This is the first part of the outfielder rankings for traditional mixed leagues. I have left-off any comments about who could be better or who could be worse than the rankings. Why? There are just so many quality players amongst these 45 that I'd be splitting hairs.
For example, the difference between the #2 OFer's, Carlos Lee, and the #12 one's, Torii Hunter, score is less than 10. Even the 45th ranked OF, Mark Teahen, is fewer than 10 points worse than the 32nd ranked one, BJ Upton. Overall, each player is within one point of the player preceding and following him.
To split hairs, the greatest differences are between #1 Matt Holliday and #2 Carlos Lee (7.8 points), #8 Lance Berkman and #9 Alex Rios (2.8) and #17 Jason Bay and #18 Aaron Rowand (2.8). To further expand, the greatest difference between one OF and one two spots lower remains at the top with Holliday 8 points better than Vladimir Guerrero followed by a 5.2 point difference between #17 Jason Bay and #19 Eric Byrnes.
Rank | Player | +/- | Rank | Player | +/- | Rank | Player | +/- |
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1 | Holliday Matt | 16 | Granderson Curtis | 31 | Griffey Jr. Ken | |||
2 | Lee Carlos | 17 | Bay Jason | 32 | Upton B.J. | |||
3 | Guerrero Vladimir | 18 | Rowand Aaron | 33 | Lofton Kenny | |||
4 | Sizemore Grady | 19 | Byrnes Eric | 34 | Hall Bill | |||
5 | Abreu Bobby | 20 | Wells Vernon | 35 | Ramirez Manny | |||
6 | Crawford Carl | 21 | Dye Jermaine | 36 | Green Shawn | |||
7 | Soriano Alfonso | 22 | Matthews Jr. Gary | 37 | Hawpe Brad | |||
8 | Berkman Lance | 23 | Winn Randy | 38 | Jones Andruw | |||
9 | Rios Alexis | 24 | Matsui Hideki | 39 | Giles Brian | |||
10 | Beltran Carlos | 25 | Dunn Adam | 40 | Crisp Coco | |||
11 | Damon Johnny | 26 | Hart Corey | 41 | Victorino Shane | |||
12 | Hunter Torii | 27 | Francoeur Jeff | 42 | DeJesus David | |||
13 | Markakis Nick | 28 | Cameron Mike | 43 | Willingham Josh | |||
14 | Suzuki Ichiro | 29 | Ibanez Raul | 44 | Teahen Mark | |||
15 | Ordonez Magglio | 30 | Cuddyer Michael | 45 | Bonds Barry | |||