Each week, CBS SportsLine's Fantasy Baseball experts provide you with their position-by-position rankings. These rankings are not based on any specific criteria or format, rather the opinions of some of the best in the industry. They are meant to help owners evaluate trades, acquire free agents and formulate an overall opinion on a player. These will be updated weekly throughout the baseball season.

Updated Sept. 1

Starting Pitchers
1. Johan Santana, MIN 41. C.C Sabathia, CLE
2. Roy Halladay, TOR 42. Derek Lowe, LAD
3. Chris Carpenter, STL 43. Cole Hamels, PHI
4. Carlos Zambrano, CHC 44. Jon Garland, CHW
5. Jason Schmidt, SF 45. Cliff Lee, CLE
6. Curt Schilling, BOS 46. Kevin Millwood, TEX
7. Roy Oswalt, HOU 47. Tim Hudson, ATL
8. Brandon Webb, ARI 48. Mark Buehrle, CHW
9. Chris Capuano, MIL 49. Javier Vazquez, CHW
10. John Smoltz, ATL 50. Livan Hernandez, ARI
11. Jake Peavy, SD 51. Doug Davis, MIL
12. Josh Beckett, BOS 52. Brett Myers, PHI
13. John Lackey, LAA 53. Freddy Garcia, CHW
14. Randy Johnson, NYY 54. Vicente Padilla, TEX
15. Chien-Ming Wang, NYY 55. Francisco Liriano, MIN
16. Roger Clemens, HOU 56. Jason Jennings, COL
17. Jose Contreras, CHW 57. Scott Kazmir, TB
18. Jeremy Bonderman, DET 58. Nate Robertson, DET
19. Brad Penny, LAD 59. Joe Blanton, OAK
20. Justin Verlander, DET 60. Matt Morris, SF
21. Barry Zito, OAK 61. Chad Billingsley, LAD
22. Pedro Martinez, NYM 62. Ted Lilly, TOR
23. Felix Hernandez, SEA 63. Esteban Loaiza, OAK
24. Mike Mussina, NYY 64. Dave Bush, MIL
25. Greg Maddux, LAD 65. Jeremy Sowers, CLE
26. Aaron Harang, CIN 66. Kelvim Escobar, LAA
27. Chris Young, SD 67. Jeff Francis, COL
28. Erik Bedard, BAL 68. Noah Lowry, SF
29. Dontrelle Willis, FLA 69. Matt Garza, MIN
30. Bronson Arroyo, CIN 70. Jason Marquis, STL
31. Andy Pettitte, HOU 71. Jon Lieber, PHI
32. Jered Weaver, LAA 72. Jarrod Washburn, SEA
33. Dan Haren, OAK 73. Gil Meche, SEA
34. A.J. Burnett, TOR 74. Ian Snell, PIT
35. Ben Sheets, MIL 75. Scott Olsen, FLA
36. Tom Glavine, NYM 76. Cory Lidle, NYY
37. Kenny Rogers, DET 77. Chuck James, ATL
38. Ervin Santana, LAA 78. Daniel Cabrera, BAL
39. Matt Cain, SF 79. John Maine, NYM
40. Josh Johnson, FLA 80. Jason Hirsch, HOU
Relief Pitchers
1. Mariano Rivera, NYY 16. Jason Isringhausen, STL
2. Francisco Rodriguez, LAA 17. Mike Gonzalez, PIT
3. Jonathan Papelbon, BOS 18. Ryan Dempster, CHC
4. Bobby Jenks, CHW 19. Chad Cordero, WAS
5. Billy Wagner, NYM 20. Chris Ray, BAL
6. Joe Nathan, MIN 21. J.J. Putz, SEA
7. Curt Schilling, BOS 22. Brian Fuentes, COL
8. Huston Street, OAK 23. Francisco Liriano, MIN
9. Akinori Otsuka, TEX 24. Takashi Saito, LAD
10. Francisco Cordero, MIL 25. Thomas Mastny, CLE
11. Todd Jones, DET 26. Arthur Rhodes, PHI
12. Bob Wickman, ATL 27. Jorge Julio, ARI
13. B.J. Ryan, TOR 28. Armando Benitez, SF
14. Joe Borowski, FLA 29. Justin Duchscherer, OAK
15. Trevor Hoffman, SD 30. Seth McClung, TB
First Basemen
1. Albert Pujols, STL 16. Richie Sexson, SEA
2. Ryan Howard, PHI 17. Lyle Overbay, TOR
3. David Ortiz, BOS 18. Michael Cuddyer, MIN
4. Justin Morneau, MIN 19. Nick Johnson, WAS
5. Jason Giambi, NYY 20. Carlos Guillen, DET
6. Carlos Delgado, NYM 21. Adrian Gonzalez, SD
7. Mark Teixeira, TEX 22. Nomar Garciaparra, LAD
8. Lance Berkman, HOU 23. Ryan Garko, CLE
9. Victor Martinez, CLE 24. Chris Duncan, STL
10. Adam Dunn, CIN 25. Chad Tracy, ARI
11. Paul Konerko, CHW 26. Nick Swisher, OAK
12. Todd Helton, COL 27. Aubrey Huff, HOU
13. Jim Thome, CHW 28. Xavier Nady, PIT
14. Prince Fielder, MIL 29. Ryan Shealy, KC
15. Adam LaRoche, ATL 30. Jim Edmonds, STL
Second Basemen
1. Alfonso Soriano, WAS 16. Mark DeRosa, TEX
2. Chase Utley, PHI 17. Ian Kinsler, TEX
3. Dan Uggla, FLA 18. Josh Barfield, SD
4. Chone Figgins, LAA 19. Orlando Hudson, ARI
5. Brian Roberts, BAL 20. Marcus Giles, ATL
6. Bill Hall, MIL 21. Craig Biggio, HOU
7. Jeff Kent, LAD 22. Rich Aurilia, CIN
8. Ray Durham, SF 23. Luis Catillo, MIN
9. Tadahito Iguchi, CHW 24. Mark Loretta, BOS
10. Robinson Cano, NYY 25. Wilson Betemit, LAD
11. Julio Lugo, LAD 26. Jorge Cantu, TB
12. Brandon Phillips, CIN 27. Jose Lopez, SEA
13. Ryan Freel, CIN 28. Jose Valentin, NYM
14. Freddy Sanchez, PIT 29. Mark Grudzielanek, KC
15. Howie Kendrick, LAA 30. Jose Castillo, PIT
Shortstops
1. Jose Reyes, NYM 16. Mark DeRosa, TEX
2. Derek Jeter, NYY 17. Stephen Drew, ARI
3. Miguel Tejada, BAL 18. Freddy Sanchez, PIT
4. Jimmy Rollins, PHI 19. Omar Vizquel, SF
5. Hanley Ramirez, FLA 20. Jason Bartlett, MIN
6. Troy Glaus, TOR 21. Rich Aurilia, CIN
7. Michael Young, TEX 22. Jhonny Peralta, CLE
8. Nomar Garciaparra, LAD 23. Wilson Betemit, LAD
9. Rafael Furcal, LAD 24. Juan Uribe, CHW
10. Carlos Guillen, DET 25. Yuniesky Betancourt, SEA
11. Felipe Lopez, CIN 26. Nick Punto, MIN
12. Julio Lugo, LAD 27. Aaron Hill, TOR
13. Bill Hall, MIL 28. Khalil Greene, SD
14. Orlando Cabrera, LAA 29. Bobby Crosby, OAK
15. Edgar Renteria, ATL 30. Troy Tulowitzki, COL
Third Basemen
1. Alex Rodriguez, NYY 16. Edwin Encarnacion, CIN
2. Miguel Cabrera, FLA 17. Bill Hall, MIL
3. Aramis Ramirez, CHC 18. Chone Figgins, LAA
4. David Wright, NYM 19. Melvin Mora, BAL
5. Garrett Atkins, COL 20. Aubrey Huff, HOU
6. Ryan Zimmerman, WAS 21. Nomar Garciaparra, LAD
7. Troy Glaus, TOR 22. Chad Tracy, ARI
8. Scott Rolen, STL 23. Eric Chavez, OAK
9. Chipper Jones, ATL 24. Morgan Ensberg, HOU
10. Mark Teahen, KC 25. Mark DeRosa, TEX
11. Adrian Beltre, SEA 26. Brandon Inge, DET
12. Joe Crede, CHW 27. Pedro Feliz, SF
13. Michael Cuddyer, MIN 28. Jorge Cantu, TB
14. Hank Blalock, TEX 29. Kevin Youkilis, BOS
15. Freddy Sanchez, PIT 30. Mike Lowell, BOS
Catchers
1. Joe Mauer, MIN 16. Bengie Molina, TOR
2. Victor Martinez, CLE 17. Miguel Olivo, FLA
3. Brian McCann, ATL 18. A.J. Pierzynski, CHW
4. Jorge Posada, NYY 19. David Ross, CIN
5. Michael Barrett, CHC 20. Javy Lopez, BOS
6. Ivan Rodriguez, DET 21. Yorvit Torrealba, COL
7. Josh Willingham, FLA 22. Dioner Navarro, TB
8. Mike Piazza, SD 23. Eliezer Alfonzo, SF
9. Kenji Johjima, SEA 24. Chris Coste, PHI
10. Johnny Estrada, ARI 25. Jason Varitek, BOS
11. Ramon Hernandez, BAL 26. Rod Barajas, TEX
12. Jason Kendall, OAK 27. Mike Lieberthal, PHI
13. Ronnie Paulino, PIT 28. Gary Bennett, STL
14. Russell Martin, LAD 29. Gregg Zaun, TOR
15. Paul Lo Duca, NYM 30. Josh Bard, SD
Outfielders
1. Alfonso Soriano, WAS 39. Corey Patterson, BAL
2. Carlos Beltran, NYM 40. Mark DeRosa, TEX
3. Miguel Cabrera, FLA 41. Ken Griffey, CIN
4. Grady Sizemore, CLE 42. Emil Brown, KC
5. Adam Dunn, CIN 43. Randy Winn, SF
6. Jason Bay, PIT 44. Craig Monroe, DET
7. Manny Ramirez, BOS 45. Josh Willingham, FLA
8. Bobby Abreu, NYY 46. Torii Hunter, MIN
9. Carlos Lee, TEX 47. Nick Markakis, BAL
10. Jermaine Dye, CHW 48. J.D. Drew, LAD
11. Johnny Damon, NYY 49. Jacque Jones, CHC
12. Vladimir Guerrero, LAA 50. Juan Rivera, LAA
13. Vernon Wells, TOR 51. Casey Blake, CLE
14. Lance Berkman, HOU 52. Aubrey Huff, HOU
15. Carl Crawford, TB 53. Barry Bonds, SF
16. Andruw Jones, ATL 54. Melky Cabrera, NYY
17. Raul Ibanez, SEA 55. Cliff Floyd, NYM
18. Matt Holliday, COL 56. Ryan Freel, CIN
19. Ichiro Suzuki, SEA 57. Reed Johnson, TOR
20. Nick Swisher, OAK 58. Jim Edmonds, STL
21. Chone Figgins, LAA 59. Geoff Jenkins, MIL
22. Gary Matthews, Jr., TEX 60. Dave Roberts, SD
23. Bill Hall, MIL 61. Alex Rios, TOR
24. Luis Gonzalez, ARI 62. Kenny Lofton, LAD
25. Michael Cuddyer, MIN 63. Garret Anderson, LAA
26. Mike Cameron, SD 64. Kevin Mench, MIL
27. Chad Tracy, ARI 65. Mark Kotsay, OAK
28. Scott Podsednik, CHW 66. Frank Catalanotto, TOR
29. Brian Giles, SD 67. Chris Duncan, STL
30. Austin Kearns, WAS 68. Jose Valentin, NYM
31. Eric Byrnes, ARI 69. Steve Finley, SF
32. Pedro Feliz, SF 70. Marcus Thames, DET
33. Curtis Granderson, DET 71. Andre Either, LAD
34. Jeff Francoeur, ATL 72. David DeJesus, KC
35. Juan Pierre, CHC 73. Juan Encarnacion, STL
36. Brad Hawpe, COL 74. Craig Wilson, NYY
37. Pat Burrell, PHI 75. So Taguchi, STL
38. Shawn Green, NYM