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Senior Fantasy Writers Eric Mack and David Gonos put their heads together to rank the Top 300 players to target on Draft Day. Although this list is intended to help owners in draft leagues, auction leagues can also use these rankings as a guide of players who will demand top dollar.

Updated March 22, 7:30 p.m. ET.

CBS SportsLine.com Preseason Top 300
Rank Players Position(s) Team
1 Alex Rodriguez 3B NYY
2 Carlos Beltran OF NYM
3 Albert Pujols 1B STL
4 Vladimir Guerrero OF ANA
5 Miguel Tejada SS BAL
6 Randy Johnson+ SP NYY
7 Bobby Abreu OF PHI
8 Johan Santana SP MIN
9 Manny Ramirez OF BOS
10 Jason Schmidt+ SP SF
11 Todd Helton+ 1B COL
12 Alfonso Soriano- 2B TEX
13 Eric Gagne RP LA
14 Curt Schilling SP BOS
15 Scott Rolen 3B STL
16 Ben Sheets SP MIL
17 Jim Thome 1B PHI
18 Ichiro Suzuki OF SEA
19 Miguel Cabrera OF FLA
20 Carl Crawford OF TB
21 Adam Dunn OF CIN
22 David Ortiz DH BOS
23 Mariano Rivera RP NYY
24 Derek Jeter SS NYY
25 Mark Prior SP CHC
26 Oliver Perez SP PIT
27 Mark Teixeira 1B TEX
28 Adrian Beltre 3B SEA
29 Jim Edmonds OF STL
30 Nomar Garciaparra SS CHC
31 Gary Sheffield OF NYY
32 Brad Lidge RP HOU
33 Roy Oswalt SP HOU
34 Francisco Rodriguez RP ANA
35 Pedro Martinez SP NYM
36 Jake Peavy SP SD
37 Hideki Matsui OF NYY
38 Joe Nathan RP MIN
39 Hank Blalock 3B TEX
40 Michael Young SS TEX
41 Carlos Delgado 1B FLA
42 Mark Mulder SP STL
43 Tim Hudson SP ATL
44 Victor Martinez C CLE
45 Carlos Zambrano SP CHC
46 Aubrey Huff 3B TB
47 Kerry Wood SP CHC
48 Brian Giles OF SD
49 Josh Beckett SP FLA
50 Octavio Dotel RP OAK
51 Francisco Cordero RP TEX
52 Ivan Rodriguez C DET
53 Marcus Giles 2B ATL
54 Johnny Damon OF BOS
55 Javy Lopez C BAL
56 Eric Chavez 3B OAK
57 Keith Foulke RP BOS
58 Bartolo Colon SP ANA
59 Melvin Mora 3B BAL
60 Aramis Ramirez 3B CHC
61 Carlos Lee OF MIL
62 Roger Clemens SP HOU
63 Juan Pierre OF FLA
64 Jorge Posada C NYY
65 Jeff Kent 2B LA
66 Jason Isringhausen RP STL
67 Roy Halladay SP TOR
68 Edgar Renteria SS BOS
69 Jimmy Rollins SS PHI
70 Armando Benitez RP SF
71 Paul Konerko 1B CHW
72 Sammy Sosa OF BAL
73 Carl Pavano SP NYY
74 Billy Wagner RP PHI
75 Derrek Lee 1B CHC
76 Richie Sexson 1B SEA
77 Justin Morneau 1B MIN
78 Rich Harden SP OAK
79 Mike Mussina SP NYY
80 Brad Wilkerson 1B WAS
81 Rafael Furcal SS ATL
82 Vernon Wells OF TOR
83 Chipper Jones 3B ATL
84 Mike Lowell 3B FLA
85 Trevor Hoffman RP SD
86 Shawn Green OF ARI
87 Garret Anderson OF ANA
88 A.J. Burnett SP FLA
89 Danny Kolb RP ATL
90 Jason Bay OF PIT
91 Corey Patterson OF CHC
92 Bret Boone 2B SEA
93 Sean Casey 1B CIN
94 Troy Glaus 3B ARI
95 Jason Varitek C BOS
96 Magglio Ordonez OF DET
97 Matt Clement SP BOS
98 David Wright 3B NYM
99 Freddy Garcia SP CHW
100 Andruw Jones OF ATL
101 John Smoltz P ATL
102 Chris Carpenter SP STL
103 Mark Loretta 2B SD
104 Barry Bonds OF SF
105 Larry Walker OF STL
106 Mike Piazza C NYM
107 Javier Vazquez SP ARI
108 Livan Hernandez SP WAS
109 J.D. Drew OF LA
110 Jose Reyes 2B NYM
111 Carlos Guillen SS DET
112 Scott Podsednik OF CHW
113 Travis Hafner DH CLE
114 Chone Figgins OF ANA
115 Barry Zito SP OAK
116 Guillermo Mota RP FLA
117 Brian Roberts 2B BAL
118 Joe Mauer C MIN
119 B.J. Ryan RP BAL
120 Mark Buehrle SP CHW
121 Jose Guillen OF WAS
122 Jason Kendall C OAK
123 Moises Alou OF SF
124 Kevin Mench OF TEX
125 Jeremy Bonderman SP DET
126 Lance Berkman OF HOU
127 Jason Marquis SP STL
128 Jose Vidro 2B WAS
129 Andy Pettitte SP HOU
130 Greg Maddux SP CHC
131 Troy Percival RP DET
132 Lew Ford OF MIN
133 Paul Lo Duca C FLA
134 Orlando Cabrera SS ANA
135 Jaret Wright SP NYY
136 Geoff Jenkins OF MIL
137 Brad Radke SP MIN
138 Aaron Rowand OF CHW
139 Luis E. Gonzalez OF ARI
140 Pat Burrell OF PHI
141 Lyle Overbay 1B MIL
142 Khalil Greene SS SD
143 Pedro Feliz 3B SF
144 Craig A. Wilson 1B PIT
145 Dontrelle Willis SP FLA
146 Torii Hunter OF MIN
147 C.C. Sabathia SP CLE
148 Braden Looper RP NYM
149 Juan Uribe 2B CHW
150 Dallas McPherson 3B ANA
151 Jeff Bagwell 1B HOU
152 Chad Cordero RP WAS
153 Ken Griffey OF CIN
154 Trot Nixon OF BOS
155 Austin Kearns OF CIN
156 Chase Utley 2B PHI
157 Craig Biggio OF HOU
158 D'Angelo Jimenez 2B CIN
159 Ramon Hernandez C SD
160 Johnny Estrada C ATL
161 Brian Lawrence SP SD
162 Kevin Brown SP NYY
163 Shingo Takatsu RP CHW
164 Steve Finley OF ANA
165 Brad Penny SP LA
166 Bobby Crosby SS OAK
167 Bronson Arroyo SP BOS
168 Odalis Perez SP LA
169 Jason Giambi 1B NYY
170 Kevin Millwood SP CLE
171 Jeff Weaver SP LA
172 Zack Greinke SP KC
173 Jon Lieber SP PHI
174 Jerome Williams SP SF
175 Doug Davis SP MIL
176 Preston Wilson OF COL
177 Michael Cuddyer 3B MIN
178 Luis Castillo 2B FLA
179 Kelvim Escobar SP ANA
180 Kaz Matsui SS NYM
181 Jeremy Reed OF SEA
182 Cliff Lee SP CLE
183 Kris Benson SP NYM
184 Randy Winn OF SEA
185 Jason Lane OF HOU
186 Coco Crisp OF CLE
187 A.J. Pierzynski C CHW
188 Matt Lawton OF PIT
189 Danys Baez RP TB
190 Brandon Webb SP ARI
191 David Wells SP BOS
192 Danny Graves RP CIN
193 Rodrigo Lopez P BAL
194 Derek Lowe SP LA
195 Jeromy Burnitz OF CHC
196 Phil Nevin 1B SD
197 Jake Westbrook SP CLE
198 Mike Sweeney 1B KC
199 Casey Blake 3B CLE
200 Dave Roberts OF SD
201 Mark Bellhorn 2B BOS
202 Richard Hidalgo OF TEX
203 Brandon Inge 3B DET
204 Jack Wilson SS PIT
205 Dmitri Young DH DET
206 Eric Milton SP CIN
207 Kevin Millar 1B BOS
208 Matt Morris SP STL
209 Aaron Boone 3B CLE
210 Erubiel Durazo DH OAK
211 Cesar Izturis SS LA
212 J.D. Closser C COL
213 Eddie Guardado RP SEA
214 Mike Adams RP MIL
215 Jose Mesa RP PIT
216 Tom Glavine SP NYM
217 Jeff Suppan SP STL
218 John Thomson SP ATL
219 Mike Lieberthal C PHI
220 Michael Barrett C CHC
221 Adam Eaton SP SD
222 Jermaine Dye OF CHW
223 Joel Pineiro SP SEA
224 Bernie Williams OF NYY
225 Cliff Floyd OF NYM
226 Garrett Atkins 3B COL
227 Aaron Miles 2B COL
228 Bob Wickman RP CLE
229 Al Leiter SP FLA
230 Milton Bradley OF LA
231 Todd Walker 2B CHC
232 Nick Swisher OF OAK
234 Hee Seop Choi 1B LA
233 Ted Lilly SP TOR
235 Miguel Batista SP TOR
236 Jeremy Affeldt RP KC
237 Jacque Jones OF MIN
238 Ray Durham 2B SF
239 Alex Rios OF TOR
240 Jarrod Washburn SP ANA
241 Scott Kazmir SP TB
242 Greg Aquino RP ARI
243 Corey Koskie 3B TOR
244 Bill Mueller 3B BOS
245 Wily Mo Pena OF CIN
246 Shea Hillenbrand 1B TOR
247 Shannon Stewart OF MIN
248 Raul Ibanez OF SEA
249 Tony Womack 2B NYY
250 John Buck C KC
251 Jose Cruz OF ARI
252 Rafael Palmeiro 1B BAL
253 Mike Cameron OF NYM
254 Randy Wolf SP PHI
255 Russ Ortiz SP ARI
256 Eric Byrnes OF OAK
257 Jason Bartlett SS MIN
258 Ty Wigginton 3B PIT
259 Noah Lowry SP SF
260 Jose Contreras SP CHW
261 Angel Berroa SS KC
262 David DeJesus OF KC
263 Ryan Drese SP TEX
264 Orlando Hudson 2B TOR
265 Chris Burke 2B HOU
266 Tadahito Iguchi 2B CHW
267 Matt Holliday OF COL
268 Brad Hawpe OF COL
269 Horacio Ramirez SP ATL
270 LaTroy Hawkins RP CHC
271 Chin-Hui Tsao RP COL
272 Mark Kotsay OF OAK
273 Dan Haren SP OAK
274 Keith Ginter 2B OAK
275 Wade Miller SP BOS
276 Gavin Floyd SP PHI
277 Vicente Padilla SP PHI
278 Cristian Guzman SS WAS
279 Frank Thomas DH CHW
280 Mike Hampton SP ATL
281 Reggie Sanders OF STL
282 Kenny Rogers SP TEX
283 Orlando Hernandez SP CHW
284 Carl Everett OF CHW
285 Vinny Castilla 3B WAS
286 Dave Bush SP TOR
287 Woody Williams SP SD
288 Tino Martinez 1B NYY
289 Kip Wells SP PIT
290 Jay Gibbons OF BAL
291 Joe Borowski RP CHC
292 Alex Sanchez OF TB
293 Sidney Ponson SP BAL
294 Esteban Loaiza SP WAS
295 Rocco Baldelli OF TB
296 Raul Mondesi OF ATL
297 Joe Blanton SP OAK
298 Chris Snyder C ARI
299 Clint Barmes SS COL
300 B.J. Upton SS TB

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