Paul Sporer’s 2022 1B Rankings
by Paul Sporer
December 16, 2021
I’ll be releasing my first run of positional rankings over the next week or so. My rankings with the individual comments will come after the new year, but these will lay the groundwork and show you where I’m at to start. These are for 5×5 15-teamers with a 20-game eligibility threshold.
Let’s discuss in the comments!
1B Rankings
| RK | PLAYER |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. |
| 2 | Freddie Freeman |
| 3 | Paul Goldschmidt |
| 4 | Pete Alonso |
| 5 | C.J. Cron |
| 6 | Matt Olson |
| 7 | Ryan Mountcastle |
| 8 | José Abreu |
| 9 | Jared Walsh |
| 10 | Josh Bell |
| 11 | DJ LeMahieu |
| 12 | Jake Cronenworth |
| 13 | Joey Votto |
| 14 | Alex Kirilloff |
| 15 | Yuli Gurriel |
| 16 | Ty France |
| 17 | Luke Voit |
| 18 | Trey Mancini |
| 19 | Brandon Belt |
| 20 | Frank Schwindel |
| 21 | Rhys Hoskins |
| 22 | Anthony Rizzo |
| 23 | Jonathan Schoop |
| 24 | Nathaniel Lowe |
| 25 | Jesús Aguilar |
| 26 | Rowdy Tellez |
| 27 | Pavin Smith |
| 28 | Yoshi Tsutsugo |
| 29 | Miguel Sanó |
| 30 | Carlos Santana |
| 31 | LaMonte Wade Jr. |
| 32 | Spencer Torkelson |
| 33 | Triston Casas |
| 34 | Lewin Díaz |
| 35 | Bobby Bradley |
| 36 | Darin Ruf 러프 |
| 37 | Bobby Dalbec |
| 38 | Eric Hosmer |
| 39 | Christian Walker |
| 40 | Keston Hiura |
| 41 | Joshua Fuentes |
| 42 | Yandy Díaz |
| 43 | Brad Miller |
| 44 | Seth Beer |
| 45 | Daniel Vogelbach |
| 46 | Travis Shaw |
| 47 | Wilmer Flores |
| 48 | Matt Beaty |
| 49 | Yu Chang |
| 50 | Ryan O’Hearn |
Welp I guess I won’t be keeping Rizzo.
Cron seems awfully high
Playing in Coors is likely part of it.
It’s all of it, tbh. I mean, he’s good, too. If I thought he sucked, I wouldn’t have him there. But a good hitter like him in Coors is huge
Cron over Olson seems bananas to me, and though I’d pick a couple other names before Cron, no one after that seems like a CLEAR choice over him.
I looove Olson, but his status is uncertain right now so I dropped a couple spots for now (he was 4, but I went for Alonso & Cron over him right now).
I know Olson crushes in Oakland so it’s not like he will be ruined by a park, but I just want to see where he goes before settling on him as a top 5 guy right now
Not sure the temporary drop is at all warranted, Paul. I think Olson should be #3 no matter what.
I don’t hate on it if you go that way, but he’s on a little uneasy ground right now w/his situation so I’m playing it a bit cautiously. Really love the player, though.