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 2012 Player Rankings:
AL Only Outfield (OF)
Last update:03/25/12

You wanted them, so you got them.  We have compiled the top 350 American League players and grouped them into color tiers that provide more flexibility when drafting.  These color tiers provide a quick, visual means of comparing players at different positions with similar fantasy value. Comments have also been added to give you those extra little pieces of information that may help sway your decision between two seemingly, equal players.

AL only fantasy rankings:
SP RP C 1B 2B

Outfield 1 - 50
Rank
 Player
 Team
 Pos
 Age
 Comments
3
Jose Bautista
TOR
OF/3B
31

4
Jacoby Ellsbury
BOS
OF
28
2nd(RBI) 2nd(HR) 2nd(AVE) 2nd(SB)
8
Curtis Granderson
NYY
OF
31
$ 2nd(RBI) 2nd(HR) 2nd(SB)
22
Josh Hamilton
TEX
OF
30
$ 2nd(RBI) 2nd(HR)
37
Carl Crawford
BOS
OF
30
2nd(SB)
38
Desmond Jennings
TB
OF
25
2ndYrPl 2nd(SB)
39
Nelson Cruz
TEX
OF
31

40
Shin-Soo Choo
CLE
OF
29
Zzz
44
Alex Gordon
KC
OF
28
2nd(AVE) 2nd(SB)
49
B.J. Upton
TB
OF
27
$ 2nd(SB)
50
Ichiro Suzuki
SEA
OF
38
$ 2nd(SB)
53
Brett Gardner
NYY
OF
28
2nd(SB)
55
Adam Jones
BAL
OF
26

57
Nick Markakis
BAL
OF
28

70
Coco Crisp
OAK
OF
32
2nd(SB)
74
Austin Jackson
DET
OF
25

76
Matt Joyce
TB
OF
27

77
Nick Swisher
NYY
OF
31

79
Jeff Francoeur
KC
OF
28
2nd(AVE)
89
Peter Bourjos
LAA
OF
25
Zzz 2nd(SB)
100
Delmon Young
DET
OF
26
$
105
Carlos Lee
HOU
OF/1B
35
$ 2nd(RBI)
107
Josh Willingham
MIN
OF
32
2nd(RBI) 2nd(HR)
108
Brennan Boesch
DET
OF
26

112
Torii Hunter
LAA
OF
36
$
118
Mike Trout
LAA
OF
20
rookie Zzz
119
Alejandro De Aza
CHW
OF

2nd(SB)
120
Lorenzo Cain
KC
OF

rookie
121
Ben Revere
MIN
OF
23
2nd(SB)
125
Eric Thames
TOR
OF


126
J.D. Martinez
HOU
OF

rookie
127
Colby Rasmus
TOR
OF
25

131
Alex Rios
CHW
OF

Zzz
134
Michael Brantley
CLE
OF
24

138
Bobby Abreu
LAA
OF
38

141
Dayan Viciedo
CHW
OF

rookie
142
Vernon Wells
LAA
OF


145
Ryan Raburn
DET
OF/2B


147
Nolan Reimold
BAL
OF

Zzz
155
Franklin Gutierrez
SEA
OF


156
David Murphy
TEX
OF


159
Denard Span
MIN
OF


162
Vladimir Guerrero
BAL
OF/DH

2nd(AVE)
166
Hideki Matsui
OAK
OF


167
Josh Reddick
OAK
OF


168
Jonny Gomes
OAK
OF


169
Luke Scott
TB
OF


172
Kosuke Fukudome
CLE
OF


174
Magglio Ordonez
DET
OF


176
Grady Sizemore
CLE
OF



Comments:
The comments are provided to give you a little extra insight into the players.   Some are positive and some are negative.   Here is the legend for the comments:

NOTE: – Increased production can often be seen in players that hit the ages of 27 or 28.   Others will see a marked decline in production with age (let’s say past 30).   Consequently, we have added all the players’ ages to our rankings.

rook – These players are hot rookies to keep an eye on this season.

$ – These players are scheduled for new contracts after 2012, so they might be a little more motivated in 2012.

Zzz – These players could be undervalued sleepers at your fantasy baseball draft.

2ndYrPl – These players were hot rookies going into last season, but they may have been forgotten this year due to poor play.  Look for a possible rebound.

2nd(RBI) – These players finished the second half of last season as a leader in runs batted in production.  They had 45 or more RBIs in the second half of last season.

2nd(HR) – These players finished the second half of last season as a leader in home run production.  They had 14 or more home runs in the second half of last season.

2nd(AVE) – These players finished the second half of last season as a leader in batting average. They had a .300 average or better the second half of last season with at least 200 second half plate appearances.

2nd(SB) – These players finished the second half of last season as a leader in stolen base production.  They had 10 or more stolen bases in the second half of last season.

2nd(SV) – These players finished the second half of last season as a leader in saves production. They had 10 or more saves in the second half of last season.

2nd(K) – These players finished the second half of last season as a leader in pitching strikeouts production.  They had 70 or more strikeouts in the second half of last season.

xIP – These players either experienced a drastic increase in their innings pitched last year or they just flat out threw a ton of innings last year.   They could be an injury or decreased production risk.

Color Tiers:
The color bands are provided to highlight players that are in the same tier of fantasy value.   This is done to create flexibility in your draft strategy relative to your particular team need.   For example, if all of the first tier players are gone (highlighted with a black background), none of the second tier are gone (highlighted with a maroon background), and you want a pitcher, Roy Halladay is your man. You passed over the positional players ranked above Halladay because they were all in the same tier as Halladay.


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