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February 27, 2013

Pre-Season Positional Rankings

Top 50 Fantasy Outfielders, Part One: 1-25

by Josh Shepardson and Paul Singman

The Baseball Prospectus fantasy team has been rolling out its positional rankings over the past couple of weeks, and will conclude the process next week. Each team member assigned to cover a position will create an initial top 15 (more for outfielders and starting pitchers) on his own. He will then send that list to the rest of the team for discussion, at which point we will debate the rankings, both in terms of each player's specific placement and the merits on which he was included in the top 15. This back-and-forth debate will yield the final list, which will be presented by the original author with notes on the pertinent players. We encourage you to bring your opinions into the fray using the comment section below.

Today, we continue the rankings with a look at our top 25 outfielders. Comments on the outfielders ranked 26-50 will follow on Friday.

Let's jump right in with the list:

1. Ryan Braun, MIL
2. Mike Trout, LAA
3. Andrew McCutchen, PIT
4. Carlos Gonzalez, COL
5. Matt Kemp, LAD
6. Giancarlo Stanton, MIA
7. Justin Upton, ATL
8. Jose Bautista, TOR
9. Bryce Harper, WSH
10. Adam Jones, BAL
11. Jason Heyward, ATL

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