1. Albert Pujols
2. Mark Teixeira
3. Prince Fielder
4. Miguel Cabrera
5. Justin Morneau
6. Joey Votto
7. Adrian Gonzalez
8. Ryan Howard
9. Kevin Youkilis
10. Lance Berkman
11. Carlos Pena
12. Paul Konerko
13. Todd Helton
14. Derrek Lee
15. James Loney
16. Adam LaRoche
17. Russell Branyan
18. Jorge Cantu
19. Aubrey Huff
20. Kendry Morales
As a Pena owner, I cannot accept his tier. While Yahoo has him currently ranked between Tex and Andrian, I refuse you placing him in the same tier as Konerko.
I do love that you are making some position by position lists, and think this is pretty much right on.
At this point I feel like Youk and Howard are too high, as I really don’t see the difference between them and Votto and Adrian/Pena going forward. Pena is definately too low, as, likely, is Branyan, strange as that is to say.
Donald – I could see moving Berkman and Pena up one tier and starting the next one with Konerko. Pena has legitimate 45-homer power. But that BA is a drain.
Aaron – Interesting I figured most would say that’s too low for Howard. As for Branyan, I’ve always thought he should get a chance at regular PT, but with all those Ks, a huge BA crash is likely in store. And that lineup hurts him too – 19 homers yet just 38 RBI.
But and this is a big one, Branyan has 3b eligibility almost everywhere. The flexibility boosts him.
And really, how different are Pena and Howard?
I should point out I’m going to try not to overlap guys who qualify at multiple positions – I’ll just go by what position they have played most. But you’re right about Branyan and 3rd base.
Pena and Howard aren’t too different, but Howard has been more durable, and he did post a monster 58-HR, 148-RBI season a couple years ago.