Staff rankings: First base
by Nick FlederFebruary 14, 2012
Starting yesterday, we began to release our staff consensus rankings by position, starting with catchers. The staffers who ranked are Josh Shepardson, Ben Pritchett, Brad Johnson and yours truly. We used FantasyPros.com to create our composite rankings, and if you follow the link provided in our rankings, you can see how ours compared with a slew of other experts'.
As you did yesterday, assume a 12-team, mixed league with standard 5x5 settings. Click on the links with our names to get to our Twitter accounts, where we'll happily answer your baseball and fantasy questions year-round.
| 2012 First Basemen Rankings | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player Name | Nick Fleder | Ben Prichett | Josh Shepardson | Brad Johnson | THT Composite | FantasyPros Expert Consensus |
| Miguel Cabrera | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | compare |
| Albert Pujols | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | compare |
| Joey Votto | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | compare |
| Adrian Gonzalez | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | compare |
| Prince Fielder | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | compare |
| Mark Teixeira | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | compare |
| Eric Hosmer | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7 | compare |
| Paul Konerko | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | compare |
| Mike Napoli | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | compare |
| Carlos Santana | 9 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 10 | compare |
| Pablo Sandoval | 11 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | compare |
| Michael Morse | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | compare |
| Kevin Youkilis | 15 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 13 | compare |
| Lance Berkman | 14 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 14 | compare |
| Michael Young | 13 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 15 | compare |
| Freddie Freeman | 17 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 16 | compare |
| Ike Davis | 19 | 23 | 14 | 17 | 17 | compare |
| Billy Butler | 21 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 18 | compare |
| Joe Mauer | 18 | 13 | – | 20 | 19 | compare |
| Ryan Howard | 22 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | compare |
| Paul Goldschmidt | 16 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 21 | compare |
| Michael Cuddyer | 20 | 29 | 20 | 18 | 22 | compare |
| Howard Kendrick | 25 | 18 | – | 21 | 23 | compare |
| Mark Reynolds | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 24 | compare |
| Kendrys Morales | 24 | 26 | 22 | – | 25 | compare |
Fantasy Baseball Rankings powered by FantasyPros, the leading aggregator of expert fantasy advice.
Tomorrow... Second base
Nick can be reached for questions, comments, or concerns via email: nick.fleder AT gmail DOT com.
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