2007 NL-Only Rankings - Bottom Half

As with the AL-only rankings, use these to determine which players may be undervalued on draft day. Amongst my favorites are Jeff Baker, Nook Logan, Chris Duffy and Chris Snelling.



There is no way Willy Taveras is a worse 4x4 player than Jeff Conine. But note two things. Conine produced very nicely in his utility role last season between Baltimore and Philadelphia. With Rich Aurilia gone, I expect Conine to eat those 1B Abs and get OF ones along with regular pinch-hitting when not at 1B and OF. Second, Taveras' HR and RBI are so low that they are negatives in 4x4. If his AVG slips in Colorado - possible given lack of BBs and doubles and triples, he will be officially the Adam Dunn of SBs!

Rank	Player	Team	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
44	CONINE JEFF	CIN	0.268	10	66	3
45	TAVERAS WILLY	COL	0.278	1	30	33
46	GONZALEZ LUIS	ARZ	0.271	15	73	0
47	MENCH KEVIN	MLW	0.269	13	68	1
48	FLOYD CLIFF	NYM	0.244	11	44	6
49	SPIEZIO SCOTT	STL	0.272	13	52	1
50	GRIFFEY JR. KEN	CIN	0.252	27	72	0
51	BAKER JEFF	COL	0.368	5	21	2
52	SPILBORGHS RYAN	COL	0.287	4	21	5
53	FINLEY STEVE	SF	0.246	6	40	7
54	BAUTISTA JOSE	PIT	0.235	16	51	2
55	TAGUCHI SO	STL	0.266	2	31	11
56	WILSON CRAIG	ATL	0.251	17	49	1
57	ESCOBAR ALEX	WAS	0.356	4	18	2
58	SULLIVAN CORY	COL	0.267	2	30	10
59	AMEZAGA ALFREDO	FLA	0.260	3	19	20
60	GROSS GABE	MLW	0.274	9	38	1
61	KEMP MATT	LA	0.253	7	23	6
62	BRANYAN RUSSELL	SD	0.228	18	36	2
63	DUFFY CHRIS	PIT	0.255	2	18	26
64	MCLOUTH NATE	PIT	0.233	7	16	10
65	REPKO JASON	LA	0.254	3	16	10
66	LANE JASON	HOU	0.201	15	45	1
67	ROSS CODY	FLA	0.227	13	46	1
68	CLARK BRADY	MLW	0.263	4	29	3
69	HERMIDA JEREMY	FLA	0.251	5	28	4
70	LOGAN NOOK	WAS	0.300	1	8	2
71	ABERCROMBIE REGGI	FLA	0.212	5	24	6
72	QUENTIN CARLOS	ARZ	0.253	9	32	1
73	RODRIGUEZ JOHN	STL	0.301	2	19	0
74	CRUZ JR. JOSE	LA	0.233	5	17	5
75	HAIRSTON SCOTT	ARZ	0.400	0	2	0
76	JOHNSON BEN	SD	0.250	4	12	3
77	LANGERHANS RYAN	ATL	0.241	7	28	1
78	DENORFIA CHRIS	CIN	0.283	1	7	1
79	BORCHARD JOE	FLA	0.230	10	28	0
80	LINDEN TODD	SF	0.273	2	5	1
81	GWYNN JR. TONY	MLW	0.260	0	4	3
82	SNELLING CHRIS	WAS	0.250	3	8	2
83	MILLEDGE LASTINGS	NYM	0.241	4	22	1
84	THORMAN SCOTT	ATL	0.234	5	14	1
85	YOUNG CHRIS	ARZ	0.243	2	10	2
86	ELLISON JASON	SF	0.222	2	4	2
87	SLEDGE TERRMEL	SD	0.229	2	7	0
88	BOURN MICHAEL	PHI	0.125	0	0	1