MLB Fantasy Baseball: Top Fives of June

Another month is in the books, and we're turning the page to the second half of the season. It must be time to take a look at which players carried their teams and who to watch out for the rest of the way.

Top Five Players of the Month

1. J.D. Drew (.341/11/26)
2. Alex Rodriguez (.359/8/24)
3. Ian Kinsler (.379/6/18, 5 steals)
4. Jermaine Dye (.327/9/26)
5. Jose Guillen (.345/7/24)

Top Five Pitchers of the Month

1. John Lackey (5W, 1.16 ERA, 0.79 WHIP)
2. Felix Hernandez (4W, 1.09 ERA, 0.76 WHIP)
3. Rich Harden (2W, 47 K, 1.67 ERA, 0.93 WHIP)
4. Justin Duchscherer (4W, 1.45 ERA, 0.80 WHIP)
5. Jonathan Sanchez (5W, 3.10 ERA, 1.18 WHIP)

Top Five Surprises of the First Half

1. Carlos Quentin
2. Josh Hamilton
3. George Sherrill
4. Xavier Nady
5. Chipper Jones (You didn’t really see this coming, right?)

Top Five Players that will Start to Fade (Bad Second-Half Players)

1. Kevin Youkilis
2. Jason Varitek (though some might argue he hasn’t started)
3. Vernon Wells
4. Justin Morneau
5. Mike Mussina

Top Five Ready to Heat Up

1. Nick Markakis
2. Tim Hudson
3. Troy Tulowitzki
4. Miguel Cabrera
5. Rafael Fucal

Top Five Names That Could be on the Move

1. Brian Fuentes
2. Mark Teixeira
3. Erik Bedard
4. Coco Crisp
5. Richie Sexson

Five Guys to Sell Now

1. J.D. Drew
2. Cliff Lee
3. Milton Bradley
4. Jorge Cantu
5. Joe Saunders

Five Guys to Buy Now

1. Jay Bruce
2. Robinson Cano
3. Miguel Cabrera
4. Carl Crawford
5. Rafael Furcal

Top Five Names to Know

1. Gio Gonzalez
2. Chase Headley
3. Cameron Maybin
4. Phil Hughes (he’s coming back)
5. Justin Christian