First base is much deeper than it's been in the past few years. It looks like Carlos Guillen will move to first for the Tigers this year. He'll qualify at SS or Middle Infield for the first half of the season. Victor Martinez also qualifies for 1b as well as his normal catching position. I'll have a post of duel position players soon.
1-Albert Pujols 3.58 (Cards) He's still #1 at 1b. He had a down year compared to previous years last year. It's said that you can call .327/32/103 a down year but it was for him. His on-base was still a crazy .429 but his strikeouts were up a bit. I don't know why anybody will pitch to him this year b/c the Cardinals lineup sucks. I'm picking them to fight the Pirates for the bottom of the NL Central.
2-Prince Fielder 3.49 (Brewers) Prince had a monster year in 2007 with 50 homers and 119 RBIs and over 100 runs. He can move around the bases for a fat boy. He and Ryan Howard both had on-base percentages near .400. His so/bb was 102/90 so that's not so bad either.
3-Ryan Howard 3.11 (Phillies) .268/47/136 in 2007 with a .395 on-base but he did strike out nearly 200 times. He had 8 less doubles than Fielder also. Utley will suck up some of his RBI possibilities. He finished last year on fire again like in 2006. If he returns to 2006 form, he'll be the MVP.
4-Mark Texeria 3.25 (Braves) .306/30/105 in only 494 at bats last year while have an on-base of .400 and a pretty fair so/bb ratio and 33 doubles. All year and happy in HotLanta will bring big things in the 2008 season.
5-Lance Berkman (Astros) I'm throwing Berkman ahead of Mr. Morneau this year just because of what they are both working with as far as teammates. Other than Mauer, I don't see anybody getting on base for Morneau to drive in. Their numbers last year are almost identical except Morneau made contact a few more times.
6-Justin Morneau (Twins) AL MVP in 2006 still had a good year in 2007 going .271/31/111. Morneau stunk it up after the break last year with a smokin .243 average.
7-Derrick Lee (Cubs) Lee only had 22 homers and 82 RBIs last year but still batted .317 with a .400 OBP. He's batting in a big time line up and did have 42 doubles to make up for some of those fewer homers.
8-Adrian Gonzalez (Padres) .282/30/100 and 101 runs + 46 doubles in just his 2nd full year and playing in a monsterous park of PETCO. 2/3 of his homers came away from home. Don't look for these numbers to improve too much. The Padres lineup isn't exactly muderer's row.
9-Carlos Pena (D-Rays) Can he do it again this year. It's a big risk but he's a steal if you can snag him in the mid rounds somewhere. He's had the talent to do it since he came up with the Tigers. I'm not sure why it's taken him this long to blow up. He batted .282/41/121 last year with a .411 on base. Numbers wise, he's a top 4 first base guy.
10-James Loney (Dodgers) watch out for this dude. He's my sleeper of the year. It's breakout time for this guy. I'm going to go ahead and stick in in the top 10. In the 3 hole, he'll bat .330+ again and add to his homers, doubles, and RBI totals. He batted .419 with runners in scoring position. .382/9/32 just in September. Get ready.
MORE TO COME LATER....................
1-Albert Pujols 3.58 (Cards) He's still #1 at 1b. He had a down year compared to previous years last year. It's said that you can call .327/32/103 a down year but it was for him. His on-base was still a crazy .429 but his strikeouts were up a bit. I don't know why anybody will pitch to him this year b/c the Cardinals lineup sucks. I'm picking them to fight the Pirates for the bottom of the NL Central.
2-Prince Fielder 3.49 (Brewers) Prince had a monster year in 2007 with 50 homers and 119 RBIs and over 100 runs. He can move around the bases for a fat boy. He and Ryan Howard both had on-base percentages near .400. His so/bb was 102/90 so that's not so bad either.
3-Ryan Howard 3.11 (Phillies) .268/47/136 in 2007 with a .395 on-base but he did strike out nearly 200 times. He had 8 less doubles than Fielder also. Utley will suck up some of his RBI possibilities. He finished last year on fire again like in 2006. If he returns to 2006 form, he'll be the MVP.
4-Mark Texeria 3.25 (Braves) .306/30/105 in only 494 at bats last year while have an on-base of .400 and a pretty fair so/bb ratio and 33 doubles. All year and happy in HotLanta will bring big things in the 2008 season.
5-Lance Berkman (Astros) I'm throwing Berkman ahead of Mr. Morneau this year just because of what they are both working with as far as teammates. Other than Mauer, I don't see anybody getting on base for Morneau to drive in. Their numbers last year are almost identical except Morneau made contact a few more times.
6-Justin Morneau (Twins) AL MVP in 2006 still had a good year in 2007 going .271/31/111. Morneau stunk it up after the break last year with a smokin .243 average.
7-Derrick Lee (Cubs) Lee only had 22 homers and 82 RBIs last year but still batted .317 with a .400 OBP. He's batting in a big time line up and did have 42 doubles to make up for some of those fewer homers.
8-Adrian Gonzalez (Padres) .282/30/100 and 101 runs + 46 doubles in just his 2nd full year and playing in a monsterous park of PETCO. 2/3 of his homers came away from home. Don't look for these numbers to improve too much. The Padres lineup isn't exactly muderer's row.
9-Carlos Pena (D-Rays) Can he do it again this year. It's a big risk but he's a steal if you can snag him in the mid rounds somewhere. He's had the talent to do it since he came up with the Tigers. I'm not sure why it's taken him this long to blow up. He batted .282/41/121 last year with a .411 on base. Numbers wise, he's a top 4 first base guy.
10-James Loney (Dodgers) watch out for this dude. He's my sleeper of the year. It's breakout time for this guy. I'm going to go ahead and stick in in the top 10. In the 3 hole, he'll bat .330+ again and add to his homers, doubles, and RBI totals. He batted .419 with runners in scoring position. .382/9/32 just in September. Get ready.
MORE TO COME LATER....................
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