January 17, 200422 yr Bold: Current marlins Italisized: Former Marlins 1. Alex Rodriguez Surprise! Was only No. 7 on player rater 2. Alfonso Soriano 40-40 guy at middle infield? Absolutely! 3. Albert Pujols Durable, consistent masher; no 3B now 4. Vlad Guerrero Angels? Fine, but he might stop running 5. Todd Helton Not exactly a bad off year; buy now 6. Barry Bonds HR, .350 average, not much in RBI 7. Sammy Sosa Gets back to 50 HR, 120 RBI this year 8. N. Garciaparra Axe to grind? Let's see a batting title 9. Mark Prior Yes, the top SP. How bout 300 Ks? 10. Randy Johnson Hey, he was No. 2 overall pick in 2003 11. Manny Ramirez Remember, misses games, but still hits 12. Carlos Beltran No longer overlooked; definite 30-30 13. Gary Sheffield Should hit 40, knock in ton of runs 14. Pedro Martinez Last topped 30 starts in 1998; can win 20 15. Mag. Ordonez Off year, but young enough to rebound 16. Miguel Tejada Nice new park, new lineup protection 17. Derek Jeter Entering prime, is more power coming? 18. Jason Schmidt Defending Player Rater champ, but... 19. Curt Schilling With 35 starts, would top Pedro 20. Jim Thome Maybe this year he can knock in 150 21. Preston Wilson None of it was a fluke; MVP stats 22. Roy Halladay Young, dominant, 41 wins in 2 years 23. Mike Piazza Think positive! Health, and 40 HR 24. Lance Berkman No. 16 in 2003 preseason, still young 25. Bret Boone No letup in sight, and he runs a bit 26. Eric Chavez OK, but why isn't he a lock for 35 HR? 27. Carlos Delgado AL's Jim Thome should produce again 28. Edgar Renteria Same stats as Ichiro, plays shortstop 29. Scott Rolen Nothing wrong with some consistency 30. Ichiro Suzuki More power, less speed and average 31. Mike Mussina Yanks ace capable of wining 20, 200 Ks 32. Eric Gagne Truly incredible stats, ERA drop coming 33. Brian Giles Nice Padre lineup, he'll be terrific again 34. Jorge Posada Only because 30-100 catcher is special 35. Mike Lowell Figure he can knock in 120 in full year 36. Jason Giambi Oh, how we forget; top 10 pre-2003 37. Ivan Rodriguez Nothing wrong here, except durability 38. Javier Vazquez More wins as Yank, otherwise same 39. Rafael Furcal Look, a SS who does this is valuable 40. Vernon Wells Great season, but OFs are out there 41. Juan Pierre Takes care of your steals, average 42. Bobby Abreu Let's assume 30-30 isn't outta reach 43. Javy Lopez Let's assume 43 HR isn't outta reach 44. Kevin Brown Please, don't make us look foolish again 45. Jeff Kent At 2B, he's No. 3; in OF, he's ho hum 46. Tim Hudson Safe starter; where's Zito and Mulder? 47. Kerry Wood Top 14 wins once, then we'll talk 48. Jose Reyes Think 15 HR, 40 steals, 100 runs - maybe 49. Derrek Lee Beats out Sexson for the 20 steals 50. Josh Beckett World Series hero, no more blisters
January 17, 200422 yr If Preston Wilson wasn't playing in Colorado he probably wouldn't have had broke the top 50.
January 17, 200422 yr Author If Preston Wilson wasn't playing in Colorado he probably wouldn't have had broke the top 50. Why are people so quick to forget his 30/30, 120 season?
January 17, 200422 yr Author Derrick Lee? How did he sneak on the list? I don't know, maybe because he might match Sammy Sosa in home runs this year?
January 17, 200422 yr Derrick Lee? How did he sneak on the list? I don't know, maybe because he might match Sammy Sosa in home runs this year? :vomit
January 17, 200422 yr Derrick Lee? How did he sneak on the list? It's a fantasy thing so Lee's power, average and speed are big pluses. That's why Vlad and Sheff are so high: power, speed, average...
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