Fantasy Baseball: Early Points First Base Rankings

Doing the points first base rankings after the roto version is always really strange because there are some real deep shifts. Whereas catcher felt relatively similar from one format to the other the first base landscape has some big difference. Firstly Paul Goldschmidt isn’t the consensus number one in points. He is joined by not only Joey Votto but also by Anthony Rizzo.

Low strikeout guys get huge rewards in the points format so guys like Carlos Santana, Matt Carpenter and Buster Posey are more valuable in this format. On the other hand you have guys like Wil Myers, Greg Bird and Justin Smoak who are higher power but also high strikeout guys and their value sees a relative decrease to the roto format. Joe Mauer is always the big gainer in this format and he is always an under rated points guy that can be got relatively late in drafts whole providing consistent performance that can be really valuable if you wait to fill the first base position.

Points leagues also traditionally tend to require less players as there isn’t the demand for a corner infielder like there is in roto. This means that the position doesn’t dry up quite so quickly and guys in the 4^th tier can often be got really late in drafts and don’t see the huge drop off compared to the top guys that other positions see.

Ranking for points leagues is always tough because every league is slightly different. The format I am taking here is what I consider to be fairly standard. A point for each base, run, RBI, walk, HBP and steal and -1 for each strikeout. Of course every league has its own quirk and that means the user has to adjust for those in his or her rankings for that particular league but hopefully this gives you base to go off and then you can adjust if for example your league rewards power or really punishes strikeouts.

As with my roto rankings everything here is calculated off ESPN eligibility.

Tier	Ranking	Player	Team	Eligibility
1	1	Joey Votto	CIN	1B
1	2	Paul Goldschmidt	ARI	1B
1	3	Anthony Rizzo	CHC	1B
2	4	Freddie Freeman	ATL	1B
2	5	Edwin Encarnacion	CLE	1BDH
2	6	Jose Abreu	CWS	1B
2	7	Carlos Santana	PHI	1B
3	8	Cody Bellinger	LAD	1BOF
3	9	Matt Carpenter	STL	1B
3	10	Miguel Cabrera	DET	1B
3	11	Buster Posey	SF	C1B
4	12	Rhys Hoskins	PHI	1BOF
4	13	Wil Myers	SD	1B
4	14	Josh Bell	PIT	1B
4	15	Joe Mauer	MIN	1B
4	16	Yulieski Gurriel	HOU	1B
4	17	Justin Smoak	TOR	1B
4	18	Matt Olson	OAK	1B
5	19	Greg Bird	NYY	1B
5	20	Trey Mancini	BAL	1BOF

 

 

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