Today we roam the outfield. Normal rules apply. I may tweak this list as the day goes along. Assume a 5x5 format. Don't obsess over the specific numbers, but rather how the players relate to each other. See a player missing, let me know in the comments.
And as always, bring your best arguments to the discussion. Disagree with some ranks? That's why roto is fun. But *defend your disagreement.* Further the conversation, gamer.
$37 Ryan Braun
>$36 Carlos Gonzalez
$35 Carl Crawford
$33 Matt Kemp
$32 Matt Holliday
$31 Josh Hamilton
$31 Shin-Soo Choo
$30 Andrew McCutchen
$29 Justin Upton
$29 Nelson Cruz
$28 Jason Heyward
$28 Jose Bautista
$27 Andre Ethier
$26 Hunter Pence
I'm not going to wrestle in the snow with you if you prefer Cargo to Braun. In the first round, I'm going to take the more proven commodity, the safer player, but it's not like I'm burying Gonzalez on this list. … No denying Kemp's skills, and you wonder if he'll be better off without Joe Torre and Rihanna around. … Everyone knows that Bautista isn't going to club 54 homers again, but I feel confident he's in the mid-30s. … Pence will be cheaper than this in most public leagues, the Houston screen at work.
$25 Ichiro Suzuki
$24 Jayson Werth
$24 Alex Rios
$24 Chris Young
$23 B.J. Upton
$23 Shane Victorino
$22 Colby Rasmus
$22 Michael Stanton
$22 Drew Stubbs
$21 Jay Bruce
$20 Delmon Young
$19 Jacoby Ellsbury
$19 Nick Markakis
$19 Brett Gardner
$19 Carlos Quentin
$18 Bobby Abreu
$17 Vladimir Guerrero
$17 Torii Hunter
$15 Ben Zobrist
$15 Nick Swisher
$15 Juan Pierre
It's almost gotten to the point where I can't be rational on Gardner. The Yanks are doing the right thing letting him bat leadoff against right-handed pitching. … The Nationals will regret Werth's contract down the road, but that doesn't mean he won't be a valuable player for them today. Similar to how roto players have treated Wells and Rios in recent years, the misguided contract angst discount applies here as well. … Abreu is one of those Ibanez All-Stars, a boring vet who still produces every year as a nifty pluck in the middle rounds. The Angels have a collection of players like that; Wells and Hunter also apply.
$14 Curtis Granderson
$14 Aubrey Huff
$14 Vernon Wells
$14 Angel Pagan
$14 Carlos Lee
$13 Coco Crisp
$12 Corey Hart
$12 Michael Bourn
$12 Adam Jones
$12 Rajai Davis
$11 Adam Lind
$11 Will Venable
$11 Travis Snider
$11 Andres Torres
$10 Grady Sizemore
$10 Jason Bay
$10 Jose Tabata
$10 Logan Morrison
$10 Jason Kubel
$10 Austin Jackson
$10 Dexter Fowler
$10 Michael Morse
$10 Alex Gordon
Granderson is a salt-of-the-earth guy, but I don't trust him against lefties and I don't see him ever being a major force on the bases again. … Pagan is basically Victorino-lite, and those types of players tend to come at an affordable cost. … No one knows the right answer with Sizemore. All I can tell you is that he's not on any of my teams, and I'm glad I don't have to chase the vague injury reports around. We're all guessing. … The timing is right for a Fowler spike forward, not that I priced it into his ranking. You can get him in the context of these ranks, though.
$9 Denard Span
$9 Alfonso Soriano
$9 Ryan Raburn
$8 Carlos Beltran
$8 David DeJesus
$8 Raul Ibanez
$8 Omar Infante
$8 Magglio Ordonez
$8 Marlon Byrd
$8 Bill Hall
$7 Michael Cuddyer
$7 Manny Ramirez
$6 Cameron Maybin
$6 Ryan Ludwick
$6 Nate McLouth
$6 Seth Smith
$6 Ben Francisco
$5 Luke Scott
Raburn admits he hates hitting in the early part of the year, with the cold weather. How patient will Jim Leyland be? Fortunately for Raburn, the Tigers apparently don't mind his messy defense. … I've noticed from the comments that the rest of the world trusts Planet Manny more than I do in 2011. It's like the last 12 months never happened. … If I knew Francisco would get to 500 at-bats, I'd have him priced in the low teens.
$4 Peter Bourjos
$4 David Murphy
$4 Sean Rodriguez
$4 Josh Willingham
$4 Tyler Colvin
$4 Michael Brantley
$3 Hideki Matsui
$2 Johnny Damon
$2 Domonic Brown
$2 Chris Coghlan
$2 Garrett Jones
$2 J.D. Drew
$2 Jonny Gomes
$2 Brad Hawpe
$1 Nyjer Morgan
$1 Franklin Gutierrez
$1 Matt LaPorta
$1 Julio Borbon
$1 Carlos Gomez
$1 Cody Ross
$1 Michael Saunders
$1 Milton Bradley
$1 Matt Joyce
$1 Pat Burrell
$1 Kosuke Fukudome
$0 Brennan Boesch
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