Yankees Daily

FP = Fantasy Points The numbers are total fantasy points for the year thus far and not per game.

Catchers(Jorge Posada is 12th with 150)
1. Victor Martinez 276 FP
2. Joe Mauer 253
3. Kurt Suzuki 205

First Base(Mark Texeira is 4rth with 297)
1. Albert Pujols 436
2. Prince Fielder 337
3. Justin Morneau 316

Second Base(Robinson Cano is 4rth with 277)
1. Chase Utley 322
2. Ian Kinsler 317
3. Dustin Pedroia 291

Third Base(Alex Rodriguez is 14th with 211)
1. Ryan Braun 285
2. Chone Figgins 276
3. Miguel Cabrera 255

Short Stop
1. Hanley Ramirez 291
2. Derek Jeter 281
3. Ben Zobrist 261

Outfield(Johnny Damon is 9th with 267)(Nick Swisher – 40th and Hideki Matsui - 48th)
1. Carl Crawford 307
2. Shane Victorino 295
3. Torii Hunter 291

Starting Pitcher(C.C. Sabathia is 18th at 337)
1. Tim Lincecum 479
2. Dan Haren 469
3. Zack Greinke 458

Relief Pitcher(Mariano Rivera is 5th with 336)
1. Jonathan Broxton 383
2. Heath Bell 355
3. Joe Nathan 340

You’d think with such a high payroll, the Yankees would have more than just one player in the top three of any position. After all, they spend money like they’re buying a fantasy team every year. A-Rod has been out but he’s climbing the fantasy ladder very fast and could possibly gain the top third baseman spot by the time the year is over.

The scoring is according to sandbox.com in which I play fantasy sports.

Yankees

I’m keep asking myself this question. If I’m a fan, why should I keep watching? Especially on a Sunday when the Giants are playing. Wow. Talk about being dead in Yankee land when the Super Bowl Giants were playing their first game of the season. They played at the same time as the Yankees. First, if you’re a real fan, you watch because the Yankees are your favorite team. You watch because you get to see young players from our farm play in more games than usual since the Yankees are on life support. Most fans like to see farm hands get an opportunity to play. Well, what if I’m a bandwagon fan, Sean? If you’re a bandwagon fan, you’re a loser. It’s that simple.

You should watch the Yankees because you want to see Derek Jeter pass Babe Ruth who’s second on the all time Yankee hit record. You should also watch because you want to see Derek Jeter break the all time hit record at Yankee stadium. I actually forgot who holds the record. I think it’s Lou Gehrig. You also have Mike Mussina going for 20 wins and he’s going to be real close. It’s not like the Yankees will have to rest him for the playoffs.

Let’s say the Yankees are out of the playoffs by the time they play the Red Sox the last 3 games of the season. You’re telling me that you’re not going to watch it? Come on, it’s the Red Sox! Unless it’s a preseason game, all Yankee-Red Sox games are must see tv.

I’d really like to thank the lord or karma for not letting me be friends with any Met fans. I was friends with one around the year 2000 and he was really annoying. All he did was put the Mets in my face especially in the world series. It’s pretty stressful being good friends with some one when they are big time fans of another team that rivals your team. I moved so I haven’t seen him since.

Back on point. Here’s the best reason to watch the Yankees the rest of this year. The Red Sox. They have a history of choking and you just never know with them.

I’m a big fan of fantasy baseball and anyone that plays knows that Alex Rodriguez is the consensus number 1 pick in every draft. Derek Jeter is also a great pick in fantasy baseball because there aren’t many great short stops and Jeter scores 100 runs and bats over .300 every year. Some questions about Yankee players in fantasy baseball is where does Cano stand? Will he improve and move into Chase Utley category? Will Posada start the downside of his career? What about unproven players like Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain and Ian Kennedy? Will they have any value? I listed an article about the Yankees and a list of fantasy sites to play fantasy baseball.

• Those Fantasy Guys: Baseball preview — New York Yankees – Dean Jones Jr. – Baltimore Sun
• MLB Official
• Yahoo Fantasy Baseball
• Fantasy Baseball Cafe
• ESPN Fantasy Baseball
• Cbs.Sportsline
• Fox Sports
• Sandbox
• Free Baseball Mock Drafts LIVE – Couch Managers
  

I’m not sure if I’d take Mariano as the second Yankee in my fantasy draft because of his age and being more prone to injuries. I’d take Jeter and Cano before him since the infield is a scarce position in fantasy especially second base.

• A-Rod leads Yanks’ fantasy flock – Yankees Official
• Seven young pitchers who could be injury risks in ’08 – Tom Verducci – Sports Illustrated

ProSportsFantsy.com has Robinson Cano ranked 5th on their Fantasy Second Basemen Profiles

• 2008 Second Basemen Profiles – John Gizzi, Joe Badalucco and Corey Becker – Sports Buff Fantasy Network