San Diego Padres baseball is back in Arizona for spring training. The Padres are currently trailing the Seattle Mariners (who share the stadium in Peoria) 3-1 in the sixth inning. The bats have been ...

The Arizona Diamondbacks, with just two weeks until Spring Training officially begins, still do not have a clear picture of their first base situation. Generally, it's expected that lefty-hitting ...

The Arizona Diamondbacks have consistently had some of the best first basemen in the league. From Paul Goldschmidt to ...

When visiting Pete Alonso’s Baseball-Reference page, the first thing that jumps out isn’t the staggering home run totals — more than 33 in every full season of his MLB career. It’s the number 162. In ...

Jorge Polanco is banking that his work last season at first base with the Mariners — albeit not in games — has served as a good foundation as he attempts to play the position regularly. Access the ...

The New York Mets are not trying to replace Pete Alonso in the aggregate, but they’re attempting to teach Jorge Polanco first base. If you ask Ron Washington, it’s “incredibly hard,” but unlike Scott ...

Rafael Devers’ unwillingness to play first base after Triston Casas suffered a season-ending knee injury last year didn’t sit well with Tom Werner. “I don’t like to speak ill of any player. I’d like ...

The Brewers have struggled to find competent first base play for the entirety of this decade. Not since Prince Fielder in the early 2010s has the club had a standout contributor at the position for ...

The injury to Blaine Crim has opened space for a pair of non-roster invitees to make a case to play first base for the Colorado Rockies. Blaine Crim finally had a chance to make an opening day roster.

Heading into the 2026 season, we are going to preview and break down each position for the Cincinnati Reds. You can see our catcher preview here. Today, we are previewing first base. First base was ...

The position battle is compelling at the cold corner as the Rockies have stocked up on talent ...