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Written by J Status
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Thursday, 30 April 2009 |
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Welcome to your monthly, free 2009 fantasy baseball rankings for hitters. Ratings are a reflection of a player's trade value in keeper league fantasy baseball pools. They reflect a players predicted performance taking upside, injury risk and consistency into account. These predictions also include a statistical evaluation taking historical and current numbers, age, positional scarcity and positional flexibility into account. Basically, if you are in a keeper league, this is a combination of analysis and educated opinion based on my statistical model of a player's 'trade value'. Naturally, individual trades would depend on the direction you are currently taking your team.
| Jun | Player | Team | Pos | Score | Prev | Change | | 1 | Albert Pujols | STL | 1B | 332.5 | 1 | 0 | | 2 | Hanley Ramirez | FLA | SS | 328.6 | 2 | 0 | | 3 | Miguel Cabrera | DET | 1B/3B | 325.9 | 3 | 0 | | 4 | Ryan Braun | MIL | OF | 324.2 | 4 | 0 | | 5 | Jose Reyes | NYM | SS | 322.8 | 5 | 0 | | 6 | Ian Kinsler | TEX | 2B | 322.2 | 8 | 2 | | 7 | David Wright | NYM | 3B | 321.1 | 7 | 0 | | 8 | Chase Utley | PHI | 2B | 320.1 | 6 | -2 | | 9 | Grady Sizemore | CLE | OF | 317.8 | 9 | 0 | | 10 | Evan Longoria | TB | 3B | 317.0 | 11 | 1 | | 11 | Ryan Howard | PHI | 1B | 311.9 | 14 | 3 | | 12 | Matt Kemp | LAD | OF | 311.9 | 16 | 4 | | 13 | Adrian Gonzalez | SD | 1B | 311.2 | 12 | -1 | | 14 | Prince Fielder | MIL | 1B | 310.3 | 17 | 3 | | 15 | B.J. Upton | TB | OF | 310.0 | 38 | 23 | | 16 | Carlos Quentin | CWS | OF | 310.0 | 13 | -3 | | 17 | Dustin Pedroia | BOS | 2B | 309.7 | 10 | -7 | | 18 | Jay Bruce | CIN | OF | 309.2 | 18 | 0 | | 19 | Justin Upton | ARI | OF | 308.8 | 43 | 24 | | 20 | Josh Hamilton | TEX | OF | 307.1 | 21 | 1 | | 21 | Brandon Phillips | CIN | 2B | 307.0 | 39 | 18 | | 22 | Carl Crawford | TB | OF | 306.6 | 28 | 6 | | 23 | Mark Teixeira | NYY | 1B | 306.4 | 27 | 4 | | 24 | Nick Markakis | BAL | OF | 306.1 | 15 | -9 | | 25 | Nate McLouth | PIT | OF | 304.7 | 24 | -1 | | 26 | Justin Morneau | MIN | 1B | 304.5 | 23 | -3 | | 27 | Alex Rodriguez | NYY | 3B | 303.8 | 29 | 2 | | 28 | Joe Mauer | MIN | C | 303.1 | 92 | 64 | | 29 | Carlos Lee | HOU | OF | 303.0 | 35 | 6 | | 30 | Victor Martinez | CLE | C/1B | 302.9 | 25 | -5 | | 31 | Jason Bay | BOS | OF | 302.4 | 20 | -11 | | 32 | Jimmy Rollins | PHI | SS | 302.2 | 40 | 8 | | 33 | Kevin Youkilis | BOS | 1B/3B | 301.0 | 22 | -11 | | 34 | Brian McCann | ATL | C | 301.0 | 45 | 11 | | 35 | Hunter Pence | HOU | OF | 300.2 | 42 | 7 | | 36 | Carlos Beltran | NYM | OF | 300.0 | 19 | -17 | | 37 | Nelson Cruz | TEX | OF | 299.5 | 97 | 60 | | 38 | Alfonso Soriano | CHC | OF | 299.4 | 37 | -1 | | 39 | Lance Berkman | HOU | 1B | 299.3 | 31 | -8 | | 40 | Brian Roberts | BAL | 2B | 298.7 | 33 | -7 | | 41 | Jacoby Ellsbury | BOS | OF | 298.2 | 48 | 7 | | 42 | Carlos Pena | TB | 1B | 298.1 | 49 | 7 | | 43 | Corey Hart | MIL | OF | 297.8 | 41 | -2 | | 44 | Stephen Drew | ARI | SS | 297.8 | 46 | 2 | | 45 | Adam Jones | BAL | OF | 297.6 | 56 | 11 | | 46 | Aaron Hill | TOR | 2B | 297.2 | 70 | 24 | | 47 | Adam Dunn | CIN | OF | 297.2 | 47 | 0 | | 48 | Curtis Granderson | DET | OF | 297.1 | 54 | 6 | | 49 | Aramis Ramirez | CHC | 3B | 296.9 | 34 | -15 | | 50 | Joey Votto | CIN | 1B/OF | 296.5 | 36 | -14 | | 51 | Ryan Ludwick | STL | OF | 296.2 | 30 | -21 | | 52 | Geovany Soto | CHC | C | 295.9 | 68 | 16 | | 53 | Jorge Cantu | FLA | 1B/3B | 295.8 | 32 | -21 | | 54 | Ryan Zimmerman | WAS | 3B | 295.8 | 52 | -2 | | 55 | Alexei Ramirez | CWS | 2B/SS/OF | 295.2 | 69 | 14 | | 56 | Jayson Werth | PHI | OF | 295.2 | 58 | 2 | | 57 | Willy Taveras | CIN | OF | 294.8 | 64 | 7 | | 58 | Manny Ramirez | FA | OF | 294.5 | 26 | -32 | | 59 | Troy Tulowitzki | COL | SS | 293.8 | 65 | 6 | | 60 | Robinson Cano | NYY | 2B | 293.8 | 63 | 3 | | 61 | Matt Holliday | OAK | OF | 292.7 | 44 | -17 | | 62 | Russell Martin | LAD | C/3B | 292.1 | 60 | -2 | | 63 | Bobby Abreu | NYY | OF | 291.9 | 50 | -13 | | 64 | Alex Rios | TOR | OF | 291.8 | 74 | 10 | | 65 | Ichiro Suzuki | SEA | CF | 291.7 | 72 | 7 | | 66 | Chris Davis | TEX | 1B/3B | 291.0 | 59 | -7 | | 67 | Ben Zobrist | TB | SS/OF | 291.0 | 132 | 65 | | 68 | Jhonny Peralta | CLE | SS | 291.0 | 71 | 3 | | 69 | Andre Ethier | LAD | OF | 290.5 | 51 | -18 | | 70 | Ian Stewart | COL | 2B/3B | 290.2 | 120 | 50 | | 71 | Chris Iannetta | COL | C | 290.0 | 79 | 8 | | 72 | Elijah Dukes | WAS | OF | 289.7 | 57 | -15 | | 73 | Aubrey Huff | BAL | 1B/3B | 289.6 | 53 | -20 | | 74 | Shane Victorino | PHI | OF | 289.6 | 62 | -12 | | 75 | Garrett Atkins | COL | 1B/3B | 289.4 | 55 | -20 | | 76 | Jermaine Dye | CWS | OF | 289.2 | 66 | -10 | | 77 | Torii Hunter | LAA | OF | 289.1 | 73 | -4 | | 78 | J.J. Hardy | MIL | SS | 289.1 | 87 | 9 | | 79 | Vladimir Guerrero | LAA | OF | 289.1 | 98 | 19 | | 80 | Pablo Sandoval | SF | C/1B/3B | 289.1 | 139 | 59 | | 81 | Delmon Young | MIN | OF | 288.8 | 75 | -6 | | 82 | Ryan Doumit | PIT | C | 288.6 | 76 | -6 | | 83 | David Ortiz | BOS | UTIL | 288.4 | 80 | -3 | | 84 | Michael Young | TEX | SS | 288.2 | 84 | 0 | | 85 | Rick Ankiel | STL | OF | 288.2 | 61 | -24 | | 86 | Shin-Soo Choo | CLE | OF | 287.7 | 83 | -3 | | 87 | Brandon Inge | DET | C/3B/OF | 287.5 | 125 | 38 | | 88 | Dan Uggla | FLA | 2B | 287.3 | 88 | 0 | | 89 | Brad Hawpe | COL | OF | 287.2 | 89 | 0 | | 90 | Kelly Shoppach | CLE | C | 287.1 | 77 | -13 | | 91 | Chipper Jones | ATL | 3B | 286.3 | 67 | -24 | | 92 | Magglio Ordonez | DET | OF | 286.1 | 82 | -10 | | 93 | Travis Hafner | CLE | UTIL | 285.9 | 114 | 21 | | 94 | Rickie Weeks | MIL | 2B | 285.9 | 100 | 6 | | 95 | Raul Ibanez | PHI | OF | 285.9 | 81 | -14 | | 96 | Ty Wigginton | BAL | 1B/2B/3B/OF | 285.2 | 95 | -1 | | 97 | Vernon Wells | TOR | OF | 284.8 | 85 | -12 | | 98 | Denard Span | MIN | OF | 284.8 | 78 | -20 | | 99 | Dexter Fowler | COL | OF | 284.4 | NR | NA | | 100 | Nick Swisher | NYY | 1B/OF | 284.2 | 90 | -10 | | 101 | Billy Butler | KC | 1B | 284.1 | 103 | 2 | | 102 | Jason Bartlett | TB | SS | 284.1 | 115 | 13 | | 103 | Michael Bourn | HOU | OF | 283.9 | 145 | 42 | | 104 | Chris Young | ARI | OF | 283.9 | 102 | -2 | | 105 | Kendry Morales | LAA | 1B/RF | 283.8 | 149 | 44 | | 106 | Jason Kubel | MIN | OF | 283.5 | 105 | -1 | | 107 | Adrian Beltre | SEA | 3B | 283.4 | 123 | 16 | | 108 | Elvis Andrus | TEX | SS | 283.4 | NR | NA | | 109 | Mark Reynolds | ARI | 3B | 283.2 | 108 | -1 | | 110 | Mike Lowell | BOS | 3B | 283.0 | 94 | -16 | | 111 | Miguel Tejada | HOU | SS | 282.9 | 107 | -4 | | 112 | Carlos Gomez | MIN | OF | 282.8 | 134 | 22 | | 113 | Scott Hairston | SD | OF | 282.8 | 126 | 13 | | 114 | Adam Lind | TOR | OF | 282.3 | 93 | -21 | | 115 | Jose Lopez | SEA | 2B | 282.2 | 99 | -16 | | 116 | Derrek Lee | CHC | 1B | 282.2 | 121 | 5 | | 117 | Carlos Delgado | NYM | 1B | 281.9 | 86 | -31 | | 118 | Skip Schumaker | STL | 2B/OF | 281.6 | 124 | 6 | | 119 | Hideki Matsui | NYY | |
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