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High Fives: Corner Infielders

yahoo! sports staff

Mondays during the 2012 regular season, the Yahoo! fantasy experts will offer their quick hitters on certain positions in fantasy baseball. This week, Brandon Funston, Brad Evans and Scott Pianowski offer their top-5 takes on corner infielders. Topics include corner objects of affection and derision, and players to target for both the shallow- and deep-league crowds.

Top 5 corners you are loving right now?

  • Trevor Plouffe – Class of 2004 finally makes good, eight years later.

  • Mark Trumbo

  • Brett Lawrie

  • Will Middlebrooks

  • Edwin Encarnacion

Top 5 corners you are hating right now?

  • Ryan Zimmerman – Davey Johnson needs to wake up, smell the cat food, drop Zimmerman in the lineup.

  • Michael Young

  • Howie Kendrick

  • Michael Morse

  • Sean Rodriguez

Top 5 corners to target on the waiver wire?

  • Will Middlebrooks – With Youkilis gone, inconsistent PT will no longer hold him back. Top-12 3B moving forward.

  • Pedro Alvarez

  • Adam LaRoche

  • Logan Morrison

  • Mark Reynolds

  • Will Middlebrooks – Still free in some thinner formats; power stroke pushed Youk out of town.

  • Brandon Belt

  • Ike Davis

  • Brandon Moss

  • Pedro Alvarez

Top 5 corners to target on the wire for deep leaguers?

  • Victor Martinez – Stash and hope; ownership thinks he might play in August or September.

  • Casey McGehee

  • Tyler Colvin

  • Garrett Jones

  • Chris Nelson

In honor of the official arrival of summer, top 5 nostalgic songs of summers past?

  • "Heat of the Moment" - Asia – 12 years old, spending nearly every summer day at the local community outdoor pool - this song always makes that time come back to life.

  • "Jack and Diane" - John Cougar Mellencamp

  • "Hot in the City" - Billy Idol

  • "Rock of Ages" - Def Leppard

  • "Stone in Love" - Journey

  • The Chronic – Wore out the cassette tape in the summer of '93. No single song stands out. Entire album pure gangsta bliss.

  • "California Love" - 2Pac and Dr. Dre

  • "We Trying to Stay Alive" - Wyclef Jean

  • "Still Not a Player" - Big Pun

  • "Got Your Money" - ODB

  • "Summer Breeze" - Seals and Crofts – Quintessential soft rocker used deftly in Dazed and Confused.

  • "Summer in the City" - Lovin' Spoonful

  • "Heat Wave" - Martha and the Vandellas

  • "Summertime" - DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince

  • "Boys Of Summer" - Don Henley