Updated rankings - Outfielders
By Dalton Del Don – Senior Writer
1. Grady Sizemore
2. Carl Crawford
3. Vladimir Guerrero
4. Gary Sheffield
5. Alfonso Soriano
6. Manny Ramirez
7. Ichiro Suzuki
8. Matt Holliday
9. Carlos Beltran
10. Bobby Abreu
11. Magglio Ordonez
12. Alex Rios
13. Carlos Lee
14. Jason Bay
15. Vernon Wells
16. Adam Dunn
17. Hideki Matsui
18. Andruw Jones
19. Jeff Francoeur
20. Barry Bonds
21. Johnnny Damon
22. Juan Pierre
23. Torii Hunter
24. Hunter Pence
25. Corey Hart
26. Eric Byrnes
27. Nick Markakis
28. Chris Duncan
29. Delmon Young
30. Jermaine Dye
31. Brad Hawpe
32. Mike Cameron
33. Shane Victorino
34. Gary Matthews Jr.
35. Ken Griffey Jr.
36. Michael Cuddyer
37. Willy Taveras
38. Chris B. Young
39. Curtis Granderson
40. Josh Willingham
41. JD Drew
42. Coco Crisp
43. Dave Roberts
44. Pat Burrell
45. Reggie Willits
46. Aaron Rowand
47. Jeremy Hermida
48. Kenny Lofton
49. Josh Hamilton
50. Corey Patterson
51. Raul Ibanez
52. Sammy Sosa
53. Chris Duffy
54. Joey Gathright
55. Jose Guillen
867. Rocco Baldelli
June 21st, 2007 at 11:57 am
Where have Lofton’s wheels gone?
June 21st, 2007 at 5:38 pm
They left him the same time his 30s did.
June 21st, 2007 at 11:16 pm
As always, looks good. Although I had Baldelli coming in at #868.
June 22nd, 2007 at 3:45 pm
Love the #1 Ranking of Grady. I am in total agreeance. Can you see a .300 avg (biggest stretch of them all), 150 runs, 80 rbi, 30 HR and 50 SB?
June 22nd, 2007 at 4:06 pm
Ordonez seems like a first tier outfielder to me, 67 RBI’s and hitting .383 with the best OPS in all of baseball. AL MVP looks like its between A-Rod and Magglio at this point.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:10 pm
Brett - Sizemore is the man. I loved the fact he had so many XBHs last year at his age, but I didn’t expect him to run so much this year. All those projections are feasible, although he does strike out a bit too much, so a .280 BA is more likely. He scored 134 runs last year and has improved his OBP by .32 points this year. Wait till Hafner gets hot, 150 runs could happen.
June 22nd, 2007 at 7:15 pm
Paul - Totally agree Mags has been baseball’s best hitter thus far. But from here on out, his last few season made me drop him a bit. That said, putting him above Beltran/Abreu certainly wouldn’t be a stretch. He’s been extremely lucky with BABIP, so some regression is likely. However, the 29/39 K/BB ratio is awesome, and he’s showing no signs of letting up.
At 33 and in a career decline before this season, it’s hard to not expect decent drop off, but he does have a career OPS close to .900, and having Sheffield around certainly helps as well. He does have a past history with injuries, but I wouldn’t argue too much moving him into tier 1. The numbers so far certainly back it up.