Fantasy Baseball Top 15 First Basemen Following Adrian Gonzalez Trade To Red Sox

With Adrian Gonzalez officially being dealt to Boston, there has been a major shakeup in our first base rankings.  Let’s take a look at how things currently stand for the 2011 season:

1. Albert Pujols - St. Louis Cardinals
2. Miguel Cabrera - Detroit Tigers
3. Joey Votto - Cincinnati Reds
4. Mark Teixeira - New York Yankees
5. Adrian Gonzalez - Boston Red Sox
6. Prince Fielder - Milwaukee Brewers
7. Ryan Howard - Philadelphia Phillies
8. Kevin Youkilis - Boston Red Sox
9. Kendry Morales - Los Angeles Angels
10. Justin Morneau - Minnesota Twins
11. Adam Dunn - Chicago White Sox
12. Billy Butler - Kansas City Royals
13. Victor Martinez - Detroit Tigers
14. Paul Konerko - Free Agent
15. Buster Posey - San Francisco

Thoughts:

• Over the past four seasons Adrian Gonzalez has hit 137 home runs, with only 47 coming at home. Clearly, the move from Petco Park to Fenway Park is going to do wonders for his potential value. With Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder and Mark Teixeira all coming off down seasons, it is easy to immediately push Gonzalez into the top five. It’ll be really interesting to see how it all plays out, but let the debate begin.
• As I discussed earlier, Adam Dunn’s move to the White Sox does little to change his fantasy value. He’s one of the elite power hitters in the game and is worth owning in all formats.
• Victor Martinez may struggle with his power now that he’s playing in Detroit, but he will also likely see time at DH, giving him more AB and more of an opportunity for counting stats. We all know that his true value lies in his catcher eligibility and that no one is going to draft him as a 1B, but that doesn’t mean he lacks value here (the same thing can be said for Buster Posey).
• The next players on the list are Ike Davis and Aubrey Huff, both of whom just missed.

What are your thoughts on these rankings?  Who's too high?  Who's too low?

Make sure to check out our early 2011 rankings:

• Top 15 Catchers
• Top 15 Second Basemen
• Top 15 Third Basemen
• Top 15 Shortstops
• Top 20 Starting Pitchers
• 2011 Fantasy Draft First Round Breakdown

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