12449 The Fantasy baseball season is just around the corner, so here are some of my preseason rankings and player predictions, going by a 5x5 head to head league. Here are my top fifteen fantasy players. 1. Alex Rodriguez. This is simple an obvious choice considering his consistency 2. Albert Pujols. One of the most dominating players if he can stay healthy 3. Hanley Ramirez. He provides lots of power, steals, and a high average 4. Ryan Braun. If he can duplicate prior season, then he is the top fantasy outfielder 5. Tim Lincecum. I know this is a shocker for #5. but his pitching stats are unreal 6. Miguel Cabrera. Picked it up in the second half, when he was used to AL pitching 7. David Wright. Provides balanced and consistent stats for a head to head league. 8. Josh Hamilton. The “fantasy experts" are undervaluing him way to much 9. Mark Texieria. Elite Switch hitter, who has tons of protection in the Bronx 10. Grady Sizemore. Hurts in average, but has great amount of power and speed 11. Matt Holliday. Billy Beanie got a perfect fit for his ball club. Has lots of power 12. Jake Peavy. Gotta give the pitchers some love here. Provides k’ s and ERA. 13. J. Santana. The most consistently dominating pitcher in the last 5 years 14. K Rod. By setting the saves record he put himself in a league of his own 15. Lance Berkman. Proved last year that he still has some pop in his bat. Here are my league winners and award predictions. AL East. New York Yankees AL West. LA Angels AL Central. Detroit Tigers. Wild Card winner. Tampa Bay Rays And the ALCS winner will be……. The LA Angels. NL East. Phillies NL West. Arizona NL Central. Cubs Wildcard. Braves And the NLCS winner will be…….. The Atlanta Braves. The NL CY Young will go to Jake Peavy The AL Cy Young will go to CC Sabathia The NL MVP will be Ryan Braun The AL MVP will be Miguel Cabrera The NL Rookie of the year will be Cameron Maybin The AL Rookie of the year will be David Price More Predictions to follow true 2009-01-13T13:22:55Z 77256 1 2009-01-13T13:24:03Z