MLB Fantasy baseball rankings from an advanced computer model for July 2-8

Before setting your Fantasy baseball lineups, you need to see what our advanced computer model has to say. When it comes to ranking players, this model beat human experts in Fantasy football last season when there were big differences in ranking. And the model was closest-to-the-hole overall, meaning it best pinpointed where every player would finish each week.

Last week, the model was high on Diamondbacks catcher John Ryan Murphy even though he was only owned in 26 percent of CBS Sports Leagues. The result? He enters the weekend with at least one hit in his last three games -- anybody who picked him up got solid production for free over the past week.

Now the model, which simulates every pitch and every at-bat 10,000 times, has set its sights on Fantasy baseball and has revealed its rankings for the week of July 2-8.

One player the model loves this week: Giants second baseman Alen Hanson. He's only owned in 25 percent of CBS Sports Leagues, but the model says he'll finish in the top-10 in Fantasy points among all second basemen. Pick him up and start him with confidence this week.

And a massive shocker: Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas, the eighth-best at his position according to market value, stumbles this week and finishes outside the top 15. He's a player to consider putting on the bench.

The model is also calling for a surprising staring pitcher you aren't even thinking about to finish in the top 10 of the rankings, and he may be on your waiver wire right now... Join SportsLine now to get Fantasy baseball rankings for every single position, and see which surprising starting pitcher is going to finish in the top 10 this week, all from the model that out-performed experts in football big time last season.