Player Rankings v2.0

Summary

Player Rankings
Resource
Player Rankings	Player rankings for a single position or all positions.
Change Log
January 15, 2013
HTTP Methods
GET	Retrieve player rankings.
Exceptions
Following list of exceptions will be returned.
Example
Rotisserie Rankings for all positions for writer Scott White
XML field definitions
/rankings	A container element for the list of rankings.
/rankings/source	The source from which the ranking data was taken.
/rankings/positions	A container element for the different positions for which rankings are provided.
/rankings/positions/position	A container elements for rankings at a particular position.
/rankings/positions/position/abbr	An abbreviation for the position for which rankings are provided.
/rankings/positions/position/players	A container element for the ranking of players at this position.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player	A container element for data on the player being ranked.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/@id	The ID of the player.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/firstname	The player’s first name.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/fullname	The player’s full name.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/lastname	The player’s last name.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/icons	A container element for the player’s update and injury icons.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/icons/headline	The headline of the player’s latest news update.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/icons/injury	If the player is injured, this field will exist and indicate the injury in the format: {injury}: {expected time of return}
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/icons/suspension	If the player is suspended, this field will exist and indicate the suspension details in the format: Suspension: {suspension length}.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/position	An abbreviation for the primary position of the player.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/pro_status	Specifies the roster status of the player on the player’s pro team.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/pro_team	An abbreviation for the player’s pro team.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/profile_link	A snippet of HTML code containing a link to the player’s profile.
/rankings/positions/position/players/player/rank	The player’s rank among players at their position.

Resource

Player Rankings

Description

Player rankings for a single position or all positions. When requesting all positions, the response will contain a list of all positions for the sport and players will be ranked within those positions. Rankings are assigned by CBS Sports.

Change Log

January 15, 2013

Added exception handling.
Changed pos paramater to position.

HTTP Methods

GET

Retrieve player rankings.

URL

http://api.cbssports.com/fantasy/players/rankings?version=2.0

Parameters

response_format	(optional) Specifies the format in which the requested resource should be returned. Valid values are XML and JSON. The default is XML.
position	(optional) Specifies a single position for which the player rankings are to be returned. If not specified, the rankings for all positions will be returned.
type	(optional) Specifies the type of rankings requested. The default is by_pos.

Possible values for type for Baseball are as follows.

by_pos - Players are broken down into lists for each position requested.
overall - Players are ranked in a single list.

Possible values for type for Football are as follows.

by_pos - Players are broken down into lists for each position requested.
overall - Players are ranked in a single list.

source

(optional) Specifies the source whose rankings are being requested. Default is cbs for football, al_melchior_roto for baseball.

Possible values for source for Baseball are as follows.

scott_white_h2h - CBSSports.com Sr. Fantasy Writer Scott White’s Player Rankings for head to head leagues.
scott_white_roto - CBSSports.com Sr. Fantasy Writer Scott White’s Player Rankings for rotisserie leagues.
al_melchior_h2h - CBSSports.com Data Analyst Al Melchior’s Player Rankings for head to head leagues.
al_melchior_roto - CBSSports.com Data Analyst Al Melchior’s Player Rankings for rotisserie leagues.
nando_di_fino_h2h - CBSSports.com Sr. Fantasy Writer Nando Di Fino’s Player Rankings for head to head leagues.
nando_di_fino_roto - CBSSports.com Sr. Fantasy Writer Nando Di Fino’s Player Rankings for rotisserie leagues.

Possible values for source for Football are as follows.

cbs - CBSSports.com Player Rankings.
dave_richard - CBSSports.com Sr. Fantasy Writer Dave Richard’s Player Rankings.
jamey_eisenberg - CBSSports.com Sr. Fantasy Writer Jamey Eisenberg’s Player Rankings.
nathan_zegura - CBSSports.com Sr. Fantasy Writer Nathan Zegura’s Player Rankings.

Exceptions

Following list of exceptions will be returned.

type: invalid_position, msg: Invalid Position <position>
type: overall_not_supported, msg: Overall rankings are not supported for <sport>

Example

Rotisserie Rankings for all positions for writer Scott White

Sample URL

http://api.cbssports.com/fantasy/players/rankings?version=2.0&source=scott_white_roto

XML Response

Sample limited to 3 players per position

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<result uriAlias="/players/rankings" uri="/players/rankings" statusCode="200" statusMessage="OK">
  <body>
    <rankings>
      <source>scott_white_roto</source>
      <positions>
        <position>
          <abbr>C</abbr>
          <players>
            <player id="1208743">
              <firstname>Carlos</firstname>
              <position>C</position>
              <lastname>Santana</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Carlos Santana</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/1208743'&gt;Santana, Carlos&lt;/a&gt; C CLE</profile_link>
              <rank>1</rank>
              <pro_team>CLE</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="541104">
              <firstname>Brian</firstname>
              <position>C</position>
              <lastname>McCann</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Brian McCann</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/541104'&gt;McCann, Brian&lt;/a&gt; C ATL</profile_link>
              <rank>2</rank>
              <pro_team>ATL</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="293103">
              <firstname>Mike</firstname>
              <position>C</position>
              <icons>
                <injury>Ankle: Probable for start of spring training</injury>
                <headline>Napoli's ankle getting stronger</headline>
              </icons>
              <lastname>Napoli</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Mike Napoli</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/293103'&gt;Napoli, Mike&lt;/a&gt; C TEX &lt;span title="Napoli's ankle getting stronger"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/293103" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/news-note.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src='http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/spacer.gif' height=1 width=2&gt;&lt;span title="Ankle: Probable for start of spring training"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/293103" subtab="Injury Report" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/red_cross.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</profile_link>
              <rank>3</rank>
              <pro_team>TEX</pro_team>
            </player>
          </players>
        </position>
        <position>
          <abbr>1B</abbr>
          <players>
            <player id="223571">
              <firstname>Albert</firstname>
              <position>1B</position>
              <lastname>Pujols</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Albert Pujols</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/223571'&gt;Pujols, Albert&lt;/a&gt; 1B LAA</profile_link>
              <rank>1</rank>
              <pro_team>LAA</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="288897">
              <firstname>Miguel</firstname>
              <position>1B</position>
              <icons>
                <injury>Arm: Probable for start of spring training</injury>
                <headline>Cabrera could hit third in 2012</headline>
              </icons>
              <lastname>Cabrera</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Miguel Cabrera</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/288897'&gt;Cabrera, Miguel&lt;/a&gt; 1B DET &lt;span title="Cabrera could hit third in 2012"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/288897" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/news-note.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src='http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/spacer.gif' height=1 width=2&gt;&lt;span title="Arm: Probable for start of spring training"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/288897" subtab="Injury Report" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/red_cross.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</profile_link>
              <rank>2</rank>
              <pro_team>DET</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="547434">
              <firstname>Joey</firstname>
              <position>1B</position>
              <lastname>Votto</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Joey Votto</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/547434'&gt;Votto, Joey&lt;/a&gt; 1B CIN</profile_link>
              <rank>3</rank>
              <pro_team>CIN</pro_team>
            </player>
          </players>
        </position>
        <position>
          <abbr>2B</abbr>
          <players>
            <player id="547429">
              <firstname>Dustin</firstname>
              <position>2B</position>
              <lastname>Pedroia</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Dustin Pedroia</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/547429'&gt;Pedroia, Dustin&lt;/a&gt; 2B BOS</profile_link>
              <rank>1</rank>
              <pro_team>BOS</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="532997">
              <firstname>Robinson</firstname>
              <position>2B</position>
              <lastname>Cano</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Robinson Cano</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/532997'&gt;Cano, Robinson&lt;/a&gt; 2B NYY</profile_link>
              <rank>2</rank>
              <pro_team>NYY</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="489854">
              <firstname>Ian</firstname>
              <position>2B</position>
              <icons>
                <headline>Kinsler had procedure on ankle</headline>
              </icons>
              <lastname>Kinsler</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Ian Kinsler</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/489854'&gt;Kinsler, Ian&lt;/a&gt; 2B TEX &lt;span title="Kinsler had procedure on ankle"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/489854" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/news-note.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</profile_link>
              <rank>3</rank>
              <pro_team>TEX</pro_team>
            </player>
          </players>
        </position>
        <position>
          <abbr>3B</abbr>
          <players>
            <player id="392528">
              <firstname>Jose</firstname>
              <position>LF</position>
              <lastname>Bautista</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Jose Bautista</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/392528'&gt;Bautista, Jose&lt;/a&gt; LF TOR</profile_link>
              <rank>1</rank>
              <pro_team>TOR</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="1114751">
              <firstname>Evan</firstname>
              <position>3B</position>
              <lastname>Longoria</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Evan Longoria</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/1114751'&gt;Longoria, Evan&lt;/a&gt; 3B TB</profile_link>
              <rank>2</rank>
              <pro_team>TB</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="483349">
              <firstname>David</firstname>
              <position>3B</position>
              <icons>
                <headline>Wright prepared for trade rumors</headline>
              </icons>
              <lastname>Wright</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>David Wright</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/483349'&gt;Wright, David&lt;/a&gt; 3B NYM &lt;span title="Wright prepared for trade rumors"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/483349" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/news-note.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</profile_link>
              <rank>3</rank>
              <pro_team>NYM</pro_team>
            </player>
          </players>
        </position>
        <position>
          <abbr>SS</abbr>
          <players>
            <player id="589256">
              <firstname>Troy</firstname>
              <position>SS</position>
              <lastname>Tulowitzki</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Troy Tulowitzki</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/589256'&gt;Tulowitzki, Troy&lt;/a&gt; SS COL</profile_link>
              <rank>1</rank>
              <pro_team>COL</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="288917">
              <firstname>Jose</firstname>
              <position>SS</position>
              <lastname>Reyes</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Jose Reyes</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/288917'&gt;Reyes, Jose&lt;/a&gt; SS MIA</profile_link>
              <rank>2</rank>
              <pro_team>MIA</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="393458">
              <firstname>Hanley</firstname>
              <position>SS</position>
              <icons>
                <injury>Shoulder: Probable for start of spring training</injury>
                <headline>Hanley not out of the woods yet</headline>
              </icons>
              <lastname>Ramirez</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Hanley Ramirez</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/393458'&gt;Ramirez, Hanley&lt;/a&gt; SS MIA &lt;span title="Hanley not out of the woods yet"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/393458" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/news-note.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img src='http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/spacer.gif' height=1 width=2&gt;&lt;span title="Shoulder: Probable for start of spring training"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/393458" subtab="Injury Report" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/red_cross.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</profile_link>
              <rank>3</rank>
              <pro_team>MIA</pro_team>
            </player>
          </players>
        </position>
        <position>
          <abbr>OF</abbr>
          <players>
            <player id="392528">
              <firstname>Jose</firstname>
              <position>LF</position>
              <lastname>Bautista</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Jose Bautista</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/392528'&gt;Bautista, Jose&lt;/a&gt; LF TOR</profile_link>
              <rank>1</rank>
              <pro_team>TOR</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="549974">
              <firstname>Matt</firstname>
              <position>CF</position>
              <lastname>Kemp</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Matt Kemp</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/549974'&gt;Kemp, Matt&lt;/a&gt; CF LAD</profile_link>
              <rank>2</rank>
              <pro_team>LAD</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="1184595">
              <firstname>Jacoby</firstname>
              <position>CF</position>
              <icons>
                <headline>Ellsbury gets paid by Red Sox</headline>
              </icons>
              <lastname>Ellsbury</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Jacoby Ellsbury</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/1184595'&gt;Ellsbury, Jacoby&lt;/a&gt; CF BOS &lt;span title="Ellsbury gets paid by Red Sox"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/1184595" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/news-note.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</profile_link>
              <rank>3</rank>
              <pro_team>BOS</pro_team>
            </player>
          </players>
        </position>
        <position>
          <abbr>DH</abbr>
          <players>
            <player id="8236">
              <firstname>David</firstname>
              <position>DH</position>
              <icons>
                <headline>Ortiz doesn't expect deal to get done</headline>
              </icons>
              <lastname>Ortiz</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>David Ortiz</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/8236'&gt;Ortiz, David&lt;/a&gt; DH BOS &lt;span title="Ortiz doesn't expect deal to get done"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/8236" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/news-note.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</profile_link>
              <rank>1</rank>
              <pro_team>BOS</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="584800">
              <firstname>Billy</firstname>
              <position>DH</position>
              <lastname>Butler</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Billy Butler</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/584800'&gt;Butler, Billy&lt;/a&gt; DH KC</profile_link>
              <rank>2</rank>
              <pro_team>KC</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="7546">
              <firstname>Johnny</firstname>
              <position>DH</position>
              <icons>
                <headline>Yanks talk to Damon about DH role</headline>
              </icons>
              <lastname>Damon</lastname>
              <pro_status>U</pro_status>
              <fullname>Johnny Damon</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/7546'&gt;Damon, Johnny&lt;/a&gt; DH TB &lt;span title="Yanks talk to Damon about DH role"&gt;&lt;a href="http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/7546" class="playerLink"&gt;&lt;img border="0" width="7" height="7" src="http://sports.cbsimg.net/images/news-note.gif"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</profile_link>
              <rank>3</rank>
              <pro_team>TB</pro_team>
            </player>
          </players>
        </position>
        <position>
          <abbr>SP</abbr>
          <players>
            <player id="530362">
              <firstname>Justin</firstname>
              <position>SP</position>
              <lastname>Verlander</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Justin Verlander</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/530362'&gt;Verlander, Justin&lt;/a&gt; SP DET</profile_link>
              <rank>1</rank>
              <pro_team>DET</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="18820">
              <firstname>Roy</firstname>
              <position>SP</position>
              <lastname>Halladay</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Roy Halladay</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/18820'&gt;Halladay, Roy&lt;/a&gt; SP PHI</profile_link>
              <rank>2</rank>
              <pro_team>PHI</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="1221725">
              <firstname>Clayton</firstname>
              <position>SP</position>
              <lastname>Kershaw</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Clayton Kershaw</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/1221725'&gt;Kershaw, Clayton&lt;/a&gt; SP LAD</profile_link>
              <rank>3</rank>
              <pro_team>LAD</pro_team>
            </player>
          </players>
        </position>
        <position>
          <abbr>RP</abbr>
          <players>
            <player id="1718083">
              <firstname>Craig</firstname>
              <position>RP</position>
              <lastname>Kimbrel</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Craig Kimbrel</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/1718083'&gt;Kimbrel, Craig&lt;/a&gt; RP ATL</profile_link>
              <rank>1</rank>
              <pro_team>ATL</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="549684">
              <firstname>Jonathan</firstname>
              <position>RP</position>
              <lastname>Papelbon</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>Jonathan Papelbon</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/549684'&gt;Papelbon, Jonathan&lt;/a&gt; RP PHI</profile_link>
              <rank>2</rank>
              <pro_team>PHI</pro_team>
            </player>
            <player id="1707287">
              <firstname>John</firstname>
              <position>RP</position>
              <lastname>Axford</lastname>
              <pro_status>A</pro_status>
              <fullname>John Axford</fullname>
              <profile_link>&lt;a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/1707287'&gt;Axford, John&lt;/a&gt; RP MIL</profile_link>
              <rank>3</rank>
              <pro_team>MIL</pro_team>
            </player>
          </players>
        </position>
      </positions>
    </rankings>
  </body>
</result>

JSON Response

Sample limited to 3 players per position

{
   "body" : {
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                     "position" : "C",
                     "lastname" : "Santana",
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                     "fullname" : "Carlos Santana",
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                     "pro_team" : "CLE"
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                  {
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                     "position" : "C",
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                     "firstname" : "Mike",
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                        "headline" : "Napoli's ankle getting stronger"
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                     "rank" : "3",
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               "abbr" : "3B",
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                     "position" : "LF",
                     "lastname" : "Bautista",
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                     "rank" : "1",
                     "pro_team" : "TOR"
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                  {
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                     "lastname" : "Longoria",
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                     "rank" : "2",
                     "pro_team" : "TB"
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                     "firstname" : "David",
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                     "icons" : {
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                     "lastname" : "Wright",
                     "pro_status" : "A",
                     "fullname" : "David Wright",
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                     "position" : "SS",
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                     "pro_status" : "A",
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                     "profile_link" : "<a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/589256'>Tulowitzki, Troy</a> SS COL",
                     "rank" : "1",
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                     "lastname" : "Reyes",
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                     "profile_link" : "<a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/288917'>Reyes, Jose</a> SS MIA",
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                     "pro_team" : "MIA"
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                  {
                     "firstname" : "Hanley",
                     "position" : "SS",
                     "icons" : {
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                        "headline" : "Hanley not out of the woods yet"
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                     "pro_status" : "A",
                     "fullname" : "Hanley Ramirez",
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               "abbr" : "OF",
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                     "lastname" : "Bautista",
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                     "pro_team" : "TOR"
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                     "position" : "CF",
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                     "pro_status" : "A",
                     "fullname" : "Matt Kemp",
                     "id" : "549974",
                     "profile_link" : "<a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/549974'>Kemp, Matt</a> CF LAD",
                     "rank" : "2",
                     "pro_team" : "LAD"
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                     "firstname" : "Jacoby",
                     "position" : "CF",
                     "icons" : {
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                     "icons" : {
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                     "fullname" : "David Ortiz",
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                     "rank" : "1",
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                  {
                     "firstname" : "Billy",
                     "position" : "DH",
                     "lastname" : "Butler",
                     "pro_status" : "A",
                     "fullname" : "Billy Butler",
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                     "profile_link" : "<a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/584800'>Butler, Billy</a> DH KC",
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                  {
                     "firstname" : "Johnny",
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                     "pro_status" : "U",
                     "fullname" : "Johnny Damon",
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                     "position" : "SP",
                     "lastname" : "Verlander",
                     "pro_status" : "A",
                     "fullname" : "Justin Verlander",
                     "id" : "530362",
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                  {
                     "firstname" : "Roy",
                     "position" : "SP",
                     "lastname" : "Halladay",
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                     "fullname" : "Roy Halladay",
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                     "pro_team" : "PHI"
                  },
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                     "firstname" : "Clayton",
                     "position" : "SP",
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                     "pro_status" : "A",
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                  }
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                     "position" : "RP",
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                     "pro_status" : "A",
                     "fullname" : "Craig Kimbrel",
                     "id" : "1718083",
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                     "rank" : "1",
                     "pro_team" : "ATL"
                  },
                  {
                     "firstname" : "Jonathan",
                     "position" : "RP",
                     "lastname" : "Papelbon",
                     "pro_status" : "A",
                     "fullname" : "Jonathan Papelbon",
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                     "profile_link" : "<a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/549684'>Papelbon, Jonathan</a> RP PHI",
                     "rank" : "2",
                     "pro_team" : "PHI"
                  },
                  {
                     "firstname" : "John",
                     "position" : "RP",
                     "lastname" : "Axford",
                     "pro_status" : "A",
                     "fullname" : "John Axford",
                     "id" : "1707287",
                     "profile_link" : "<a class='playerLink' href='http://<league_id>.baseball.cbssports.com/players/playerpage/1707287'>Axford, John</a> RP MIL",
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XML field definitions

/rankings

A container element for the list of rankings.

/rankings/source

The source from which the ranking data was taken. For display purposes only.

/rankings/positions

A container element for the different positions for which rankings are provided.

/rankings/positions/position

A container elements for rankings at a particular position.

/rankings/positions/position/abbr

An abbreviation for the position for which rankings are provided. You can get a list of the abbreviations and their expansions by requesting the Positions resource.

/rankings/positions/position/players

A container element for the ranking of players at this position.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player

A container element for data on the player being ranked.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/@id

The ID of the player. You can use this ID to get more information about the player by requesting the Player Outlook resource or the Player Updates resource.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/firstname

The player’s first name.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/fullname

The player’s full name.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/lastname

The player’s last name.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/icons

A container element for the player’s update and injury icons.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/icons/headline

The headline of the player’s latest news update.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/icons/injury

If the player is injured, this field will exist and indicate the injury in the format: {injury}: {expected time of return}

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/icons/suspension

If the player is suspended, this field will exist and indicate the suspension details in the format: Suspension: {suspension length}. {expected time of return}

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/position

An abbreviation for the primary position of the player. You can get a list of the abbreviations and their expansions by requesting the Positions resource.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/pro_status

Specifies the roster status of the player on the player’s pro team. Possible values are A (Active), M (Minors), U (Unaffiliated), N (Not With Team), DL (Disabled List), and S (Suspended).

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/pro_team

An abbreviation for the player’s pro team.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/profile_link

A snippet of HTML code containing a link to the player’s profile.

/rankings/positions/position/players/player/rank

The player’s rank among players at their position.