Rotoballs Top 100 Players

by rotobrian

So after a grueling process of ranking and re-ranking, we bring you the full Top-100 for 2011 from Rotobrian, Smugglingplums, and Backdoor Slider. On the right side of the table are the average ranks. Some of this might be surprising, but I think this is a really good list of players. Use the comments section to air your praise or grievances. -rotobrian

	Top 100 Players	Rotobrian Brian Dorsey	Plums Ryan Butler	Backdoor Jared Cothren	Rotoballs Composite Rank

1	Albert Pujols	1	2	1	1.3
2	Miguel Cabrera	3	1	2	2
3	Ryan Braun	4	4	3	3.66
4	Hanley Ramirez	2	3	8	4.3
5	Troy Tulowitzki	6	7	4	5.6
6	Joey Votto	8	5	5	6
7	Evan Longoria	5	6	7	6
8	Carlos Gonzalez	10	8	9	9
9	Robinson Cano	7	11	10	9.3
10	Adrian Gonzalez	11	12	6	9.66
11	Carl Crawford	9	10	12	10.3
12	David Wright	12	13	11	12
13	Josh Hamilton	14	9	13	12
14	Chase Utley	13	17	16	15.3
15	Ryan Howard	15	14	19	16
16	Mark Teixeira	18	19	14	17
17	Alex Rodriguez	16	20	15	17
18	Matt Holliday	19	15	17	17
19	Ryan Zimmerman	20	21	18	19.66
20	Roy Halladay	17	23	20	20
21	Matt Kemp	23	16	22	20.3
22	Prince Fielder	21	18	34	24.3
23	Kevin Youkilis	31	22	21	24.66
24	Felix Hernandez	30	29	23	27.3
25	Nelson Cruz	33	28	24	28.3
26	Hunter Pence	32	24	30	28.66
27	Dan Uggla	25	35	28	29.3
28	Tim Lincecum	22	41	29	30.66
29	~~Adam Wainwright~~	28	33	33	~~31.3~~
30	Jose Reyes	26	32	39	32.3
31	Dustin Pedroia	29	38	31	32.66
32	Joe Mauer	24	37	37	32.66
33	Shin-Soo Choo	38	36	27	33.66
34	Ian Kinsler	27	25	49	33.66
35	Adam Dunn	48	31	26	35
36	Justin Morneau	56	26	25	35.66
37	Andrew McCutchen	50	30	36	38.66
38	Cliff Lee	37	42	42	40.3
39	C.C Sabathia	41	47	35	41
40	John Lester	39	46	38	41
41	Brian McCann	44	39	44	42.3
42	Brandon Phillips	34	34	59	42.3
43	Victor Martinez	49	44	41	44.66
44	Kendry Morales	43	60	40	47.66
45	Adrian Beltre	52	45	47	48
46	Jason Heyward	53	27	66	48.66
47	Ichiro Suzuki	45	51	52	49.3
48	Clayton Kershaw	54	53	45	50.66
49	Justin Upton	36	43	77	52
50	Jayson Werth	42	48	72	54
51	Andre Ethier	40	71	54	55
52	Josh Johnson	35	61	71	55.66
53	Zack Greinke	68	54	46	56
54	Justin Verlander	63	52	53	56
55	Ubaldo Jimenez	46	58	64	56
56	Alex Rios	47	74	50	57
57	Buster Posey	55	78	48	60.3
58	Jose Bautista	65	86	32	61
59	Michael Young	57	63	65	61.66
60	Jimmy Rollins	61	77	51	63
61	Jay Bruce	74	55	60	63
62	Rickie Weeks	51	100	43	64.66
63	Alexei Ramirez	60	88	56	68
64	Martin Prado	78	–	58	68
65	Delmon Young	67	57	80	68
66	Mike Stanton	81	56	73	70
67	Casey McGehee	82	49	79	70
68	David Price	59	92	61	70.66
69	Francisco Liriano	76	67	69	70.66
70	Shane Victorino	71	62	86	73
71	Tommy Hanson	66	94	62	74
72	Carlos Marmol	69	59	95	74.3
73	Jacoby Ellsbury	87	63	75	75
74	Derek Jeter	58	108	63	76.3
75	Corey Hart	92	83	55	76.66
76	Paul Konerko	100	73	57	76.66
77	B.J. Upton	77	75	81	77.66
78	Colby Rasmus	98	70	68	78.66
79	Jered Weaver	79	72	85	78.66
80	Pedro Alvarez	84	–	74	79
81	Mat Latos	72	91	76	79.66
82	Curtis Granderson	70	82	87	79.66
83	Mark Reynolds	75	40	126	80.3
84	Cole Hamels	83	90	70	81
85	Billy Butler	62	101	84	82.3
86	Brian Wilson	80	66	103	83
87	Neftali Feliz	91	68	94	84.3
88	Mariano Rivera	73	95	89	85.66
89	Aaron Hill	–	84	88	86
90	Chris Carpenter	90	104	67	87
91	Yovani Gallardo	89	79	93	87
92	Brett Gardner	–	76	99	87.5
93	Roy Oswalt	96	69	98	87.66
94	Joakim Soria	86	65	113	88
95	Dan Haren	85	102	78	88.3
96	Heath Bell	110	64	92	88.66
97	Drew Stubbs	–	80	100	90
98	Chris B. Young	102	–	82	92
99	Matt Cain	94	103	91	96
100	Carlos Pena	113	81	–	97

7 Responses to “Rotoballs Top 100 Players”

Celia says:

February 19, 2011 at 11:20 am

Looks good! Gotta say though, as a Dodger fan, I’ve got a lot more confidence in Andre Ethier than Matt Kemp.

- smugglingplums says:
  
  February 19, 2011 at 12:46 pm
  
  Well Celia, I don’t blame you, seeing as Kemp, while probably the more physically gifted of the two, is a freaking slacker who looks like he doesn’t even care half of the time. But he is a base-stealing threat, while Ethier is not, hence his higher ranking.
  
big o says:

February 19, 2011 at 8:07 pm

you guys put on a pretty united front .

even as far down as kinsler/dunn/cutch , and even phillips,
you guys manage to keep it within a couple of rounds of each other .

where these “friendships” start to break down :
heyward , j-up , werth , ethier , rios , bautista , weeks , & prado …. THIS is where i want to hear both sides .

doesn’t have to be much …. just a few words .

p.s. nice list .

- rotobrian says:
  
  February 19, 2011 at 8:24 pm
  
  We’re going to have a deviation post next week. Check back then.
  
- rotobrian says:
  
  March 4, 2011 at 11:42 pm
  
  Sorry about the wait, we’re working hard on the deviation post. Things have been piling up. Should be out soon.
  
Darbinator says:

February 20, 2011 at 7:56 pm

Good work guys! I disagree with Ryan Butler and his ranking on 3b men.
Reynolds at 40, Casey Mcgehee at 49. I’m sorry those are way too high. They are in the same class as A Ram who still hit 241/25/83 in an injury plagued-horrible first half or Martin Prado a solid 300 hitter with 100 runs- 16/66.
In addition, SS is very thin and Butler ranks Rollins at 77 and Jeter falls all the way to 108. Jeter is still a 314 career hitter. You can count on him to get you 100 runs 15 homers and 20 sb’s. You might not get the consistenty from Rollins, but he can offer power and speed. Both need to be ranked much higher by Butler.
Butler can take the 200 avg ,200+ k with alot of homers from Reynolds ( although I do think he will do much better in Baltimore) and hope that Mcgehee wasn’t a one season wonder. I feel strongly that 3b can wait till later rounds if you don’t have one of the top ponies. I even have a couple of sleepers that I’m targeting in later rounds.

- smugglingplums says:
  
  February 22, 2011 at 11:54 pm
  
  You make a good argument, Darbster. I disregarded Reynolds’ insane strikeout totals, in keeping with the 5×5 format. Like you, I think he’s going to rebound in Baltimore. His career BABIP (.323) is pretty good, and it was way down last year (.257). I think 40/100 with a .245 is well within reach in 2011 in a reconfigured Orioles offense. As far as Rollins goes, his injuries concern me a great deal. Jeter? He doesn’t drive the ball like he used to. The fact that he hit the ball on the ground almost 67% of the time last year speaks volumes. Or maybe I’m just a hater. All that said, I would draft Rollins ahead of Jeter (obvious by my rankings), and pray he stays healthy. I like McGehee, and a 20/100 repeat is very doable.