2011: First Basemen

Player	On	Points	Speed	Field	Bats	HR	Triple	Double	Single+	Single	Walk	FB	GB	K
Miguel Cabrera	11	570	C(11)	0	R	19-20	0	16-18	0	10-15	4-9	2-3	1	0
Joey Votto	10	480	A(18)	1	L	19-20	0	15-18	0	12-14	3-11	0	0	1-2
Prince Fielder	10	470	C(9)	0	L	18-20	0	15-17	0	12-14	3-11	2	0	1
Adrian Gonzalez	10	400	C(10)	1	L	19-20	0	15-18	0	8-14	4-7	3	0	1-2
Paul Konerko	10	350	C(10)	0	R	19-20	0	17-18	0	10-16	5-9	2-4	1	0
Todd Helton	10	350	B(13)	0	L	20	0	18-19	0	8-17	4-7	1-3	0	0
Casey Kotchman	10	270	B(13)	1	L	0	0	19-20	0	10-18	6-9	5	1-4	0
Albert Pujols	9	500	A(19)	1	R	17-20	0	16	0	9-15	4-8	2-3	1	0
Carlos Pena	9	310	C(11)	1	L	18-20	0	16-17	0	15	7-14	0	0	1-6
Mark Teixeira	8	410	B(14)	1	S	16-20	0	14-15	0	11-13	6-10	4-5	3	1-2
Jim Thome	8	360	C(8)	0	L	16-20	0	14-15	0	12-13	3-11	0	0	1-2
Ryan Howard	8	300	C(9)	0	L	17-20	0	16	0	12-15	5-11	0	0	1-4
Freddie Freeman	8	290	B(13)	0	L	19-20	0	16-18	0	9-15	5-8	4	0	1-3
Gaby Sanchez	8	290	B(14)	0	R	19-20	0	16-18	0	11-15	4-10	2-3	0	1
Derek Lee	8	250	C(11)	1	L	19-20	0	17-18	0	9-16	5-8	3-4	0	1-2
Jesus Guzman	8	230	B(15)	0	R	20	19	17-18	0	9-16	4-8	2-3	0	1
James Loney	8	220	B(15)	0	L	20	0	17-19	0	10-16	6-9	4-5	3	1-2
Paul Goldschimidt	7	180	B(14)	0	R	18-20	0	17	0	9-16	3-8	0	0	1-2
Eric Hosmer	7	130	B(16)	0	L	19-20	18	15-17	0	8-14	3-7	0	1-2	0
Justin Smoak	7	110	C(12)	0	S	19-20	0	16-18	0	11-15	6-10	4-5	3	1-2
Daric Barton	7	70	B(15)	1	L	0	0	18-20	0	14-17	6-13	3-5	2	1
Brett Wallace	7	70	B(14)	0	L	0	0	17-20	0	8-16	3-7	0	0	1-2
Juan Miranda	6	140	B(13)	0	L	19-20	18	16-17	0	9-15	4-8	3	0	1-2
Aubrey Huff	6	50	C(12)	0	L	20	0	17-19	0	10-16	6-9	4-5	3	1-2
Mark Trumbo	5	100	B(14)	0	R	15-20	0	11-14	0	7-10	6	3-4	0	1-2
Matt Laporta	5	60	C(11)	0	R	18-20	0	14-17	0	7-13	5-6	2-4	0	1
Brandon Allen	5	50	B(14)	0	L	19-20	18	16-17	0	11-15	7-10	6	0	1-5
Xavier Nady	5	10	C(12)	0	R	20	0	19	0	9-18	7-8	5-6	3-4	1-2
Justin Morneau	5	10	C(12)	0	L	0	0	16-20	0	10-15	6-9	2-5	1	0

MLB Showdown 2011: First Base

The traditionally deepest position in showdown is still that way for the 2011 edition. The top tier is weak with only 2 500+ players, Cabrera and Pujols (570,500 respectively). The power is gone from this years class. No elite or great power coming from our usual heroes so the 5 average power players are the peak of the power mountain. Let us not forget that only 2 players had 40 homers in 2011 and neither played first. The usual suspects of Pujols, Fielder, Cabrera and Howard all hit about 5 few homers then projected. The next tier of players like Pena, Teixeira, Gonalez and Votto all fell short of an unexpected jump. We have come to expect a power surge out of one such player each year and it did not happen. Instead the unexpected homers came from Mark Trumbo with 29. The problem being Marky boy found time to muster up 25 walks in 2011 yielding an on-base percentage of .291 good for a 5 on base. Which leads us to the most important question for those of us drafting the 2011 players for a team: How to do I maximise this mediocrity?