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Early Top 200 rankings for 2010

Updated: January 25, 2010, 8:33 PM ET

It's never too early to start thinking about 2010.

Listed below is my preliminary top 200 for the 2010 fantasy baseball season. Players are evaluated primarily using a standard ESPN 10-team league with Rotisserie 5x5 scoring, but a player's talents in all facets of fantasy are considered when doing the rankings. I'll keep these rankings updated throughout the offseason, leading into the release of the Draft Kit during the winter.

Latest update: January 25.

Top 200 Fantasy Baseball Players for 2010

Rk	Player	Team	Position(s)	Age*	'09 PR
1	Albert Pujols	STL	1B	30	1
2	Hanley Ramirez	FLA	SS	26	3
3	Ryan Braun	MIL	OF	26	7
4	Alex Rodriguez	NYY	3B	34	65
5	Carl Crawford	TB	OF	28	5
6	Matt Kemp	LAD	OF	25	11
7	Chase Utley	PHI	2B	31	25
8	Tim Lincecum	SF	SP	25	4
9	Prince Fielder	MIL	1B	25	14
10	Miguel Cabrera	DET	1B	26	20
11	Roy Halladay	PHI	SP	32	15
12	Mark Teixeira	NYY	1B	29	29
13	David Wright	NYM	3B	27	64
14	Ryan Howard	PHI	1B	30	19
15	Felix Hernandez	SEA	SP	23	8
16	Evan Longoria	TB	3B	24	50
17	Joe Mauer	MIN	C	26	17
18	Jacoby Ellsbury	BOS	OF	26	6
19	Troy Tulowitzki	COL	SS	25	24
20	Justin Upton	ARI	OF	22	45
21	Zack Greinke	KC	SP	26	2
22	Ian Kinsler	TEX	2B	27	48
23	CC Sabathia	NYY	SP	29	22
24	Jose Reyes	NYM	SS	26	594
25	Matt Holliday	STL	OF	30	26
26	Derek Jeter	NYY	SS	35	10
27	Grady Sizemore	CLE	OF	27	225
28	Adrian Gonzalez	SD	1B	27	75
29	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA	OF	36	21
30	Robinson Cano	NYY	2B	27	40
31	Brandon Phillips	CIN	2B	28	67
32	Dan Haren	ARI	SP	29	12
33	Dustin Pedroia	BOS	2B	26	60
34	Jimmy Rollins	PHI	SS	31	87
35	Joey Votto	CIN	1B	26	72
36	Jayson Werth	PHI	OF	30	36
37	Ryan Zimmerman	WAS	3B	25	53
38	Pablo Sandoval	SF	1B/3B	23	51
39	Jon Lester	BOS	SP	26	54
40	Jason Bay	NYM	OF	31	38
41	Justin Verlander	DET	SP	27	18
42	Brian Roberts	BAL	2B	32	43
43	Adam Lind	TOR	OF	26	35
44	Cliff Lee	SEA	SP	31	63
45	Victor Martinez	BOS	C/1B	31	77
46	Mark Reynolds	ARI	1B/3B	26	23
47	Kendry Morales	LAA	1B	26	46
48	Nick Markakis	BAL	OF	26	88
49	Brian McCann	ATL	C	26	153
50	Adam Wainwright	STL	SP	28	16
51	Kevin Youkilis	BOS	1B/3B	31	57
52	B.J. Upton	TB	OF	25	117
53	Chone Figgins	SEA	3B	32	33
54	Justin Morneau	MIN	1B	28	111
55	Chris Carpenter	STL	SP	34	13
56	Andre Ethier	LAD	OF	27	84
57	Adam Jones	BAL	OF	24	148
58	Johan Santana	NYM	SP	31	93
59	Curtis Granderson	NYY	OF	29	106
60	Yovani Gallardo	MIL	SP	24	103
61	Mariano Rivera	NYY	RP	40	30
62	Adam Dunn	WAS	1B/OF	30	98
63	Joe Nathan	MIN	RP	35	27
64	Jonathan Broxton	LAD	RP	25	28
65	Bobby Abreu	LAA	OF	36	31
66	Carlos Lee	HOU	OF	33	83
67	Javier Vazquez	NYY	SP	33	9
68	Shane Victorino	PHI	OF	29	79
69	Josh Hamilton	TEX	OF	28	345
70	Matt Cain	SF	SP	25	42
71	Aramis Ramirez	CHC	3B	31	228
72	Josh Beckett	BOS	SP	29	61
73	Billy Butler	KC	1B	23	104
74	Jonathan Papelbon	BOS	RP	29	74
75	Manny Ramirez	LAD	OF	37	233
76	Aaron Hill	TOR	2B	28	39
77	Nelson Cruz	TEX	OF	29	90
78	Josh Johnson	FLA	SP	26	41
79	Francisco Rodriguez	NYM	RP	28	119
80	Joakim Soria	KC	RP	25	109
81	Lance Berkman	HOU	1B	34	138
82	Ben Zobrist	TB	2B/OF	28	47
83	Clayton Kershaw	LAD	SP	22	89
84	Tommy Hanson	ATL	SP	23	113
85	Shin-Soo Choo	CLE	OF	27	55
86	Torii Hunter	LAA	OF	34	69
87	Cole Hamels	PHI	SP	26	180
88	Hunter Pence	HOU	OF	26	100
89	Michael Young	TEX	3B	33	80
90	Ricky Nolasco	FLA	SP	27	169
91	Nate McLouth	ATL	OF	28	124
92	Derrek Lee	CHC	1B	34	44
93	Huston Street	COL	RP	26	73
94	Ubaldo Jimenez	COL	SP	26	62
95	Francisco Cordero	CIN	RP	34	97
96	Jason Bartlett	TB	SS	30	34
97	Nyjer Morgan	WAS	OF	29	76
98	Howie Kendrick	LAA	2B	26	212
99	Jose Lopez	SEA	2B	26	145
100	Wandy Rodriguez	HOU	SP	31	56
101	Andrew McCutchen	PIT	OF	23	125
102	Heath Bell	SD	RP	32	52
103	John Lackey	BOS	SP	31	152
104	Raul Ibanez	PHI	OF	37	95
105	Carlos Quentin	CHW	OF	27	369
106	Andrew Bailey	OAK	RP	25	37
107	Carlos Pena	TB	1B	31	135
108	Matt Wieters	BAL	C	23	418
109	Carlos Beltran	NYM	OF	32	203
110	Michael Bourn	HOU	OF	27	32
111	Jay Bruce	CIN	OF	22	392
112	Scott Baker	MIN	SP	28	108
113	Brian Wilson	SF	RP	28	68
114	Stephen Drew	ARI	SS	27	290
115	Gordon Beckham	CHW	3B	23	263
116	Jason Kubel	MIN	OF	27	92
117	Johnny Damon	F.A.	OF	36	78
118	Chad Billingsley	LAD	SP	25	139
119	Denard Span	MIN	OF	26	66
120	Yunel Escobar	ATL	SS	27	118
121	Elvis Andrus	TEX	SS	21	160
122	Jose Valverde	DET	RP	31	126
123	Alex Rios	CHW	OF	29	182
124	Jake Peavy	CHW	SP	28	174
125	Dan Uggla	FLA	2B	30	186
126	Jair Jurrjens	ATL	SP	24	49
127	Brad Hawpe	COL	OF	30	127
128	Michael Cuddyer	MIN	1B/OF	31	85
129	Chipper Jones	ATL	3B	37	222
130	A.J. Burnett	NYY	SP	33	151
131	Alfonso Soriano	CHC	OF	34	301
132	Vladimir Guerrero	TEX	DH	34	254
133	Jered Weaver	LAA	SP	27	81
134	Alexei Ramirez	CHW	SS	28	157
135	Matt Garza	TB	SP	26	136
136	Juan Pierre	CHW	OF	32	178
137	Carlos Gonzalez	COL	OF	24	253
138	Brian Fuentes	LAA	RP	34	114
139	Brett Anderson	OAK	SP	22	165
140	Trevor Hoffman	MIL	RP	42	70
141	Ian Stewart	COL	2B/3B	24	252
142	Hideki Matsui	LAA	DH	35	164
143	John Danks	CHW	SP	24	115
144	Tim Hudson	ATL	SP	34	576
145	Miguel Montero	ARI	C	26	235
146	Todd Helton	COL	1B	36	99
147	Roy Oswalt	HOU	SP	32	194
148	Jorge Posada	NYY	C	38	199
149	Brandon Webb	ARI	SP	30	888
150	Asdrubal Cabrera	CLE	2B/SS	24	110
151	Rafael Soriano	TB	RP	30	102
152	Rajai Davis	OAK	OF	29	91
153	Billy Wagner	ATL	RP	38	520
154	James Shields	TB	SP	28	170
155	Rafael Furcal	LAD	SS	32	227
156	Max Scherzer	DET	SP	25	197
157	James Loney	LAD	1B	25	158
158	Adrian Beltre	BOS	3B	30	325
159	David Price	TB	SP	24	289
160	David Ortiz	BOS	DH	34	223
161	Franklin Gutierrez	SEA	OF	27	107
162	Scott Kazmir	LAA	SP	26	350
163	Dexter Fowler	COL	OF	24	224
164	Jorge Cantu	FLA	1B/3B	28	143
165	Phil Hughes	NYY	RP	23	173
166	Chris Coghlan	FLA	OF	24	130
167	Carlos Marmol	CHC	RP	27	269
168	Geovany Soto	CHC	C	27	739
169	Frank Francisco	TEX	RP	30	196
170	J.A. Happ	PHI	SP/RP	27	105
171	Ryan Ludwick	STL	OF	31	183
172	Edwin Jackson	ARI	SP	26	101
173	Vernon Wells	TOR	OF	31	172
174	Ryan Dempster	CHC	SP	32	116
175	Chris Davis	TEX	1B	24	393
176	Chad Qualls	ARI	RP	31	208
177	Clay Buchholz	BOS	SP	25	379
178	Lastings Milledge	PIT	OF	24	579
179	David Aardsma	SEA	RP	28	71
180	Gavin Floyd	CHW	SP	27	121
181	Erick Aybar	LAA	SS	26	150
182	Ryan Franklin	STL	RP	37	86
183	Julio Borbon	TEX	OF	24	349
184	Kerry Wood	CLE	RP	32	271
185	Jorge De La Rosa	COL	SP	28	141
186	Adam LaRoche	ARI	1B	30	146
187	Rick Porcello	DET	SP	21	205
188	Brett Gardner	NYY	OF	26	300
189	Jonathan Sanchez	SF	SP	27	226
190	Rich Harden	TEX	SP	28	201
191	Nolan Reimold	BAL	OF	26	282
192	Ryan Doumit	PIT	C	28	536
193	Bobby Jenks	CHW	RP	29	187
194	Jeff Niemann	TB	SP	27	190
195	Rickie Weeks	MIL	2B	27	571
196	Mark Buehrle	CHW	SP	31	144
197	Ted Lilly	CHC	SP	34	58
198	Ervin Santana	LAA	SP	27	452
199	Alcides Escobar	MIL	SS	23	718
200	Delmon Young	MIN	OF	24	309

* Age is as of April 1, 2010. " '09 PR" refers to ranking on our 2009 Player Rater.

Tristan H. Cockcroft | email

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