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2022 First Base Preview

2022 First Base Preview

Rates & Barrels: A show about Baseball · The Athletic

February 10, 20221h 6m

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Show Notes

Eno and DVR break down the first base position, where playing time shares could be increasing at the bottom end of the player pool with the expected return of the DH to the National League. Once again, the position features a few undervalued sluggers, overvalued veterans, and mid-tier targets (and players to avoid).


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Groups by NFBC ADP Tiers


Tier 1

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. & Freddie Freeman


Tier 2

Matt Olson, Paul Goldschmidt, Pete Alonso & Jose Abreu


Tier 3

Ryan Mountcastle, DJ LeMahieu, Jared Walsh, Jake Cronenworth, C.J. Cron, Josh Bell, Rhys Hoskins, Ty France, Tyler Stephenson, Joey Votto & Max Muncy


Tier 4

Anthony Rizzo, Alex Kirilloff, Trey Mancini, Jonathan Schoop & Yuli Gurriel


Tier 5

Bobby Dalbec, Brandon Belt, Frank Schwindel, Nate Lowe, Luke Voit, Miguel Sanó, Spencer Torkelson, LaMonte Wade Jr., Jesus Aguilar & Rowdy Tellez


Best of the Rest

Seth Beer, Dominic Smith, Mike Moustakas, Juan Yepez, Keston Hiura & Eric Hosmer


Follow Eno on Twitter: @enosarris

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e-mail: [email protected]


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