Today's Fantasy Rx

Please take a look at yesterday's article if you'd like to read the description of how we formulated our list.

Note: We employed MLB rookie guidelines, so no one here has exceeded 130 MLB AB, 50 MLB IP, or 45 days on an MLB roster prior to September 1st of any season.

* - denotes players not on a 40-man roster nor considered a prospect due to age

^ - denotes players selected in the 2002 Major League Rule 5 draft

Rotohelp.com's Top 150 NL Ultra Fantasy Prospects for 2003
1. Lyle Overbay, 1B, ARI
2. Marlon Byrd, OF, PHI
3. Hee Seop Choi, 1B, CHC
4. Joe Thurston, 2B, LA
5. Brandon Larson, OF/3B, CIN
6. Xavier Nady, OF, SD
7. Ty Wigginton, 3B, NYM
8. Shane Victorino, OF, SD^
9. Jason Lane, OF, HOU
10. Keith Ginter, 3B, MIL
11. Jesus Medrano, 2B, FLO
12. John Patterson, SP, ARI
13. Kurt Ainsworth, SP, SF
14. Duaner Sanchez, RP, PIT
15. Jose Reyes, SS, NYM
16. Aaron Heilman, SP, NYM
17. Jesse Foppert, SP, SF
18. Luke Allen, OF, COL
19. Chin-Feng Chen, OF, LA
20. Chad Tracy, 3B, ARI
21. Henri Stanley, OF, HOU
22. Choo Freeman, OF, COL
23. Ron Calloway, OF, MON
24. Josh Pressley, 1B, NYM
25. Todd Linden, OF, SF
26. Garrett Atkins, 3B, COL
27. Wilson Betemit, IF, ATL
28. Luke Hudson, RP, CIN
29. Rich Paz, IF, MIL*
30. John Buck, C, HOU
31. Dave Kelton, 3B/OF, CHC
32. Nick Punto, IF, PHI
33. Jason Ellison, OF, SF
34. Brennan King, 3B, LA
35. Koyie Hill, C, LA
36. Ramon Castro, IF, ATL
37. Tony Alvarez, OF, PIT
38. Wily Mo Pena, OF, CIN
39. Jerome Williams, SP, SF
40. Kevin Hooper, IF, FLO
41. J.D. Closser, C, COL
42. Chase Utley, 2B, PHI
43. David Ross, C, LA
44. Raul Gonzalez, OF, NYM
45. Mike Hessman, 3B/1B, ATL
46. Jason L. Phillips, C, NYM
47. Terrmel Sledge, OF, MON
48. Abraham Nunez, OF, FLO
49. Brad Cresse, C, ARI
50. Wilkin Ruan, OF, LA
51. Valentino Pascucci, OF, MON
52. Jose Flores, UT, SD(OAK claimed off waivers yesterday.)
53. Brad Lidge, RP, HOU
54. Jason Young, SP, COL
55. Oscar Villarreal, SP, ARI
56. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, FLO
57. Marco Scutaro, IF, NYM
58. Bobby Darula, OF, CIN*
59. Eric Valent, OF, PHI
60. Scott Hodges, 3B, MON
61. Scott Podsednik, OF, MIL
62. Donzell McDonald, OF, ATL^
63. Trey Hodges, SP, ATL
64. Matt Guerrier, SP, PIT
65. Jose Valverde, RP, ARI
66. Joey Dawley, SP, ATL
67. Esix Snead, OF, NYM
68. Tony Torcato, OF, SF
69. Alfredo Gonzalez, RP, LA
70. Steve Randolph, SP, ARI
71. Ryan Freel, UT, CIN*
72. Kiko Calero, SP, STL*
73. William Collazo, RP, ATL
74. Enrique Cruz, 3B, MIL^
75. Eric Bruntlett, IF, HOU
76. Seung Song, SP, MON
77. Mike Gosling, SP, ARI
78. Ryan Snare, SP, FLO
79. Humberto Cota, C, PIT
80. Victor Hall, OF, HOU^
81. Jamey Carroll, IF, MON
82. Alex Cintron, SS, ARI
83. John Gall, 1B, STL
84. Virgil Chevalier, UT, NYM*
85. Brendan Harris, IF, CHC
86. Ben Diggins, SP, MIL
87. Jimmy Journell, SP, STL
88. Mike Bynum, SP, SD
89. Ricardo Aramboles, SP, CIN
90. Jung Bong, SP, ATL
91. Francis Beltran, RP, CHC
92. Josh Hall, SP, CIN
93. John Barnes, OF, PIT*
94. Jackson Melian, OF, CHC
95. Gregor Blanco, OF, ATL
96. Jeriome Robertson, SP, HOU
97. Matt Belisle, SP, ATL
98. Tyler Walker, SP, NYM
99. Eric Junge, SP, PHI
100. Jae Weong Seo, SP, NYM
101. Ryan Vogelsong, SP, PIT
102. Chad Qualls, SP, HOU
103. Josh Hancock, SP, BOS
104. Clay Condrey, RP, SD
105. Jeff Urban, SP, SF
106. Matt Duff, RP, STL
107. Santiago Ramirez, RP, HOU
108. Chris Spurling, RP, ATL
109. Andrew Good, SP, ARI
110. Aaron Cook, SP, COL
111. Steve Colyer, RP, LA
112. Heath Bell, RP, NYM
113. Jake Krawczyk, RP, MIL
114. Horacio Ramirez, SP, ATL
115. Khalil Greene, SS, SD
116. James Loney, 1B, LA
117. Scott Hairston, 2B, ARI
118. Brad Hawpe, 1B, COL
119. Jason Wood, IF, FLO*
120. Dee Haynes, OF, STL
121. Kyle Logan, OF, HOU*
122. Dicky Gonzalez, SP, MON
123. John Foster, RP, MIL
124. Brian Mallette, RP, LA
125. Dave Pember, SP, MIL
126. Eric Brown, RP, CHC
127. Miguel Cabrera, 3B, FLO
128. Jason Stokes, 1B, FLO
129. Andy Marte, 3B, ATL
130. Edwin Encarnacion, 3B, CIN
131. Tony Miller, OF, COL
132. Brian Dallimore, IF, SF*
133. Brandon Webb, RP, ARI
134. Luis Ayala, RP, MON^
135. Jeremy Griffiths, SP, NYM
136. David Cash, RP, SF
137. Chris Burke, IF, HOU
138. Jason Alfaro, IF, HOU
139. Mike Nannini, SP, CHC
140. Mark Budzinski, OF, MIL*
141. Kit Pellow, 3B/1B, COL*
142. So Taguchi, OF, STL
143. Francisco Campos, RP, MIL
144. Andy Pratt, RP, ATL
145. Victor Alvarez, RP, MIL
146. Shane Nance, RP, MIL
147. Les Walrond, SP, STL
148. Jeff Duncan, OF, NYM
149. Justin Wayne, SP, MON
150. Scott Kazmir, SP, NYM

Rotohelp's Top 42 NL Fantasy Prospects for 2003…
who should merit keeping at $10 in 2004 per traditional roto rules
1. Lyle Overbay, 1B, ARI
2. Marlon Byrd, OF, PHI
3. Hee Seop Choi, 1B, CHC
4. Joe Thurston, 2B, LA
5. Brandon Larson, OF/3B, CIN
6. Xavier Nady, OF, SD
7. Ty Wigginton, 3B, NYM
8. Jason Lane, OF, HOU
9. Keith Ginter, 3B, MIL
10. Jesus Medrano, 2B, FLO
11. John Patterson, SP, ARI
12. Kurt Ainsworth, SP, SF
13. Duaner Sanchez, RP, PIT
14. Jose Reyes, SS, NYM
15. Aaron Heilman, SP, NYM
16. Jesse Foppert, SP, SF
17. Luke Allen, OF, COL
18. Chin-Feng Chen, OF, LA
19. Chad Tracy, 3B, ARI
20. Henri Stanley, OF, HOU
21. Choo Freeman, OF, COL
22. Todd Linden, OF, SF
23. Garrett Atkins, 3B, COL
24. Wilson Betemit, IF, ATL
25. John Buck, C, HOU
26. Dave Kelton, 3B/OF, CHC
27. Jason Ellison, OF, SF
28. Brennan King, 3B, LA
29. Tony Alvarez, OF, PIT
30. Jerome Williams, SP, SF
31. J.D. Closser, C, COL
32. Chase Utley, 2B, PHI
33. Mike Hessman, 3B/1B, ATL
34. Terrmel Sledge, OF, MON
35. Brad Cresse, C, ARI
36. Brad Lidge, RP, HOU
37. Jason Young, SP, COL
38. Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, FLO
39. Trey Hodges, SP, ATL
40. Seung Song, SP, MON
41. Ben Diggins, SP, MIL
42. Jimmy Journell, SP, STL

Rotohelp's Top 25 AL Fantasy Prospects for 2003…
who shouldn't contribute in the majors prior to 2005
1. James Loney, 1B, LA
2. Jason Stokes, 1B, FLO
3. Brad Hawpe, OF, COL
4. Gregor Blanco, OF, ATL
5. Scott Hairston, 2B, ARI
6. Andy Marte, 3B, ATL
7. Miguel Cabrera, 3B, FLO
8. Brendan Harris, IF, CHC
9. Edwin Encarnacion, 3B, CIN
10. Tony Miller, OF, COL
11. Mike Gosling, SP, ARI
12. Scott Kazmir, SP, NYM
13. Khalil Greene, SS, SD
14. Adam Wainwright, SP, ATL
15. Mike Jones, SP, MIL
16. Gavin Floyd, SP, PHI
17. John Van Benschoten, SP, PIT
18. Joel Hanrahan, SP, LA
19. Pedro Liriano, SP, MIL
20. Jeff Duncan, OF, NYM
21. Prince Fielder, 1B, MIL
22. David Wright, 3B, NYM
23. Dan Haren, SP, STL
24. Tagg Bozied, 1B, SD
25. Bobby Basham, SP, CIN

Today's Fantasy Rx: Tout Wars holds their AL draft today and the NL draft tomorrow. While we were hoping to attend and shadowdraft both auctions in person given we're quite near this year's location, we realized yesterday we could either spend the weekend enjoying the two drafts or we could finish our projections in time to begin posting them tomorrow as planned.

After brief deliberation, we decided our readers would prefer available projections ASAP.

If you're like us and interested in Tout Wars but can't attend, you should be able to follow the draft live thanks to the links on the front page of their website.