Fantasy Baseball 2012 - First Base Rankings (End of Season Update)

• Even though Pujols had a horrible start to the season, great players always find a way
• Fantasy Baseball welcomed Adam Dunn back
• Ike Davis will be worth drafting next season and should avoid the terrible start he had this year
• Chris Davis finally gave fantasy owners what they were waiting for

How Fantasy Points Are Scored:

Singles - 1pt

Doubles - 2pts

Triples - 3pts

Homeruns - 2pts

RBI - 2pts

Runs Scored - 2pts

Walks - 1pt

Stolen Bases - 1pt

Pre Season Rank	End of Season Rank	Name	Team	Fantasy Points
3	1	Prince Fielder	DET	715
1	2	Albert Pujols	LAA	693
9	3	Billy Butler	KC	669
2	4	Adrián González	LAD	665
30	5	Adam LaRoche	WAS	645
19	6	Adam Dunn	CWS	643
12	7	Freddie Freeman	ATL	636
20	8	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI	618
29	9	Chris Davis	BAL	551
11	10	Ike Davis	NYM	549
6	11	Paul Konerko	CWS	545
24	12	Garrett Jones	PIT	534
4	13	Mark Teixeira	NYY	522
17	14	Justin Morneau	MIN	514
5	15	Joey Votto	CIN	513
18	16	Carlos Peña	TB	493
10	17	Eric Hosmer	KC	486
21	18	Yonder Alonso	SD	481
7	19	David Ortiz	BOS	458
39	20	Brandon Belt	SF	431

All Star Break

 

Oh man, thinking Trumbo was going to start in the minors really was a silly thought! Granted he is pretty much an outfielder these days and wouldn't have been a top 10 player there.  Adam LaRoche really proved us wrong as we had him ranked 30th!  The scary part is that he is known for being a second half hitter.  For his career he is a .295 hitter after the break compared to a .247 prior to the All Star Game.  Big things coming in our Nations Capital.  No way Carlos Pena is on this list in September, especially if longer continues to miss games.

Pre Season Rank	All Star Rank	All Star	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Fantasy Points
7	1	David Ortiz	BOS	85	308	62	96	25	0	22	57	51	47	0	1	0.312	0.406	0.607	1.013	432
5	2	Joey Votto	CIN	83	287	50	100	35	0	14	48	65	64	5	3	0.348	0.471	0.617	1.087	415
3	3	Prince Fielder	DET	86	321	48	96	19	1	15	63	39	45	1	0	0.299	0.380	0.505	0.885	394
19	4	Adam Dunn	CWS	84	293	48	61	11	0	25	61	68	134	0	1	0.208	0.357	0.502	0.859	383
4	5	Mark Teixeira	NYY	81	300	49	75	20	1	15	54	37	50	2	1	0.250	0.334	0.473	0.808	357
1	6	Albert Pujols	LAA	85	328	44	88	21	0	14	51	33	39	6	0	0.268	0.334	0.460	0.795	352
2	7	Adrián González	BOS	86	339	42	96	27	0	6	45	23	64	0	0	0.283	0.329	0.416	0.745	326
30	8	Adam LaRoche	WAS	77	278	34	71	20	1	15	53	39	80	1	1	0.255	0.340	0.496	0.836	322
6	9	Paul Konerko	CWS	77	286	40	94	15	0	14	42	33	44	0	0	0.329	0.404	0.528	0.932	320
9	10	Billy Butler	KC	83	310	31	90	13	0	16	52	29	52	2	1	0.290	0.361	0.487	0.848	316
12	10	Freddie Freeman	ATL	72	277	47	73	17	1	11	49	21	71	0	0	0.264	0.318	0.451	0.769	316
18	10	Carlos Peña	TB	86	304	49	61	11	1	13	37	55	110	2	1	0.201	0.337	0.372	0.709	316
Excludes: Miguel Cabrera (3B) Edwin Encarnacion (3B) Joe Mauer (C) Michael Cuddyer (OF)

Preseason Ranking

 

Projected Starting First Basemen courtesy of MLB Depth Charts
** - Breakout Season Candidate

Mark Trumbo appears to be starting the season in the minors so he has been removed from this list!

Name	Team	Preseason Rank
Albert Pujols	LAA	1
Adrián González	BOS	2
Prince Fielder	DET	3
Mark Teixeira	NYY	4
Joey Votto	CIN	5
Paul Konerko	CWS	6
David Ortiz	BOS	7
Gaby Sánchez	MIA	8
Billy Butler	KC	9
Eric Hosmer	KC	10

Name	Team	Preseason Rank
Ike Davis	NYM	11
Freddie Freeman	ATL	12
Justin Smoak	SEA	13
Todd Helton	COL	14
Adam Lind	TOR	15
Lance Berkman	STL	16
Justin Morneau	MIN	17
Carlos Pena	TB	18
Adam Dunn	CWS	19
Paul Goldschmidt**	ARI	20
Yonder Alonso**	SD	21
Mitch Moreland	TEX	22
Mat Gamel**	MIL	23
Garrett Jones	PIT	24
James Loney	LAD	25
Casey Kotchman	CLE	26
Travis Hafner	CLE	27
Daric Barton	OAK	28
Chris Davis	BAL	29
Adam LaRoche	WAS	30
Kendrys Morales	LAA	31
Aubrey Huff	SF	32
Ryan Howard	PHI	33
Brandon Allen	OAK	34
Bryan LaHair	CHC	35
Russell Branyan	NYY	36
Ty Wiggington	PHI	37
Brett Wallace	HOU	38
Brandon Belt	SF	39

Stats from last season

• Of first basemen who played over 100 games, just 7 hit .300 or better
• This list does not include Albert Pujols(.299) or Prince Fielder(.299)
• Just 4 other first basemen hit over.275
• Not including Berkman, who played outfield last year, just 6 first basemen hit 30+ HRs
• Just 5 others hits atleast 25 HRs
• Just 8 first basmen had 100+ RBI
• Just 3 others drove in 90+
• 12 first basemen stuck out over 100 times
• Pena, Dunn, and Howard each over 150
• 5 first basemen hit 40+ doubles
• 7 others hit at least 30

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