As it's prone to do, life got in the way of my scheduled "Write About Fantasy Baseball" time and this Top 300 list is a wee bit behind schedule. And by "wee" ... I mean a lot. I'm sorry about that.
Anyways ...
Here are links for my Top 20, Top 100 and a master list of my position-by-position rankings.
I'm sure each and everyone of you at this point have spent countless hours memorizing and analyzing my position rankings and profiles word for word. Assuming that's the case, you'll notice that some players have moved up the ranks since January when those posts were written while others have dropped as a result. That doesn't mean those rankings aren't still useful. Afterall, a profile accompanies each player in them, which I don't provide in this list.
Here are some players I'm more excited about now than I was in January:
Adam Wainwright, Matt Moore, Jesus Montero, Joe Mauer, Mark Trumbo, Brett Myers, Javy Guerra, Marco Scutaro, Zack Cozart, Mat Gamel and more.
The Top 300 is fairly pitcher friendly as you'll come to find, considering it includes non-roto studs such as Chris Capuano, Bruce Chen, Josh Collmenter and so on. But, as I've said before, in a points league, "pitching = points" and while none of those names are sexy, they should/could provide points this season.
You'll also notice that I'm not too keen on catchers with most being near the bottom of the list. In my opinion, if you miss out on Carlos Santana, Mike Napoli or Matt Wieters or don't take the chance on say Joe Mauer or Jesus Montero, well, then I just wouldn't worry about the position at all. There's a chance there will be a serviceable catcher or two that goes undrafted in your league so to use anything other than a last round pick seems wasteful to me.
Disclaimer time ...
This list, like any Top (insert # here) list, is certainly up for debate. I'm confident that for H2H points leagues my Top 20 is spot on or darn close to it. I also feel pretty good about my Top 100 but the further and further down the rabbit hole you go the more the rankings become a matter of preference rather than solid, stone-cold projections. So, if you just love Brian McCann, which it seems like a lot of people around here do, and you think 119 is blasphemy regardless of the scoring format, then by all means grab him earlier. I won't be mad at you. If you think Frank Francisco saves more games than Ryan Madson, then snatch him up. You gotta do what you gotta do.
Top 300 list after the jump.
Fantasy Baseball 2012 H2H Points League Top 300:
101. Adam Wainwright SP
102. Mat Latos SP
103. Gio Gonzalez SP
104. Josh Johnson SP
105. Jason Heyward OF
106. Brett Gardner OF
107. Corey Hart OF
108. Matt Wieters C
109. Joel Hanrahan RP
110. Brian Wilson RP
111. Doug Fister SP
112. Jayson Werth OF
113. Nelson Cruz OF
114. Derek Holland SP
115. Tommy Hanson SP
116. Ervin Santana SP
117. JJ Putz RP
118. Heath Bell RP
119. Brian McCann C
120. Andre Ethier OF
121. Matt Moore SP
122. Howie Kendrick 1B/2B/OF
123. Joe Mauer C
124. Freddie Freeman 1B
125. Carl Crawford OF
126. Matt Garza SP
127. Jordan Zimmerman SP
128. Brandon Beachy SP
129. Buster Posey C
130. Vernon Wells OF
131. Torii Hunter OF
132. Carlos Beltran OF
133. Jaime Garcia SP
134. Anibal Sanchez SP
135. Hiroki Kuroda SP
136. Jemile Weeks 2B
137. Dee Gordon SS
138. Coco Crisp OF
139. Miguel Montero C
140. Jesus Montero DH
141. Justin Masterson SP
142. Johnny Cueto SP
143. Cory Luebke SP
144. Angel Pagan OF
145. Melky Cabrera OF
146. Alex Avila C
147. Ryan Madson RP
148. Jose Valverde RP
149. Ryan Roberts 2B/3B
150. Neil Walker 2B
151. Brandon Morrow SP
152. Wandy Roriguez SP
153. Ubaldo Jimenez SP
154. Martin Prado 3B/OF
155. Cameron Maybin OF
156. Aaron Hill 2B
157. Max Scherzer SP
158. Ryan Dempster SP
159. Jason Kipnis 2B
160. Dustin Ackley 2B
161. Mark Trumbo 1B/3B
162. Trevor Cahill SP
163. Shaun Marcum SP
164 John Danks SP
165. Jhonny Peralta SS
166. JJ Hardy SS
167. Joakim Soria RP
168. Sergio Santos RP
169. Peter Bourjos OF
170. Jeff Francouer OF
171. Mark Reynolds 1B/3B
172. Derek Jeter SS
173. Tim Hudson SP
174. Colby Lewis SP
175. Matt Harrison SP
176. Yunel Escobar SS
177. Matt Joyce OF
178. Emilio Bonifacio 3B/SS/OF
179. Dexter Fowler OF
180. Brandon McCarthy SP
181. Mark Buehrle SP
182. Ted Lilly SP
183. Andrew Bailey RP
184. Brandon League RP
185. Rafael Betancourt RP
186. Josh Willingham OF
187. Alex Rios OF
188. Carlos Pena 1B
189. Paul Goldschmidt 1B
190. Vance Worley SP
191. Ivan Nova SP
192. RA Dickey SP
193. Jeremy Hellickson SP
194. Joe Nathan RP
195. Carlos Marmol RP
196. Jair Jurrjens SP
197. Kelly Johnson 2B
198. Justin Morneau 1B
199. Drew Stubbs OF
200. Lucas Duda 1B/OF
201. Mike Moustakas 3B
202. Ryan Howard 1B
203. Clay Buchholz SP
204. Jhoulys Chacin SP
205. Neftali Feliz SP
206. Edwin Jackson SP
207. Bud Norris SP
208. Jordan Walden RP
209. Kyle Farnsworth RP
210. David Freese 3B
211. Delmon Young OF
212. Colby Rasmus OF
213. Adam Lind 1B/OF
214. Carlos Quentin OF
215. MItch Moreland 1B/OF
216. Francisco Liriano SP
217. Jason Motte RP
218. Matt Capps RP
219. Chris Perez RP
220. Kelly Johnson 2B
221. Jose Tabata OF
222. Austin Jackson OF
223. Yoenis Cespedes OF
224. Justin Morneau 1B
225. Huston Street RP
226. Frank Francisco RP
227. Javy Guerra RP
228. Scott Baker SP
229. Ryan Vogelsong SP
230. Mike Leake SP
231. Chris Sale SP
232. Tim Stauffer SP
233. Yonder Alonso OF
234. Marco Scutaro SS
235. Yadier Molina C
236. Danny Espinosa 2B
237. Ryan Howard 1B
238. James Loney 1B
239. Brennan Boesch OF
240. Gavin Floyd SP
241. Jake Peavy SP
242. Johan Santana SP
243. Bruce Chen SP
244. Chris Capuano SP
245. Alfonso Soriano OF
246. Daniel Murphy 1B/2B/3B
247. Jason Kubel OF
248. Adam LaRoche 1B
249. Chase Headley 3B
250. Matt Thornton RP
251. Jim Johnson RP
252. Jeff Niemann SP
253. Chad Billingsley SP
254. Jonathon Niese SP
255. Juan Nicasio SP
256. Mike Minor SP
257. JD Martinez OF
258. Eric Thames OF
259. Lorenzo Cain OF
260. Edwin Encarnacion 1B/3B
261. Grant Balfour RP
262. Josh Collmenter SP
263. Homer Bailey SP
264. Jason Bay OF
265. Bobby Abreu OF
266. Dayan Viciedo OF
267. Zack Cozart SS
268. Russell Martin C
269. Danny Valencia 3B
270. Brett Myers RP
271. Alcides Escobar SS
272. Wilson Ramos C
273. Alejandro De Aza OF
274. Kurt Suzuki C
275. Placido Polanco 3B
276. Michael Brantley OF
277. Denard Span OF
278. Jon Jay OF
279. Mat Gamel 1B
280. Bryce Harper OF
281. Ian Desmond SS
282. Andres Torres OF
283. John Mayberry OF
284. Jose Altuve 2B
285. AJ Pierzynski C
286. Carlos Ruiz C
287. Kenley Jansen RP
288. Chipper Jones 3B
289. Nolan Reimold OF
290. Ryan Raburn 2B/OF
291. David DeJesus OF
292. JP Arencibia C
293. Geovany Soto C
294. Nyjer Morgan OF
295. Erik Bedard SP
296. Carlos Zambrano SP
297. Mike Trout OF
298. Chris Iannetta C
299. John Buck C
300. Rafael Furcal SS
Feel free to comment on these rankings below or ask any H2H Points related questions. Just remember, the Top 20 and Top 100 are in links located above ... I didn't forget about Ryan Braun, Justin Verlander or Jose Bautista.