2012 Fantasy Baseball Rankings: 1st Edition

Pitchers and catchers report in one short month from now, and already one key catcher is likely out for the season (Victor Martinez).  Also, the pitchers formerly known as Leo Nunez and Fausto Carmona don't really exist (false names and birth certificates).  Little league problems are all grown up now and have made it to the major leagues.  It seemed like only yesterday we were talking about the Danny Almonte's of the world.  Anyway, these are my first fantasy baseball rankings of the year.  Enjoy it and look for the sortable by position rankings up soon.

Too Early To Matter Top 250 Fantasy Baseball Rankings

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1. Albert Pujols, 1B LAA (Feels weird that he's not STL)
2. Miguel Cabrera, 1B DET
3. Troy Tulowitzki, SS COL
4. Robinson Cano, 2B NYY
5. Matt Kemp, OF LAD
6. Jose Bautista, 3B/OF TOR
7. Jacoby Ellsbury, OF BOS
8. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B BOS
9. Joey Votto, 1B CIN
10. Roy Halladay, SP PHI
11. Justin Verlander, SP DET (Yes, he's the #2 ranked pitcher, get over it)
12. Hanley Ramirez, SS/3B MIA (will move to 3B to accomodate newly signed Jose Reyes)
13. Justin Upton, OF ARZ
14. Prince Fielder, 1B Free Agent (my guess will be Seattle)
15. Cliff Lee, SP PHI
16. Evan Longoria, 3B TB
17. Clayton Kershaw, SP LAD
18. Carlos Gonzalez, OF COL
19. Jered Weaver, SP LAA
20. Felix Hernandez, SP SEA
21. Tim Lincecum, SP SF
22. Dustin Pedroia, 2B BOS
23. Curtis Granderson, OF NYY
24. Mark Texeira, 1B NYY
25. Jose Reyes, SS MIA (On potential alone, He's an Other Person's Problem [OPP] player)
26. Adrian Beltre, 3B TEX
27. Andrew McCutchen, OF PIT
28. CC Sabathia, SP NYY
29. Mike Stanton, OF MIA
30. David Wright, 3B NYM
31. Elvis Andrus, SS TEX
32. David Price, SP TB
33. Josh Hamilton, OF TEX
34. Cole Hammels, SP PHI
35. Jon Lester, SP BOS
36. Hunter Pence, OF PHI (Reach for him if you have to)
37. Carl Crawford, OF BOS
38. Jay Bruce, OF CIN
39. Ryan Zimmerman, 3B WAS
40. Matt Holliday, OF STL
41. Dan Uggla, 2B ATL (took his sweet time adjusting in ATL, but was dynamite late last year)
42. Nelson Cruz, OF TEX (Only anticipate 150 games played, though)
43. Matt Cain, SP SF
44. Kevin Youkilis, 3B BOS
45. Yovani Gallardo, SP MIL
46. Michael Bourn, OF ATL
47. Starlin Castro, SS CHC (Best kept secret in baseball last year)
48. Ian Kinsler, 2B TEX
49. Chase Utley, 2B PHI
50. Alex Rodriguez, 3B NYY (Just don't know how to quit you)