| Second Baseman Rankings |
| Rank |
Team |
Player |
Avg. |
Runs |
HR |
RBI |
SB |
| 16 |
 |
Aaron Hill |
.291 |
87 |
17 |
78 |
4 |
|
Hill started to flash some nice power last season, finishing with 66 extra-base hits. With that kind of pop, and a spot at the top of Toronto's lineup, the 26-year-old Hill should be in for another solid season across the board.
|
| 17 |
 |
Asdrubal Cabrera |
.283 |
30 |
3 |
22 |
0 |
|
Cabrera is an on-base machine who could be among baseball's leaders in runs hitting at the top of Cleveland's powerful lineup. |
| 18 |
 |
Freddy Sanchez |
.304 |
77 |
11 |
81 |
0 |
Sanchez doesn't have impressive power (those 11 homers in 2007 was a career high), and he has no speed. But he is a career .310 hitter.
|
| 19 |
 |
Mark Ellis |
.276 |
84 |
19 |
76 |
0 |
Ellis doesn't have much speed, and there's not a lot of talent surrounding him in Oakland. But he has good pop for a second baseman and is very much capable of 15-20 homers again.
|
| 20 |
 |
Tad Iguchi |
.267 |
67 |
9 |
43 |
14 |
|
It will be touch for Tad to get back to double-digit homers playing his home games in pitcher-friendly Petco Park for the first time. But he could see an increase in stolen bases. |
| 21 |
 |
Ronnie Belliard |
.290 |
57 |
11 |
58 |
3 |
|
Belliard could top last season's solid number now that the Nationals are playing in a smaller, more hitter-friendly ballpark.
|
| 22 |
 |
Mark DeRosa |
.293 | 64 | 10 | 72 | 1 |
|
DeRosa might lose his starting job if the Cubs are able to acquire a second baseman they've been chasing. But he's capable of earning part-time playing time at a number of different positions.
|
| 23 |
 |
Erick Aybar |
.237 |
18 |
1 |
19 |
4 |
|
Aybar played mostly second base last season, but he'll have a chance to take over as the Angels' new shortstop. He doesn't have much in the way of power, but Aybar has a ton of speed. |
| 24 |
 |
Mark Grudzielanek |
.302 |
70 |
6 |
51 |
1 |
|
Grudzielanek doesn't bring speed or power to the lineup, but he hasn't hit lower than .294 in the past five seasons.
|
| 25 |
 |
Jose Lopez |
.252 |
58 |
11 |
62 |
2 |
|
Lopez is trying to bounce back after a nightmarish second half to 2007 (.213 average). But he's only 24 years old, and Lopez has hit double-digit homers in each of his two full seasons.
|
| 26 |
 |
Jayson Nix |
DID NOT PLAY |
|
|
|
|
|
Nix hasn't seen big league action yet, but he's set to open the year as The Rockies' second baseman. He hit .292 with 11 homers for Triple-A Colorado Springs last season, and could match those numbers playing his home games in hitter-friendly Colorado.
|
| 27 |
 |
Chris Burke |
.229 |
39 |
6 |
28 |
9 |
|
Burke had an off year for the Astros in 2007, and he'll be a bench player for the D-Backs to start this season. But Burke is versatile enough to play in the outfield as well, and could earn a decent amount of playing time. He's capable of double-digit home runs and stolen bases.
|
| 28 |
 |
Danny Richar |
.230 |
30 |
6 |
15 |
1 |
|
Richar got off to a slow start in his first big league stint, and he'll start 2008 on the disabled list because of a rib injury. But the 24-year-old has double-digit homer potential if he works his way into the lineup regularly when he comes back.
|
| 29 |
 |
Adam Kennedy |
.219 |
27 |
3 |
18 |
6 |
|
Kennedy is coming off an awful, injury-plagued 2007 season. He'll have to play well just to keep his starting job. But he can still run. Kennedy had double-digit steals in each of his first seven major league seasons before last year.
|
| 30 |
 |
Ray Durham |
.218 |
56 |
11 |
71 |
10 |
|
Durham has consistently put up solid numbers throughout his career, but the end seems to be near for the 36 year old. He hit .165 with three homers after the All-Star break in 2007.
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