2010 Y! Default Ranks: The Highs and Lows (Relative to MDC)

Yahoo's default rankings are pretty excited about a few players:
Ranked higher on Y! (ADP on Mock Draft Central / Y! default rank):

• Denard Span (MDC 127 / Y! 63)
• Julio Borbon (MDC 185/ Y! 113)
• Andrew McCutchen (MDC 90 / Y! 60)
• Michael Young (MDC 96 / Y! 64)
• Asdrubal Cabrera (MDC 151 / Y! 106)
• Chris Coghlan (MDC 225 / Y! 102)
• Adrian Beltre (MDC 196 / Y! 159)
• Wandy Rodriquez (MDC 115 / Y! 75)
• Scott Baker (MDC 154 / Y! 98)
• Stephen Strasburg (MDC 264 / Y! 200)
  

On the flip slide, there are a few players that Yahoo's default rankings seem to dislike and/or forget.

Ranked higher on MDC (ADP on Mock Draft Central / Y! default rank):

• Carlos Gonzalez (MDC 121 / Y! 128)
• Gordon Beckham (MDC 94 / Y! 136)
• Chris Davis (MDC 160 / Y! 301)
• Evereth Cabrera (MDC 228 / Y! 270)
• Juan Pierre (MDC 213 / Y! 280)
• Martin Prado (MDC 235 / Y! 294)
• Alcides Escobar (MDC 244 / Y! 335)
• Jake Fox (MDC 344 / Y! 1042)
• Trevor Hoffman (MDC 164 / Y! 255)
• Kerry Wood (MDC 222 / Y! 338)
• Matt Capps (MDC 212 / Y! 393)
• Brandon Morrow (MDC 363 / Y! 484)
• Brad Lidge (MDC 217 / Y! 487)
• Jon Lester (MDC 59 / Y! 78)
• Scott Kazmir (MDC 174 / Y! 222)
• David Price (MDC 171 / Y! 237)
• Max Scherzer (MDC 145 / Y! 263)
• Clay Buchholz (MDC 192 / Y! 290)
• Joba Chamberlain (MDC 197 / Y! 316)
• Francisco Liriano (MDC 220 / Y! 979)
• Chien-Ming Wang (MDC 420 / Y! 1049)

Feel free to post any other outliers that I missed in the comment section.

Links:

• Fangraphs makes some similar-but-different observations
• FJunk makes some similar-but-different observations
• Razzball makes some similar-but-different observations
  
• Stephen Strasburg in NYTimes: Nationals’ Strasburg Resumes Work of Living Up to Expectations

MLB: 2010 Projected Lead-Off Hitters

Runs have, apparently, the highest correlation with fantasy baseball hitting success. So, if you believe that players who bat early in the line up get more at bats, and if you believe that more at bats leads to increased run production, then you might be interested to know who is going to be the leadoff hitter for each major league baseball team. I do not have this information, but what I do have is a list of 2010 lead-off hitter guesses / projections (I sometimes added Mock Draft Central ADP, the draft position in a recent Y! mock draft, and ESPN's projected Runs, Steals, and Batting Average):

Cubs: Ryan Theriot (81r, 21sb, .285avg)
Reds: Drew Stubbs (69r)
Hou: Michael Bourn (79r)
Brewers: Rickie Weeks (86r)
Pirates: Andrew McCutchen (100r)
STL: Skip Schumaker (78r)
ATL: Nate McLouth (95r)
Florida: Chris Coghlan (19th MDC, 10th Y!; 96r, 16sb, .292)
NYM: Jose Reyes (93r)
PHI: Jimmy Rollins (101r)
Nats: Nyjer Morgan (78r)
ARZ: Stephen Drew (10th MDC, 15th Y!; 87r, 8sb, .289)
COL: Carlos Gonzalez (81r, 11sb, .283)
LAD: Rafael Furcal (92r)
SDP: Everth Cabrera (20th MDC; 72r, 33sb, .263avg)
SFG: Aaron Rowand (64r)
BAL: Brian Roberts (101r)
BOS: Jacoby Ellsbury (92r)
NYY: Derek Jeter (103r)
Rays: Jason Bartlett (72r)
TOR: Jose Bautista (45r)
White Sox: Juan Pierre (62r)
Cleve: Grady Sizemore (97r)
DET: Austin Jackson (52r)
KC: Scott Podsednik (44r)
MN: Denard Span (12th MDC, 7th Y!; 92r, 21sb, .304avg)
LAA: Erick Aybar (72r)
OAK: Rajai Davis (62r)
SEA: Ichiro (91r)
TEX: Borbon (17th MDC, 11th Y!; 80, 38, .281)

The list of lead-off hitters available after the first ten rounds of mock drafts who are projected to bat over .280, steal 10+ bases, and score more than 80 runs is small:

• Carlos Gonzalez (11th MDC, 10th Y!; 81r, 11sb, .283)
• Chris Coghlan (19th MDC, 10th Y!; 96r, 16sb, .292)
• Julio Borbon (17th MDC, 11th Y!; 80, 38, .281)
• Ryan Theriot (22nd MDC, 19th Y!; 81r, 21sb, .285avg)

Quick Links:

• 2010 Major League Baseball Project lineups
• Chris Coghlan, fantasy bust?
• Thirty players had more than 600 at bats last year, including Theriot, Rollins, Ichiro, Jeter, Ellsbury, Furcal, and Bourn.
• Orlando Cabrera had the third-most at bats in MLB last year and went 83r, 13sb, .284avg