Justin Mason’s Top 50 1st Basemen- June 30, 2020
With baseball officially inching closer to an actual season, it is time to update draft ranks for those of you that are like me and still have leagues that still need to draft. I will likely be updating each set of ranks I release once or twice before opening day as news of the schedule, players opting out of the season, and other information could shake things up tremendously. However, here are my current first base ranks as of now. (Beginning of tiers are highlighted in blue)
Rank | Player | Team | Position(s) | Previous Rank | Change |
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1 | Cody Bellinger | LAD | 1B, OF | 1 | 0 |
2 | Freddie Freeman | ATL | 1B | 2 | 0 |
3 | Peter Alonso | NYM | 1B | 3 | 0 |
4 | Anthony Rizzo | CHC | 1B | 4 | 0 |
5 | Paul Goldschmidt | STL | 1B | 5 | 0 |
6 | Matt Olson | OAK | 1B | 6 | 0 |
7 | Max Muncy | LAD | 2B, 1B, 3B | 7 | 0 |
8 | DJ LeMahieu | NYY | 1B, 3B, 2B | 8 | 0 |
9 | Josh Bell | PIT | 1B | 9 | 0 |
10 | Jose Abreu | CWS | 1B | 10 | 0 |
11 | Rhys Hoskins | PHI | 1B | 11 | 0 |
12 | Yasmani Grandal | CWS | 1B, C | 14 | 2 |
13 | Edwin Encarnacion | CHW | 1B | 23 | 10 |
14 | Carlos Santana | CLE | 1B | 16 | 2 |
15 | Luke Voit | NYY | 1B | 15 | 0 |
16 | Joc Pederson | LAD | 1B, OF | 17 | 1 |
17 | Danny Santana | TEX | 1B, OF | 18 | 1 |
18 | Yuli Gurriel | HOU | 1B, 3B | 13 | -5 |
19 | Joey Votto | CIN | 1B | 19 | 0 |
20 | Justin Smoak | MIL | 1B | 46 | 26 |
21 | C.J. Cron | DET | 1B | 30 | 9 |
22 | Christian Walker | ARZ | 1B | 27 | 5 |
23 | Miguel Cabrera | DET | 1B | 31 | 8 |
24 | Jesus Aguilar | MIA | 1B | 32 | 8 |
25 | Michael Chavis | BOS | 1B, 2B | 20 | -5 |
26 | Eric Hosmer | SD | 1B | 24 | -2 |
27 | Renato Nunez | BAL | 1B | 22 | -5 |
28 | Howie Kendrick | WAS | 1B, 2B | 38 | 10 |
29 | Yandy Diaz | TB | 1B, 3B | 21 | -8 |
30 | Daniel Murphy | COL | 1B | 26 | -4 |
31 | Garrett Cooper | MIA | 1B, OF | 25 | -6 |
32 | Evan White | SEA | 1B | 34 | 2 |
33 | Brandon Belt | SF | 1B | 33 | 0 |
34 | Mitch Moreland | BOS | 1B | 51 | 17 |
35 | Kevin Cron | ARZ | 1B | 51 | 16 |
36 | Eric Thames | WAS | 1B | 44 | 8 |
37 | Jake Lamb | ARZ | 1B, 3B | 36 | -1 |
38 | Travis d’Arnaud | ATL | 1B, C | 37 | -1 |
39 | Seth Beer | HOU | 1B | 45 | 6 |
40 | Marwin Gonzalez | MIN | 1B, 3B, OF | 39 | -1 |
41 | Jeimer Candelario | DET | 1B, 3B | 40 | -1 |
42 | Ji-Man Choi | TB | 1B | 41 | -1 |
43 | Jake Bauers | CLE | 1B, OF | 50 | 7 |
44 | Dominic Smith | NYM | OF, 1B | 42 | -2 |
45 | Osuna, Jose | PIT | 1B, OF | 51 | 6 |
46 | Ryan O’Hearn | KC | 1B | 47 | 1 |
47 | Daniel Vogelbach | SEA | 1B | 48 | 1 |
48 | Albert Pujols | LAA | 1B | 49 | 1 |
49 | Davis, Chris | BAL | 1B | 51 | 2 |
50 | Matt Beatty | LAD | OF, 1B | 51 | 1 |
Justin is the co-host on The Sleeper and The Bust Podcast and writes for Rotographs covering the Roto Riteup as well as other periodic articles. In addition to his work at Rotographs, Justin is the lead fantasy writer/analyst and co-owner for FriendswithFantasyBenefits.com, and the owner of The Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational. He is also a certified addiction treatment counselor. Follow Justin on Twitter @JustinMasonFWFB.
Seems awfully aggressive on D’Arnaud given his timeshare at C and Freeman never misses games and they have a glut of DH candidates. I mean, it’ sfar enough down the list that it probably doesn’t matter much, but still . . .
Also , typo on Thames – he’s with the Nats now.
Yeah, I probably shouldn’t have even ranked him on here, but he is first base eligible.