FantasyJuice's experts have independently ranked their top 25 first basemen heading into Spring of 2009.
appears to be the favorite again with as a close second.
Some surprises on the list this year are , whose quick promotion to the majors last season led to solid numbers, and , who will eventually qualify at catcher in most leagues.
These rankings will be updated during Spring Training to reflect position changes and Spring performance.
| First Baseman | Team | Cody Crosby | Michael Ryan | Tim Lee | Average Rank |
| | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.33 |
| | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.67 |
| | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3.33 |
| | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.67 |
| | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5.33 |
| | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5.67 |
| | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8.33 |
| | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8.67 |
| | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11.67 |
| | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12.33 |
| | 12 | 16 | 10 | 12.67 |
| | 11 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
| | 16 | 12 | 12 | 13.33 |
| | 15 | 14 | 11 | 13.33 |
| | 13 | 15 | 18 | 15.33 |
| | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| | 19 | 18 | 16 | 17.67 |
| | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 |
| Free Agent | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21.67 |
| New York Yankees | 24 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
| | 22 | 19 | -- | 20.5 |
| Kansas City Royals | 23 | -- | 20 | 21.5 |
| | 20 | 24 | -- | 22 |
| | -- | 23 | 24 | 23.5 |
| | 25 | 25 | -- | 25 |
| Colorado Rockies | -- | -- | 23 | 23 |
| | -- | -- | 25 | 25 |
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