Fantasy Baseball 2011: Albert Pujols and the Top 100 Draft Targets
With only a few days left until Opening Day, many people will have their fantasy drafts coming up soon. Fear not as I am here with your top 100 draft targets. These targets will be for your standard 5x5 league.
The categories for hitters are as follows: average, runs, home runs, RBI, and steals. The following are categories for pitchers: wins, ERA, WHIP, strikeouts and saves.
All of the projections listed for the players in the following slides will be the ones that were made by Bill James. Also, as a note, for fantasy purposes owners tend to undervalue stolen bases despite being just as valuable as home runs. As a result, some speedsters may be higher up on the list than many would expect.
99) Curtis Granderson
98) Carlos Beltran
97) Derek Jeter
96) David Ortiz
95) B.J. Upton
94) C.J. Wilson
93) Brett Gardner
92) Colby Rasmus
91) Carlos Marmol
90) Mariano Rivera
89) Elvis Andrus
88) Ben Zobrist
87) Grady Sizemore
86) Kendry Morales
85) Andres Torres
84) Angel Pagan
83) Dan Haren
82) Geovany Soto
81) Gio Gonzalez
80) Michael Bourn
79) Jonathan Sanchez
78) Matt Cain
77) Hunter Pence
76) Alexi Ramirez
75) Roy Oswalt
74) Pedro Alvarez
73) Alex Rios
72) Mat Latos
71) Shane Victorino
70) Michael Young
69) Drew Stubbs
68) Clay Buchholz
67) Brian Wilson
66) Heath Bell
65) Juan Pierre
64) Corey Hart
63) Francisco Liriano
62) Brian McCann
61) Paul Konerko
60) Tommy Hanson
59) Rickie Weeks
58) Jayson Werth
57) Mike Stanton
56) Jason Heyward
55) Justin Upton
54) Brandon Phillips
53) Matt Kemp
52) Carlos Santana
51) Chase Utley
50) Adam Dunn
49) Zack Grienke
48) Chris Carpenter
47) Shin-Soo Choo
46) Cole Hamels
45) Justin Morneau
44) Jay Bruce
43) Ubaldo Jimenez
42) Justin Verlander
41) Victor Martinez
40) Adrian Beltre
39) Dan Uggla
38) Jacoby Ellsbury
37) Buster Posey
36) Jon Lester
35) Josh Johnson
34) CC Sabathia
33) Andrew McCutchen
32) Ichiro Suzuki
31) Kevin Youkilis
30) Jose Bautista
29) Cliff Lee
28) Joe Mauer
27) Prince Fielder
26) Alex Rodriguez
25) Dustin Pedroia
24) Ian Kinsler
23) Clayton Kershaw
22) Matt Holliday
21) Jose Reyes
20) Nelson Cruz
19) Ryan Zimmerman
18) Tim Lincecum
17) Mark Teixeira
16) Ryan Howard
15) Felix Hernandez
14) Adrian Gonzalez
13) Roy Halladay
12) Josh Hamilton
11) Evan Longoria
10) David Wright
9) Ryan Braun
8) Joey Votto
7) Carl Crawford
6) Carlos Gonzalez
5) Robinson Cano
4) Troy Tulowitzki
3) Miguel Cabrera
2) Hanley Ramirez
1) Albert Pujols
To see projections for all of the above players as well as addition commentary, check out my version of this article that I posted on Bleacher Report.
