http://insider.espn.go.com/fantasy/basebal...%3dstateChanged

 

IF anyone has ESPN insider it would be great to see what they ranked Hanley at and what they wrote of him. I dont have Insider unfortunately (is it worth it actually?) I had been thinking of it though.

 

 

FLB: 2007 SS Rankings

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Cockcroft

By Tristan H. Cockcroft

ESPN.com

 

It's never too early to prepare for the 2007 fantasy baseball season! So many things can change between now and next opening day, but in order to give you a head start on your research, here are my early shortstop rankings, each of the top 25 at the position:

 

(Catchers, first basemen and second basemen have already appeared, and I'll cover a new position each week of the offseason.)

 

 

 

Love to see their rankings of 1B, 2B and C as well

Hanley was 6th

Olivo was 17th

Jacobs was 22nd

Uggla was 6th

1. Chase Utley

2. Brian Roberts

3. Robinson Cano

4. Brandon Phillips

5. Rickie Weeks

6. Dan Uggla, Marlins: I'm not taking anything away from Uggla's great rookie season, but if there's first-year player from 2006 at risk for a sophomore slump in 2007, it's him. Sure, he's a powerful kid, and a scrappy one at that, but he did bat only .256 after the All-Star break, striking out once every 4.2 at-bats, which suggests that opposing pitchers began to catch up with him. Uggla will be entering his age-27 season in 2007, meaning some fantasy pundits might call him a breakout type, but I'd say there's a much better chance he endures a regression than a step forward. He's solid, but not a fantasy stud.

 

1. Jose Reyes

2. Miguel Tejada

3. Derek Jeter

4. Michael Young

5. Jimmy Rollins

6. Hanley Ramirez, Marlins: Recently tabbed the National League's Rookie of the Year, Ramirez also earned the honor of finishing the highest-ranked rookie on the Player Rater, at No. 30th. It was that impressive a season, and that encouraging a performance for a player who for years in the Red Sox minor-league system had seemingly been compared to every top-five fantasy shortstop of the past decade (Nomar Garciaparra, Jeter, etc.). Ramirez is well worth those comparisons, at least in the long term, and while it's asking a lot for him to repeat his phenomenal 2006 numbers, he shouldn't be at much risk for a sophomore slump. After all, he did finish up the season with an encouraging .319 batting average and .931 OPS after the All-Star break.

 

17. Miguel Olivo, Marlins: He certainly benefits from the lack of exposure and low-pressure environment in South Florida, and hey, he's in his prime (he's 28). Olivo should be able to hang around his .263-16-58 rates of 2006 for another year or two.

 

22. Mike Jacobs, Marlins: The pitching-friendly ballpark hurts his power numbers and his problems against left-handers make him more suited to a platoon role, but Jacobs still has enough pop to be worth looking at as a mixed-league corner infielder.

thank you both of you

 

Weeks and Phillips before Uggla? Weeks got hurt and didnt play most of the year and had more errors in part of the year then any other 2B in the full year.

 

Not too bad for Hanley though perhaps Rollins could be debated but works for me

once theses guys get another year under their belts, (assuming they keep the batting #'s up), they'll probably rank higher.

good read, nice to see some of the guys up there, but that uggla rating is horseshit.