With the 2025 MLB regular season behind us, it’s time to review what we learned from a fantasy perspective and how we can apply it to next year.

In the coming days throughout October, we’ll be breaking down the standout seasons, the breakout candidates, the prospects to know, and our early 2026 rankings. We started with catcher last week, and now we’ll head over to first base.

2025 POSITION BREAKDOWN: FIRST BASE

🎙️ STATE OF THE POSITION

There were 17 first basemen who earned at least $10 of value this season, according to Fangraph’s Player Rater. That was the most for any infield position, which hints at the depth we have at the first base position. Some of that is the old stalwarts like Freddie Freeman, Matt Olson, Bryce Harper, Vladimir Guerrero, Pete Alonso , and Yandy

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