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Joey Votto; Photo from Wikimedia Commons

Tristan H. Cockcroft ESPN.com has released his preliminary rankings for the 2010 top 200 fantasy players. Clearly this list will change based on offseason movement and injuries before March, but it’s never too early to start preparing your fantasy draft. Here are the players with Kentucky ties on the list:

• 41) 1B Joey Votto — Louisville Bats — Cincinnati Reds
• 44) 3B Mark Reynolds — Pikevilly, Ky. — Arizona Diamondbacks
• 58) OF Adam Dunn — Louisville Bats — Washington Nationals
• 90) INF/OF Ben Zobrist — Lexington Legends — Tampa Bay Rays
• 100) OF Hunter Pence — Lexington Legends — Houston Astros
• 114) OF Jay Bruce — Louisville Bats — Cincinnati Reds
• 136) SP Wandy Rodriguez — Lexington Legends — Houston Astros
• 145) SP Brandon Webb — Ashland, Ky., UK — Arizona Diamondbacks
• 146) 2B Dan Uggla — Louisville, Ky. — Florida Marlins
• 177) 2B Felipe Lopez — Louisville Bats — FA

You can see Cockcroft’s full list here.