Top Ranked 1B 13'

1B this year is definitely the deepest position in Fantasy Baseball. It was last year that a dozen different 1B hit over 25 HR in addition to 7 having over a 100 RBI season. This year I am putting 17 players with 1B eligibility (that’s 20 games in my projections) to have over 25 or more HR with only 4 going over the century mark in RBI. This is a transition position where we see old vets declining like Howard, Konerko, and Morneau and then the 2^nd and 3^rd year players like Rizzo, Davis, Freeman and Trumbo with different counting stat concerns. This is also a year where some managers might try and put one of the C/1B types in their 1B or CI slot. Though I do not recommend it. Overall your strategy should be get one of the top 4 1B on draft day.

 

Rank	Player	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OPS	Value
1	Joey Votto	560	105	29	104	7	0.302	0.954	$39
2	Albert Pujols	595	97	33	108	8	0.296	0.913	$39
3	Prince Fielder	550	99	30	105	1	0.301	0.937	$37
4	Billy Butler	600	87	27	100	2	0.302	0.861	$28
5	Adrian Gonzalez	585	88	25	98	2	0.289	0.849	$25
6	E. Encarnacion	515	86	30	90	8	0.274	0.869	$25
7	Buster Posey	520	80	21	92	2	0.311	0.891	$31
8	P. Goldschmidt	520	81	25	84	12	0.275	0.859	$20
9	Anthony Rizzo	540	80	27	88	6	0.276	0.837	$20
10	Paul Konerko	525	81	26	87	1	0.288	0.859	$20
11	Freddie Freeman	560	84	24	91	3	0.275	0.821	$19
12	Mark Teixeira	520	85	28	94	3	0.256	0.829	$19
13	Allen Craig	515	78	22	84	3	0.289	0.836	$16
14	Michael Cuddyer	525	78	21	80	9	0.282	0.827	$15
15	Chris Davis	520	72	29	80	3	0.265	0.81	$11
16	Mark Trumbo	525	70	28	88	5	0.255	0.775	$11
17	Mike Napoli	455	76	27	77	3	0.264	0.864	$20
18	Joe Mauer	515	82	12	78	4	0.305	0.837	$20
19	Carlos Santana	520	82	22	80	5	0.254	0.817	$19
20	Ryan Howard	485	72	27	88	1	0.254	0.812	$10
21	Adam LaRoche	530	75	25	85	1	0.258	0.799	$10
22	Adam Dunn	500	79	30	78	1	0.222	0.792	$10
23	Eric Hosmer	555	72	18	73	13	0.272	0.772	$10
24	Ike Davis	505	73	27	82	1	0.255	0.818	$9
25	Nick Swisher	490	78	22	76	2	0.263	0.828	$8
26	Michael Young	545	74	11	71	3	0.297	0.766	$10
27	Mark Reynolds	505	77	29	75	5	0.226	0.789	$4
28	Todd Frazier	505	66	22	73	8	0.251	0.772	$2
29	Daniel Murphy	550	69	8	65	7	0.293	0.76	$5
30	Kendrys Morales	470	62	21	73	1	0.269	0.788	$2

 

Like I said earlier the top 4 are the elite and you should use your 1^st round pick on one.

The next tier starts with a declining Gonzalez and goes onto Freeman. This group is a must have if for some reason you went with Tulo or Car-Go in the 1^st round. Goldschmidt and his double digit SB this year have many talking. Do not draft a 1B for his SB. You want power, power and then some more power with your power.

Next we go from the self announced over paid Teixeira to the end of the C/1B trio. Teixeira will regret saying that and it will follow him all year…and not in a good way. This group also has some OF and other players with 3B eligibility. I see most of these players be later round CI players.

This next tier we could label the 250ers. Most will hit at or below .250 but still have legit power. Do not get stuck  drafting 2 of these players or you have just finished in the bottom of the Batting Average category. This group goes from Howard to Swisher.

Lastly you have the guys that you can say, “well at least they have 1B eligibility”. Yeah, they will go good with the 7 pitchers you selected in the first 12 rounds.