Fantasy Baseball Player Rankings DH

The rankings are based on projected statistics for the 2010 season. The player rankings were determined for a typical 5 X 5 rotisserie league by using batting average, runs, runs batted in, home runs and stolen bases for hitters.

POS RANK	TIER RANK	PLAYER	MLB LINK	LG	TEAM	POS	AGE	FP	2010 BA	2010 R	2010 HR	2010 RBI	2010 SB	COMMENTS
1	4	Vladimir Guerrero	MLB	AL	TEX	DH	35.2	87.06	.302	73	21	81	2	Primary DH for TEX, can still hit for a high average but it looks like his power is fading with age.
2	5	David Ortiz	MLB	AL	BOS	DH	34.3	77.09	.257	83	28	94	1	Primary DH for BOS, another once feared DH that has seen his best years him by. Draft based on his current value, not past reputation.
3	5	Hideki Matsui	MLB	AL	ANA	DH	35.8	76.91	.285	71	21	85	1	Now with Vlad in TEX, will be the primary DH for ANA. World Series proved he still has it, but he is an injury risk.
4	7	Travis Hafner	MLB	AL	CLE	DH	32.8	59.63	.269	58	21	67	1	Primary DH for CLE, the once intimidating Pronk has fallen off badly from past years. The good news is he has looked better during spring training.
5	9	Pat Burrell	MLB	AL	TB	DH	33.4	45.95	.240	54	20	70	1
6	9	Jim Thome	MLB	AL	MIN	DH	39.6	38.43	.252	40	16	48	0	MIN will work to get him in the lineup against RHP as he destroys them, but will primarily be a pinch hitter.
7	9	Ken Griffey Jr.	MLB	AL	SEA	DH	40.4	33.19	.243	40	14	48	1	Primary DH for Seattle. This year looks to be Jr's curtain call.
8	10	Randy Ruiz	MLB	AL	TOR	DH	32.5	31.30	.249	37	13	41	1
9	10	Mike Jacobs	MLB	NL	NYM	DH	29.4	29.23	.249	30	12	39	1
10	10	Andruw Jones	MLB	AL	CHW	DH	33.0	28.07	.225	37	14	40	2	Lost out to Kotsay for the primary DH duty, but should still see decent amount of AB as a backup DH and OF.
11	10	Mike Sweeney	MLB	AL	SEA	DH	36.7	22.51	.279	21	6	27	0	More of a pinch hitter and spot DH at this point in his career.

LG RANK: The ranking given to a particular player for the entire group of players that have projected 2010 statistics (1150 players). Please note the overall rank is strictly based on projected fantasy points, it does not consider position scarcity like the ADP or our Tier Rankings do. This is why with catchers and relief pitchers in particular, the overall rank may look significantly different than the ADP or suggested Tier Rankings.

TIER RANK: The tier rankings are based on projected statistics for the 2010 season. The tier rankings were determined for a typical 12 team, 5 X 5 rotisserie league by using batting average, runs, runs batted in, home runs and stolen bases for hitters and by using wins, saves, ERA, WHIP and strikeouts for pitchers. Note that these rankings may not coincide with our positional player rankings as position scarcity (Catchers, Closers), category specialties (SB & Saves) and multiple position eligibility (players who have played in more than 20 games at more than one position last season) may have players in tiers higher then their actual fantasy points generated rankings.

Tier 10 - Players that produce at and/or are typically not drafted in any draft format.

LG: AL=American League, NL=National League. "Z" means they are still an unsigned free agent.

POS: Lists positions that they are eligible to play at the start of the 2010 season. Either played in 20 games or more games at that position last season or if they played under 20 games at any one position the most frequently position played in the 2009 season was used.

FANTASY POINTS: Formula derived by Sport Fanatics using the 5 scoring categories to determine player rankings. Also a good tool to use to compare value to other positions and determine tiers when there is a drop off in fantasy production for each position.

COMMENTS: Available for top players at each position, injury comments and playing time comments.

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