Pvr Player Value Ranking - 03.25.02

	March 25, 2002 Pvr Player Value Ranking

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POSITION PLAYERS
RANK	PLAYER	PVR
CATCHERS
1.	Ivan Rodriguez	14
2.	Mike Piazza	18
3.	Paul Lo Duca	37
4.	Jorge Posada	74
5.	Javy Lopez	85
6.	Toby Hall	107
7.	Mike Lieberthal	162
8.	Ramon Hernandez	164
9.	Jason Kendall	166
10.	Charles Johnson	175
11.	Jason Varitek	180
12.	Damian Miller	190
13.	Ben Petrick	193
14.	Todd Hundley	208
15.	Benito Santiago	210
16.	Wiki Gonzalez	215
17.	Einar Diaz	220
18.	Ben Davis	225
19.	Jason LaRue	226
20.	A.J. Pierzynski	229
21.	Bengie Molina	231
22.	Mitch Meluskey	235
23.	Mike Rivera	238
24.	Darrin Fletcher	239
25.	Raul Casanova	24l
26.	Mike Matheny	264
27.	Brad Ausmus	266
28.	Eli Marrero	270
29.	Dan Wilson	271
30.	Brent Mayne	277
FIRST BASEMEN
1.	Todd Helton	4
2.	Jason Giambi	6
3.	Jeff Bagwell	19
4.	Richie Sexson	20
5.	Jim Thome	23
6.	Mike Sweeney	24
7.	Phil Nevin	27
8.	Carlos Delgado	29
9.	Rafael Palmeiro	35
10.	Mo Vaughn	42
11.	Fred McGriff	54
12.	Tino Martinez	67
13.	Paul Konerko	77
14.	Dmitri Young	83
15.	John Olerud	84
16.	Carlos Pe�a	90
17.	Sean Casey	99
18.	Derrek Lee	132
19.	Mark Grace	137
20.	Travis Lee	139
21.	Tony Clark	140
22.	Doug Mientkiewicz	151
23.	Steve Cox	159
24.	Eric Karros	173
25.	Lee Stevens	176
26.	Scott Spiezio	183
27.	David Segui	186
28.	Kevin Young	191
29.	J.T. Snow	198
30.	Andres Galarraga	219
SECOND BASEMEN
1.	Bret Boone	31
2.	Roberto Alomar	36
3.	Jose Ortiz	58
4.	Alfonso Soriano	65
5.	Ray Durham	68
6.	Craig Biggio	76
7.	Jeff Kent	78
8.	Eric Young	86
9.	Jose Vidro	102
10.	Delino DeShields	111
11.	Luis Rivas	115
12.	Luis Castillo	126
13.	Marlon Anderson	146
14.	Fernando Vi�a	160
15.	Carlos Febles	174
16.	Jerry Hairston Jr.	177
17.	Mike Young	188
18.	Pokey Reese	202
19.	Ricky Gutierrez	204
20.	Damion Easley	206
21.	Todd Walker	216
22.	Mark Grudzielanek	217
23.	Homer Bush	232
24.	Adam Kennedy	242
25.	Frank Menechino	243
26.	Brent Abernathy	250
27.	Craig Counsell	255
28.	D'Angelo Jimenez	258
29.	Marcus Giles	265
30.	Terry Shumpert	275
SHORTSTOPS
1.	Alex Rodriguez	1
2.	Nomar Garciaparra	32
3.	Rich Aurilia	45
4.	Jimmy Rollins	55
5.	Rafael Furcal	57
6.	Derek Jeter	62
7.	Miguel Tejada	69
8.	Cristian Guzman	73
9.	Tony Womack	98
10.	Jose Hernandez	103
11.	Juan Uribe	110
12.	Orlando Cabrera	116
13.	David Eckstein	119
14.	Barry Larkin	123
15.	Alex Gonzalez (Cubs)	127
16.	Felipe Lopez	153
17.	Edgar Renteria	156
18.	OmarVizquel	157
19.	Ramon Vazquez	194
20.	Mike Bordick	205
21.	Alex Gonzalez ( Marlins)	234
22.	Carlos Guillen	240
23.	MarkLoretta	244
24.	Shane Halter	247
25.	Royce Clayton	249
26.	Denny Hocking	252
27.	Julio Lugo	257
28.	Chris Gomez	263
29.	Benji Gil	268
30.	Melvin Mora	273
THIRD BASEMEN
1.	Albert Pujols	12
2.	Troy Glaus	22
3.	Scott Rolen	28
4.	Eric Chavez	38
5.	Corey Koskie	46
6.	Aramis Ramirez	50
7.	EdgardoAlfonzo	80
8.	Dean Palmer	94
9.	Mike Lowell	109
10.	Vinny Castilla	117
11.	Sean Burroughs	120
12.	Jose Valentin	121
13.	Todd Zeile	135
14.	Joe Randa	143
15.	Travis Fryman	144
16.	Hank Blalock	148
17.	Jeff Cirillo	149
18.	Aaron Boone	152
19.	Morgan Ensberg	154
20.	Adrian Beltre	161
21.	Tony Batista	163
22.	Robin Ventura	172
23.	Tyler Houston	178
24.	David Bell	185
25.	Eric Hinske	192
26.	Fernando Tatis	200
27.	Shea Hillenbrand	230
28.	Jay Bell	233
29.	Greg Norton	245
30.	Jared Sandberg.	253
OUTFIELDERS
1.	Barry Bonds	2
2.	Sammy Sosa	3
3.	Luis Gonzalez	5
4.	Larry Walker	7
5.	Shawn Green	8
6.	Vladimir Guerrero	9
7.	Bobby Abreu	10
8.	Ichiro Suzuki	11
9.	Lance Berkman	13
10.	Manny Ramirez	15
11.	Juan Gonzalez	16
12.	Gary Sheffield	17
13.	Chipper Jones	21
14.	Ken Griffey Jr.	26
15.	Magglio Ordo�ez	30
16.	Carlos Reltran	33
17.	Cliff Floyd	34
18.	J.D. Drew	39
19.	Adam Dunn	40
20.	Ryan Klesko	41
21.	Brian Giles	44
22.	Jose Cruz Jr.	47
23.	Moises Alou	48
24.	Andruw Jones	49
25.	Mike Cameron	51
26.	Jim Edmonds	52
27.	Garret Anderson	53
28.	Jermaine Dye	56
29.	Preston Wilson	59
30.	Bernie Williams	60
31.	Raul Mondesi	61
32.	Roger Cede�o	63
33.	Richard Hidalgo	64
34.	Darin Erstad	66
35.	Carl Everett	70
36.	Reggie Sanders.	71
37.	Juan Pierre	72
38.	Shannon Stewart	79
39.	Pat Burrell	81
40.	Johnny Damon	82
41.	Frank Catalanotto	87
42.	Bobby Higginson	88
43.	Daryle Ward	89
44.	Todd Hollandsworth	91
45.	Trot Nixon	92
46.	Brian Jordan	93
47.	Jeromy Burnit	95
48.	Tim Salmon	96
49.	Jeff Conine	97
50.	Matt Lawton	100
51.	Torii Hunter	101
52.	Kevin Millar	104
53.	Carlos Lee	105
54.	Chuck Knoblauch	106
55.	Geoff Jenkins	108
56.	Austin Kearn	112
57.	Steve Finley	113
58.	Shane Spencer	122
59.	MarkQuinn	125
60.	Kenny Lofton	128
61.	Rondell White	129
62.	Terrence Long	130
63.	Ray Lankford	131
64.	Jeffrey Hammonds	133
65.	Mark Kotsay	134
66.	David Justice	136
67.	Mark McLemore	138
68.	Marty Cordova	141
69.	Ben Grieve	142
70.	AlexOchoa	145
71.	Robert Fick	147
72.	Chris Richard	150
73.	BubbaTrammell	155
74.	Jacque Jone	158
75.	Gabe Kapler	167
76.	Tsuyoshi Shinjo	171
77.	Ruben Sierra	179
78.	Danny Bautista	184
79.	Russell Branyan	189
80.	Jason Tyner	195
81.	Jay Payton	197
82.	Chris Singleton	199
83.	Corey Patterson	201
84.	Michael Tucker	203
85.	Milton Bradley	207
86.	Erubiel Durazo	209
87.	Armando Rios	211
88.	Jose Macias	212
89.	Peter Rergeron	213
90.	Doug Glanville	214
DESIGNATED HITTERS
1.	Frank Thomas	25
2.	Edgar Martinez	43
3.	Ellis Rurks	75
4.	Gerg Vaughn	114
5.	Vernon Wells	118
6.	Rrad Fullmer	124
7.	Rrian Daubach	165
8.	Raul Ibanez	168
9.	Jay Gibbons	169
10.	Rusty Greer	170
11.	David Ortiz	181
12.	Jeremy Giambi	182
13.	Craig Paquette	187
14.	Nick Johnson	196
STARTING PITCHERS
1.	Pedro Martinez	1
2.	Randy Johnson	2
3.	Curt Schilling	3
4.	Roger Clemens	4
5.	Mark Mulder	5
6.	Greg Maddux	6
7.	Kerry Wood	7
8.	Tim Hudson	8
9.	Freddy Garcia	10
10.	Mike Mussina	11
11.	Barry Zito	12
12.	Matt Morris	13
13.	Roy Oswalt	14
14.	Kevin Brown	15
15.	Javier Vazquez	16
16.	Jamie Mover	19
17.	Jon Lieber	20
18.	Wade Miller	21
19.	MarkBuehrle	23
20.	Darryl Kile	26
21.	Tom Glavine	27
22.	BradRadke	29
23.	Bartolo Colon	33
24.	Joe Mays	34
25.	C.C.Sabathia	35
26.	Russ Ortiz	37
27.	Al Leiter	38
28.	Brad Penny	40
29.	Randy Wolf	41
30.	Ryan Dempster	42
31.	Brandon Duckworth	45
32.	Andy Pettitte	46
33.	Eric Milton	47
34.	Roy Halladay	49
35.	Chan Ho Park	50
36.	Steve Sparks	51
37.	Woody Williams	52
38.	Aaron Sele	53
39.	Pedro Astacio	54
40.	John Burkett	55
41.	Kazuhisa Ishii	56
42.	Kevin Appier	59
43.	A.J.Burnett	60
44.	Hideo Nomo	61
45.	Cory Lidle	62
46.	Josh Beckett	63
47.	Jarrod Washburn	64
48.	Chuck Finley	65
49.	Todd Ritchie	66
50.	Paul Abbott	69
51.	Juan Cruz	70
52.	Robert Person	71
53.	Carlos Hernandez	72
54.	Rick Reed	73
55.	Jeff Weaver	76
56.	Tony Armas Jr.	77
57.	Terry Adams	79
58.	Chris Carpenter	82
59.	Jason Johnson	83
60.	Joel Pi�eiro	84
61.	AndyAshby	85
62.	David Wells	86
63.	Ben Sheets	87
64.	Kevin Millwood	89
65.	Jason Schmidt	90
66.	Kenny Rogers	91
67.	Jason Bere	92
68.	Shane Reynolds	93
69.	Ramon Ortiz	94
70.	Derek Lowe	95
71.	Rick Helling	97
72.	Shawn Estes	99
73.	Erik Hiljus	101
74.	Josh Towers	102
75.	Bud Smith	103
76.	DanysBaez	104
77.	Jason Marquis	106
78.	Jose Lima	108
79.	Jeff Suppan	112
80.	Mike Hampton	114
81.	Orlando Hernandez	115
82.	Odalis Perez	116
83.	Garrett Stephenson	117
84.	Jon Garland	118
85.	Tanyon Sturtze	120
86.	Denny Neagle	121
87.	Frank Castillo	129
88.	Sidney Ponson	130
89.	Jim Parque	132
90.	Albie Lopez	133
91.	ToddStottlemyre	134
92.	Nate Cornejo	136
93.	Kevin Jarvis	137
94.	Glendon Rusch	138
95.	Vicente Padilla	140
96.	James Raldwin	141
97.	Jamey Wright	142
98.	Oustin Hermanson	144
99.	Tim Redding	145
100.	Sean Lowe	146
RELIEF PITCHERS
1.	Mariano Rivera	9
2.	Armando Renitez	17
3.	Kazuhiro Sasaki	18
4.	Trevor Hoffman	22
5.	John Smoltz	24
6.	Troy Percival.	25
7.	Keith Foulke	28
8.	RobbNen	30
9.	Billy Wagner	31
10.	Matt Anderson	32
11.	Billy Koch	36
12.	Jose Mesa	39
13.	Bob Wickman	43
14.	Antonio Alfonseca	44
15.	Jeff Zimmerman	48
16.	Kelvim Escobar	57
17.	Danny Graves	58
18.	Jason lsringhausen	67
19.	Byung-Hyun Kim	68
20.	Jose Jimenez	74
21.	Ugueth Urbina	75
22.	Roberto Hernandez	78
23.	Chad Fox	80
24.	Eddie Guardado	81
25	Felix Rodriguez	88
26.	Esteban Yan	96
27.	Arthur Rhodes	98
28.	Scott Strickland	100
29.	Jeff Fassero	105
30.	Willis Roberts	107
31.	Dctavio Dotel	109
32.	Kyle Famsworth	110
33.	Buddy Groom	111
34.	John Rocker	113
35.	Al Levine	119
36.	Rich Garces	122
37.	Jeff Nelson	123
38.	Mike Stanton	124
39.	Matt Herges	125
40.	Danny Patterson	126
41.	PaulShuey	127
42.	Braden Looper	128
43.	Steve Karsay	131
44.	Paul Quantrill	135
45.	Mike Williams	139
46.	Mike Jackson	143
47.	Jim Mecir	149
48.	Shigetoshi Hasegawa	152
49.	John Franco	153
50.	Bret Prinz	161

We ranked the position players in the major leagues from 1 (the best) to 400 and the pitchers from 1 to 350 based on our projections of their statistical production this season. The categories considered for position players were batting average, home runs, RBIs and stolen bases; for pitchers the categories were wins, saves, earned run average and WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched). We also took into account each player's career stats as well as his role on his team, his prospects for improving or declining, his injury history and his physical condition. Using these criteria we determined each player's PVR, which appears next to his name in his team's lineup in our scouting reports. Below, the top players are ranked by position, with the overall PVR for each.

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	ARTICLES	GALLERIES	COVERS
Alex Gonzalez	16	0	0
Jason Marquis	4	0	0
John Franco	11	0	0
Bret Prinz	1	0	0
Alex Rodriguez	227	0	10