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RotoBaller is constantly working to try and bring fantasy baseball managers the best advice, especially during draft season. A big part of that includes regular updates to our tiered rankings for all formats. In this article, you will find our updated fantasy baseball first base rankings for points leagues as of March 5th.
In this article below, we will be taking a look at our first base rankings list put together by RotoBaller's lead fantasy baseball points analyst, Nicklaus Gaut. First base may not be as deep as it has 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 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 Christian Walker, Vinnie Pasquantino, Rowdy Tellez, Triston Casas, and Anthony Rizzo rank, among others.
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Fantasy Baseball First Base News and Injuries
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Fantasy Baseball First Base Rankings- Points Leagues
These rankings are for points and head-to-head points leagues. You can also see our roto fantasy baseball rankings.
Before we get to the rankings, let's quickly review points leagues and how they differ from other formats. Typically, points leagues have different league settings and scoring formats than other fantasy baseball leagues. Different MLB stats and categories are assigned different point values, which can vary by individual league settings. Those different point buckets are then added up over the course of a scoring period or season.
In many cases, hitters who walk more and strike out less are preferred for points leagues. Also, many league formats tend to give more weight to pitchers than normal, as they can easily accrue points through categories like Innings Pitched. These are the general frameworks that we use for our points league rankings below, and explain why they look different than more standard 5x5 roto fantasy baseball rankings.
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Last updated on Sunday 3/5 at 6:00 am ET:
| Â 1B Tier | 1B Ranking | Player Name | Pos | Overall |
| 1 | 1 | Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 1B | 6 |
| 1 | 2 | Freddie Freeman | 1B | 8 |
| 1 | 3 | Pete Alonso | 1B | 12 |
| 2 | 4 | Matt Olson | 1B | 21 |
| 2 | 5 | Paul Goldschmidt | 1B | 23 |
| 2 | 6 | Rhys Hoskins | 1B | 41 |
| 2 | 7 | Jose Abreu | 1B | 54 |
| 3 | 8 | Nathaniel Lowe | 1B | 67 |
| 3 | 9 | Christian Walker | 1B | 75 |
| 3 | 10 | Jake Cronenworth | 1B/2B/SS | 80 |
| 3 | 11 | Ryan Mountcastle | 1B | 86 |
| 3 | 12 | Josh Bell | 1B | 88 |
| 3 | 13 | C.J. Cron | 1B | 98 |
| 3 | 14 | Anthony Rizzo | 1B | 118 |
| 4 | 15 | Luis Arraez | 1B/2B | 120 |
| 4 | 16 | Vinnie Pasquantino | 1B | 130 |
| 4 | 17 | Ty France | 1B/3B | 131 |
| 4 | 18 | Rowdy Tellez | 1B | 132 |
| 4 | 19 | Andrew Vaughn | 1B/OF | 135 |
| 4 | 20 | Josh Naylor | 1B/OF | 149 |
| 4 | 21 | Alec Bohm | 1B/3B | 168 |
| 4 | 22 | Jose Miranda | 1B/3B | 173 |
| 4 | 23 | Yandy Diaz | 1B/3B | 175 |
| 5 | 24 | Seth Brown | 1B/OF | 179 |
| 5 | 25 | Joey Meneses | 1B/OF | 184 |
| 5 | 26 | Trey Mancini | 1B/OF | 195 |
| 5 | 27 | Wil Myers | 1B/OF | 214 |
| 5 | 28 | Brandon Drury | 1B/2B/3B | 231 |
| 5 | 29 | Wilmer Flores | 1B/2B/3B | 241 |
| 6 | 30 | Garrett Cooper | 1B | 249 |
| 6 | 31 | Carlos Santana | 1B | 257 |
| 6 | 32 | Spencer Torkelson | 1B | 259 |
| 6 | 33 | Triston Casas | 1B | 266 |
| 6 | 34 | Brendan Donovan | 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF | 269 |
| 6 | 35 | Luke Voit | 1B | 286 |
| 6 | 36 | Joey Votto | 1B | 288 |
| 6 | 37 | Miguel Rojas | 1B/SS | 304 |
| 6 | 38 | DJ LeMahieu | 1B/2B/3B | 306 |
| 6 | 39 | Jared Walsh | 1B | 308 |
| 6 | 40 | Eric Hosmer | 1B | 311 |
| 6 | 41 | Ji-Man Choi | 1B | 327 |
| 6 | 42 | Isaac Paredes | 1B/2B/3B | 341 |
| 6 | 43 | Spencer Steer | 1B/3B | 351 |
| 6 | 44 | Brandon Belt | 1B | 354 |
| 6 | 45 | Harold Ramirez | 1B/OF | 371 |
| 6 | 46 | Aledmys Diaz | 1B/2B/3B/SS/OF | 373 |
| 6 | 47 | Christian Vazquez | C/1B | 378 |
| 6 | 48 | Matt Mervis | 1B | 388 |
| 6 | 49 | Alex Kirilloff | 1B/OF | 406 |
| 6 | 50 | Dominic Smith | 1B | 419 |
| 6 | 51 | Patrick Wisdom | 1B/3B/OF | 435 |
| 6 | 52 | LaMonte Wade Jr. | 1B/OF | 440 |
| 6 | 53 | Yuli Gurriel | 1B | 443 |
| 6 | 54 | J.D. Davis | 1B/3B | 448 |
| 6 | 55 | Daniel Vogelbach | 1B | 453 |
| 6 | 56 | Juan Yepez | 1B/OF | 459 |
| 6 | 57 | Hunter Dozier | 1B/3B/OF | 466 |
| 6 | 58 | Jesus Aguilar | 1B | 473 |
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