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Draft season is upon us, and we'll be releasing updated rankings constantly! In this article below, you'll find our MLB team's updated fantasy baseball first base rankings for roto leagues and tiers for 5x5 mixed roto leagues as of March 23. This is an exciting time of year for MLB and fantasy baseball fans, as the MLB season is getting closer, and a full year of fantasy baseball lies ahead. We're here to ensure you crush your drafts, win your leagues, and earn those bragging rights.
First base may not be as deep as its been in years past, but it was one of the deepest groups in fantasy baseball in 2022. There are a few studs mixed in with some quality options at the mid-range. With third basemen being scarce this year, fantasy managers will most likely fill out their starting corner infielder slot with a first basemen in leagues that require one. We're here to help sort it out with our 2023 fantasy baseball rankings. Let's see where key first basemen like Nathaniel Lowe, Vinnie Pasquantino, Andrew Vaughn, Triston Casas, Rowdy Tellez, Spencer Torkelson, and Darick Hall rank, among others.
Our fantasy baseball first basemen rankings are put together by Nick Mariano, Ariel Cohen, Jon Anderson, JB Branson, Connelly Doan, and Ben Rosener. You can also find our other draft rankings for all league formats, continually updated throughout the preseason, in our main fantasy baseball Rankings Wizard tool. Also, make use of all our premium resources with our MLB Draft Kit. Most importantly, our brand new free mobile app is a must-have – download it and configure your notifications. We deliver all the top MLB news, injuries, and fantasy analysis 24x7 with our free push notification alerts!
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Fantasy Baseball First Base News and Injuries
- Rhys Hoskins Tears ACL
- Andrew Vaughn To Play Minor-League Game Friday
- Cubs Reassign Matt Mervis, Kevin Alcantara Thursday
- Triston Casas Back In Grapefruit League Lineup
- Kyle Manzardo Sent Down To Minor League Camp
Fantasy Baseball First Base Rankings - Roto Leagues
The staff rankings are for roto leagues and standard 5x5 categories. They are always updated on our fantasy baseball rankings dashboard. Nick Mariano was named the #1 overall most accurate industry expert ranker for the 2018 season, and Ariel Cohen was #1 overall for the 2019 season.
Last updated on Thursday 3/23 at 8:00 pm ET:
| 1B Tier | 1B Ranking | Player Name | Pos | Overall |
| 1 | 1 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | 8 |
| 1 | 2 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | 11 |
| 2 | 3 | Pete Alonso | 1B | 19 |
| 2 | 4 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Matt Olson | 1B | 34 |
| 4 | 6 | Jose Abreu | 1B | 78 |
| 4 | 7 | Nathaniel Lowe | 1B | 85 |
| 4 | 8 | Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 88 |
| 4 | 9 | C.J. Cron | 1B | 101 |
| 4 | 10 | Christian Walker | 1B | 112 |
| 4 | 11 | Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 127 |
| 5 | 12 | Ryan Mountcastle | 1B | 128 |
| 5 | 13 | Andrew Vaughn | 1B/OF | 140 |
| 5 | 14 | Rowdy Tellez | 1B | 149 |
| 5 | 15 | Josh Bell | 1B | 157 |
| 5 | 16 | Alec Bohm | 1B/3B | 167 |
| 5 | 17 | Ty France | 1B/3B | 168 |
| 5 | 18 | Jose Miranda | 1B/3B | 178 |
| 6 | 19 | Jake Cronenworth | 1B/2B/SS | 186 |
| 6 | 20 | Josh Naylor | 1B/OF | 194 |
| 6 | 21 | Joey Meneses | 1B/OF | 201 |
| 6 | 22 | Luis Arraez | 1B/2B | 202 |
| 6 | 23 | Brandon Drury | 1B/2B/3B | 217 |
| 6 | 24 | Seth Brown | 1B/OF | 218 |
| 6 | 25 | Triston Casas | 1B | 233 |
| 6 | 26 | Yandy Diaz | 1B/3B | 248 |
| 6 | 27 | Wil Myers | 1B/OF | 249 |
| 6 | 28 | Trey Mancini | 1B/OF | 281 |
| 7 | 29 | Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 282 |
| 7 | 30 | DJ LeMahieu | 1B/2B/3B | 294 |
| 7 | 31 | Jared Walsh | 1B | 318 |
| 7 | 32 | Brendan Donovan | 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF | 320 |
| 7 | 33 | Matt Mervis | 1B | 342 |
| 7 | 34 | Wilmer Flores | 1B/2B/3B | 347 |
| 7 | 35 | Alex Kirilloff | 1B/OF | 359 |
| 7 | 36 | Joey Votto | 1B | 367 |
| 8 | 37 | Darick Hall | 1B | 371 |
| 8 | 38 | Harold Ramirez | 1B/OF | 373 |
| 8 | 39 | Isaac Paredes | 1B/2B/3B | 377 |
| 8 | 40 | Garrett Cooper | 1B | 387 |
| 8 | 41 | Juan Yepez | 1B/OF | 388 |
| 8 | 42 | Luke Voit | 1B | 389 |
| 8 | 43 | Carlos Santana | 1B | 393 |
| 8 | 44 | Miguel Rojas | 1B/SS | 413 |
| 8 | 45 | Spencer Steer | 1B/3B | 440 |
| 8 | 46 | Brandon Belt | 1B | 445 |
| 8 | 47 | Eric Hosmer | 1B | 470 |
| 9 | 48 | Patrick Wisdom | 1B/3B/OF | 475 |
| 9 | 49 | Bobby Dalbec | 1B/3B | 487 |
| 9 | 50 | J.D. Davis | 1B/3B | 490 |
| 9 | 51 | Ji-Man Choi | 1B | 494 |
| 9 | 52 | LaMonte Wade Jr. | 1B/OF | 512 |
| 9 | 53 | Hunter Dozier | 1B/3B/OF | 523 |
| 9 | 54 | Gavin Sheets | 1B/OF | 533 |
| 9 | 55 | Dominic Smith | 1B | 535 |
| 9 | 56 | Aledmys Diaz | 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF | 536 |
| 9 | 57 | Nick Pratto | 1B/OF | 542 |
| 9 | 58 | David Villar | 1B/3B | 564 |
| 9 | 59 | Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 570 |
| 9 | 60 | Jesus Aguilar | 1B | 588 |
| 9 | 61 | Michael Toglia | 1B/OF | 593 |
| 10 | 62 | Christian Arroyo | 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF | 595 |
| 10 | 63 | Jonathan Aranda | 1B/2B/3B | 613 |
| 10 | 64 | Elehuris Montero | 1B/3B | 630 |
| 10 | 65 | Keston Hiura | 1B/2B | 640 |
| 10 | 66 | Daniel Vogelbach | 1B | 699 |
| 10 | 67 | Dermis Garcia | 1B/2B/3B | 708 |
| 10 | 68 | J.J. Matijevic | 1B | 723 |
| 10 | 69 | Mike Moustakas | 1B/3B | 739 |
| 10 | 70 | Edwin Rios | 1B | 741 |
| 10 | 71 | Kyle Manzardo | 1B | 744 |
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