Fantasy Baseball Rankings- First Base - End of Season Update

** - Break out season candidate

Name	Team	End of Season Ranking	Preseason Ranking	All Star Break Ranking
Adrián González	BOS	1	3	1
Miguel Cabrera	DET	2	2	3
Joey Votto	CIN	3	4	4
Prince Fielder	MIL	4	10	2
Albert Pujols	STL	5	1	10
Mark Teixeira	NYY	6	5	6
Ryan Howard	PHI	7	8	5
David Ortiz	BOS	8	14	8
Paul Konerko	CWS	9	6	7
Billy Butler	KC	10	15	14

Name	Team	End of Season Ranking	Preseason Ranking	All Star Break Ranking
Michael Morse	WAS	11	#N/A	#N/A
Carlos Peña	CHC	12	12	12
Gaby Sánchez	FLA	13	19	9
Freddie Freeman**	ATL	14	26	13
Eric Hosmer	KC	15	#N/A	29
Mark Trumbo	LAA	16	#N/A	18
Adam Lind	TOR	17	22	16
Todd Helton	COL	18	27	15
James Loney	LAD	19	20	26
Aubrey Huff	SF	20	13	19
Mitch Moreland**	TEX	21	23	24
Casey Kotchman	TB	22	#N/A	30
Derrek Lee	PIT	23	25	27
Daniel Murphy	NYM	24	#N/A	17
Ty Wigginton	COL	25	#N/A	23
Justin Smoak	SEA	26	31	20
Lyle Overbay	ARI	27	21	21
Travis Hafner	CLE	28	24	36
Adam Dunn	CWS	29	7	28
Matt LaPorta	CLE	30	30	33

2010 INFO

• The average first baseman hit right around .280, with Justin Morneau hitting .345 and Carlos Pena hitting? .196.
• Albert Pujols was the only first baseman to hit over 40 HRs, while Joey Votto, Miguel Cabrera, and Paul Konerko each slugged over 35.  Ryan Howard, Mark Teixeira, Prince Fielder and Adrian Gonzalez each hit 30+.
• Only 8 first basemen had 90+ RBI, all with 100+.  Adam LaRoche was the only one to do it with less than 30 HRs(25).
• Adam LaRoche led all first baseman with 172 Ks.  14 others had over 100.
• Daric Barton had more walks(110) than Albert Pujols(103).  Prince Fielder led with 114.

Break Out Season Candidates
Ike Davis	NYM	Davis, 24, hit 19 HRs and drove in 71 runs as a rookie last season on a struggling Mets offense that was without Jason Bay and Carlos Beltran for most of the season. Given a healthy lineup, Davis can do damage at the bottom of the Mets lineup. He will need to cut down on the strikeouts, and being pushed down in the order should help relax Davis and allow him to go back to putting the ball in the huge gaps at CitiField and drive in Reyes, Pagan, Wright, Beltran and Bay.
Brett Wallace	HOU	Wallace disappointed in his first opportunities last season for the Astros, but he was selected 13th overall in 2008 for a reason. A .304 career batting average over 3 seasons in the minors should carry over to the Pro level. He never did walk in the Minors so you can not expect him to start walking now, but he should be able to hit plenty of doubles and should crack at least 15 HRs this season with up to 80 RBI. Wallace is a nice late round selection as a back up 1B who you can watch develop over the course of the season.
Mitch Moreland	TEX	Moreland was brought up to the bigs and instantly made an impact and played a huge role on the road to the World Series. He was on pace for a 30 HR season, with 9 HRs in 47 games. He hit an incredible .462 in the World Series while facing the likes of Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain. Expect a BIG year from Moreland as he gets his first full season in the Bigs in one of the best lineups in all of baseball.
Freddie Freeman	ATL	Freddie has been in the Braves farm system since he was just 17 years old and in 4 seasons racked up 50 HRs 270 RBI and batted .301. The 6'5 21 year old's success did not carry over to the Bigs but the sky's the limit for Freddie.
Dan Johnson	TB	Johnson waited patiently for his turn at 1b in Oakland for over 5 seasons, only to sign with Tampa and have to sit behind Carlos Pena for 3 more seasons. Well Pena is gone and the Rays will turn to Johnson to replace him. Johnson, 30, will hit for a MUCH higher average than Pena's .196 last season but do not expect the HRs to top 20.

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