Fantasy baseball is all about offense. It does not give a darn about defensive metrics or WAR. First base is an offensive position which makes it rightfully a position of intense interest to fantasy players. Most fantasy baseball formats have Utility roster spots which can be filled with players from any position. First basemen tend to make great fantasy utility players. All this means you don't want to lose track of even bottom third ranked first basemen who you may want to draft for one of your utility spots. We're going to take a slightly different look here and give out some awards:
Top Performer(tie):
Peter Alonso- .260/.358/.583, 53 HR, 103 R, 120 RBI, SB.
Freddie Freeman- .281/.397/.549, 38 HR, 113 R, 121 RBI, 6 SB.
Breakout Performer(other than Peter Alonso who had one of the great breakouts of all time):
Josh Bell- .277/.367/.569, 37 HR, 94 R, 116 RBI.
Christian Walker(runner-up)- .259/.348/.476, 29 HR, 86 R, 73 RBI, 8 SB.
Bounceback Performer:
Carlos Santana- .281/.397/.515, 34 HR, 110 R, 93 RBI.
Proved He Was No Fluke:
Max Muncy- .251/.374/.515, 35 HR, 101 R, 98 RBI.
Swiss Army Knife(eligible at 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, OF):
Danny Santana- .283/.324/.534, 28 HR, 81 R, 81 RBI, 21 SB.
OBP League Studs:
Rhys Hoskins- .226/.364/.454, 29 HR, 86 R, 85 RBI, 2 SB.
Daniel Vogelbach- .208/.341/.439, 30 HR, 73 R, 76 RBI.
2020 Breakout Candidate: I know it's a long shot, but I'm going to go with Brandon Belt here. Maybe, just maybe, moving Triples Alley in by 11 ft AND a new manager who might be able to convince him to change his swing will finally unlock Brandon Belt's inner MVP.
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Non fantasy, non 2020-draft, but a topical question about Rule 5:
ReplyDeleteGiants 40-man is full, 22 pitchers, many new to organization.
Lots of Giant prospects exposed.
Who will be lost?
From MLB's Top 30 there are these:
16) Sandro Fabian, OF
20) Franklin Labour, OF
22) Ricardo Genoves, C
28) Garrett Williams, LHP
McCovey Chronicles has the entire list:
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2019/11/19/20971470/sf-giants-rule-5-draft-2020-the-giants-may-not-protect-anybody-from-the-rule-5-draft-this-year
BTW, as of this moment, Lucius Fox is not protected, but TB has some open spots