Fantasy Outfield Rankings:

Fantasy Outfield Rankings:

Time for my annual fantasy rankings. I’ll be posting one position per day as well as giving draft advice. My method is proven, having won my head to head fantasy league 3 straight years before teaching my fiancé how to play last season only to have her use my rankings against me and take the Championship. This year I’ll look to rebound from last year’s disappointing 2^nd place finish.

Matt Holiday is the only legit first rounder from the outfield ranks. The position is still deep, so you should be able to fill all three OF positions between the third and eighth round without reaching. There’s a lot of speed and power available here if you miss out on guys like Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes or Ryan Howard and David Ortiz.

Name, Team	Remarks (# games)	Other
Matt Holiday, COL	+PARK, !BA, +HR, !RBI, !R
Carl Crawford, TB	!SB, +BA,
Alfonso Soriano, ChC	+SB, +HR
Ichiro Suzuki, SEA	!SB, !BA, !R
Grady Sizemore, CLE	+SB, !R
Carlos Beltran, NYM	+SB, +RBI
Vlad Guerrero, LAA	MED, !RBI
Carlos Lee, HOU	+R
Chone Figgins, LAA	!BS, !BA, -HR,	2B, 3B
Curtis Granderson, DET	+BS, !R
Magglio Ordonez, DET	!BA, !RBI, !R
Alex Rios, TOR	+BS, !R
Bobby Abreu, NYY	+SB, +RBI, !R
BJ Upton, TB		2B
Lance Berkman, HOU		1B
Nick Markakis, BAL	+BS, +RBI
Eric Byrnes, ARI	!SB, +R
Torii Hunter, LAA	+SB, +RBI
Manny Ramierez, BOS
Hunter Pence, HOU
Chris Young, ARI
Adam Dunn, CIN	+PARK, !HR, +RBI, +R
Corey Hart, MIL	+SB
Vernon Wells, TOR	-BA
Delmon Young, MIN
Gary Sheffield, DET	+BS, +R
Brad Hawpe, COL
Shane Victorino, PHI
Hideki Matsui, NYY	+RBI, +R
Jason Bay, PIT	-BA
Matt Kemp, LAD
Jermaine Dye, CWS
Jeff Francoeur, ATL	+R
Johnny Damon, NYY	+SB
Juan Pierre, LAD	!SB, -HR, -RBI
Andrew Jones, LAD
Willy Taveras, COL	+PARK, +BS, +BA, -HR, -RBI (97)
Aaron Rowand, SF	-PARK, +BA, +R
Raul Ibanez, SEA	+RBI
Jacoby Ellsbury, BOS
Nick Swisher, CWS		1B
Pat Burrell, PHI	+PARK, +HR
Ken Griffey Jr, CIN	+PARK, +HR
Kosuke Fukudome, ChC
Michael Cuddyer, MIN
Josh Fields, CWS
Ryan Church, NYM
Ryan Freel, CIN	+PARK, +BS, -BA, -HR, RBI, -R (75)
Matt Diaz, ATL
Ryan Doumit, PIT

Other guys worth keeping an eye on:

JD Drew, BOS

Austin Kearns, WAS

Coco Crisp, BOS

Mark Kotsay, OAK

Corey Patterson, BAL

Mike Cameron, SD

Gary Matthews, Jr. LAA

Reed Johnson, TOR

Dave Roberts, SF

Josh Willingham, FLA

Juan Rivera, LAA

Moises Alou, NYM

Brain Giles, SD

Milton Bradley, OAK

Jim Edmonds, STL

Jeremy Hermida, FLA

Xavier Nady, PIT

Carlos Quentin, ARI

Jacque Jones, DET

Luis Gonzales, LAD

Chris Duncan, STL

Garret Anderson, LAA

Casey Blake, CLE

Kenny Lofton, FA

Juan Encarnacion, STL

Geoff Jenkins, MIL

David DeJesus, KC

Willy Mo Pena, WAS

Randy Winn, SF

In the key below, some notes:
+/- PARK means different things to different folks. In the pitcher lists, +PARK is one of the top 3 pitchers parks For position players, +PARK is one of the top 3 hitters parks. Anyone with a ! can carry your team for a week or two in that category. –BA should be seen as the kiss of death. These guys are not starters for a contending fantasy team. You’re better off taking a flier on a rookie than drafting one of these siphons.

KEY	Numbers based on last years stats
MED	History of medical issues or coming off injury
+PARK	Park is a serious advantage (top 3)
-PARK	Park is a serious disadvantage (bottom 3)
!HR	>37 HR
+HR	>30 HR
-HR	<10>
!RBI	>120 RBI
+RBI	>100 RBI
-RBI	<50>
!BA	>.330
+BA	>.305
-BA	<.250
!R	>110 R
+R	>100 R
-R	<55>
!SB	>35 SB
+SB	>15 SB