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Updated Fantasy Baseball First Base Rankings - 2023 Roto League Drafts: Vinnie Pasquantino, Andrew Vaughn, Triston Casas

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Updated 2023 fantasy baseball first base rankings for roto 5x5 mixed leagues as of March 23rd. Use our first baseman rankings, tiers and analysis to win your fantasy baseball drafts.

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 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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