RotoGraphs Consensus Ranks: First Base

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February 19, 2014

Time for the first basemen! At least one entrant here will cause some consternation, but it’s probably a good time to remember that the bar for offense at first base is incredibly high. The 15th-ranked first baseman this year might hit .275 with 30 homers. Heck, the 20th-rhanked guy could do that.

So enjoy this list twice. They’ll probably fill two (to three) positions on your roster.

Rankings based on 5×5 roto, 12 teams, single-catcher with Middle Infield and Corner Infield spots, 14 hitters and 9 pitchers. Each ranker had their own mix of projections and intuition.

RG Name Jeff Zach Mike Eno
1 Paul Goldschmidt 1 1 1 1
2 Chris Davis 2 2 2 2
3 Prince Fielder 4 3 4 3
4 Edwin Encarnacion 3 5 3 5
5 Joey Votto 5 4 5 4
6 Freddie Freeman 9 7 6 6
7 Eric Hosmer 6 6 9 10
8 Anthony Rizzo 7 9 10 7
9 Albert Pujols 8 11 11 8
10 David Ortiz 10 10 7 12
11 Adrian Gonzalez 11 12 8 9
12 Billy Butler 12 8 17 11
13 Allen Craig 13 13 12 18
14 Mark Trumbo 14 14 13 17
15 Jose Abreu 15 20 14 13
16 Brandon Belt 18 16 15 14
17 Matt Adams 16 17 16 16
18 Kendrys Morales 19 18 20 15
19 Victor Martinez 22 23 19 20
20 Brandon Moss 24 15 18 28
21 Adam Lind 23 19 24 19
22 Mark Teixeira 21 22 21 21
23 Nick Swisher 20 21 26 24
24 Chris Carter 17 31 25 25
25 Mike Napoli 26 28 22 23
26 Yonder Alonso 27 25 27 22
27 Justin Morneau 28 24 23 27
28 Adam Dunn 25 27 31 30
29 Mitch Moreland 29 29 29 26
30 James Loney 34 26 30 29
31 Ryan Howard 30 30 33 31
32 Adam LaRoche 31 33 28 33
33 Ike Davis 35 32 34 32
34 Logan Morrison 32 34 37 35
35 Justin Smoak 33 35 36 34
36 Garrett Jones 36 36 35 36
37 Lucas Duda 38 37 40 37
38 Gaby Sanchez 37 40 38 39
39 Paul Konerko 39 38 39 40
40 Daric Barton 40 39 40 40

Other players ranked by one analyst: Mike Carp, Nate Freiman, Jesus Guzman, Darin Ruf, Kyle Blanks, Japhet Amador, and Andrew Lambo.





 

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GMember since 2021
11 years ago

Mauer, Morneau?

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Eno SarrisMember since 2020
11 years ago
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Morneau is there. I made the executive decision not to rank Mauer here. One more year of catcher. I’d personally make Mauer my 14th-ranked first baseman.

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