With the weather warming outside and spring kicking into full gear, it’s baseball season here at BretskyBall! For you, our loyal readers, we have assembled a star-studded team of rankers to help you get prepped for the 2013 season. On the pages to follow you will find our preseason top-300 fantasy baseball rankings as well as our position-by-position composite rankings. Let BretskyBall be your draft-day guide and help you build a championship contender for the upcoming season.
Preseason Rankings: C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP | Top-300
Our Rankings team:
Wayne Bretsky (@BretskyBall) – BretskyBall.com | DynastySportsEmpire.com | Rotowire.com
Michael Pichan (@FantasyNomad) – Rotoinfo.com
Brad Costilo (@DSEmpire_Brad) – DynastySportsEmpire.com
Dave Kerr (@ASKRotoBaseball) – ASKRotoBaseball.com | MLBDirt.com | DynastySportsEmpire.com
- Rank
- Player
- Team
- AVG
- Wayne
Bretsky - Michael
Pichan - Brad
Costilo - Dave
Kerr
- 1
- Craig Kimbrel
- ATL
- 63.25
- 62
- 65
- 67
- 59
- 2
- Jonathan Papelbon
- PHI
- 98.50
- 102
- 90
- 120
- 82
- 3
- Aroldis Chapman
- CIN
- 103.00
- 115
- 93
- 108
- 96
- 4
- Jason Motte
- STL
- 105.25
- 117
- 108
- 109
- 87
- 5
- Rafael Soriano
- WSH
- 136.75
- 135
- 172
- 130
- 110
- 6
- Sergio Romo
- SF
- 148.50
- 158
- 130
- 154
- 152
- 7
- J.J. Putz
- ARI
- 148.50
- 157
- 158
- 156
- 123
- 8
- Joe Nathan
- TEX
- 150.25
- 156
- 140
- 193
- 112
- 9
- Jim Johnson
- BAL
- 153.25
- 122
- 200
- 134
- 157
- 10
- Joel Hanrahan
- BOS
- 154.50
- 131
- 177
- 138
- 172
- 11
- Mariano Rivera
- NYY
- 164.00
- 185
- 189
- 163
- 119
- 12
- Fernando Rodney
- TB
- 175.25
- 231
- 131
- 175
- 164
- 13
- Greg Holland
- KC
- 182.75
- 225
- 150
- 217
- 139
- 14
- Chris Perez
- CLE
- 194.75
- 214
- 188
- 179
- 198
- 15
- Huston Street
- SD
- 195.00
- 168
- 173
- 167
- 272
- 16
- Tom Wilhelmsen
- SEA
- 196.00
- 166
- 278
- 195
- 145
- 17
- John Axford
- MIL
- 198.75
- 215
- 175
- 214
- 191
- 18
- Rafael Betancourt
- COL
- 202.75
- 210
- 222
- 172
- 207
- 19
- Jason Grilli
- PIT
- 227.50
- 238
- 190
- 229
- 253
- 20
- Jonathan Broxton
- CIN
- 228.25
- 221
- 280
- 182
- 230
- 21
- Ernesto Frieri
- LAA
- 231.75
- 250
- 194
- 233
- 250
- 22
- Grant Balfour
- OAK
- 242.50
- 190
- 302
- 209
- 269
- 23
- Kenley Jansen
- LAD
- 244.25
- 311
- 127
- 330
- 209
- 24
- Carlos Marmol
- CHC
- 247.75
- 226
- 307
- 232
- 226
- 25
- Bruce Rondon
- DET
- 259.00
- 258
- 273
- 263
- 242
- 26
- Bobby Parnell
- NYY
- 262.00
- 262
- 197
- 327
- 262
- 27
- Brandon League
- LAD
- 262.50
- 248
- 315
- 239
- 248
- 28
- Steve Cishek
- MIA
- 265.75
- 229
- 310
- 228
- 296
- 29
- Glen Perkins
- MIN
- 267.75
- 236
- 225
- 320
- 290
- 30
- Casey Janssen
- TOR
- 269.50
- 249
- 316
- 234
- 279
- 31
- Jared Burton
- MIN
- 284.50
- 269
- 322
- 278
- 269
- 32
- Kyuji Fujikawa
- CHC
- 289.25
- 268
- 235
- 339
- 315
- 33
- Addison Reed
- CHW
- 289.25
- 224
- 490
- 225
- 218
- 34
- Jose Veras
- HOU
- 289.50
- 256
- 320
- 326
- 256
- 35
- Tyler Clippard
- WSH
- 301.50
- 302
- 286
- 316
- 302
- 36
- Mark Melancon
- PIT
- 305.75
- 290
- 332
- 311
- 290
- 37
- Sergio Santos
- TOR
- 317.00
- 257
- 493
- 261
- 257
- 38
- Drew Storen
- WSH
- 322.75
- 329
- 340
- 302
- 320
- 39
- Ryan Madson
- LAA
- 333.75
- 337
- 343
- 356
- 299
- 40
- Brian Wilson
- FA
- 339.25
- 338
- 344
- 348
- 327
- 41
- Sean Marshall
- CIN
- 340.50
- 339
- 345
- 350
- 328
- 42
- Ryan Cook
- OAK
- 348.50
- 336
- 285
- 393
- 380
- 43
- Andrew Bailey
- BOS
- 363.75
- 388
- 386
- 303
- 378
- 44
- Jose Valverde
- FA
- 374.25
- 405
- 293
- 407
- 392
- 45
- David Robertson
- NYY
- 375.75
- 328
- 498
- 349
- 328
- 46
- Luke Gregerson
- SD
- 385.00
- 387
- 385
- 391
- 377
- 47
- David Hernandez
- ARI
- 386.75
- 389
- 387
- 392
- 379
- 48
- Matt Capps
- MIN
- 389.50
- 394
- 389
- 394
- 381
- 49
- Ronald Belisario
- LAD
- 390.50
- 395
- 390
- 395
- 382
- 50
- Mark Lowe
- TEX
- 391.50
- 396
- 391
- 396
- 383
- 51
- Rex Brothers
- COL
- 392.50
- 397
- 392
- 397
- 384
- 52
- Francisco Rodriguez
- MIL
- 393.50
- 398
- 393
- 398
- 385
- 53
- Chris Carpenter (BOS)
- BOS
- 394.50
- 450
- 430
- 359
- 339
- 54
- Matt Albers
- BOS
- 394.75
- 399
- 394
- 400
- 386
- 55
- Frank Francisco
- NYY
- 395.75
- 390
- 388
- 411
- 394
- 56
- Wilton Lopez
- COL
- 395.75
- 400
- 395
- 401
- 387
- 57
- Jon Rauch
- MIA
- 396.75
- 401
- 396
- 402
- 388
- 58
- Eric O’Flaherty
- ATL
- 397.75
- 402
- 397
- 403
- 389
- 59
- Sean Burnett
- WSH
- 398.75
- 403
- 398
- 404
- 390
- 60
- Alfredo Aceves
- BOS
- 399.75
- 404
- 399
- 405
- 391
- 61
- Heath Bell
- ARI
- 402.00
- 406
- 400
- 409
- 393
- 62
- Vinnie Pestano
- CLE
- 402.00
- 437
- 294
- 440
- 437
- 63
- Darren O’Day
- BAL
- 403.75
- 407
- 401
- 412
- 395
- 64
- Joaquin Benoit
- DET
- 420.00
- 391
- 492
- 406
- 391
- 65
- Jonny Venters
- ATL
- 423.00
- 392
- 500
- 408
- 392
- 66
- Octavio Dotel
- DET
- 423.75
- 393
- 499
- 410
- 393
- 67
- Koji Uehara
- TEX
- 494.75
- 496
- 491
- 496
- 496
- 68
- Sean Doolittle
- OAK
- 496.25
- 497
- 494
- 497
- 497
- 69
- Joel Peralta
- TB
- 497.25
- 498
- 495
- 498
- 498
- 70
- Matt Belisle
- COL
- 498.25
- 499
- 496
- 499
- 499
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