In the new issue of the Sporting News, the magazine has ranked the Dodgers
outfield as number 11
out of 16 in the National League. Listed are Luis Gonzalez in left field, Juan
Pierre in center
field and Andre Ethier in right field. The reserves are Marlon Anderson and
Jason Repko. What
the article says is that this group won't generate much power and that Gonzalez
is viewed as the
bridge to youngster Matt Kemp and that Ethier must be more consistent. Here's
the list for each
league and the top five outfielders in each league too. I will assume the
rankings have to do
with offense as well as defense.

The American League
1. New York Yankees - Hideki Matsui, Johnny Damon, Bobby Abreu
2. Detroit Tigers - Craig Monroe, Curtis Granderson, Magglio Ordonez
3. Los Angeles Angels - Garret Anderson, Gary Matthews, Jr., Vladimir Guerrero
4. Boston Red Sox - Manny Ramirez, Coco Crisp, JD Drew
5. Toronto Blue Jays - Reed Johnson, Vernon Wells, Alex Rios
6. Tampa Bay Devil Rays - Carl Crawford, Rocco Baldelli, Delmon Young
7. Minnesota Twins - Rondell White, Torii Hunter, Michael Cuddyer
8. Oakland Athletics - Nick Swisher, Mark Kotsay, Milton Bradley
9. Seattle Mariners - Raul Ibanez, Ichiro Suzuki, Jose Guillen
10. Chicago White Sox - Scott Podsednik, Brian Anderson, Jermaine Dye
11. Cleveland Indians - David Dellucci, Grady Sizemore, Trot Nixon
12. Baltimore Orioles - Aubrey Huff, Corey Patterson, Nick Markakis
13. Kansas City Royals - Emil Brown, David DeJesus, Reggie Sanders
14. Texas Rangers - Brad Wilkerson, Kenny Lofton, Nelson Cruz

The National League

1. Atlanta Braves - Ryan Langerhans, Andruw Jones, Jeff Francoeur
2. New York Mets - Moises Alou, Carlos Beltran, Shawn Green
3. Colorado Rockies - Matt Holliday, Willy Tavaras, Brad Hawpe
4. St. Louis Cardinals - Chris Duncan, Jim Edmonds, Juan Encarnacion
5. Philadelphia Phillies - Pat Burrell, Aaron Rowand, Shane Victorino
6. Cincinnati Reds - Adam Dunn, Kenn Griffey, Jr., Ryan Freel
7. Chicago Cubs - Cliff Floyd, Alfonso Soriano, Jacque Jones
8. Pittsburgh Pirates - Jason Bay, Chris Duffy, Xavier Nady
9. Houston Astros - Carlos Lee, Chris Burke, Luke Scott
10. Milwaukee Brewers - Geoff Jenkins, Bill Hall, Corey Hart
11. Los Angeles Dodgers - Luis Gonzalez, Juan Pierre, Andre Ethier
12. San Francisco Giants - Barry Bonds, Dave Roberts, Randy Winn
13. San Diego Padres - Termel Sledge, Mike Cameron, Brian Giles
14. Arizona Diamondbacks - Eric Byrnes, Chris Young, Carlos Quentin
15. Florida Marlina - Josh Willingham, Alex Sanchez, Jeremy Hermida
16. Washington Nationals - Kory Casto, Nook Logan, Austin Kearns

Top 5 Outfielders in the AL

1. Grady Sizemore - Cleveland Indians
2. Vernon Wells - Toronto Blue Jays
3. Carl Crawford - Tampa Bay Devil Rays
4. Vladimir Guerrero - Los Angeles Angels
5. Ichiro Suzuki - Seattle Mariners

Top 5 Outfielder in the NL

1. Carlos Beltran - New York Mets
2. Andruw Jones - Atlanta Braves
3. Jason Bay - Pittsburgh Pirates
4. Alfonso Soriano - Chicago Cubs (I question this one and would put Edmonds
here, even at 36)
5. Carlos Lee - Houston Astros (I question this one too, I mean if it's about
offense then I have
to wonder why not Manny Ramirez for the Red Sox too?)

What does everyone else think about this and I guess Soriano is going to be
playing center field
for the Cubbies too!


Kristin




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