With nine days left to go before opening day, it is our favorite time of the year: Draft Season! To keep you up to date on how the latest news that will impact your draft, we present you with Bretsky’s updated top-300. Injuries have hit the third base position hard with Hanley Ramirez (thumb) and Chase Headley (thumb) slated to each miss several weeks with injury. David Wright (ribs) and Brett Lawrie (oblique) are also suffering from injuries but their timetables each remain clouded. Check out list below and compare with our composite Top-300 rankings to find how these injuries have altered our draft day approach.
Preseason Rankings: C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP
- Rank
- Player
- Team
- AVG
- Bretsky
- 1
- Ryan Braun
- MIL
- 1.00
- 1
- 2
- Mike Trout
- LAA
- 2.00
- 2
- 3
- Miguel Cabrera
- DET
- 3.00
- 3
- 4
- Carlos Gonzalez
- COL
- 4.00
- 4
- 5
- Robinson Cano
- NYY
- 5.00
- 5
- 6
- Matt Kemp
- LAD
- 6.00
- 6
- 7
- Albert Pujols
- LAA
- 7.00
- 7
- 8
- Prince Fielder
- DET
- 8.00
- 8
- 9
- Joey Votto
- CIN
- 9.00
- 9
- 10
- Andrew McCutchen
- PIT
- 10.00
- 10
- 11
- Justin Upton
- ARI
- 11.00
- 11
- 12
- Troy Tulowitzki
- COL
- 12.00
- 12
- 13
- Jose Reyes
- MIA
- 13.00
- 13
- 14
- Clayton Kershaw
- LAD
- 14.00
- 14
- 15
- Justin Verlander
- DET
- 15.00
- 15
- 16
- Yoenis Cespedes
- OAK
- 16.00
- 16
- 17
- Evan Longoria
- TB
- 17.00
- 17
- 18
- Adrian Gonzalez
- LAD
- 18.00
- 18
- 19
- Matt Holliday
- STL
- 19.00
- 19
- 20
- Ian Kinsler
- TEX
- 20.00
- 20
- 21
- David Wright
- NYM
- 21.00
- 21
- 22
- Buster Posey
- SF
- 22.00
- 22
- 23
- Allen Craig
- STL
- 23.00
- 23
- 24
- Cliff Lee
- PHI
- 24.00
- 24
- 25
- Billy Butler
- KC
- 25.00
- 25
- 26
- Starlin Castro
- CHC
- 26.00
- 26
- 27
- Felix Hernandez
- SEA
- 27.00
- 27
- 28
- Cole Hamels
- PHI
- 28.00
- 28
- 29
- Jose Bautista
- TOR
- 29.00
- 29
- 30
- Giancarlo Stanton
- MIA
- 30.00
- 30
- 31
- Josh Hamilton
- LAA
- 31.00
- 31
- 32
- Ben Zobrist
- TB
- 32.00
- 32
- 33
- Dustin Pedroia
- BOS
- 33.00
- 33
- 34
- Stephen Strasburg
- WSH
- 34.00
- 34
- 35
- David Price
- TB
- 35.00
- 35
- 36
- Adrian Beltre
- TEX
- 36.00
- 36
- 37
- Jason Heyward
- ATL
- 37.00
- 37
- 38
- Asdrubal Cabrera
- CLE
- 38.00
- 38
- 39
- Jimmy Rollins
- PHI
- 39.00
- 39
- 40
- Jason Kipnis
- CLE
- 40.00
- 40
- 41
- Aaron Hill
- ARI
- 41.00
- 41
- 42
- Shin-Soo Choo
- CLE
- 42.00
- 42
- 43
- Edwin Encarnacion
- TOR
- 43.00
- 43
- 44
- Adam Jones
- BAL
- 44.00
- 44
- 45
- B.J. Upton
- ATL
- 45.00
- 45
- 46
- Jay Bruce
- CIN
- 46.00
- 46
- 47
- Matt Cain
- SF
- 47.00
- 47
- 48
- Aramis Ramirez
- MIL
- 48.00
- 48
- 49
- Paul Goldschmidt
- ARI
- 49.00
- 49
- 50
- Jacoby Ellsbury
- BOS
- 50.00
- 50
- 51
- Ian Desmond
- WSH
- 51.00
- 51
- 52
- Carlos Santana
- CLE
- 52.00
- 52
- 53
- Adam Wainwright
- STL
- 53.00
- 53
- 54
- Martin Prado
- ATL
- 54.00
- 54
- 55
- Ryan Zimmerman
- WSH
- 55.00
- 55
- 56
- Hanley Ramirez
- LAD
- 56.00
- 56
- 57
- Zack Greinke
- LAD
- 57.00
- 57
- 58
- Brett Lawrie
- TOR
- 58.00
- 58
- 59
- Bryce Harper
- WSH
- 59.00
- 59
- 60
- Craig Kimbrel
- ATL
- 60.00
- 60
- 61
- Yadier Molina
- STL
- 61.00
- 61
- 62
- Rickie Weeks
- CIN
- 62.00
- 62
- 63
- Ryan Howard
- PHI
- 63.00
- 63
- 64
- Joe Mauer
- MIN
- 64.00
- 64
- 65
- Ike Davis
- NYM
- 65.00
- 65
- 66
- Jered Weaver
- LAA
- 66.00
- 66
- 67
- Austin Jackson
- DET
- 67.00
- 67
- 68
- Shane Victorino
- BOS
- 68.00
- 68
- 69
- Michael Bourn
- FA
- 69.00
- 69
- 70
- Dan Uggla
- ATL
- 70.00
- 70
- 71
- Wilin Rosario
- COL
- 71.00
- 71
- 72
- Chase Utley
- PHI
- 72.00
- 72
- 73
- Jayson Werth
- WSH
- 73.00
- 73
- 74
- Gio Gonzalez
- WSH
- 74.00
- 74
- 75
- Alex Rios
- CHW
- 75.00
- 75
- 76
- Freddie Freeman
- ATL
- 76.00
- 76
- 77
- Brandon Phillips
- CIN
- 77.00
- 77
- 78
- Matt Moore
- TB
- 78.00
- 78
- 79
- Emilio Bonifacio
- TOR
- 79.00
- 79
- 80
- Carl Crawford
- LAD
- 80.00
- 80
- 81
- Madison Bumgarner
- SF
- 81.00
- 81
- 82
- CC Sabathia
- NYY
- 82.00
- 82
- 83
- Chris Sale
- CHW
- 83.00
- 83
- 84
- Yu Darvish
- TEX
- 84.00
- 84
- 85
- Pablo Sandoval
- SF
- 85.00
- 85
- 86
- Chase Headley
- SD
- 86.00
- 86
- 87
- Mike Napoli
- BOS
- 87.00
- 87
- 88
- Erick Aybar
- LAA
- 88.00
- 88
- 89
- Paul Konerko
- CHW
- 89.00
- 89
- 90
- Jose Altuve
- HOU
- 90.00
- 90
- 91
- Pedro Alvarez
- PIT
- 91.00
- 91
- 92
- Johnny Cueto
- CIN
- 92.00
- 92
- 93
- Mat Latos
- CIN
- 93.00
- 93
- 94
- Kris Medlen
- ATL
- 94.00
- 94
- 95
- Roy Halladay
- PHI
- 95.00
- 95
- 96
- Alcides Escobar
- KC
- 96.00
- 96
- 97
- Jordan Zimmermann
- WSH
- 97.00
- 97
- 98
- Hunter Pence
- SF
- 98.00
- 98
- 99
- Aroldis Chapman
- CIN
- 99.00
- 99
- 100
- Eric Hosmer
- KC
- 100.00
- 100
- 101
- David Freese
- STL
- 101.00
- 101
- 102
- J.J. Hardy
- BAL
- 102.00
- 102
- 103
- Elvis Andrus
- TEX
- 103.00
- 103
- 104
- Adam LaRoche
- WSH
- 104.00
- 104
- 105
- Jonathan Lucroy
- MIL
- 105.00
- 105
- 106
- Justin Morneau
- MIN
- 106.00
- 106
- 107
- Angel Pagan
- SF
- 107.00
- 107
- 108
- Matt Wieters
- BAL
- 108.00
- 108
- 109
- Max Scherzer
- DET
- 109.00
- 109
- 110
- Todd Frazier
- STL
- 110.00
- 110
- 111
- Victor Martinez
- DET
- 111.00
- 111
- 112
- David Ortiz
- BOS
- 112.00
- 112
- 113
- Salvador Perez
- KC
- 113.00
- 113
- 114
- Jason Motte
- STL
- 114.00
- 114
- 115
- Jonathan Papelbon
- PHI
- 115.00
- 115
- 116
- Jesus Montero
- SEA
- 116.00
- 116
- 117
- Mike Morse
- SEA
- 117.00
- 117
- 118
- Andrelton Simmons
- ATL
- 118.00
- 118
- 119
- Derek Jeter
- NYY
- 119.00
- 119
- 120
- Curtis Granderson
- NYY
- 120.00
- 120
- 121
- Josh Willingham
- MIN
- 121.00
- 121
- 122
- Corey Hart
- CIN
- 122.00
- 122
- 123
- Desmond Jennings
- TB
- 123.00
- 123
- 124
- Jim Johnson
- BAL
- 124.00
- 124
- 125
- Carlos Gomez
- MIL
- 125.00
- 125
- 126
- Mark Trumbo
- LAA
- 126.00
- 126
- 127
- Miguel Montero
- ARI
- 127.00
- 127
- 128
- James Shields
- KC
- 128.00
- 128
- 129
- Danny Espinosa
- WSH
- 129.00
- 129
- 130
- Mike Moustakas
- KC
- 130.00
- 130
- 131
- Nelson Cruz
- TEX
- 131.00
- 131
- 132
- Jeff Samardzija
- CHC
- 132.00
- 132
- 133
- R.A. Dickey
- TOR
- 133.00
- 133
- 134
- Neil Walker
- PIT
- 134.00
- 134
- 135
- Joel Hanrahan
- BOS
- 135.00
- 135
- 136
- Melky Cabrera
- SF
- 136.00
- 136
- 137
- Rafael Soriano
- WSH
- 137.00
- 137
- 138
- Kyle Seager
- SEA
- 138.00
- 138
- 139
- Josh Johnson
- MIA
- 139.00
- 139
- 140
- Dan Haren
- LAA
- 140.00
- 140
- 141
- Cameron Maybin
- SD
- 141.00
- 141
- 142
- C.J. Wilson
- LAA
- 142.00
- 142
- 143
- Brian McCann
- ATL
- 143.00
- 143
- 144
- Norichika Aoki
- MIL
- 144.00
- 144
- 145
- Carlos Beltran
- STL
- 145.00
- 145
- 146
- Brandon Morrow
- TOR
- 146.00
- 146
- 147
- Ian Kennedy
- ARI
- 147.00
- 147
- 148
- Hiroki Kuroda
- NYY
- 148.00
- 148
- 149
- Tim Lincecum
- SF
- 149.00
- 149
- 150
- Homer Bailey
- CIN
- 150.00
- 150
- 151
- Nick Swisher
- CLE
- 151.00
- 151
- 152
- Kendrys Morales
- SEA
- 152.00
- 152
- 153
- Matt Harvey
- NYY
- 153.00
- 153
- 154
- Anthony Rizzo
- CHC
- 154.00
- 154
- 155
- Adam Dunn
- CHW
- 155.00
- 155
- 156
- Mark Teixeira
- NYY
- 156.00
- 156
- 157
- Kevin Youkilis
- NYY
- 157.00
- 157
- 158
- Chris Davis
- BAL
- 158.00
- 158
- 159
- Mark Reynolds
- BAL
- 159.00
- 159
- 160
- Tyler Colvin
- COL
- 160.00
- 160
- 161
- Zack Cozart
- CIN
- 161.00
- 161
- 162
- Alexei Ramirez
- CHW
- 162.00
- 162
- 163
- Joe Nathan
- TEX
- 163.00
- 163
- 164
- Sergio Romo
- SF
- 164.00
- 164
- 165
- J.J. Putz
- ARI
- 165.00
- 165
- 166
- Manny Machado
- BAL
- 166.00
- 166
- 167
- Josh Rutledge
- COL
- 167.00
- 167
- 168
- Jedd Gyorko
- SD
- 168.00
- 168
- 169
- Jhonny Peralta
- DET
- 169.00
- 169
- 170
- Alex Avila
- DET
- 170.00
- 170
- 171
- Doug Fister
- DET
- 171.00
- 171
- 172
- Tom Wilhelmsen
- SEA
- 172.00
- 172
- 173
- Yonder Alonso
- SD
- 173.00
- 173
- 174
- Huston Street
- SD
- 174.00
- 174
- 175
- Ichiro Suzuki
- NYY
- 175.00
- 175
- 176
- Jake Peavy
- CHW
- 176.00
- 176
- 177
- Everth Cabrera
- SD
- 177.00
- 177
- 178
- Daniel Murphy
- NYM
- 178.00
- 178
- 179
- Tim Hudson
- ATL
- 179.00
- 179
- 180
- Yovani Gallardo
- MIL
- 180.00
- 180
- 181
- Josh Reddick
- OAK
- 181.00
- 181
- 182
- Garrett Jones
- PIT
- 182.00
- 182
- 183
- Dayan Viciedo
- CHW
- 183.00
- 183
- 184
- Anibal Sanchez
- DET
- 184.00
- 184
- 185
- Dexter Fowler
- COL
- 185.00
- 185
- 186
- Mike Fiers
- MIL
- 186.00
- 186
- 187
- Brett Gardner
- NYY
- 187.00
- 187
- 188
- Alejandro De Aza
- CHW
- 188.00
- 188
- 189
- Wil Myers
- TB
- 189.00
- 189
- 190
- Mariano Rivera
- NYY
- 190.00
- 190
- 191
- Alex Gordon
- KC
- 191.00
- 191
- 192
- Justin Ruggiano
- MIA
- 192.00
- 192
- 193
- Nick Markakis
- BAL
- 193.00
- 193
- 194
- Grant Balfour
- OAK
- 194.00
- 194
- 195
- Mike Minor
- ATL
- 195.00
- 195
- 196
- Brandon Belt
- SF
- 196.00
- 196
- 197
- Will Middlebrooks
- BOS
- 197.00
- 197
- 198
- Michael Young
- PHI
- 198.00
- 198
- 199
- Michael Saunders
- SEA
- 199.00
- 199
- 200
- Mitch Moreland
- TEX
- 200.00
- 200
- 201
- Juan Pierre
- PHI
- 201.00
- 201
- 202
- Drew Stubbs
- CIN
- 202.00
- 202
- 203
- Chris Young (OAK)
- OAK
- 203.00
- 203
- 204
- Jonathon Niese
- NYY
- 204.00
- 204
- 205
- A.J. Griffin
- OAK
- 205.00
- 205
- 206
- Ryan Dempster
- TEX
- 206.00
- 206
- 207
- Matt Garza
- CHC
- 207.00
- 207
- 208
- Stephen Drew
- BOS
- 208.00
- 208
- 209
- Marco Scutaro
- SF
- 209.00
- 209
- 210
- Trevor Plouffe
- MIN
- 210.00
- 210
- 211
- James McDonald
- PIT
- 211.00
- 211
- 212
- Jurickson Profar
- TEX
- 212.00
- 212
- 213
- Jed Lowrie
- HOU
- 213.00
- 213
- 214
- Rafael Betancourt
- COL
- 214.00
- 214
- 215
- John Jaso
- OAK
- 215.00
- 215
- 216
- Torii Hunter
- DET
- 216.00
- 216
- 217
- Chris Perez
- CLE
- 217.00
- 217
- 218
- John Axford
- MIL
- 218.00
- 218
- 219
- Rajai Davis
- TOR
- 219.00
- 219
- 220
- Edwin Jackson
- WSH
- 220.00
- 220
- 221
- Ryan Vogelsong
- SF
- 221.00
- 221
- 222
- Andre Ethier
- LAD
- 222.00
- 222
- 223
- Lorenzo Cain
- KC
- 223.00
- 223
- 224
- Lance Lynn
- STL
- 224.00
- 224
- 225
- Brett Anderson
- OAK
- 225.00
- 225
- 226
- Shaun Marcum
- MIL
- 226.00
- 226
- 227
- Josh Beckett
- LAD
- 227.00
- 227
- 228
- Greg Holland
- KC
- 228.00
- 228
- 229
- Carlos Marmol
- CHC
- 229.00
- 229
- 230
- Kelly Johnson
- TOR
- 230.00
- 230
- 231
- Phil Hughes
- NYY
- 231.00
- 231
- 232
- Bud Norris
- HOU
- 232.00
- 232
- 233
- Dan Straily
- OAK
- 233.00
- 233
- 234
- Fernando Rodney
- TB
- 234.00
- 234
- 235
- Steve Cishek
- MIA
- 235.00
- 235
- 236
- Marco Estrada
- MIL
- 236.00
- 236
- 237
- Jason Kubel
- ARI
- 237.00
- 237
- 238
- Peter Bourjos
- LAA
- 238.00
- 238
- 239
- Jonny Gomes
- OAK
- 239.00
- 239
- 240
- Jarrod Parker
- OAK
- 240.00
- 240
- 241
- Jon Lester
- BOS
- 241.00
- 241
- 242
- Glen Perkins
- MIN
- 242.00
- 242
- 243
- Jason Grilli
- PIT
- 243.00
- 243
- 244
- Carlos Quentin
- SD
- 244.00
- 244
- 245
- Brandon Moss
- OAK
- 245.00
- 245
- 246
- Matthew Joyce
- TB
- 246.00
- 246
- 247
- Wade Miley
- ARI
- 247.00
- 247
- 248
- Chad Billingsley
- LAD
- 248.00
- 248
- 249
- Alexi Ogando
- TEX
- 249.00
- 249
- 250
- Ben Revere
- MIN
- 250.00
- 250
- 251
- Logan Morrison
- MIA
- 251.00
- 251
- 252
- Quintin Berry
- DET
- 252.00
- 252
- 253
- Addison Reed
- CHW
- 253.00
- 253
- 254
- Brandon League
- LAD
- 254.00
- 254
- 255
- Casey Janssen
- TOR
- 255.00
- 255
- 256
- Ernesto Frieri
- LAA
- 256.00
- 256
- 257
- Coco Crisp
- OAK
- 257.00
- 257
- 258
- Scott Baker
- CHC
- 258.00
- 258
- 259
- Kyle Lohse
- STL
- 259.00
- 259
- 260
- Michael Cuddyer
- COL
- 260.00
- 260
- 261
- Tommy Hunter
- BAL
- 261.00
- 261
- 262
- Jose Veras
- HOU
- 262.00
- 262
- 263
- Sergio Santos
- TOR
- 263.00
- 263
- 264
- Bruce Rondon
- DET
- 264.00
- 264
- 265
- Chris Johnson
- HOU
- 265.00
- 265
- 266
- Ryan Ludwick
- CIN
- 266.00
- 266
- 267
- J.P. Arencibia
- TOR
- 267.00
- 267
- 268
- Jonathan Broxton
- CIN
- 268.00
- 268
- 269
- Bobby Parnell
- NYY
- 269.00
- 269
- 270
- Jeremy Hellickson
- TB
- 270.00
- 270
- 271
- Dustin Ackley
- SEA
- 271.00
- 271
- 272
- Jemile Weeks
- OAK
- 272.00
- 272
- 273
- Alex Rodriguez
- NYY
- 273.00
- 273
- 274
- Jeff Keppinger
- CHW
- 274.00
- 274
- 275
- Kyuji Fujikawa
- CHC
- 275.00
- 275
- 276
- Jared Burton
- MIN
- 276.00
- 276
- 277
- Mike Aviles
- CLE
- 277.00
- 277
- 278
- Eric Chavez
- NYY
- 278.00
- 278
- 279
- Paul Maholm
- ATL
- 279.00
- 279
- 280
- A.J. Pierzynski
- TEX
- 280.00
- 280
- 281
- Jason Hammel
- BAL
- 281.00
- 281
- 282
- Matt Adams
- STL
- 282.00
- 282
- 283
- Ruben Tejada
- NYM
- 283.00
- 283
- 284
- Dee Gordon
- LAD
- 284.00
- 284
- 285
- Alex Cobb
- TB
- 285.00
- 285
- 286
- Wei-Yin Chen
- BAL
- 286.00
- 286
- 287
- Shelby Miller
- STL
- 287.00
- 287
- 288
- Johan Santana
- NYY
- 288.00
- 288
- 289
- Michael Pineda
- NYY
- 289.00
- 289
- 290
- Carlos Ruiz
- PHI
- 290.00
- 290
- 291
- Jacob Turner
- MIA
- 291.00
- 291
- 292
- Ryan Roberts
- TB
- 292.00
- 292
- 293
- Jean Segura
- MIL
- 293.00
- 293
- 294
- Lance Berkman
- TEX
- 294.00
- 294
- 295
- John Mayberry
- PHI
- 295.00
- 295
- 296
- Wandy Rodriguez
- PIT
- 296.00
- 296
- 297
- Mark Melancon
- PIT
- 297.00
- 297
- 298
- Ted Lilly
- LAD
- 298.00
- 298
- 299
- Howie Kendrick
- LAA
- 299.00
- 299
- 300
- Starling Marte
- PIT
- 300.00
- 300