He's an outstanding player, but I wouldnt say top 20. Easily top 50, possibly top 40.
I think I would be more favorable towards him if he shaved that ugly ass beard.
http://www.mlb.com/images/2004/05/15/XG6K9Zpf.jpg
Here is Youk in 2004 clean-shaven and with some hair.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/486949646_d8c2b7de0f.jpg
Here's Youk as we know him now, with no hair and a beard.
http://www.survivinggrady.com/uploaded_images/youkfing-787801.jpg
Here's Youk with neither hair nor a beard!
completely irrelevant, but hey, I get bored. I also think it's interesting how one's appearance can dictate the way you look at them. Not that it has anything to do with how he plays on the field, but back when he came up he was one of the few Sox I liked watching because of how gritty and hard he played. When he cut off that hair and grew that beard I just kinda thought of him as an *******, I think it sort of gives him an arrogant demeanor.
Nevertheless, hair or no hair; beard or no beard, he is a hell of a player.