT | WAS | ||
29 | BUCK JOHN | KC | BENNETT GARY | STL | ||
30 | LIEBERTHAL MIKE | LA | HARPER BRANDON | WAS | ||
31 | SCHNEIDER BRIAN | WAS | ||||
32 | VALENTIN JAVIER | CIN | ||||
33 | LOPEZ JAVY | FA | ||||
34 | SNYDER CHRIS | ARZ | ||||
35 | BLANCO HENRY | CHC | ||||
36 | MILLER DAMIAN | MLW | ||||