PVR SI'S FANTASY BASEBALL RATINGS

We ranked the position players in the major leagues from 1 (the
best) to 425 and the pitchers from 1 to 400, based on our
projections of their statistical production this season. The
categories considered for position players were batting average,
home runs, RBIs and stolen bases; for pitchers the categories
were wins, saves, earned run average and WHIP (walks plus hits
per inning pitched). We also took into account each player's
career stats as well as his role on his team, his prospects for
improving or declining, his injury history and his physical
condition. Using these criteria, we determined each player's
value ranking, or PVR, which appears next to his name in his
team's projected roster in our scouting reports. Below, the top
players are ranked by position, with the overall PVR for each.

POSITION PLAYERS

RANK PLAYER PVR

CATCHERS

1. Mike Piazza 28
2. Ivan Rodriguez 51
3. Jorge Posada 59
4. Paul Lo Duca 79
5. Toby Hall 126
6. Mike Lieberthal 140
7. Jason Varitek 142
8. Benito Santiago 154
9. Michael Barrett 190
10. A.J. Pierzynski 193
11. Jason Kendall 205
12. Javy Lopez 208
13. Craig Wilson 223
14. Damian Miller 224
15. Charles Johnson 232
16. Ramon Hernandez 233
17. Chad Moeller 241
18. Geronimo Gil 246
19. Mike Matheny 247
20. Jason LaRue 250
21. Bengie Molina 255
22. Ben Davis 256
23. Brad Ausmus 260
24. Dan Wilson 261
25. Tom Wilson 262
26. Miguel Olivo 264
27. Sandy Alomar Jr. 265
28. Ken Huckaby 266
29. Brent Mayne 271
30. Brian Schneider 272

FIRST BASEMEN

1. Jim Thome 6
2. Jason Giambi 7
3. Todd Helton 17
4. Jeff Bagwell 27
5. Rafael Palmeiro 30
6. Mike Sweeney 31
7. Ryan Klesko 40
8. Derrek Lee 41
9. Paul Konerko 43
10. Carlos Delgado 44
11. John Olerud 46
12. Fred McGriff 47
13. Richie Sexson 57
14. Travis Lee 71
15. Mo Vaughn 75
16. Randall Simon 89
17. Kevin Millar 90
18. Scott Spiezio 99
19. Tino Martinez 117
20. Travis Hafner 155
21. Jeff Liefer 156
22. Scott Hatteberg 157
23. Lyle Overbay 165
24. Jeff Conine 166
25. Robert Fick 168
26. Doug Mientkiewicz 169
27. Carlos Pena 172
28. Sean Casey 178
29. Hee Seop Choi 184
30. Jeremy Giambi 185

SECOND BASEMEN

1. Alfonso Soriano 9
2. Jeff Kent 18
3. Bret Boone 42
4. Jose Vidro 53
5. Ray Durham 54
6. Junior Spivey 60
7. Roberto Alomar 66
8. Luis Castillo 77
9. Aaron Boone 87
10. Adam Kennedy 111
11. Eric Young 118
12. Fernando Vina 129
13. Jerry Hairston 132
14. Todd Walker 133
15. Placido Polanco 151
16. Orlando Hudson 192
17. Pokey Reese 213
18. Mark Ellis 219
19. D'Angelo Jimenez 220
20. Michael Young 221
21. Marcus Giles 225
22. Pablo Ozuna 226
23. Brandon Phillips 227
24. Joe Thurston 228
25. Luis Riva 235
26. Carlos Febles 237
27. Mark DeRosa 245
28. Marlon Anderson 258
29. Bobby Hill 259
30. Ramon Santiago 269

SHORTSTOPS

1. Alex Rodriguez 2
2. Miguel Tejada 10
3. Nomar Garciaparra 15
4. Derek Jeter 35
5. Edgar Renteria 56
6. Jimmy Rollins 62
7. Rich Aurilia 68
8. Omar Vizquel 106
9. Jose Valentin 107
10. Chris Woodward 120
11. David Eckstein 124
12. Rafael Furcal 125
13. Tony Womack 127
14. Barry Larkin 128
15. Cristian Guzman 141
16. Orlando Cabrera 146
17. Alex Gonzalez (Cubs) 170
18. Melvin Mora 171
19. Carlos Guillen 179
20. Julio Lugo 200
21. Ramon Vazquez 234
22. Angel Berroa 240
23. Andy Fox 252
24. Cesar Izturis 254
25. Jose Reyes 291
26. Deivi Cruz 293
27. Royce Clayton 294
28. Shane Halter 299
29. Omar Infante 306
30. Juan Uribe 311

THIRD BASEMEN

1. Eric Chavez 23
2. Scott Rolen 29
3. Troy Glaus 39
4. Mike Lowell 45
5. Aubrey Huff 67
6. Jose Hernandez 70
7. Eric Hinske 76
8. Edgardo Alfonzo 78
9. Corey Koskie 80
10. Tony Batista 88
11. Shea Hillenbrand 91
12. Adrian Beltre 98
13. David Bell 109
14. Aramis Ramirez 112
15. Jeff Cirillo 130
16. Robin Ventura 131
17. Mark Bellhorn 134
18. Brandon Larson 148
19. Matt Williams 160
20. Joe Randa 161
21. Mark Teixeira 162
22. Joe Crede 164
23. Ty Wigginton 173
24. Craig Counsell 181
25. Fernando Tatis 191
26. Hank Blalock 206
27. Sean Burroughs 209
28. Dean Palmer 210
29. Wes Helms 222
30. Geoff Blum 236

OUTFIELDERS

1. Vladimir Guerrero 1
2. Barry Bonds 3
3. Albert Pujols 4
4. Manny Ramirez 5
5. Lance Berkman 8
6. Magglio Ordonez 11
7. Brian Giles 12
8. Carlos Beltran 13
9. Sammy Sosa 14
10. Shawn Green 16
11. Garret Anderson 19
12. Larry Walker 20
13. Gary Sheffield 21
14. Ken Griffey Jr. 22
15. Chipper Jones 24
16. Bobby Abreu 25
17. Ichiro Suzuki 26
18. Luis Gonzalez 32
19. Bernie Williams 33
20. Torii Hunter 34
21. Pat Burrell 36
22. Vernon Wells 37
23. Cliff Floyd 38
24. Jermaine Dye 48
25. Steve Finley 49
26. Raul Ibanez 50
27. Andruw Jones 52
28. Jim Edmonds 55
29. Juan Gonzalez 58
30. Jacque Jones 61
31. Randy Winn 65
32. Hideki Matsui 69
33. Juan Encarnacion 73
34. Alex Sanchez 74
35. Tim Salmon 81
36. Johnny Damon 82
37. Darin Erstad 83
38. Adam Dunn 84
39. Preston Wilson 86
40. Reggie Sanders 92
41. Moises Alou 93
42. Jay Payton 94
43. Jose Cruz Jr. 95
44. Mark Kotsay 96
45. Carl Crawford 97
46. Eli Marrero 100
47. Marlon Byrd 101
48. Mike Cameron 102
49. Kenny Lofton 103
50. Shannon Stewart 104
51. Brian Jordan 105
52. Trot Nixon 108
53. Raul Mondesi 113
54. Karim Garcia 114
55. Austin Kearns 115
56. Rocco Baldelli 116
57. Bobby Higginson 119
58. Carlos Lee 121
59. Roger Cedeno 135
60. Rondell White 136
61. Corey Patterson 137
62. Terrence Long 139
63. Craig Biggio 143
64. Jay Gibbons 144
65. Juan Pierre 145
66. Carl Everett 147
67. Jeromy Burnitz 149
68. Michael Tucker 152
69. Danny Bautista 153
70. Dave Roberts 158
71. Gary Matthews Jr. 159
72. Brad Wilkerson 163
73. Matt Lawton 167
74. Chris Singleton 174
75. Richard Hidalgo 175
76. Mike Cuddyer 180
77. Todd Hollandsworth 182
78. Xavier Nady 186
79. Frank Catalanotto 187
80. Bobby Kielty 189
81. Aaron Rowand 194
82. Geoff Jenkins 195
83. J.D. Drew 196
84. Jeffrey Hammonds 197
85. Marty Cordova 198
86. Marquis Grissom 199
87. Milton Bradley 201
88. Daryle Ward 203
89. Kevin Mench 204
90. Doug Glanville 207

DESIGNATED HITTERS

1. Frank Thomas 63
2. Ellis Burks 64
3. Edgar Martinez 72
4. Josh Phelps 85
5. Erubiel Durazo 110
6. David Ortiz 122
7. Nick Johnson 123
8. Brad Fullmer 138
9. Ken Harvey 150
10. Ruben Sierra 176
11. Matt LeCroy 177
12. Dmitri Young 183
13. Ben Grieve 188
14. B.J. Surhoff 231

STARTING PITCHERS

1. Randy Johnson 1
2. Curt Schilling 2
3. Barry Zito 3
4. Pedro Martinez 4
5. Bartolo Colon 5
6. Mark Mulder 6
7. Derek Lowe 7
8. Roy Oswalt 8
9. Roy Halladay 9
10. Mark Buehrle 10
11. Wade Miller 11
12. Tim Hudson 14
13. Mike Mussina 15
14. Matt Morris 16
15. Tom Glavine 17
16. Freddy Garcia 18
17. Kevin Millwood 22
18. Jarrod Washburn 23
19. Greg Maddux 24
20. Roger Clemens 25
21. Mark Prior 28
22. Vicente Padilla 29
23. Kerry Wood 30
24. Jason Jennings 31
25. Odalis Perez 32
26. Javier Vazquez 34
27. Russ Ortiz 35
28. Hideo Nomo 36
29. Al Leiter 38
30. Jamie Moyer 39
31. Andy Pettitte 40
32. C.C. Sabathia 44
33. Joel Pineiro 45
34. Matt Clement 49
35. Rick Reed 51
36. Kirk Rueter 55
37. Randy Wolf 56
38. David Wells 61
39. Ramon Ortiz 62
40. Ben Sheets 64
41. Kevin Brown 65
42. Tony Armas Jr. 66
43. Rodrigo Lopez 67
44. Tomo Ohka 68
45. Jason Schmidt 69
46. A.J. Burnett 70
47. Paul Byrd 71
48. Steve Trachsel 72
49. Kenny Rogers 73
50. Kazuhisa Ishii 75
51. Brad Radke 76
52. Woody Williams 77
53. Ismael Valdes 78
54. Josh Beckett 79
55. Kip Wells 80
56. Jimmy Haynes 81
57. Joe Mays 82
58. Kevin Appier 83
59. Runelvys Hernandez 84
60. Mike Hampton 85
61. Josh Fogg 86
62. Jeff Weaver 87
63. Danny Graves 88
64. Tim Wakefield 89
65. Elmer Dessens 90
66. John Lackey 91
67. Jason Simontacchi 92
68. Brian Lawrence 93
69. Kris Benson 94
70. Denny Stark 95
71. Mark Redman 97
72. John Patterson 98
73. Shane Reynolds 99
74. Byung-Hyun Kim 100
75. Sidney Ponson 101
76. Orlando Hernandez 105
77. Brett Tomko 112
78. Paul Wilson 113
79. Gil Meche 114
80. Oliver Perez 115
81. Jose Contreras 116
82. John Burkett 117
83. Damian Moss 118
84. Josh Beckett 119
85. Chan Ho Park 120
86. Ted Lilly 121
87. Ryan Dempster 122
88. Livan Hernandez 123
89. Kyle Lohse 124
90. Cory Lidle 125
91. Brett Myers 126
92. Ryan Jensen 130
93. Brad Penny 131
94. Mike Maroth 132
95. Pedro Astacio 133
96. John Thomson 135
97. Darren Dreifort 139
98. Casey Fossum 140
99. Omar Daal 143
100. Jon Garland 144

RELIEF PITCHERS

1. John Smoltz 12
2. Eric Gagne 13
3. Billy Koch 19
4. Eddie Guardado 20
5. Mariano Rivera 21
6. Armando Benitez 26
7. Mike Williams 27
8. Jose Mesa 33
9. Billy Wagner 37
10. Robb Nen 41
11. Kazuhiro Sasaki 42
12. Troy Percival 43
13. Scott Williamson 46
14. Jose Jimenez 47
15. Kelvim Escobar 48
16. Ugueth Urbina 50
17. Jason Isringhausen 52
18. Jorge Julio 53
19. Mike DeJean 54
20. Keith Foulke 57
21. Danys Baez 58
22. Matt Anderson 59
23. Matt Mantei 60
24. Braden Looper 63
25. Scott Stewart 74
26. Antonio Alfonseca 96
27. Brandon Villafuerte 102
28. Alan Embree 103
29. Jesus Colome 104
30. Mike Remlinger 106
31. Ramiro Mendoza 107
32. Octavio Dotel 108
33. Arthur Rhodes 109
34. J.C. Romero 110
35. Francisco Rodriguez 111
36. Mike MacDougal 127
37. Franklyn German 128
38. Mike Stanton 129
39. Felix Rodriguez 134
40. Cliff Politte 136
41. Todd Jones 137
42. Chad Fox 138
43. Juan Acevedo 141
44. Steve Kline 142
45. Lance Carter 145
46. Buddy Groom 146
47. Scott Strickland 147
48. Bobby Howry 150
49. Gabe White 151
50. Shigetoshi Hasegawa 156

For a full list of PVRs by position go to si.com/fantasy.

COLOR PHOTO: BRAD MANGIN EVERYONE'S FANTASY Bonds has averaged 56 homers and 118 RBIs over the past three seasons.