For the next fantasy baseball primer, the folks at Sports of Boston tackeled the Top 30 First Basemen. Here are my rankings:
- Albert Pujols
- Prince Fielder
- Miguel Cabrera
- Adrian Gonzalez
- Mark Teixeira
- Kevin Youkilis
- Joey Votto
- Carlos Pena
- Ryan Howard
- Justin Morneau
- Adam Dunn
- Lance Berkman
- Nick Johnson
- Todd Helton
- Chris Davis
- Billy Butler
- Adam LaRoche
- Derrek Lee
- Kendry Morales
- Nick Swisher
- Garrett Jones
- Conor Jackson
- Paul Konerko
- Matt LaPorta
- Jeff Clement
- Daric Barton
- James Loney
- Russell Branyon
- Garrett Atkins
- Jorge Cantu
I’m not a believer in Garrett Jones, but if he’s your second 1B or DH or a guy off the bench he’s a great pickup. On the whole, first base is deep. Pujols is still top of the class, but Prince Fielder, Mark Teixeira, and Joey Votto are going to be right on his tail, depending on which categories you use in your league.