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Twins wrote:

Twins wrote:As has come up in some recent trade negotiations...

1. Matt Kemp
2. Chad Billingsley
3. Jered Weaver
4. Adam LaRoche
5. Jhonny Peralta
6. Billy Wagner
7. Jeff Francis
8. Rafael Betancourt
9. Andy Pettitte
10. Michael Cuddyer

(really, after Peralta, the numbers are of less importance)

Only one remains on my team (and LaRoche is certainly not "core"). I generally like my modern (and far younger) core better than mine of several years ago.

1) Eric Hosmer
2) Madison Bumgarner
3) Wilson Ramos
4) Andrew McCutchen
5) Kenley Jansen
6) Mike Montgomery
7) Garrett Richards
Andrew Cashner
9) Josh Collmenter
10) Allen Craig

Well, things certainly have changed a bit...for the better, I would like to think.

1. Madison Bumgarner
2. Julio Teheran
3. Austin Jackson
4. Michael Wacha
5. Kenley Jansen
6. Noah Syndergaard
7. Jorge Soler
8. Didi Gregorius
9. Jason Castro
10. Eddie Rosario (though you could slot Singleton/Pederson/McCullers/Cashner in here and be accurate)

um. 2:06 am seems like a great time to do this.

1. Mike Trout
2. Evan Almighty
3. Joe Mauer
4. Jose Jose Jose JOoooose Jose
5. Yadier Molina because he's awesome
6. Probably Bueno
7. Greinke
8. Allen "I can hit baseballs" Craig
9. Matt "2013?" Cain
10. Matt Holliday because I still am wearing your player T-shirt and I love you

Cardinals wrote:

Cardinals wrote:

Cardinals wrote: Wainwright
Jurrjens
Grady
Billy Butler
Frank Francisco
Yadi
Hawpe
Seth Smith
Chris Perez
Chase Headley (he hit .300 away from Petco, my boy just needs a trade)

Wainwright
Danny Espinosa
Taijuan Walker
Jacob Turner
Bubba Starling
Christian Yelich
Hak-Ju Lee
Zach Lee
Jonathan Lucroy
Fernando Salas

**I'd include Seth Smith or Colby Lewis but there's no way they're on the team by September

Oscar Taveras
Taijuan Walker
Tyler Skaggs
Christian Yelich
Jonathan Lucroy
Taylor Guererri
Jedd Gyokro
Tim Collins
Bubba Starling
Hak-Ju Lee

Oscar Taveras
Taijuan Walker
Tyler Skaggs
Christian Yelich
Jonathan Lucroy
Matt Adams
Jedd Gyokro
Trevor Rosenthal
Jacob Turner
Kevin Gausman

Jan 2014

Ramirez is the big riser and Bourn takes the biggest tumble in 2013. Utley departed and Gordon and Polanco have joined the club:

1. Yu Darvish
2. Miguel Cabrera
3. Hanley Ramirez
4. Jurickson Profar
5. Greg Polanco
6. James Shields
7. Prince Fielder
8. Matt Wieters
9. Alex Gordon
10. Yordano Ventura

Rangers wrote:Dec 2012

1. Miguel Cabrera
2. Prince Fielder
3. Yu Darvish
4. Jurickson Profar
5. Matt Wieters
6. James Shields
7. Michael Bourn
8. Chase Utley
9. Hanley Ramirez
10. Sergio Romo

Gil Meche used to be #4 on this list. That's wild.

1. Buster Posey
2. Giancarlo "Mike" Stanton
3. Xander Bogaerts
4. JJ Hardy
5. Brandon McCarthy
6. Kung Fu Panda
7. Corey Kluber (Corey Kluber Admiration Society Chapter 44 here)
8. Jackie Bradley Jr.
9. Adam Dunn
10. The 1/2 punch of Sean Doolittle and Ryan Cook

Athletics wrote:

Athletics wrote:

Athletics wrote:Oh this looks like fun.

1. Buster Posey
2. Jason Bay
3. JD Drew
4. Gil Meche
5. Brett Myers
6. Derek Holland
7. Huston Street
8. Mike Cameron
9. Ryan Doumit
10. Chris Davis
HM: The Great White Whale Michael Ynoa
Dearly Departed for now: Mark DiFelice
This list will probably look pretty different in a month or two.

On the bandwagon that was an ugly list, not sure this one is much better

1. Mike Stanton
2. Buster Posey
3. Shaun Marcum
4. Brandon McCarthy
5. JJ Hardy
6. Xander Bogaerts
7. Huston Street
8. Alejandro de Aza (i buy the breakout)
9. Liam Hendriks
10. Jason Giambi (fan pick, really hurts that Dunn isn't in the top 5)

Doing this again

1. Buster Posey
2. Buster Posey
3. Buster Posey


OK serious list

1. Buster Posey
2. Giancarlo "Mike" Stanton - he'll always be Mike to me
3. Brandon McCarthy
4. Xander Bogaerts
5. JJ Hardy
6. Ryan Vogelsong
7. Shaun Marcum
8. Jackie Bradley
9. Kyle Crick
10. Johan Santana/Adam Dunn

Marlins wrote:

Marlins wrote:

Marlins wrote:1. Justin Verlander, SP
2. David Ortiz, 1B/DH
3. Troy Tulowitzki, SS
4. Ben Sheets, SP
5. Carl Crawford, LF
6. Aramis Ramirez, 3B
7. Hunter Pence, CF
8. Dustin McGowan, SP
9. Adam Miller, SP
10. Ian Kinsler, 2B

If Gio Gonzalez logs some big league innings this year, I'd probably bump him ahead of Kinsler.

That's from 4 years ago. Shockingly similar to my current top 10.

1. Justin Verlander, SP
2. Troy Tulowitzki, SS
3. Ian Kinsler, 2B
4. Carl Crawford, LF
5. Max Scherzer, SP
6. Justin Morneau, 1B
7. Wil Myers, OF
8. Aramis Ramirez, 3B
9. Jarred Cosart, SP
10. Mark Beuhrle, SP

1. Justin Verlander, SP
2. Troy Tulowitzki, SS
3. Ian Kinsler, 2B
4. Max Scherzer, SP
5. Wil Myers, OF
6. Carl Crawford, LF
7. Trevor Cahill, SP
8. Aramis Ramirez, 3B
9. Mark Buehrle, SP
10. Justin Morneau, 1B

Denard Span just misses.

1. Troy Tulowitzki, SS
2. Justin Verlander, SP
3. David Price, SP
4. Wil Myers, OF
5. Yasiel Puig, OF
6. Danny Salazar, SP
7. Ian Kinsler, 2B
8. Brandon Belt, 1B
9. Eddie Butler, SP
10. Jarred Cosart, SP

Cosart sneaks in at 10 over W. Flores or T. Cahill.

Phillies wrote:1. Austin Jackson
2. Freddie Freeman
3. Jeff Samardzija
4. Matt Harvey
5. Nolan Arenado
6. Dustin Ackley
7. Jed Lowrie
8. Chris Tillman
9. Dan Straily
10. Jordan Lyles

Danny Duffy will work his way in there when healthy. Wouldn't surprise me if Samardzija is #1 after next season.

Not surprising that I've traded 7 guys off my last list.

1. Andrew McCutchen
2. Freddie Freeman
3. Jordan Zimmermann
4. Homer Bailey
5. Jeff Samardzija
6. Yoenis Cespedes
7. Josh Donaldson
8. Jed Lowrie
9. Jayson Werth
10. Glen Perkins

Nationals wrote:

Nationals wrote:

Chris Young
Fausto Carmona
Victor Martinez
Rich Hill
Chipper Jones
Brian Wilson
Brad Hawpe
Michael Young
Todd Helton
Chone Figgins

Not Ranked - I only have one guy left:
Bradley Milton RF
Drew J.D. RF
Dunn Adam LF
Jones Chipper 3B
Jurrjens Jair SP
Litsch Jesse SP
Marson Lou C
Masterson Justin SP
Saunders Joe SP
Volquez Edinson SP

Well while I still technically have Chipper Jones on the roster, I'm 0/10 on the list above.

Re-done:

Beltran, Carlos
Cain, Matt
Davis, Chris
Dickey, R.A.
Fister, Doug
Gardner, Brett
Kimbrel, Craig
McDonald, James (Bill James & FanGraphs both like him for next year - http://www.fangraphs.com/fantasy/index. ... ses-steam/ - I do too)
Morse, Michael
Napoli, Mike

So this is slightly...or completely...different...
1. Addison Russell - ss - A's
2. Albert Almora - cf - Cubs
3. Aaron Sanchez - rhp - Blue Jays
4. Matt Wisler - rhp - Padres
5. Max Fried - lhp - Padres
6. David Dahl - of - Rockies
7. Dan Hudson - rhp - Diamondbacks
8. Arismendy Alcantara - 2b/ss - Cubs
9. Alberto Tirado - rhp - Blue Jays
10. Reese McGuire - c - Pirates

Tigers wrote:

Tigers wrote:1. Clay Buchholz
2. Ryan Braun
3. Conor Jackson
4. Travis Snider
5. Jon Broxton
6. Luke Hochevar
7. Mike Moustakas
8. Desmond jennings
9. Jordan Schafer
10. Fautino de los Santos

What the hell was this guy thinking? How come I wasn't left Braun, Moustakas or Jennings? Ugh.

I've done a pretty good job turning the roster over, hopefully for the best. Good news -- Conor Jackson is no longer #3.

1. Matt Kemp
2. Michael Pineda
3. Jeremy Hellickson
4. Ike Davis
5. Jhoulys Chacin
6. Daniel Bard
7. Howie Kendrick
8. Neil Walker
9. Lucas Duda
10. Zach Wheeler

Erick Aybar, Ben Revere, Jordan Walden, Rex Brothers, Vinnie Pestano would probably round out the list.

Well, not surprisingly, not many of these guys remain. Lots of trades and a concerted effort to improve pitching and get younger. This is how it stands now:

Paul Goldschmidt
Jason Heyward
Desmond Jennings
Ian Desmond
Cole Hamels
Jon Lester
Anibal Sanchez

Well, not surprisingly, not many of these guys remain. Lots of trades and a concerted effort to improve pitching and get younger. This is how it stands now:

Paul Goldschmidt
Jason Heyward
Desmond Jennings
Ian Desmond
Adrian Beltre
Cole Hamels
Jon Lester
Anibal Sanchez
Mark Appel
Jorge Alfaro/Corey Seager

Hunter Harvey, Yan Gomes, Alfaro/Seager, Michael Choice, Altuve and maybe Brinson are the rest.
Much happier with my squad than I've been at any other point, but certainly injuries/poor performance can change that.
Also, it appears editing posts isn't possible. So, sorry for the duplicate. And thanks for whoever found this again...fun to do these.

Ooo, fun

1. Jose Fernandez
2. Carlos Gomez
3. Shelby Miller
4. Anthony Rendon
5. Masahiro Tanaka
6. Albert Pujols
7. Dominic Brown
8. Colby Rasmus
9. Mike Zunino
10. Rick Porcello

Hand full of guys I expect to make a strong push to make the top 10 soon such as Lindor, Bethancourt, Moustakas (I think this is his break out year), Pineda (we'll see how that shoulder holds up)

Pirates wrote:um. 2:06 am seems like a great time to do this.

1. Mike Trout
2. Evan Almighty
3. Joe Mauer
4. Jose Jose Jose JOoooose Jose
5. Yadier Molina because he's awesome
6. Probably Bueno
7. Greinke
8. Allen "I can hit baseballs" Craig
9. Matt "2013?" Cain
10. Matt Holliday because I still am wearing your player T-shirt and I love you

No surprise that this looks a bit different in April.

1. Mike Trout
2. Evan Longoria
3. Yadier Molina
4. Adam Wainwright
5. Chris Davis
6. Jacoby Ellsbury
7. Jean Segura
8. Carlos Martinez
9. Matt Cain
10. Allen Craig

HM: Kolten Wong, Joe Kelly, Jeremy Hellickson

...Sigh...

1. David Wright
2. Michael Cuddyer
3. Tony Cingrani
4. Jose Quintana
5. Pierce Johnson
6. Dominic Smith
7. Jenry Mejia
8. Ian Kennedy
9. Evan Gattis
10. Bobby Parnell

Pirates wrote:

Pirates wrote:um. 2:06 am seems like a great time to do this.

1. Mike Trout
2. Evan Almighty
3. Joe Mauer
4. Jose Jose Jose JOoooose Jose
5. Yadier Molina because he's awesome
6. Probably Bueno
7. Greinke
8. Allen "I can hit baseballs" Craig
9. Matt "2013?" Cain
10. Matt Holliday because I still am wearing your player T-shirt and I love you

No surprise that this looks a bit different in April.

1. Mike Trout
2. Evan Longoria
3. Yadier Molina
4. Adam Wainwright
5. Chris Davis
6. Jacoby Ellsbury
7. Jean Segura
8. Carlos Martinez
9. Matt Cain
10. Allen Craig

HM: Kolten Wong, Joe Kelly, Jeremy Hellickson

1. Mike Trout
2. Felix Hernandez
3. Adam Wainwright
4. Yadier Molina
5. Carlos Martinez
6. David Wright
7. Matt Holliday
8. Justin Morneau
9. Nelson Cruz
10. JJ Hardy

Watching some footy...I'll participate.

Honorable Mention:
Kyle Hendricks, Mark Trumbo, Danny Santana, Jonathan Schoop, Derek Norris

1. David Dahl
2. Michael Pineda
3. Trevor Bauer
4. Josh Harrison
5. J.D. Martinez
6. #3
7. Dellin Betances
8. Daniel Robertson
9. Kohl Stewart
10. Stephen Piscotty

Still young, but the ceilings remain huge, and the floors are now very strong. #3 will be either Rodon, Tomas, Castillo, or Schwarber...so #6 seems like solid placement.

Merry Christmas We're doing it again!

1. Buster Posey
2. Corey Kluber
3. Michael Brantley
4. Anibal Sanchez
5. Danny Duffy
6. Pablo Sandoval
7. Sean Doolittle
8. Ian Desmond
9. Brandon McCarthy
10. Yoenis Cespedes

Orioles wrote:Ooo, fun

1. Jose Fernandez
2. Carlos Gomez
3. Shelby Miller
4. Anthony Rendon
5. Masahiro Tanaka
6. Albert Pujols
7. Dominic Brown
8. Colby Rasmus
9. Mike Zunino
10. Rick Porcello

Hand full of guys I expect to make a strong push to make the top 10 soon such as Lindor, Bethancourt, Moustakas (I think this is his break out year), Pineda (we'll see how that shoulder holds up)

1. Jason Heyward
2. Carlos Gomez
3. Matt Kemp
4. Jose Fernandez
5. Zach Greinke
6. Rick Porcello
7. Chris Davis
8. Andrew Cashner
9. Mike Zunino
10. Carlos Carrasco (seems like a strange pick, but I'm telling u guys, this dude is going to kick ass this year)

Mariners wrote:Here we go again......

1. Kung Fu Panda, 3b
2. Adrian Gonzalez, 1b
3. Kris Medlen, sp
4. Asdrubal Cabrera, ss
5. Jaime Garcia, sp
6. Nick Castellanos, RF/3b
7. Jose Altuve, 2b
8. Nick Swisher, of
9. Vance Worley, sp
10. Ubaldo Jimenez, sp
11. Gary Brown, cf

A fair amount of consistency from last season which isn't really a good thing, but some key changes.....

Wholesale changes.....after a year plus of rebuilding.

1. Jose Abreu, 1b
2. Byron Buxton, CF
3. Lucas Giolito, RHP
4. James Paxton, LHP
5. Jon Gray, RHP
6. Andrew Heaney, LHP
7. Chase Headley, 3b
8. Marcel Ozuna, OF
9. Corey Dickerson OF
10. Brad Miller, SS

Honorable mention: Andrew Susac, Ken Giles, Kyle Crick, Kennys Vargas, Dilson Herrera, Brett Anderson

BlueJays wrote:1) Johan Santana
2) Curtis Granderson
3) John Smoltz
4) Carlos Pena
5) Takashi Saito
6) Jack Cust
7) Derrek Lee
Manny Corpas
9) Placido Polanco
10) Miguel Tejada

It's been awhile.

1) Andrelton Simmons
2) Cliff Lee
3) Kole Calhoun
4) Dallas Keuchel
5) Mike Minor
6) Khris Davis
7) Marcus Semien
Mike Fiers
9) Wei-Yin Chen
10) Coco Crisp

Angels wrote:

Angels wrote:My core is like 2-3 years out from being on the actual team:

1. Dylan Bundy
2. Gerrit Cole
3. Kaleb Cowart
4. Jameson Taillion
5. Trevor Story
6. Mason Williams
7. Aaron Sanchez
8. 12th Overall Pick
9. Dayan Viciedo
10. Jacob Mcgee/Brett Jackson

Um, flip 1 and 2 because of injury. Flip 3 and 4 because of performance. Same with 5 and 7. Put 2013 Overall pick into 8th...maybe 7th. Slide Hawkins who was the 12th overall pick to 9th. and McGee slots in at 10 since B-Jax has shown his true colors of a hitter.

Well I think this has changed a bit.

1. Gerritt Cole
2. Dylan Bundy
3. JP Crawford
4. Jacob McGee
5. Jameson Taillon
6. Tim Anderson
7. Trevor Plouffe
8. Austin Meadows
9. Braden Shipley
10. Carson Kelly

Fuck Kaleb Cowart for advancing every tool but his hitting ability.

Phillies wrote:

Phillies wrote:1. Austin Jackson
2. Freddie Freeman
3. Jeff Samardzija
4. Matt Harvey
5. Nolan Arenado
6. Dustin Ackley
7. Jed Lowrie
8. Chris Tillman
9. Dan Straily
10. Jordan Lyles

Danny Duffy will work his way in there when healthy. Wouldn't surprise me if Samardzija is #1 after next season.

Not surprising that I've traded 7 guys off my last list.

1. Andrew McCutchen
2. Freddie Freeman
3. Jordan Zimmermann
4. Homer Bailey
5. Jeff Samardzija
6. Yoenis Cespedes
7. Josh Donaldson
8. Jed Lowrie
9. Jayson Werth
10. Glen Perkins

Similar, more pitchers stepping up.

1. Andrew McCutchen
2. Josh Donaldson
3. Freddie Freeman
4. Jordan Zimmermann
5. Jeff Samardzija
6. Jacoby Ellsbury
7. Jayson Werth
8. Jacob deGrom
9. Homer Bailey
10. Matt Shoemaker/Chase Utley tie

Tigers wrote:Well, not surprisingly, not many of these guys remain. Lots of trades and a concerted effort to improve pitching and get younger. This is how it stands now:

Paul Goldschmidt
Jason Heyward
Desmond Jennings
Ian Desmond
Adrian Beltre
Cole Hamels
Jon Lester
Anibal Sanchez
Mark Appel
Jorge Alfaro/Corey Seager

Hunter Harvey, Yan Gomes, Alfaro/Seager, Michael Choice, Altuve and maybe Brinson are the rest.
Much happier with my squad than I've been at any other point, but certainly injuries/poor performance can change that.
Also, it appears editing posts isn't possible. So, sorry for the duplicate. And thanks for whoever found this again...fun to do these.

Couple guys stepping up, couple guys shipping out.

Stanton
Goldschmidt
Lester
Cobb/Wood
Beltre
Altuve
Gomes
Seager
Appel
Pujols

Desmond and Sanchez, previous core members, were shipped off to get Stanton, so that's ok. Wood/Cobb should be #2/3 for quite a while, while Beltre/Pujols' shelf life is limited. Seager/Appel will step in soon enough. Gomes has stepped up big, as has Altuve. While Alfaro has been moved, Seager/Appel remain a big part of the Tigers' future. Excited to see what the likes of Choice, Travis, Ross, Suarez, McKinney, Coulter and others can do as they continue to develop.

Votto
Corbin
Bruce
Choo
Hutchison
Hahn
McCann
Gallardo
Weaver
Miller

We definitely need some of these players to find their previous form in 2015. Some promising young pitching in Corbin/Hutch/Hahn/Miller. Need solid 2015 MLB seasons from Votto/Bruce/Choo. 3B and CF are particular areas of need.

Twins wrote: 1. Madison Bumgarner
2. Julio Teheran
3. Austin Jackson
4. Michael Wacha
5. Kenley Jansen
6. Noah Syndergaard
7. Jorge Soler
8. Didi Gregorius
9. Jason Castro
10. Eddie Rosario (though you could slot Singleton/Pederson/McCullers/Cashner in here and be accurate)

Well, over a year later and everyone on this list is still a Twin, save for Cashner. Time to reshuffle their slottings.

1. Madison Bumgarner
2. Julio Teheran
3. Jorge Soler
4. Joc Pederson
5. Michael Wacha
6. Hunter Pence
7. Kenley Jansen
8. Noah Syndergaard
9. Brian Dozier
10. Jason Castro

Save for Pence, this is still a young core. Lots of dynamic arms on this list (and off it) and positional balance. Still need to translate some gaudy AAA numbers into reality, but I'm confident that can/will happen.

Jan 2015

1. Yu Darvish
2. Miguel Cabrera
3. Yordano Ventura
4. Matt Wieters
5. Alex Gordon
6. Hanley Ramirez
7. Addison Russell
8. Greg Polanco
9. Rougned Odor
10. Phil Hughes

HM: Prince Fielder, James Shields

Rangers wrote:Jan 2014

Ramirez is the big riser and Bourn takes the biggest tumble in 2013. Utley departed and Gordon and Polanco have joined the club:

1. Yu Darvish
2. Miguel Cabrera
3. Hanley Ramirez
4. Jurickson Profar
5. Greg Polanco
6. James Shields
7. Prince Fielder
8. Matt Wieters
9. Alex Gordon
10. Yordano Ventura

Rangers wrote:Dec 2012

1. Miguel Cabrera
2. Prince Fielder
3. Yu Darvish
4. Jurickson Profar
5. Matt Wieters
6. James Shields
7. Michael Bourn
8. Chase Utley
9. Hanley Ramirez
10. Sergio Romo