2012 Keeper Rankings

This list was compiled by (unscientifically) weighing each player’s expected production over the next several seasons with their 2012 production weighted most (about 50% if we had to put a number on it).

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Rank	Player	Previous Rank	Age (Opening Day)	Position(s)
1	Matt Kemp	4	27	OF
2	Troy Tulowitzki	2	27	SS
3	Albert Pujols	3	32	1B
4	Jose Bautista	1	31	3B/OF
5	Adrian Gonzalez	5	29	1B
6	Miguel Cabrera	10	28	1B
7	Evan Longoria	12	26	3B
8	Justin Upton	8	24	OF
9	Joey Votto	9	28	1B
10	Hanley Ramirez	6	28	SS
11	Robinson Cano	11	29	2B
12	Justin Verlander	13	29	SP
13	Jacoby Ellsbury	19	28	OF
14	Ryan Braun	7	28	OF
15	Prince Fielder	14	27	1B
16	Carlos Gonzalez	15	26	OF
17	Clayton Kershaw	16	24	SP
18	Roy Halladay	17	34	SP
19	Curtis Granderson	18	31	OF
20	Dustin Pedroia	21	28	2B
21	Jose Reyes	20	28	SS
22	David Wright	22	29	3B
23	Felix Hernandez	23	25	SP
24	Jered Weaver	24	29	SP
25	Cliff Lee	25	33	SP
26	Andrew McCutchen	26	25	OF
27	Mike Stanton	29	22	OF
28	Jay Bruce	28	24	OF
29	Cole Hamels	30	28	SP
30	C.C. Sabathia	31	31	SP
31	Tim Lincecum	32	27	SP
32	Carl Crawford	27	30	OF
33	Ian Kinsler	33	29	2B
34	Ryan Zimmerman	34	27	3B
35	Matt Holliday	35	32	OF
36	Stephen Strasburg	36	23	SP
37	Zack Greinke	37	28	SP
38	Dan Haren	38	31	SP
39	Josh Hamilton	39	30	OF
40	Eric Hosmer	41	22	1B
41	Mark Teixeira	40	31	1B
42	Desmond Jennings	49	25	OF
43	Alex Rodriguez	42	36	3B
44	Jon Lester	43	28	SP
45	Matt Cain	44	27	SP
46	David Price	45	26	SP
47	Buster Posey	46	25	C/1B
48	Dan Uggla	47	32	2B
49	Joe Mauer	48	28	C
50	Rickie Weeks	50	29	2B
51	Asdrubal Cabrera	51	26	SS
52	Shin-Soo Choo	52	29	OF
53	Victor Martinez	53	33	C
54	Madison Bumgarner	54	22	SP
55	Mat Latos	55	24	SP
56	Ben Zobrist	56	30	1B/2B/OF
57	Ricky Romero	57	27	SP
58	Brett Lawrie	59	22	3B
59	Michael Young	58	35	1B/2B/3B
60	Tommy Hanson	60	25	SP
61	Paul Konerko	61	36	1B
62	Elvis Andrus	62	23	SS
63	Hunter Pence	63	29	OF
64	Ryan Howard	64	32	1B
65	Mike Napoli	65	30	C/1B
66	Josh Johnson	66	28	SP
67	Jason Heyward	67	22	OF
68	Drew Stubbs	68	27	OF
69	Craig Kimbrel	69	23	CL
70	Adrian Beltre	92	32	3B
71	Brian McCann	70	28	C
72	Michael Bourn	71	29	OF
73	Alex Gordon	72	28	OF
74	Chris Young	73	28	OF
75	Nelson Cruz	87	31	OF
76	Adam Jones	74	26	OF
77	Aramis Ramirez	75	33	3B
78	Kevin Youkilis	76	33	1B/3B
79	Starlin Castro	77	22	SS
80	James Shields	78	30	SP
81	Colby Rasmus	79	25	OF
82	Shane Victorino	80	31	OF
83	Michael Pineda	82	23	SP
84	Stephen Drew	83	29	SS
85	Ervin Santana	84	29	SP
86	Jimmy Rollins	85	33	SS
87	Howie Kendrick	86	28	1B/2B/OF
88	Carlos Santana	88	26	C/1B
89	Mike Trout	-	20	OF
90	Daniel Hudson	89	25	SP
91	Michael Morse	90	30	1B/OF
92	Jeremy Hellickson	91	24	SP
93	Brandon Phillips	93	30	2B
94	Ichiro Suzuki	94	38	OF
95	Brett Gardner	95	28	OF
96	B.J. Upton	96	27	OF
97	Ian Kennedy	97	27	SP
98	Angel Pagan	98	30	OF
99	Freddie Freeman	99	22	1B
100	Josh Beckett	100	31	SP

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xBA (Expected Batting Average)
A measure of what a player's batting average should have been. Similar to FIP, xFIP, tERA or SIERA for pitchers.

xBABIP (Expected BABIP)
A measure of what a player's BABIP should have been. Was Player X's .325 BABIP high or low? xBABIP answers this.

PSR (Position Scarcity Rating)
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