Every week during the season, we break down the hottest hitters and pitchers in Fantasy Baseball. Often we will let you know whether their recent run is smoke and mirrors or it is time to buy before it is too late.
| Top 10 Hitters | ||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | |
| 1 | 2B Ian Kinsler, TEX | .476 AVG, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 7 R, 0 SB |
| Called him the next Chase Utley last spring; he looks the part now. | ||
| 2 | 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY | .364-3-7-5-0 |
| Does this guy really need a career year to earn another big deal? | ||
| 3 | 2B Aaron Hill, TOR | .462-1-7-8-0 |
| Might be case study in doubles becoming HRs with experience. | ||
| 4 | C Russell Martin, LAD | .429-0-5-7-3 |
| Catchers usually don't steal three bags in a year, much less a week. | ||
| 5 | 2B Rickie Weeks, MIL | .389-2-4-7-1 |
| Breakout candidate will be streaky hitter at this point in his career. | ||
| 6 | LF Carlos Lee, HOU | .389-3-7-5-0 |
| Getting big payday apparently won't slow down his bat in '07. | ||
| 7 | SS Jimmy Rollins, PHI | .292-3-5-6-0 |
| Your current NL HR leader; perhaps 25 HR can be duplicated. | ||
| 8 | 3B Chipper Jones, ATL | .368-3-7-6-0 |
| Obviously still very productive hitter when he stays in lineup. | ||
| 9 | 3B Adrian Beltre, SEA | .300-2-9-6-0 |
| What would Power Players top 10 be without a 27-year-old? | ||
| 10 | RF Alex Rios, TOR | .3452-7-5-1 |
| Looks thicker to these eyes this spring; HRs should increase. | ||
| Honorable mentions: CF Andruw Jones, ATL; RF Delmon Young, TB; LF Chris Duncan, STL; 3B Garrett Atkins, COL; RF Michael Cuddyer, MIN; CF Kenny Lofton, TEX; UTL Ty Wigginton, TB; CF Torii Hunter, MIN; CF Grady Sizemore, CLE; SS Michael Young, TEX; 3B Akinori Iwamura, TB; 3B Chad Tracy, ARI; RF Jermaine Dye, CHW. | ||
| Top 10 Pitchers | |||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | ||
| 1 | SP C.C. Sabathia, CLE | 2 W, 1.20 ERA, 17 Ks, 1.333 WHIP, 0 SV | |
| We ranked him very high, but he was getting drafted far later. | |||
| 2 | SP Tim Hudson, ATL | 2-0.64-11-1.000-0 | |
| He sure looks like the Big Three version of himself right now. | |||
| 3 | SP Braden Looper, STL | 2-1.39-6-0.923-0 | |
| Dave Duncan is brilliant, but you couldn't have expected this. | |||
| 4 | SP Felix Hernandez, SEA | 1-0.00-6-0.333-0 | |
| All who jumped off bandwagon after '06 are missing him. | |||
| 5 | SP Kyle Lohse, CIN | 1-2.40-16-0.733-0 | |
| OK, we give -- we have no idea where this is coming from. | |||
| 6 | RP Joe Borowski, CLE | 0-2.70-3-1.200-4 | |
| Resurgent Indians keep Fantasy owners happy right now. | |||
| 7 | SP Curt Schilling, BOS | 1-0.00-4-0.625-0 | |
| Veteran shows he can still be as dominant as anyone. | |||
| 8 | SP Andy Pettitte, NYY | 1-0.69-7-0.923-0 | |
| Yankees ace is really lonely in that rotation right now. | |||
| 9 | RP Al Reyes, TB | 0-0.00-5-0.500-0 | |
| It's pretty clear the Devil Rays have found their closer now. | |||
| 10 | SP Roy Halladay, TOR | 1-0.90-2-0.600-0 | |
| A 10-inning complete-game win is pretty hard to come by. | |||
| Honorable mentions: RP Wilfredo Ledezma, DET; RP Francisco Cordero, MIL; SP Nate Robertson, DET; SP Josh Towers, TOR; RP Todd Jones, DET; RP David Weathers, CIN; SP Daniel Cabrera, BAL; SP A.J. Burnett, TOR; SP Josh Beckett, BOS; SP Ted Lilly, CHC; SP Cole Hamels, PHI; SP Ramon Ortiz, MIN; SP Scott Kazmir, TB; SP Rich Harden, OAK; SP Derek Lowe, LAD; SP Rich Hill, CHC; SP Erik Bedard, BAL; SP Greg Maddux, SD; SP Jake Peavy, SD; SP Chuck James, ATL. | |||
MLB Players of the Week
NL
Week 1: 3B Miguel Cabrera, FLA
AL
Week 1: 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY and RF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA
Past Power Players
Week 2: Ian Kinsler, TEX; C.C. Sabathia, CLE
Week 1: Alex Rodriguez, NYY; Johan Santana,
MIN
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