The Draft Day and Auction Day goodies begin!

As promised, we'll be providing you with draft and auction help all weekend here on the FDH blog. To start with, we present our top players at each position. With each player, we list our standard deviation number for their 2006 production. To make a long story short, the stat is a compilation of the overall production on a per-AB or per-IP basis in the standard 5X5 roto categories. And remember for more detailed fantasy help, you can still order an electronic copy of our draft guide at FantasyDrafthelp.com.

LEGITIMATE STARTING CATCHERS
TOP TIER
1. Brian McCann 437
2. Victor Martinez 232
3. Joe Mauer 372
SECOND TIER
4. Russell Martin 279
5. Kenji Johijima 208
6. Jorge Posada 305
7. Ramon Hernandez 249

LEGITIMATE STARTING FIRST BASEMEN
TOP TIER
1. Albert Pujols 698
2. Ryan Howard 537
3. Lance Berkman 452
SECOND TIER
4. Justin Morneau 320
5. Mark Teixeira 196
6. Derek Lee 457
7. Paul Konerko 270
8. Victor Martinez 207

LEGITIMATE STARTING SECOND BASEMEN
TOP TIER
1. Chase Utley 394
SECOND TIER
2. Robinson Cano 370
3. Brian Roberts 300
4. Dan Uggla 283
5. Rickie Weeks 292
6. Ray Durham 432
7. Howie Kendrick 151
8. Felipe Lopez 280

LEGITIMATE STARTING SHORTSTOPS
TOP TIER
1. Jose Reyes 454
SECOND TIER
2. Miguel Tejada 331
3. Hanley Ramirez 348
4. Derek Jeter 423
5. Jimmy Rollins 294
6. Michael Young 255
7. Carlos Guillen 355
8. Rafael Furcal 264
9. Billy Hall 240
10. Felipe Lopez 264

LEGITIMATE STARTING THIRD BASEMEN
TOP TIER
1. Alex Rodriguez 408
2. David Wright 309
3. Miguel Cabrera 414
4. Garret Atkins 383
5. Aramis Ramirez 360
SECOND TIER
6. Scott Rolen 258
7. Troy Glaus 405
8. Chipper Jones 505
9. Ryan Zimmerman 222

LEGITIMATE STARTING OUTFIELDERS
TOP TIER
1. Carlos Beltran 671
2. Alfonso Soriano 373
3. Lance Berkman 577
4. Manny Ramirez 502
5. Carl Crawford 388
6. Vladimir Guerrero 389
SECOND TIER
7. Matt Holliday 429
8. Jermaine Dye 532
9. Jason Bay 296

LEGITIMATE #1 STARTING PITCHERS
TOP TIER
1. Johan Santana 522
SECOND TIER
2. Chris Carpenter 342
3. Roy Halladay 308
4. Roy Oswalt 302
THIRD TIER
5. Scott Kazmir 407
6. Jake Peavy 328
7. Brandon Webb 307
8. Carlos Zambrano 322

LEGITIMATE #1 CLOSERS
TOP TIER
1. Joe Nathan 461
2. Francisco Rodriguez 407
SECOND TIER
3. BJ Ryan 393
4. Mariano Rivera 239
5. Billy Wagner 313
6. Jonathan Papelbon 266

TOP 25 OVERALL PLAYERS
1. Carlos Beltran
2. Albert Pujols
3. Alfonso Soriano
4. Johan Santana
5. Ryan Howard
6. Chase Utley
7. Lance Berkman
8. Jose Reyes
9. Alex Rodriguez
10. Manny Ramirez
11. Carl Crawford
12. Vladimir Guerrero
13. David Wright
14. Miguel Cabrera
15. Brian McCann
16. Chris Carpenter
17. Roy Halladay
18. Roy Oswalt
19. Miguel Tejada
20. Matt Holliday
21. Justin Morneau
22. Mark Teixeira
23. Hanley Ramirez
24. Derek Jeter
25. Jermaine Dye