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The Wheelhouse: Top 50, Vol. I

Derek VanRiper

Derek VanRiper

Derek is the Senior Baseball Editor for RotoWire.com, where he's been a two-time finalist for the FSWA's Baseball Writer of the Year award, and winner of the Best Football Article on the Web (2009) and Best Baseball Article on the Web (2010) awards. Derek also co-hosts RotoWire Fantasy Sports Today on SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio (XM 87, Sirius 210) from 11a-2p ET on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

The process of building a Top 350 is a laborious one, so consider this a progress update and a way of sharing thoughts at the top of the list where the debates are generally more intense.

A few things to keep in mind as you consume this list, and subsequent rankings from me:

* I care much less about position scarcity than most.
* One very good piece of information that I do not currently possess can significantly alter a ranking in either direction.
* Players are human. In some instances, that means they take PEDs. Others get a divorce and simply don't play as well around that. Those are hardly the limitations of the concept, but often times we expect things to repeat because they happened last season, and in other instances we simply forget that players are not stat-generating robots built for our entertainment and profit.

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