Sunday's Up the Middle

Today's up the middle indicating our double-play starters, the 2nd basemen and shortstops. Again, these are preliminary rankings and will look better next week once I get trends put in. Also, players on the DL will naturally be ranked lower than those that are healthy. If you have any thoughts, feel free to list them below!

2nd basemen (eligible)
1.   Ben Zobrist
2.   Ian Kinsler
3.   Martin Prado
4.   Robinson Cano
5.   Howard Kendrick
6.   Rickie Weeks
7.   Brandon Phillips
8.   Mike Aviles
9.   Darwin Barney
10. Neil Walker
11. Brian Roberts

12. Maicer Izturis
13. Dustin Pedroia
14. Orlando Cabrera
15. Jonathan herrera
16. Chone Figgins
17. Jed Lowrie
18. Chris Getz
19. Danny Espinosa
20. Jamey Carroll
21. Freddy Sanchez
22. Dan Uggla
23. Omar Infante
24. Ryan Theriot
25. Daniel Murphy

Shortstops (eligible)
1.   Jose Reyes
2.   Troy Tulowitzki
3.   Asdrubal Cabrera
4.   Starlin Castro
5.   Jimmy Rollins
6.   Jhonny Peralta
7.   Stephen Drew
8.   Darwin Barney
9.   Elvis Andrus
10. Maicer Izturis
11. Hanley Ramirez
12. Orlando Cabrera

13. Alexei Ramirez
14. Alex Gonzalez
15. Ian Desmond
16. Yunel Escobar
17. Jed Lowrie
18. Derek Jeter
19. Jamey Carroll
20. Erick Aybar
21. Angel Sanchez
22. Alcides Escobar
23. Ryan Theriot
24. Jason Bartlett
25. Yuniesky Betancourt

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