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Prime Time Sports Talk
Ranking the top 10 first basemen is nearly as difficult as ranking the catchers. Not for the same reasons, as first base has been a position notorious for being offense-first, with defense being little more than gravy. What makes ranking the position difficult is balancing one’s projections versus another’s track record. Is someone like Brandon Belt a top tier first baseman because he has been a solid player for nearly a decade? Does Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s unstoppable 2021 make him better than a player like Freddie Freeman, despite his 107 wRC+ in his first 183 big-league games? Joey Votto po…