While Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, and Joey Votto represent a triumvirate of studs at the 1B position, there’s a pretty steep drop off. Even just 5 years ago the back end of the top 10 was filled with studs, but now there are just question marks. That’s not to say that there aren’t many intriguing options. Paul Konerko, Mark Teixeira, and Adrian Gonzalez represent some familiar faces, and Allen Craig, Paul Goldschmidt, and Freddie Freeman some new ones.
As for drafts — after those top guys are off the board we’d recommend waiting and filling out other positions because the 15-20 range and the 5-10 range really aren’t all too different. Eric Hosmer could have a bounce back year, Corey Hart is decent, and Justin Morneau is a former MVP. There will definitely be adjustments as spring training goes on and we get closer to spring training, so stay posted and always feel free to tweet us @RotoAnalysis!
NOTE: a rank of “40″ means they were unranked, and is simply used to calculate the average rank.
Player Matt Cott Moe Koltun Matt Schwimmer Average
1 Albert Pujols 1 1 1 1.00
2 Joey Votto 3 2 2 2.33
3 Prince Fielder 2 3 3 2.67
4 Edwin Encarnacion 4 5 4 4.33
5 Buster Posey 5 4 5 4.67
6 Billy Butler 6 9 8 7.67
7 Freddie Freeman 8 8 7 7.67
8 Paul Konerko 7 6 13 8.67
9 Paul Goldschmidt 10 10 9 9.67
10 Adrian Gonzalez 12 7 11 10.00
11 Allen Craig 11 14 6 10.33
12 Mark Teixiera 14 11 10 11.67
13 Adam LaRoche 9 13 15 12.33
14 Joe Mauer 13 12 12 12.33
15 Eric Hosmer 16 15 14 15.00
16 Corey Hart 15 18 18 17.00
17 Mark Trumbo 18 16 17 17.00
18 Ike Davis 17 17 19 17.67
19 Justin Morneau 19 19 20 19.33
20 Carlos Santana 22 21 16 19.67
21 Anthony Rizzo 21 20 22 21.00
22 Ryan Howard 20 23 24 22.33
23 Nick Swisher 23 22 23 22.67
24 Chris Davis 28 24 25 25.67
25 Kevin Youkilis 25 26 27 26.00
26 Mike Napoli 29 29 21 26.33
27 Yonder Alonso 24 28 29 27.00
28 Adam Dunn 26 27 30 27.67
29 Kendrys Morales 27 30 26 27.67
30 Lance Berkman 40 25 28 31.00
31 Todd Frazier 30 40 40 36.67
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As I’ve continued to ask all off-season when these 1B rankings come out, where is Garrett Jones? He had almost identical stats as Cory Hart minus something like 15 runs (off the top of my head). I’m not saying it is wrong for him to not be ranked, I would just like an explaination.
He was one of our guys right on the edge. I had him #30 until I realized Frazier was eligible. he’s definitely on the same tier as some of these other guys but his HR/FB rate was inflated last year and his walk rate declined to the lowest rate of his career.