By Darryl Reina
With less than a week to go before the so called trade deadline, baseball best players continue to produce outstanding numbers. Some 20 teams are still in play-off contention, with GM's working the phones in attempt to improve their team's chances. Take a look at this weeks RealGM.com Top 10 Player Rankings.
This Week (Last Week)
1.(1.) David Ortiz: Boston's outstanding DH has 34 HR's and 95 RBI's to lead MLB. Can Ortiz (.281) and the Red Sox stand pat with their current roster and hold off the Yankees in September?
2.(4.) Albert Pujols: With a healthy Pujols (.328) in the lineup, St. Louis is beginning to distance themselves from Cincy and Houston.
3.(3.) Joe Mauer: Mauer is hitting a ML leading .381 for the Twins who have won 32 of their last 40 games.
4.(6.) Ichiro Suzuki: The Mariner is hitting .344 and already has 144 hits to lead MLB.
5.(5.) Derek Jeter: Jeter (.344) and the Yankees are still within reach of first place Boston. Do they need to make a major roster move to make the playoffs?
6.(12.) Alfonso Soriano: Soriano is mentioned in every daily trade rumor. Sources say he'll be taking his 31 HR's to the AL and land with the White Sox. Stay tuned.
7.(7.) Miguel Cabrera: Cabrera is hitting .330 for the lowly Marlins.
8.(20.) Francisco Liriano: The talented Twins' rookie hurler (12-2, 122 K's) jumps all the way up to our #8 position.
9.(8.) Roy Halliday: The Blue Jays ace is 12-2 and keeps his team within shouting distance of the Red Sox and Yankees.
10.(16.) Brandon Webb: The suddenly competitive D'Backs are back in the NL-West race with their ace at 11-3, with a solid 2.51 ERA.
11.(2.) David Wright
12.(9.) Jose Contreras
13.(10.) Lance Berkman
14.(17.) Jonathan Papelbon
15.(14.) Miquel Tejada
16.(11.) Johan Santana
17.(13.) Michael Young
18.(15.) Vladamir Guerrero
19.(19.) Manny Ramirez
20.(24.) Mariano Rivera
21.(HM) Vernon Wells
22.(HM) Curt Schilling
23.(18.) Paul Konerko
24.(21.) Chris Carpenter
25.(HM) Jim Thome
Honorable Mention: Josh Beckett, Gary Matthews, Jr., Victor Martinez, Ivan Rodriguez, Ryan Howard, Ray Durham, Carlos Beltran, Alex Rodriguez, Nomar Garciaparra, Justin Morneau, Scott Rolen, Tom Glavine, Mike Mussina, Jermaine Dye, Freddy Sanchez, Magglio Oronez, Brian McCann, Brad Penny, Jason Bay, Jose Reyes, Travis Hafner, Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones, Casey Blake, Grady Sizemore, Edgar Renteria, Bronson Arroyo, Carl Crawford, Chase Utley, Carlos Lee, Kenny Rogers, Tom Gordon, Jason Isringhausen, Bobby Abreu, Jeremy Boderman, Trevor Hoffman, Carlos Zambrano, Scott Kasmir, B.J. Ryan, Randy Johnson, Jason Schmidt, and Matt Holiday






