A funny thing happened on my way to writing this 2025 Fantasy Baseball First Base Preview: I kind of talked myself into actually liking the state of the first base position. Maybe.  To be clear, the first base position reached what we hope was a nadir collectively in 2024,

There’s no more divisive player in drafts right now than deGrom. Some analysts have him ranked as highly as SP3 or SP4. Others have him off their draft board entirely. And both viewpoints are completely justified for the most talented pitcher of this generation that’s thrown fewer than 200 innings over the past four seasons.

Ranger Suarez was a difference-maker for one-third of 2025 for the fantasy drafters who timed him properly. He falls into the risk/reward category due to his dismal finish to last season.