3b 2008

Third base is hula-hoop through a Cheerio thin. You better get these top guys while you can unless you want to take a risk on a 2nd year guy that could explode in 2008. Here's my take:

1. A-Rod 4.39 (Yankees) What a suprise. There's no way he can top 2007 can he? 54 homers and 156? UN-Freakin-believable. Still #1 overall at a somewhat thin position. You can't go wrong with A-Rod.

2. David Wright 3.70 (Mets) Wright batted .325 and went 30/30. Can he improve on that? He batted .364 after the break.

3. Miguel Cabrera (Tigers) After being traded from the Marlins, this fatboy will bat somewhere from the 3-5 holes in the baddest lineup in baseball next to my Reds. If he can stay off the cheeseburgers and Budweiser, expect a moster RBI year again. He's going from a big park to a big park so.....so what. He's in my top 10 overall along w/ A-Rod and Wright.

4. Aramis Rameriz (Cubs) I don't know why I like this dude so much but he just doesn't strikeout much for a big bopper. He only had 101 RBI last year due to some injury issues but I like what's in front of him alot better this year with the speed of Pie and Soriano. In Wrigly, you know he's going to put plenty out on the Avenue.

5. Garret Atkins (Rockies) After sucking terribly in May, he proceeded to hit .335 the rest of the season and tear it up in the second half. He killed me in the weeks I had to play against him. He can't start off as bad as last year can he?

6. Chone Figgins (Angels) He only played 115 games last year. He batted .330 and scored 81 runs in those 115 games with an on-base of almost .400. He also had 41 steals and 58 RBI.

7. Ryan Braun (Brewers) Awesome rookie season. I'm not sure he can repeat that in '08. He might move to the outfield which scares me some more. I'm not sold on this guy even though he batted .324 with 34 homers as a rookie. Maybe I'm crazy.

8. Edwin Encarnarcion (Redlegs) Get ready for breakout time in 2008. Edwin hit .337 and 35 RBIs in August and September. Hopefully, he'll play everyday for Dusty Baker unlike previous years with different managers. The only negative with Edwin is that he'll probably hit 6th in that vicious lineup that will carry my Reds to the series against the Yanks in 2008.

9. Chipper Jones (Braves) You can't leave Chipper out of the top 10. He dominated last year staying mostly healthy batting .337/29/102. He doesn't have Andruw behind him this year to bat .220 and strikeout a million times. If he stays healthy, he might even improve on last year's totals.

10. Mike Lowell (Red Sox) The World Series MVP carried my team last year in consistency. He doesn't strikeout. He batted .321/21/120 while batting way too far down in the lineup. He'll be close to the same this year until being crushed by the Bronx Bombers in the ALCS.

Next 10

Ryan Zimmerman (Nats)

Kevin Kouzmanoff (Padres)

Alex Gordon (Royals)

Beltre (Ms)

Longoria (D-Rays)

Glaus (Cards)

Rolen (Blue Jays)

Blalock (Rangers)

Mora (Os)

Chavez (As)