2008 Fantasy Baseball Player Rankings - 2B

Here's the 2008 fantasy baseball ranking for 2nd basemen:

Rank	Player
1	Chase Utley
2	Brian Roberts
3	Dan Uggla
4	Brandon Phillips
5	B J Upton
6	Robinson Cano
7	Chone Figgins
8	Ian Kinsler
9	Jeff Kent
10	Placido Polanco
11	Ty Wigginton
12	Mark Ellis
13	Aaron Hill
14	Freddy Sanchez
15	Kelly Johnson
16	Dustin Pedroia
17	Rickie Weeks
18	Kazuo Matsui
19	Ryan Theriot

Second base is arguably the weakest position in fantasy baseball this year. Chase Utley is very good and is definitely worthy of a first-round selection, but none of the other players, in my opinion, should be drafted in the first 3 rounds. In quite a few drafts, though, you'll see players such as Brandon Phillips and Brian Roberts go in possibly rounds 2 or 3. This is more indicative of the lack of depth in 2B than their true value. In fact, I do not advice drafting any 2B other than Utley in the first 4 rounds. You will get much better value going for a power hitter, a very good SP, or a premium RP.

A possible late-round steal is Placido Polanco. He is likely to hit 2nd in a powerful Detroit lineup, so he will rack up R, and he has always hit for a good average (.338 in 2005, .295 in 2006, and .341 in 2007). He won't give you any power numbers (only 9 HR and 67 RBI), but if you can land him in late rounds to fill one of your last roster spots, he can prove to be valuable contributor in R and AVG.