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We are wrapping up our Fanball.com Fantasy Baseball Annual right now and for one of our features we asked the staff to rank their Top 10 players at each position and provide a Sleeper pick and Top Rookie at each position. This issue will hit newsstands in January, but I thought it would be fun to post my picks here and let you folks have some fun with them. I'll get Tom, Ryan and Charlie to post their picks here too if they can take the heat!!



These are always tough to do in mid-December because so much can change thanks to free agency. But what the heck, it's still fun to debate the rankings and have fun with this. Let me know what you think and don't be afraid to offer some rankings and projected sleepers and ROY candidates yourself. Let's get the baseball talk flowing again.



Greg Ambrosius's Top 10's

CATCHERS

1 Joe Mauer MIN

2 Brian McCann ATL

3 Victor Martinez BOS

4 Russell Martin LAD

5 Matt Wieters BAL

6 Kurt Suzuki OAK

7 Bengie Molina SF

8 Jorge Posada NYY

9 Geovany Soto CHC

10 Miguel Montero ARI

SLEEPER Buster Posey SF

BUST Mike Napoli ANA

ROOKIE Buster Posey SF



FIRST BASEMEN

1 Albert Pujols STL

2 Miguel Cabrera DET

3 Mark Teixeira NYY

4 Ryan Howard PHI

5 Prince Fielder MIL

6 Adrian Gonzalez SD

7 Justin Morneau MIN

8 Joey Votto CIN

9 Lance Berkman HOU

10 Kendry Morales LAA

SLEEPER Billy Butler KC

BUST Chris Davis TEX

ROOKIE Justin Smoak TEX



SECOND BASEMEN

1 Chase Utley PHI

2 Ian Kinsler TEX

3 Dustin Pedroia BOS

4 Brandon Phillips CIN

5 Brian Roberts BAL

6 Ben Zobrist TB

7 Aaron Hill TOR

8 Robinson Cano NYY

9 Dan Uggla FLA

10 Jose Lopez SEA

SLEEPER Rickie Weeks MIL

BUST Felipe Lopez FA

ROOKIE Scott Sizemore DET



THIRD BASEMEN

1 Alex Rodriguez NYY

2 Evan Longoria TB

3 David Wright NYM

4 Ryan Zimmerman WAS

5 Kevin Youkilis BOS

6 Pablo Sandoval SF

7 Mark Reynolds ARI

8 Aramis Ramirez CHC

9 Chone Figgins SEA

10 Michael Young TEX

SLEEPER Brandon Wood LAA

BUST Adrian Beltre FA

ROOKIE Brett Wallace OAK



SHORTSOPS

1 Hanley Ramirez FLA

2 Jose Reyes NYM

3 Troy Tulowitzki COL

4 Jimmy Rollins PHI

5 Derek Jeter NYY

6 Alexei Ramirez CHW

7 Jason Bartlett TB

8 Elvis Andrus TEX

9 Stephen Drew ARI

10 Yunel Escobar ATL

SLEEPER Everth Cabrera SD

BUST Miguel Tejada HOU

ROOKIE Alcides Escobar MIL



OUTFIELDERS

1 Ryan Braun MIL

2 Carl Crawford TB

3 Matt Kemp LAD

4 Jacoby Ellsbury BOS

5 Matt Holliday FA

6 Grady Sizemore CLE

7 Jason Bay FA

8 Justin Upton ARI

9 Ichiro Suzuki SEA

10 Jayson Werth PHI

SLEEPER Julio Borbon TEX

BUST Alfonso Soriano CHC

ROOKIE Jason Heyward ATL



STARTING PITCHERS

1 Tim Lincecum SF

2 Zack Greinke KC

3 Roy Halladay TOR

4 Felix Hernandez SEA

5 CC Sabathia NYY

6 Dan Haren ARI

7 Johan Santana NYM

8 Justin Verlander DET

9 Javier Vazquez ATL

10 Adam Wainwright STL

SLEEPER Neftali Feliz TEX

BUST A.J. Burnett NYY

ROOKIE Stephen Strassburg WAS



RELIEF PITCHERS

1 Jonathan Papelbon BOS

2 Joe Nathan MIN

3 Jonathan Broxton LAD

4 Mariano Rivera NYY

5 Francisco Rodriguez NYM

6 Joakim Soria KC

7 Heath Bell SD

8 Brian Wilson SF

9 Brian Fuentes LAA

10 Andrew Bailey OAK

SLEEPER Joel Zumaya DET

BUST Bobby Jenks CHW

ROOKIE Drew Storen WAS