Baseball America's Top 50 Dynasty First Basemen

[Seth Stohs]

I enjoy lists like this, especially for those who play fantasy baseball. I am in one keeper league with a 29-man roster and a 30-man minor league roster. Definitely interesting. Dynasty is a keeper league in which once you have a player on your roster, you have that player until you make the decision to let them go. You could draft Justin Verlander and have him for 1 or 2 years, or you could draft Jackson Chourio and have him on your roster for the next 20 years. 

With that background, Baseball America is in the middle of a series in which they have been ranking the top 50 players by position in terms of their value in a dynasty league today... (please click on the link for much more... but discuss here). 

Here are Twins, AL Central players, and whoever is #1... I'll split these up by position so that we can get into more depth on the individuals. 

First Base:  
#1: Matt Olson, Braves 
#7: Spencer Torkelson, Tigers 
#9: Vinnie Pasquantino, Royals 
#10: Josh Naylor, Guardians 
#13: Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Reds 
#16: Spencer Steer, Reds 
#17: Kyle Manzardo, Guardians 
#18: Andrew Vaughn, White Sox 
#21: Alex Kirilloff, Twins 
#24: Michael Busch, Dodgers (Minnesotan) 
#41: Luke Raley, Rays 
#44: LaMonte Wade, Giants 

Injuries are part of the game, and I believe that if Alex Kirilloff was able to stay healthy, he'd be the top 1B in the AL Central. But the reality is that he hasn't stayed healthy. It is interesting to see both CES and Steer on the list, especially when seeing that they have Jeimer Candelario ranked 25th on this list. 

What are your thoughts?