Fantasy Baseball: Pre-Preseason Hitter TruRankings

So I figured I'd start off with a bang and provide you with some "pre-preseason" player rankings generated using my TruRankings system--the most accurate fantasy sports player ranking system in the world. (For a detailed breakdown of the TruRankings system, see TruRankings Explained.)

These super early rankings use projected stats, of course. So they should give you a great sense as to how players stack up in 2009 as you prepare for your draft. What would be even more helpful, however, would be rankings that factor in position eligibility. Well, as luck would have it, I'll soon be posting my all new "position-weighted" TruRankings. So be sure to check back (or subscribe to my posts using the link on the left side of the page).

Okay, on to the rankings. Note that I now display the TruRank score as the percentage of production (or, in this case, projected production) as compared to that of the average player on a starting fantasy roster. (Again, check TruRankings Explained for clarification.) Note also that these rankings reflect the standard five hitting categories: runs, RBI, HR, SB, and AVG. Let me know if you're interested in another set of categories.

Be sure to check back throughout the season, as I'll be updating the rankings frequently.

Rank	Player	Position	TruRank %
1	Jose Reyes	SS	167.40%
2	Hanley Ramirez	SS	150.32%
3	Jacoby Ellsbury	OF	149.40%
4	Jimmy Rollins	SS	143.84%
5	Carl Crawford	OF	142.47%
6	Alex Rodriguez	3B	139.59%
7	B.J. Upton	OF	137.30%
8	Grady Sizemore	OF	137.09%
9	Ryan Braun	OF	133.95%
10	Ian Kinsler	2B	134.21%
11	Alfonso Soriano	OF	132.31%
12	David Wright	3B	131.99%
13	Carlos Beltran	OF	126.88%
14	Willy Taveras	OF	127.44%
15	Brandon Phillips	2B	125.50%
16	Alexei Ramirez	2B	122.01%
17	Albert Pujols	1B	121.55%
18	Brian Roberts	2B	121.66%
19	Ryan Howard	1B	119.92%
20	Matt Kemp	OF	120.65%
21	Alex Rios	OF	119.28%
22	Bobby Abreu	OF	119.10%
23	Nate McLouth	OF	118.56%
24	Ichiro Suzuki	OF	118.89%
25	Shane Victorino	OF	116.24%
26	Curtis Granderson	OF	115.58%
27	Chone Figgins	3B	115.65%
28	Josh Hamilton	OF	114.85%
29	Miguel Cabrera	1B	114.43%
30	Michael Bourn	OF	114.71%
31	Mark Teixeira	1B	114.02%
32	Matt Holliday	OF	113.65%
33	Rafael Furcal	SS	113.99%
34	Cameron Maybin	OF	113.31%
35	Chris Young	OF	111.99%
36	Corey Hart	OF	112.13%
37	Nick Markakis	OF	111.51%
38	Lance Berkman	1B	110.90%
39	Coco Crisp	OF	111.10%
40	Johnny Damon	OF,DH	110.23%
41	Carlos Lee	OF	109.69%
42	Lastings Milledge	OF	109.31%
43	Prince Fielder	1B	108.61%
44	Hunter Pence	OF	108.32%
45	Carlos Gomez	OF	107.72%
46	Jay Bruce	OF	105.92%
47	Torii Hunter	OF	105.81%
48	Adam Dunn	1B	104.70%
49	David Ortiz	DH	103.81%
50	Manny Ramirez	OF,DH	103.62%
51	Jason Bay	OF	102.81%
52	Evan Longoria	3B	102.63%
53	Carlos Quentin	OF	102.46%
54	Justin Morneau	1B	102.22%
55	Mike Cameron	OF	102.14%
56	Chase Utley	2B	101.47%
57	Justin Upton	OF	101.31%
58	Rickie Weeks	2B	101.56%
59	Vernon Wells	OF	99.01%
60	Carlos Pena	1B	97.13%
61	Adam Jones	OF	97.34%
62	Adrian Beltre	3B	97.01%
63	Eric Byrnes	OF	97.03%
64	Dustin Pedroia	2B	96.94%
65	Elijah Dukes	OF	96.47%
66	Ryan Zimmerman	3B	96.30%
67	Joey Votto	1B	95.96%
68	Chris Davis	3B	95.75%
69	Denard Span	OF	96.31%
70	Jermaine Dye	OF	94.64%
71	Aramis Ramirez	3B	94.53%
72	Jayson Werth	OF	94.38%
73	Vladimir Guerrero	OF,DH	93.46%
74	Dan Uggla	2B	93.08%
75	Ryan Ludwick	OF	92.99%
76	Derek Jeter	SS	93.33%
77	Russell Martin	C	92.84%
78	Derrek Lee	1B	92.42%
79	Rick Ankiel	OF	91.83%
80	Carlos Delgado	1B	91.83%
81	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	91.74%
82	Raul Ibanez	OF	90.84%
83	Jim Thome	DH	90.61%
84	Juan Pierre	OF	90.94%
85	Franklin Gutierrez	OF	90.43%
86	Magglio Ordonez	OF	90.35%
87	Kevin Youkilis	3B	89.92%
88	Troy Tulowitzki	SS	89.57%
89	Garrett Atkins	3B	89.47%
90	Alex Gordon	3B	89.06%
91	Robinson Cano	2B	89.14%
92	Howie Kendrick	2B	89.40%
93	Delmon Young	OF	89.05%
94	Michael Young	SS	89.02%
95	Shin-Soo Choo	OF	88.86%
96	Kelly Johnson	2B	88.67%
97	Brad Hawpe	OF	88.29%
98	Stephen Drew	SS	88.31%
99	Nelson Cruz	OF	88.07%
100	Mark Reynolds	3B	87.64%
101	Randy Winn	OF	87.64%
102	Carlos Guillen	3B	87.30%
103	Ian Stewart	3B	86.62%
104	Andre Ethier	OF	86.87%
105	Chipper Jones	3B	86.60%
106	Jeff Francoeur	OF	86.18%
107	Jeremy Hermida	OF	85.58%
108	Ryan Theriot	SS	86.02%
109	Edwin Encarnacion	3B	85.42%
110	Nick Swisher	1B	85.29%
111	Orlando Cabrera	SS	85.59%
112	Conor Jackson	1B	85.08%
113	Kaz Matsui	2B	84.96%
114	Jorge Cantu	3B	84.28%
115	James Loney	1B	84.23%
116	Fred Lewis	OF	84.26%
117	Felipe Lopez	2B	84.15%
118	Jason Bartlett	SS	84.17%
119	Pat Burrell	OF	83.27%
120	Josh Fields	3B	83.10%
121	Paul Konerko	1B	82.97%
122	Andruw Jones	OF	82.96%
123	Michael Cuddyer	OF	83.20%
124	Brian McCann	C	83.05%
125	Miguel Tejada	SS	83.13%
126	Adam LaRoche	1B	82.79%
127	Jhonny Peralta	SS	82.92%
128	Xavier Nady	OF	82.76%
129	Hank Blalock	3B	82.24%
130	Aubrey Huff	3B	82.22%
131	Jose Lopez	2B	82.36%
132	Khalil Greene	SS	82.02%
133	Juan Rivera	OF	81.20%
134	J.J. Hardy	SS	81.09%
135	Gary Sheffield	DH	80.89%
136	Mike Aviles	2B	81.17%
137	Joe Mauer	C	80.68%
138	Milton Bradley	OF,DH	80.40%
139	Edgar Renteria	SS	80.41%
140	Erick Aybar	SS	80.10%
141	Felix Pie	OF	79.93%
142	Jack Cust	OF,DH	78.15%
143	Casey Blake	3B	78.40%
144	Yunel Escobar	SS	78.69%
145	Aaron Hill	2B	78.38%
146	Melvin Mora	3B	77.84%
147	Kosuke Fukudome	OF	77.75%
148	Ty Wigginton	3B	77.35%
149	Nyjer Morgan	OF	77.84%
150	Ken Griffey Jr.	OF	77.16%
151	David DeJesus	OF	77.33%
152	Mike Lowell	3B	76.89%
153	Elvis Andrus	SS	77.06%
154	Alexi Casilla	2B	77.06%
155	Kevin Kouzmanoff	3B	76.57%
156	Jose Guillen	OF,DH	76.58%
157	Victor Martinez	C	76.60%
158	Gaby Sanchez	1B	76.58%
159	J.D. Drew	OF	76.49%
160	Aaron Rowand	OF	76.47%
161	Ryan Church	OF	76.22%
162	Ryan Spilborghs	OF	76.21%
163	Asdrubal Cabrera	2B	76.29%
164	Luke Scott	OF,DH	75.92%
165	Jason Kubel	OF,DH	75.56%
166	Josh Willingham	OF	75.44%
167	Akinori Iwamura	2B	75.54%
168	Mark DeRosa	2B	75.29%
169	Jody Gerut	OF	74.87%
170	Garret Anderson	OF,DH	74.44%
171	Orlando Hudson	2B	74.41%
172	Travis Hafner	DH	73.73%
173	Hideki Matsui	OF,DH	73.75%
174	Bill Hall	3B	73.55%
175	Ben Francisco	OF	72.88%
176	Mark Ellis	2B	72.78%
177	Adam Lind	OF	72.46%
178	Troy Glaus	3B	72.22%
179	Josh Anderson	OF	72.70%
180	Pablo Sandoval	1B	72.44%
181	Cody Ross	OF	72.04%
182	Jason Giambi	1B,DH	71.86%
183	Matt Joyce	OF	71.92%
184	Chase Headley	OF	71.68%
185	Casey Kotchman	1B	71.75%
186	Billy Butler	1B,DH	71.66%
187	Kendry Morales	OF	71.47%
188	Mike Jacobs	1B	71.30%
189	Geovany Soto	C	71.19%
190	Russell Branyan	3B	70.96%
191	Gary Matthews Jr.	OF	70.30%
192	Ryan Doumit	C	69.96%
193	Cristian Guzman	SS	69.92%
194	Yuniesky Betancourt	SS	69.71%
195	Placido Polanco	2B	69.81%
196	Austin Kearns	OF	69.42%
197	Chris Dickerson	OF	69.21%
198	Todd Helton	1B	69.22%
199	Travis Snider	OF	68.69%
200	Travis Buck	OF	68.70%
201	Nick Punto	2B	68.93%
202	Bobby Crosby	SS	68.37%
203	Lyle Overbay	1B	68.11%
204	Brian Giles	OF	68.23%
205	Jorge Posada	C	67.85%
206	Luis Castillo	2B	67.91%
207	Jerry Owens	OF	67.77%
208	Mike Napoli	C	67.17%
209	Nick Johnson	1B	66.97%
210	Daniel Murphy	OF	66.85%
211	Jed Lowrie	SS	66.56%
212	Eric Chavez	3B	65.83%
213	Freddy Sanchez	2B	65.90%
214	Cesar Izturis	SS	65.79%
215	Scott Rolen	3B	65.21%
216	Mike Fontenot	2B	65.04%
217	Brandon Inge	C	64.14%
218	David Murphy	OF	64.18%
219	Ramon Hernandez	C	63.80%
220	Marlon Byrd	OF	63.95%
221	Blake DeWitt	2B	63.81%
222	Pedro Feliz	3B	63.61%
223	Chris Iannetta	C	63.61%
224	Richie Sexson	1B	63.36%
225	Ryan Sweeney	OF	63.52%
226	Jerry Hairston	SS	63.04%
227	Andrew McCutchen	OF	62.78%
228	A.J. Pierzynski	C	62.27%
229	Ray Durham	2B	62.15%
230	Jim Edmonds	OF	61.86%
231	Bengie Molina	C	61.86%
232	Andy LaRoche	3B	61.81%
233	Maicer Izturis	2B	61.66%
234	Chris Duncan	1B	61.22%
235	Joe Crede	3B	61.01%
236	Mark Teahen	3B	60.72%
237	Scott Hairston	OF	59.81%
238	Seth Smith	OF	59.86%
239	Clint Barmes	2B	59.88%