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Early MLB Rankings

I finished my baseball rankings early this week, and before I tinker with them any further, I wanted to post this early snapshot. Every time I read other's people's opinions on Twitter or discuss why I have a player where I do it forces me to re-think my initial instincts, and I'm sure as we get closer to March I'll have acquired all kinds of new beliefs and habits that are take me farther from where I started.

These rankings were generated solely from clicking on the links in the RotoWire Depth Charts, team by team, and estimating (and adjusting) where each player should fall on the spread sheet. I looked at their player pages and read their 2018 Outlooks, latest news, statistical profiles, histories, health status, roles and team contexts. There was nothing scientific or especially rigorous about it except that I tried to be as comprehensive as possible and take almost nothing for granted.

Here are the results:

C1B2B3BSSOFSPRP
SanchezGoldyAltuveArenadoTurnerTroutKershawJansen
PoseyFreemanRamirezBryantCorreaStantonScherzerKimbrel
ContrerasVottoDozierMachadoSeagerHarperSaleChapman
RealmutoRizzoGordonDonaldsonLindorBettsKluberAllen
PerezAbreuSchoopRamirezBregmanBlackmonSynderg.Osuna
MolinaEncarn.CanoBregmanSeguraJudgeMadBumKnebel
GattisBellingerBaezRendonStoryBellingerStrasburgRivero
CastilloMyersMurphyTurnerBaezYelichdeGromIglesias
RamosCabreraMerrifieldShawBogaertsMartinezCarrascoDiaz
ZuninoHosmerHappLambAndrusSpringerSeverinoVizcaino
IannettaPoseyTaylorSeagerBeckhamBuxtonVerlanderHand
McCannZimmerm.LeMahieuBeltreSimmonsUptonNolaGiles
GrandalDesmondOdorSanoArciaOzunaGreinkeDoolittle
D'ArnaudHoskinsAlbiesGalloGregoriusMarteQuintanaW. Davis
A. BarnesOlsonMoncadaDeversM.GonzPollockArcherTreinen
LucroyBirdM.GonzMoustakasDeJongBenitendiPaxtonNeris
BarnhartThamesGennettLongoriaRussellHamiltonDarvishColome
HedgesCarpenterVillarCastellan.T.Anders.PuigOhtaniBradley
C.VazquezBourNunezNunezSemienCespedesRayMorrow
T. MurphySmoakCastroAndujarCozartPhamColeHerrera
R. MartinGalloKinslerHealyPerazaCainKeuchelParker
ChirinosC. DavisKipnisSuarezJ.PolancoAcunaC.MartinezMelancon
FlowersSantanaKingeryFrancoA.CabreraEatonCastilloGreene
SuzukiJ.Mart.C.Hernan.Spangen.ReyesInciarteArrietaBrach
J.McCannHealyHarrisonHarrisonTulowitzkiK. DavisWalkerRodney
AlfaroGurrielMondesiChapmanK. MarteDesmondHillA. Miller
VogtAlonsoPerazaGyorkoOwingsHoskinsS. GrayFamilia
CastroM.GonzA.Cab.CrawfordSwansonBraunTanakaSoria
GomesMcMahonReyesFloresA.RosarioHappMcCullersHolland
WietersMorrisonOwingsA.CabreraCrawfordG.PolancoWoodMadson
SiscoBeltWongReyesSolarteA. JonesHendricksClaudio
HerrmanJ. BellSolarteH. PerezBarretoTaylorPriceReed
JosephA.GonzDruryTorresGalvisPeraltaWachaPeacock
MaldonadoManciniPanikFrazierJ.MateoMcCutchenWeaverDevenski
CaratiniBauersD. TravisSenzelRodgersA. GarciaLesterBetances
StassiMorelandB.MillerCandelarioMercerMazaraBauerGregerson
MejiaFloresBarnesKangPinderDeShieldsSalazarRobertson
CervelliAdamsForsytheD. WrightMachadoGardnerLametSteckenr.
B.NicholasMauerLowrieDuffyDifoHicksBerriosBarracl.
LeonCronZobristArroyoValaikaDahlGausmanBoxberger
MathisDudaWendleSolarteTorreyesMargotG.GonzalezN. Jones
MaxwellD. SmithPedroiaValbuenaIglesiasM.GonzHappPetit
SwihartHeadleyCecchiniE. EscobarHechev.Castellan.ManaeaStrop
MurphyValbuenaMachadoHeadleyCamargoD.SantanaC.AndersonHader
MesoracoAguilarDifoFreeseRiddleKiermaierM.FulmerRamos
AvilaVoltY.SanchezY.SanchezAhmedSouzaStromanLyons
PinaVargasTorreyesDietrichRojasKeplerRichardsLeone
GarverT. JosephMoroffPradoReddickSamardz.Nicasio
NarvaezA.J. ReedFrazierY. DiazDHRosarioGodleyT. Hunter
RuppT. AustinSaladinoSchimpfCruzBradleyCuetoNeshek
HundleyHicksDescalsoSandovalH.RamirezHanigerMortonKahnle
R. PerezNapoliSogardB.AndersonMoralesSchwarberJ. GrayKela
SucreT. WhiteEavesCuthbertV-MartBruceTaillonKittredge
RomineHearnAsuajeDavidsonPujolsNunezSnellZiegler
NorrisM. FordSaladinoOhtaniZimmerMikolasDiekman
SeverinoVogelbachA. RileyMossRoblesA. SanchezA. Reyes
FarmerRuizHerreraHernandezBedrosian
C. KellyCamargoM. TaylorCorbinBarnes
ChavisTomasHoneywellYates
H. DozierDuvalMaedaHildenb
R. JonesFowlerOdorizziCasilla
Vlad Jr.ScheblerCobbOh
PiscottyPomeranzKintzler
BrantleyRyuDyson
ParraBundyEdwards
AltherrDuffyCishek
PillarPorcelloJ.Johnson
GrichukHamelsBaez
SolerFariaO'Day
Du. FowlerClevingerMinaya
W.CalhounRodonHirano
WinkerE-RodPhelps
ManciniSabathiaJ.Jimenez
ChooRoarkJ. Smith
TrumboLeakeBritton
K.CalhounKopechAlbers
DickersonGiolitoStrickland
F.CorderoTeheranThornburg
N.WilliamsHeaneyOlson
BrinsonSantanaJ. Ramirez
GrandyChatwoodSherfy
ConfortoSkaggsTepera
KendrickShoemak.Alvarado
A. FrazierR. LopezAndriese
HaysM.Montg.S.Freeman
PirelaGoharaC. Smith
KempJ.Montg.Kontos
C. GomezStrailyBuchter
MartinWoodruffPeralta
T Hernan.Marc.GonzK-Rod
OwingsLynnW.Harris
MahtookMusgroveFeliz
C.GonzNovaHudson
MarisnickEstradaMaurer
BonifacioMinorCapps
DelmonicoVelasquez
A.JaxMcHugh
TilsonMarquez
BroxtonNewcomb
ProfarDickey
EllsburyEickhoff
L. GarciaGlasnow
M. SmithStratton
HeywardE. Ramirez
D. FisherFlaherty
AlmoraB. Mitchell
ChisenhallStrahm
H. PerezErlin
ZobristJunis
SpanLackey
PedersonFister
PenceHarvey
A. TolesWheeler
M. SierraM. Keller
MarkakisWhitley
LuplowA. Hansen
RenfroeChen
JoyceDavies
MaybinStephenson
VerdugoS. Wright
PearceGsellman
CanhaKuhl
CarreraTomlin
DuggarCahill
J. DysonLugo
R. DavisT.Williams
A. GordonJ. Cotton
GamelMengden
V. ReyesFolty
QuinnM. Bush
C. FrazierFedde
HollidayC. Green
B. PhillipsUrena
A.AlfordKennedy
NaquinKazmir
JonesMatz
BurnsAlcantara
B. LeeDeSclafani
TapiaA.J. Cole
JayVargas
WerthY. Chirinos
OrlandoJ. Nelson
MeadowsT. Ross
JankowskiS. Miller
EngelM. Baez
T. KempBorucki
K. TuckerM. Moore
GraniteBuehler
PinderF. Perez
Hazelb.McKenzie
BaderWainwright
BritoA. Abreu
J. JonesDuplantier
E. YoungMcCarthy
DescalsoAlzolay
RickardC. Fulmer
K. Wright
Burrows
Faedo