Found January 31, 2012 on Baseball Professor: Yardbarker Blogger Network
Here are my top ten first basemen in no particular order: Miguel Cabrera, Albert Pujols, Adrian Gonzalez, Prince Fielder, Joey Votto, Michael Morse, Mark Teixeira, Paul Konerko, Ryan Howard and Adam Lind. Where Freddie Freeman belongs is among the next seven with Lance Berkman, Ike Davis, Gaby Sanchez, Carlos Lee and Eric Hosmer.  In his first full season starting at first base for the Braves, Freeman had a good season batting .282 with 21 homers and 76 RBI.  Of course, when drafting a first baseman the most important stats are the power numbers, so for his first full season Freeman was fairly average.  Not on par with the top guys at the position, but I think he will improve on these numbers for two main reasons. The first reason is that he will have an MLB season under his belt.  One of the biggest obstacles players face after being called up from the minors is being overwhelmed by the big-league game and finding their niche.  Freeman struggled right out of the gate, but...
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