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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
The rest of my Top 50 Fantasy Outfielders for 2012 after the jump:
11. Mike Stanton, FLA
12. Jay Bruce, CIN
13. Josh Hamilton, TEX
14. Ben Zobrist, TB
15. Matt Holliday, STL
16. Hunter Pence, PHI
17. Shane Victorino, PHI
18. Shin-Soo Choo, CLE
19. B.J. Upton, TB
20. Desmond Jennings, TB
21. Chris Young, ARI
22. Nelson Cruz, TEX
23. Corey Hart, MIL
24. Michael Morse, WAS
25. Jason Heyward, ATL
26. Adam Jones, BAL
27. MIchael Bourn, ATL
28. Brett Gardner, NYY
29. Carlos Beltran, ?
30. Lance Berkman, STL
31. Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
32. Coco Crisp, ?
33. Jayson Werth, WAS
34. Nick Swisher, NYY
35. Logan Morrison, FLA
36. Howie Kendrick, LAA
37. Drew Stubbs, CIN
38. Andre Ethier, LAD
39. Matt Joyce, TB
40. Jeff Francoeur, KC
41. Michael Cuddyer, ?
42. Carlos Lee, HOU
43. Lucas Duda, NYM
44. Cameron Maybin, SD
45. Jason Bay, NYM
46. Peter Bourjos, LAA
47. Torii Hunter, LAA
48. Colby Rasmus, TOR
49. Jose Tabata, PIT
50. Yonder Alonso, CIN