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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

9 - Luis Rengifo, LAA

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2B/3B Luis Rengifo, LAA (ADP – 158.0) A quiet bat (.202 with 27 runs, four home runs, 21 RBIs, and five steals over 198 at-bats) and more competition for playing time led to only a rotational role fo...

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2025 Top 15 Third Basemen By NFBC ADP

4 - Rafael Devers, BOS

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3B - Rafael Devers, BOS (ADP – 39.7) It’s been six years since Devers posted his best season (.311/129/32/115/8 over 647 at-bats). He had 201 hits in 2019 with a league-high 54 doubles, and 44.8% of ...

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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

10 - Xander Bogaerts, SD

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2B Xander Bogaerts, SD (ADP – 160.6) Two years into his $280 million contract with the Padres, Bogaerts has been a bust. In 2023, he gave fantasy supporters a disappointing feel from May through Augu...

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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

8 - Brice Turang, MIL

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2B Brice Turang, MIL (ADP – 140.0) Milwaukee drafted Turang 18th overall out of high school in the 2018 MLB June Amateur Draft. After starting his minor league career with a light-hitting power profi...

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January 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM Everybody can reply

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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

12 - Bryson Stott, PHI

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2B – Bryson Stott, PHI (ADP – 175.6) After a growth season in 2023, Stott only improved his stats in one category (32 steals) last season. The structure of the Phillies’ lineup led to him hitting bel...

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January 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM Everybody can reply

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2025 Top 15 First Basemen By NFBC ADP

12 - Jake Burger, TEX

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1B/3B Jake Burger, TEX (ADP – 120.5) Over the past two years, Burger has produced similar stats against the board. He has hit precisely .250 for three consecutive seasons in the majors while seeing h...

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January 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM Everybody can reply

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2025 Top 15 First Basemen By NFBC ADP

5 - Pete Alonso, FA

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1B Pete Alonso, NYM (ADP – 60.0) Playing in a free-agency season didn’t go well for Alonso in 2024. He pressed at the plate with runners on bases based on his weakness in RBI rate (12.6). Over the pr...

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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

15 - Maikel Garcia, KC

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2B/3B Maikel Garcia, KC (ADP – 213.8) Last year, the Royals gave Garcia 431 of his 575 at-bats (75.0%) hitting first in their batting order. Unfortunately, his https://fantasyanalyst.substack.com/p/b...

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January 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM Everybody can reply

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2025 Top 15 First Basemen By NFBC ADP

6 - Christian Walker, HOU

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1B Christian Walker, HOU (ADP – 101.3) Over the past three seasons, Walker has developed into a solid major league batter with a high floor in runs, home runs, and RBIs. He missed 32 games in 2024 du...

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2025 Top 15 Third Basemen By NFBC ADP

7 - Junior Caminero, TB

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3B - Junior Caminero, TB (ADP – 101.7) The Guardians signed Caminero out of the Dominican Republic at age 15 in 2019. Tampa acquired him in a trade in 2021. Over four seasons in the minors, he hit .3...

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2025 Top 15 Third Basemen By NFBC ADP

8 - Royce Lewis, MIN

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3B Royce Lewis, MIN (ADP – 128.5) The Twins selected Lewis first overall in the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft. His bat showed growth in 2018 between A and High A (.292 with 83 runs, 14 home runs, 74 RB...

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2025 Top 15 First Basemen By NFBC ADP

8 - Josh Naylor, ARI

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1B Josh Naylor, ARI (ADP – 106.3) Last year, I would have hit more round-trippers at first base if I invested in Naylor. He ended up being an excellent value at the position, thanks to setting career...

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2025 Top 15 Third Basemen By NFBC ADP

9 - Matt Chapman, SF

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3B – Matt Chapman, SF (ADP – 137.0) After stealing 11 bases over 23 attempts over his first seven years in the majors, Chapman turned into a speed demon (15-for-17 in stolen bases) in 2024. His added...

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2025 Top 15 First Basemen By NFBC ADP

9 - Spencer Steer, CIN

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1B/OF Spencer Steer, CIN (ADP – 112.8) Coming into 2024, the Reds were loaded with upside offensive talent, leaving a quandary of where Steer would earn at-bats. A couple of injuries later led to him...

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January 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM Everybody can reply

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2025 First Baseman by NFBC ADP

18 - Nathaniel Lowe, WAS

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1B – Michael Busch, CHC (ADP – 254.6) The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Busch 31st overall in the 2019 MLB June Amateur Draft. Over three seasons at North Carolina, he hit .282 with 169 runs, 32 home r...

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2025 Top 15 First Basemen By NFBC ADP

7 - Cody Bellinger, NYY

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1B Cody Bellinger, NYY (ADP – 106.2) Since his breakout season in 2019 (.305/121/47/115/15), Bellinger has been a losing fantasy invested almost every year. He played well in 2023, but 32 missed game...

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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

1 - Ketel Marte, ARI

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2B – Ketel Marte, ARI (ADP – 28.9) Marte came into the majors with a light-hitting power profile and some speed on his minor league resume. After a breakout season in 2019 (.329/97/32/92/10 over 569 ...

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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

6 - Matt McLain, CIN

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2B Matt McLain, CIN (ADP – 104.8) McLain was drafted in the first round out of high school by the Diamondbacks, but he chose to go to UCLA. After 121 games in college (.280/90/16/85/16 over 458 at-ba...

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January 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM Everybody can reply

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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

2 - Jose Altuve, HOU

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2B – Jose Altuve, HOU (ADP – 63.3) After 14 years with the Astros, Altuve needs 768 hits to reach 3,000 for his career. He finished last season with his highest at-bat total (628) since 2016, leadin...

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2025 Top 15 First Basemen By NFBC ADP

1 - Vladimir Guerrero, TOR

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1B Vladimir Guerrero, TOR (ADP – 14.3) After his breakout season in 2021, Guerrero lost his edge in batting average and power over the following two years. Last year, he had a sharp rebound in his ht...

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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

14 - Nico Hoerner, CHC

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2B – Nico Hoerner, CHC (ADP – 203.1) After posting his best season in 2023, highlighted by a jump to 43 stolen bases, Hoerner had a regression in all his counting stats for fantasy leagues last year....

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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

5 - Marcus Semien, TEX

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2B Marcus Semien, TEX (ADP – 95.2) Semien filled his plate appearance (718) and at-bats (650) boxes again last year, giving him an elite playing time opportunity over the past six 162-game seasons. H...

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2025 Top 15 First Basemen By NFBC ADP

2 - Bryce Harper, PHI

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1B – Bryce Harper, PHI (ADP – 21.1) Thirteen seasons into Harper's career, he never clicked on five category cylinders or been the best player in the league. He continues to have a favorable approach...

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2025 Top 15 Second Basemen By NFBC ADP

11 - Andres Gimenez, TOR

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2B Andres Gimenez, TOR (ADP – 173.9) In 2023, Gimenez was an edge in stolen bases (30) and runs (76), with the latter helped by an increase of 66 at-bats. An empty April (.230/2/1/6/1 over 87 at-bats...

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2025 First Baseman by NFBC ADP

17 - Ryan Mountcastle, BAL

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1B – Ryan Mountcastle, BAL (ADP – 246.6) Since his breakthrough power season in 2021, Mountcastle has underperformed fantasy expectations over the past three years. In 2023, I was bullish on an upti...

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