Midseason Position Rankings: First Base

As always, first base is among our deepest fantasy positions. There's a potential Triple Crown winner at the top, a former one who might be near the top as well if not for an injury. There's six-, eight- and 10-year veterans.

Interestingly, what there isn't on the list, right now, is uber-youth. There are no rookies in our midseason top-30 first basemen. There is only one second-year player, and that's Jose Abreu, who hardly counts. There are only three first basemen in the midseason top 30 with fewer than five years of experience are the aforementioned Abreu and two catchers-in-disguise, Yasmani Grandal and Stephen Vogt.

Now, it's true that first base can be a "where you end up" position — outfielders and third basemen and catchers move there when they can no longer adequately field their original position — meaning there are naturally going to be more-experienced first basemen than some of the other positions. In Keith Law's top 100 to start the season, the highest-ranked first baseman didn't show up until No. 63. In a time with the Kris Bryant and Joc Pederson and Carlos Correa types coming up, we don't have those big-name first basemen on the way.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing. Maybe Bryant or Joey Gallo or Kyle Schwarber ends up at first base for someone. Maybe Miguel Cabrera plays forever. It's just interesting that, in a year where we've seen every dang prospect in the business come up, first base has been pretty static.

On to the rankings. Everyone eligible at first base in the Yahoo! game was eligible for the rankings. Check it out.

First Base Rankings, rest of season