We have outlined preliminary position-by-position rankings for next season. Feel free to argue, discuss and generally rip our opinions -- and absolutely grill us if we left someone out or overlooked some intriguing sleepers.

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Top 40 catchers
RK Player TM RK Player TM
1 Victor Martinez CLE 21 Miguel Olivo FLA
2 Russell Martin LAD 22 Kurt Suzuki OAK
3 Joe Mauer MIN 23 David Ross CIN
4 Brian McCann ATL 24 Gregg Zaun TOR
5 Jorge Posada NYY 25 Geovany Soto CHC
6 Bengie Molina SF 26 Yorvit Torrealba FA
7 Kenji Johjima SEA 27 Josh Bard SD
8 Jason Varitek BOS 28 Ryan Doumit PIT
9 Ivan Rodriguez DET 29 Miguel Montero ARI
10 Ramon Hernandez BAL 30 Jason Kendall FA
11 Paul Lo Duca FA 31 Yadier Molina STL
12 Jarrod Saltalamacchia TEX 32 J.R. Towles HOU
13 Johnny Estrada MIL 33 Gerald Laird TEX
14 Chris Snyder ARI 34 Brian Schneider WAS
15 A.J. Pierzynski CHW 35 Jeff Mathis LAA
16 Carlos Ruiz PHI 36 Javier Valentin CIN
17 John Buck KC 37 Dioner Navarro TB
18 Ronny Paulino PIT 38 Rod Barajas PHI
19 Michael Barrett FA 39 Kelly Shoppach CLE
20 Mike Napoli LAA 40 Ramon A. Castro FA
Top 40 First Basemen
RK Player TM RK Player TM
1 Albert Pujols STL 21 Ryan Garko CLE
2 Ryan Howard PHI 22 Mike Jacobs FLA
3 Prince Fielder MIL 23 Nick Johnson WAS
4 Mark Teixeira ATL 24 Adam A. LaRoche PIT
5 Lance Berkman HOU 25 Casey Kotchman LAA
6 Justin Morneau MIN 26 Joey Votto CIN
7 Victor Martinez CLE 27 Aubrey Huff BAL
8 Derrek Lee CHC 28 Daric Barton OAK
9 Carlos Pena TB 29 Dmitri Young WAS
10 Adrian Gonzalez SD 30 Lyle Overbay TOR
11 Paul Konerko CHW 31 Conor Jackson ARI
12 Nick Swisher OAK 32 Nomar Garciaparra LAD
13 Carlos Guillen DET 33 Dan Johnson OAK
14 James Loney LAD 34 Kevin Millar BAL
15 Todd Helton COL 35 Ross Gload KC
16 Kevin Youkilis BOS 36 Matt Stairs TOR
17 Alex Gordon KC 37 Scott Hatteberg CIN
18 Carlos Delgado NYM 38 Marcus Thames DET
19 Jarrod Saltalamacchia TEX 39 Sean Casey FA
20 Richie Sexson SEA 40 Mike Lamb FA
Top 40 second basemen
RK Player TM RK Player TM
1 Chase Utley PHI 21 Felipe Lopez WAS
2 Brandon Phillips CIN 22 Mark DeRosa CHC
3 B.J. Upton TB 23 Brendan Harris TB
4 Robinson Cano NYY 24 Matthew Antonelli SD
5 Brian Roberts BAL 25 Luis Castillo FA
6 Dan Uggla FLA 26 Ryan Theriot CHC
7 Ian Kinsler TEX 27 Asdrubal Cabrera CLE
8 Rickie Weeks MIL 28 Yunel Escobar ATL
9 Kelly Johnson ATL 29 Kaz Matsui COL
10 Howie Kendrick LAA 30 Ray Durham SF
11 Jeff Kent LAD 31 Danny Richar CHW
12 Placido Polanco DET 32 Chris Burke HOU
13 Orlando Hudson ARI 33 Alexi Casilla MIN
14 Dustin Pedroia BOS 34 Josh Barfield CLE
15 Aaron Hill TOR 35 Erick Aybar LAA
16 Mark Ellis OAK 36 Mark Grudzielanek KC
17 Tadahito Iguchi FA 37 Ronnie Belliard WAS
18 Freddy Sanchez PIT 38 Marcus Giles FA
19 Ty Wigginton HOU 39 Mark Loretta FA
20 Jose Lopez SEA 40 Kevin Frandsen SF
Top 40 shortstops
RK Player TM RK Player TM
1 Jose Reyes NYM 21 Ryan Theriot CHC
2 Hanley Ramirez FLA 22 Yunel Escobar ATL
3 Jimmy Rollins PHI 23 Yuniesky Betancourt SEA
4 Derek Jeter NYY 24 Juan Uribe CHW
5 Troy Tulowitzki COL 25 David Eckstein FA
6 Miguel Tejada BAL 26 Jack Wilson PIT
7 Michael Young TEX 27 Alex Gonzalez CIN
8 Carlos Guillen DET 28 Cristian Guzman WAS
9 Orlando Cabrera LAA 29 Adam Everett HOU
10 Khalil Greene SD 30 Tony Pena KC
11 Jhonny Peralta CLE 31 Jeff Keppinger CIN
12 Rafael Furcal LAD 32 Omar Vizquel SF
13 Edgar Renteria DET 33 Aaron Miles STL
14 J.J. Hardy MIL 34 Reid Brignac TB
15 Bobby Crosby OAK 35 Mark Loretta FA
16 Stephen Drew ARI 36 Marco Scutaro OAK
17 Julio Lugo BOS 37 Josh Wilson TB
18 Jason Bartlett MIN 38 Donnie Murphy OAK
19 Felipe Lopez WAS 39 Nick Punto MIN
20 Brendan Harris TB 40 Brendan Ryan STL
Top 40 third basemen
RK Player TM RK Player TM
1 Alex Rodriguez FA 21 Ty Wigginton HOU
2 David Wright NYM 22 Casey Blake CLE
3 Miguel Cabrera FLA 23 Chad Tracy ARI
4 Ryan Braun MIL 24 Melvin Mora BAL
5 Aramis Ramirez CHC 25 Scott Rolen STL
6 Chipper Jones ATL 26 Evan Longoria TB
7 Garrett Atkins COL 27 Jose Bautista PIT
8 Mike Lowell FA 28 Joe Crede CHW
9 Ryan Zimmerman WAS 29 Mark DeRosa CHC
10 Chone Figgins LAA 30 Akinori Iwamura TB
11 Adrian Beltre SEA 31 Nomar Garciaparra LAD
12 Hank Blalock TEX 32 Brandon Inge DET
13 Troy Glaus TOR 33 Pedro Feliz FA
14 Kevin Youkilis BOS 34 Andy LaRoche LAD
15 Alex Gordon KC 35 Yunel Escobar ATL
16 Josh Fields CHW 36 Morgan Ensberg SD
17 Eric Chavez OAK 37 Mike Lamb FA
18 Kevin Kouzmanoff SD 38 Maicer Izturis LAA
19 Edwin Encarnacion CIN 39 Ian Stewart COL
20 Mark Reynolds ARI 40 Mark Loretta FA
Top 12 DH-onlys
RK Player TM RK Player TM
1 David Ortiz BOS 7 Mike Piazza FA
2 Travis Hafner CLE 8 Sammy Sosa FA
3 Jim Thome CHW 9 Jose Vidro SEA
4 Frank Thomas TOR 10 Mike Sweeney FA
5 Jason Giambi NYY 11 Shelley Duncan NYY
6 Billy Butler KC 12 Garrett Jones MIN
Top 100 outfielders
RK Player TM RK Player TM
1 Matt Holliday COL 51 Josh Hamilton CIN
2 Vladimir Guerrero LAA 52 Wily Mo Pena WAS
3 Grady Sizemore CLE 53 Juan Rivera LAA
4 Alfonso Soriano CHC 54 Casey Blake CLE
5 Magglio Ordonez DET 55 Mike Cameron FA
6 Carlos Beltran NYM 56 Jack Cust OAK
7 Manny Ramirez BOS 57 Corey Patterson FA
8 Carl Crawford TB 58 Willy Taveras COL
9 Ichiro Suzuki SEA 59 Rocco Baldelli TB
10 Carlos Lee HOU 60 Jose Guillen FA
11 Lance Berkman HOU 61 Garret Anderson LAA
12 Alex Rios TOR 62 Matt Kemp LAD
13 Adam Dunn CIN 63 J.D. Drew BOS
14 Gary Sheffield DET 64 Austin Kearns WAS
15 B.J. Upton TB 65 Bill Hall MIL
16 Curtis Granderson DET 66 Mark Teahen KC
17 Eric Byrnes ARI 67 Milton Bradley FA
18 Chone Figgins LAA 68 David DeJesus KC
19 Bobby Abreu NYY 69 Travis Buck OAK
20 Hunter Pence HOU 70 Cameron Maybin DET
21 Nick Markakis BAL 71 Carlos Quentin ARI
22 Torii Hunter FA 72 Justin Upton ARI
23 Vernon Wells TOR 73 Reggie Willits LAA
24 Hideki Matsui NYY 74 Coco Crisp BOS
25 Brad Hawpe COL 75 Jacoby Ellsbury BOS
26 Chris Young ARI 76 Adam Jones SEA
27 Jermaine Dye CHW 77 Luke Scott HOU
28 Andruw Jones FA 78 Xavier Nady PIT
29 Aaron Rowand PHI 79 Marlon Byrd TEX
30 Juan Pierre LAD 80 Jose Bautista PIT
31 Jason Bay PIT 81 Randy Winn SF
32 Pat Burrell PHI 82 Kenny Lofton FA
33 Nick Swisher OAK 83 Nate McLouth PIT
34 Jeff Francoeur ATL 84 Jason Kubel MIN
35 Corey Hart MIL 85 Mark DeRosa CHC
36 Raul Ibanez SEA 86 Scott Podsednik CHW
37 Ken Griffey CIN 87 Ryan Church WAS
38 Delmon Young TB 88 Shannon Stewart FA
39 Barry Bonds SF 89 Melky Cabrera NYY
40 Johnny Damon NYY 90 Andre Ethier LAD
41 Jeremy Hermida FLA 91 Brian Giles SD
42 Josh Willingham FLA 92 Matt Stairs TOR
43 Shane Victorino PHI 93 Geoff Jenkins FA
44 Ryan Freel CIN 94 Luis Gonzalez FA
45 Gary Matthews LAA 95 Jacque Jones DET
46 Chris Duncan STL 96 Shawn Green FA
47 Rick Ankiel STL 97 Lastings Milledge NYM
48 Michael Cuddyer MIN 98 Cody Ross FLA
49 Moises Alou NYM 99 Jonny Gomes TB
50 Josh Fields CHW 100 Dave Roberts SF
Top 100 starting pitchers
RK Player TM RK Player TM
1 Johan Santana MIN 51 Dustin McGowan TOR
2 Jake Peavy SD 52 Ted Lilly CHC
3 Brandon Webb ARI 53 Shaun Marcum TOR
4 Josh Beckett BOS 54 Tom Gorzelanny PIT
5 C.C. Sabathia CLE 55 Mark Buehrle CHW
6 Justin Verlander DET 56 Ian Snell PIT
7 Roy Halladay TOR 57 Bronson Arroyo CIN
8 Erik Bedard BAL 58 Gil Meche KC
9 Carlos Zambrano CHC 59 Roger Clemens NYY
10 John Lackey LAA 60 Zack Greinke KC
11 Dan Haren OAK 61 Bartolo Colon LAA
12 Cole Hamels PHI 62 Jair Jurrjens DET
13 Aaron Harang CIN 63 Ubaldo Jimenez COL
14 Roy Oswalt HOU 64 Matt Garza MIN
15 Felix Hernandez SEA 65 Jeremy Guthrie BAL
16 Brad Penny LAD 66 Chuck James ATL
17 Fausto Carmona CLE 67 Kevin Slowey MIN
18 John Smoltz ATL 68 Jon Lester BOS
19 Scott Kazmir TB 69 Tom Glavine NYM
20 Kelvim Escobar LAA 70 Jon Garland CHW
21 Chien-Ming Wang NYY 71 Dave Bush MIL
22 Daisuke Matsuzaka BOS 72 Brian Bannister KC
23 Jered Weaver LAA 73 Tim Wakefield BOS
24 Ben Sheets MIL 74 Greg Maddux SD
25 Javier Vazquez CHW 75 Miguel Batista SEA
26 Tim Hudson ATL 76 Kevin Millwood TEX
27 A.J. Burnett TOR 77 Noah Lowry SF
28 Francisco Liriano MIN 78 Ian Kennedy NYY
29 Matt Cain SF 79 Daniel Cabrera BAL
30 Andy Pettitte NYY 80 Jeff Suppan MIL
31 Pedro Martinez NYM 81 Jason Marquis CHC
32 Tim Lincecum SF 82 Anthony Reyes STL
33 Chris Young SD 83 Nate Robertson DET
34 Yovani Gallardo MIL 84 Paul Byrd CLE
35 Jeff Francis COL 85 Doug Davis ARI
36 Joe Blanton OAK 86 Jason Schmidt LAD
37 Curt Schilling BOS 87 Adam Loewen BAL
38 Oliver Perez NYM 88 Orlando Hernandez NYM
39 John Maine NYM 89 Mike Mussina NYY
40 Barry Zito SF 90 John Patterson WAS
41 Jeremy Bonderman DET 91 Micah Owings ARI
42 Adam Wainwright STL 92 Paul Maholm PIT
43 James Shields TB 93 Scott Baker MIN
44 Rich Harden OAK 94 Homer Bailey CIN
45 Randy Johnson ARI 95 Aaron Cook COL
46 Rich Hill CHC 96 Wandy Rodriguez HOU
47 Dontrelle Willis FLA 97 Braden Looper STL
48 Chad Billingsley LAD 98 Jose Contreras CHW
49 Derek Lowe LAD 99 Kenny Rogers DET
50 Phil Hughes NYY 100 Clay Buchholz BOS
Top 50 relief pitchers
RK Player TM RK Player TM
1 Jonathan Papelbon BOS 26 Brian Wilson SF
2 Francisco Rodriguez LAA 27 Matt Capps PIT
3 J.J. Putz SEA 28 Akinori Otsuka TEX
4 Mariano Rivera NYY 29 Al Reyes TB
5 Francisco Cordero FA 30 Jamie Walker BAL
6 Bobby Jenks CHW 31 Octavio Dotel FA
7 Joe Nathan MIN 32 David Weathers CIN
8 Jose Valverde ARI 33 Joel Zumaya DET
9 Trevor Hoffman SD 34 Jonathan Broxton LAD
10 Takashi Saito LAD 35 Rafael Betancourt CLE
11 Brett Myers PHI 36 Carlos Marmol CHC
12 Billy Wagner NYM 37 Pat Neshek MIN
13 Huston Street OAK 38 Aaron Heilman NYM
14 Jason Isringhausen STL 39 Scot Shields LAA
15 Manuel Corpas COL 40 Tony Pena ARI
16 Rafael Soriano ATL 41 B.J. Ryan TOR
17 Chad Cordero WAS 42 Jon Rauch WAS
18 Joe Borowski CLE 43 Eddie Guardado FA
19 Joba Chamberlain NYY 44 Bob Howry CHC
20 Brad Lidge HOU 45 Brad Hennessey SF
21 Ryan Dempster CHC 46 Derrick Turnbow MIL
22 Todd Jones DET 47 C.J. Wilson SD
23 Eric Gagne FA 48 Jeremy Accardo TOR
24 Joakim Soria KC 49 Joaquin Benoit TEX
25 Kevin Gregg FLA 50 Hideki Okajima BOS

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