Week 11 Hitters Poll: Alex Rios Will Quietly Pass All Of You

If somebody had told me before the season started that at the end of June Alex Rios would be in second place in these rankings I'm not sure how I would have responded to them. I'd assume that the White Sox were roughly 5-67 if that were the case.

Yet, here they are, in first place and Alex Rios now trails only Paul Konerko after eleven weeks.

Oh, and Kevin Youkilis isn't in this week's rankings. Somewhat pointless to put him in after only a game, no?

RANK	PLAYER	POINTS	LW	+/-
1	Paul Konerko	263	1	8
2	Alex Rios	242	5	19
3	Adam Dunn	237	2	-4
3	Alejandro De Aza	237	3	8
5	A.J. Pierzynski	235	4	7
6	Gordon Beckham	206	6	29
7	Alexei Ramirez	171	8	22
8	Dayan Viciedo	168	7	17
9	Orlando Hudson	51	9	3
10	Brent Morel	33	10	0
11	Eduardo Escobar	28	12	10
12	Brent Lillibridge	18	11	-2
12	Kosuke Fukudome	18	12	0
12	Tyler Flowers	18	12	0
15	Jordan Danks	7	15	0

If you were wondering, even though they're no longer with the team, Brent Lillibridge and Kosuke Fukudome will remain in the poll. We just have to hope the players below them or tied with them pass them at some point.

Cross your fingers.

As for the others, obviously it was a slow week for offense with this team. Normally when a guy is going to jump from fifth all the way to second like Rios did, he's going to need a huge week.  Instead Alex had a decent 19-point week and took advantage of those ahead of him doing nothing.

The only real standout for the week was Gordon Beckham, who added 29 points to his tally and got demoted to the ninth spot in the order as a reward.

Last week's poll can be found here.