First Base Rankings: RotoGraphs Consensus by Eno Sarris March 8, 2012 Consensus Ranks: OF, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, and RP and SP. Tiered Ranks: C, 1B, 2B, SS, 3B, NL OF, AL SP, NL SP, Holds. Our consensus ranks may have suffered a bit from positional shenanigans. Sure, you can rank Mike Napoli and Carlos Santana at first base, but why would you ever play them there? Is Billy Butler a first baseman in your league? When we all ranked a guy, we agreed for the most part — well one of us really likes something about Michael Cuddyer that the rest of us don’t see. And Paul Goldschmidt inspires consternation wherever he goes, so it was no surprise that he wasn’t ranked the same by all of us. But Carlos Lee? Must be something about .270 and 18 homers at first base that tickles Podhorzer’s fancy. Then again, he liked James Loney more than the rest of us too. Take a look and pick your poison. Player Name EnoSarris MikePodhorzer JeffZimmerman ZachSanders StaffConsensus FantasyProsAll Experts Albert Pujols 1 1 1 2 1 view Miguel Cabrera 3 2 2 1 2 view Joey Votto 4 3 3 3 3 view Adrian Gonzalez 2 4 4 4 4 view Prince Fielder 6 5 5 5 5 view Mark Teixeira 5 7 6 7 6 view Eric Hosmer 7 6 7 9 7 view Pablo Sandoval 12 8 8 6 8 view Paul Konerko 8 11 10 8 9 view Michael Morse 9 12 11 14 10 view Billy Butler 21 10 9 10 11 view Lance Berkman 13 14 13 11 12 view Michael Young 16 13 14 12 13 view Mike Napoli 11 16 12 17 14 view Freddie Freeman 14 21 15 13 15 view Carlos Santana 10 19 17 19 16 view Ike Davis 17 15 21 20 17 view Michael Cuddyer 22 9 23 21 18 view Kevin Youkilis 15 17 22 26 19 view Mark Reynolds 23 24 16 18 20 view Paul Goldschmidt 26 18 20 25 21 view Gaby Sanchez 19 22 26 23 22 view Adam Lind 25 25 25 22 23 view Lucas Duda 28 26 29 24 24 view Joe Mauer 20 28 19 – 25 view Carlos Lee 37 20 24 28 26 view Mark Trumbo 31 37 30 15 27 view James Loney 38 27 27 27 28 view Kendrys Morales 18 23 – – 29 view Ryan Howard 24 30 34 35 29 view Justin Smoak 33 42 – 16 30 view Brandon Belt 27 35 32 41 31 view Edwin Encarnacion – 29 33 34 32 view Justin Morneau 29 31 37 42 33 view Carlos Pena 32 32 38 37 34 view Mike Carp 40 33 35 32 35 view Mitch Moreland 34 34 39 33 35 view Howard Kendrick – – 18 – 36 view Adam LaRoche – 36 – 31 37 view Adam Dunn 30 43 – 38 38 view Daniel Murphy – – 28 – 39 view Luke Scott – – – 29 40 view Todd Helton – – – 30 41 view Derrek Lee – – 31 – 42 view Garrett Jones 39 38 36 – 42 view Aubrey Huff – 40 40 36 43 view Nick Swisher 35 – – – 44 view Brandon Allen 36 – – 40 44 view Anthony Rizzo – – – 39 45 view Chris Davis – 39 – – 45 view Fantasy Baseball Rankings powered by FantasyPros