Week 14 Hitters Poll: Paulie Drops Out Of The Top Two

Throughout the season Paul Konerko has been in only one of two places in these rankings. The majority of the time he's been in first place, though there were a few weeks he'd drop to second for a couple of days before reclaiming the top spot.

Then two weeks ago Alex Rios passed him up and has done nothing but pull away since, but after a very bad week for the captain, Paulie has now fallen to third place for the first time this season.

Here's the latest rankings.

RANK	PLAYER	POINTS	LW	+/-
1	Alex Rios	340	1	15
2	Adam Dunn	298	5	26
3	Paul Konerko	293	2	3
4	A.J. Pierzynski	289	3	10
5	Alejandro De Aza	283	4	6
6	Alexei Ramirez	235	6	3
6	Gordon Beckham	235	7	11
8	Dayan Viciedo	217	8	17
9	Kevin Youkilis	84	9	13
10	Orlando Hudson	54	10	1
11	Eduardo Escobar	40	11	0
12	Brent Morel	33	12	0
13	Kosuke Fukudome	18	13	0
13	Brent Lillibridge	18	13	0
15	Tyler Flowers	17	13	-1
16	Jordan Danks	12	16	2

As you can see looking at the totals, it was a very slow week for the Sox offense. Of course, those numbers are skewed a bit since they've only played four games since last week's rankings, but if you watched those four games then you know why the numbers are so low.

Adam Dunn took advantage of everybody else's slow start to the second half with his three home runs in Kansas City which propelled him from fifth place up to second. Considering how up and down Dunn has been in these rankings all season, it's hard to predict how long he'll stay in second place, but I'll say that I wouldn't mind seeing the three names below him pass him back up.

The Sox offense has just been its best this season when Dunn finds himself in fourth or fifth place in these rankings.

Last week's rankings can be found here.