IBC

Due to some interest after my comment in JP's forum, list your team's "core" here. I'm thinking your top 10 players based on how you value them.

Mine:

1. Miguel Cabrera
2. Prince Fielder
3. Chase Utley
4. Yovani Gallardo
5. Alex Gordon
6. Matt Holliday
7. Phil Hughes
8. Stephen Drew
9. Jeremy Hermida
10. Jamie Shields

1. David Wright - 3B
2. Hanley Ramirez - SS
3. Adam Dunn - LF
4. Matt Cain - SP
5. Roy Halladay - SP
6. Ichiro Suzuki - CF
7. Francisco Rodriguez - CL
8. Vlad Guerrero - RF
9. Jim Thome - 1B
10. Hiroki Kuroda - SP

heh.. you could also argue every position on the diamond except 2b for my squad, then halladay/cain/krod. I put Kuroda at 10 right now, because a lot of my success is going to hinge on his performance/projection.

1.Jay Bruce
2.Evan Longoria
3.Brandon Phillips
4.Eric Byrnes
5.Rick Porcello
6.Wade Davis
7.Daric Barton
8.Chuck Lofgren
9.Justin Masterson
10.Lars Anderson

IBC YANKS CORE LIST

1. Alex Rodriguez
2. Felix Hernandez
3. Albert Pujols
4. Joe Mauer
5. Scott Kazmir
6. Grady Sizemore
7. Joba Chamberlain
8. Jon Papelbon
9. Robinson Cano
10. TBD by the IBC Fan voting

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)

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.

Jimmy Rollins, SS
Clayton Kershaw, SP
Delmon Young, RF
Joey Votto, 1B/LF
Carlos Gomez, CF
Ubaldo Jiminez, SP
Franklin Morales, SP
Jarrod Parker, SP
Matt Capps, CL
Jose Martinez, OF

Got a ways to go ...

1 jj hardy
2 josh fields
3 john danks
4 kelly johnson
5 david dejesus
6 ryan garko
7 colin ballester
8 wily mo pena
9 jair jurrjens
10 felipe paulino

it could be much worse.

Oswalt
Lackey
Markakis
Garland
Yadi Molina
Burrell
Headley
Antonelli
Max Ramirez
Jared Burton

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

Dan Haren
Huston Street
Noah Lowry
Ryan Doumit
Wlad
Villalona
Bill Hall
Chris Davis
Blake Beavan

We got some work to do.

Lincecum
McCann
Harden
Zimmerman
Young
Escobar
Bradley
H. Sosa
Noonan
Mulder- still a believer.

Go Mulder!

The real Mulder has been abducted by Aliens.. X-Files style.

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

1. Mark Teixeira, 1B
2. B.J. Upton, CF
3. Justin Upton, LF
4. Russell Martin, C
5. Rickie Weeks, 2B
6. Bobby Jenks, CL
7. Reid Brignac, SS
8. Jeff Francoeur, RF
9. Matt Garza, SP
10. Johnny Cueto, SP

Not necessarily the best players on my team, but the ones I consider to be the franchise identity this year and beyond.

1. John Maine
2. Oliver Perez
3. Freddy Sanchez
4. Kenji Johjima
5. Jeremy Accardo
6. Jeremy Hellickson*
7. Paul Konerko
8. Shuan Marcum
9. Jack Wilson
10. Shawn Hill

Not allstars, but solid baseball players that will win games.

1. Josh Beckett
2. Brandon Webb
3. Dustin Pedroia
4. Travis Buck
5. Andy Laroche
6. Kevin Youkilis
7. Jed Lowrie
8. Pat Neshek
9. Mark Buehrle
10.Michael Bowden

In no particular order..

1. Aaron Harang
2. Adam Wainwright
3. Chris Volstad
4. J.J. Putz
5. Adrian Gonzalez
6. Brandon Wood
7. Corey Hart
8. Steven Pearce
9. Josh Willingham
10. Dominguez/Moskos

1. Erik Bedard
2. Lance Berkman
3. Tim Hudson
4. Tom Gorzelanny
5. Derek Lowe
6. Shane Victorino
7. Hank Blalock
8. Aaron Rowand
9. Francisco Cordero
10. Tommy Hanson

1. Jake Peavy
2. Josh Hamilton
3. Jeremy Bonderman
4. Andruw Jones
5. Brett Myers
6. Jarrod Salatalamacchia
7. Zach Greinke
8. Casey Kotchman
9. Aaron Hill
10. Chris Ray
Wildcard: Julio Teheran

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

CC Sabathia
Cole Hamels
Dice-K
Manny Ramirez
Carlos Beltran
Edgar Renteria
Bobby Abreu
Edwin Encarnacion
Barry Zito
Jose Valverde

Padres wrote:CC Sabathia
Cole Hamels
Dice-K
Manny Ramirez
Carlos Beltran
Edgar Renteria
Bobby Abreu
Edwin Encarnacion
Barry Zito
Jose Valverde

Your top 3 makes me sick..

Lincecum
McCann
Rollins
Harden
Young
Escobar
Bradley
H. Sosa
Noonan
Mulder- still a believer.

Well, five months later:

Lincecum
McCann
Braun
Oswalt
Bailey
Fowler
Moustakas
Andrus
Elbert
Revere

Last few are prospects that I'm all extremely high on, but if I had to throw some MLB'ers in the mix, Cantu and his resurgence would certainly merit mention and Saltalamacchia despite his struggles is in there. The only reason he's not in the top 10 of the "core" is because he's blocked by McCann, but that's A-OK.