June First Baseman and DH Rankings

Here is the June edition of my rest-of-season position rankings and overall top 300 for 5x5 leagues. I’m behind on comments, a consequence of being a little under the weather these last few days, but I’ll be filling in some more throughout the day Thursday.

Click to see other June rankings:

Top 300 | SP | RP | OF | 1B | 2B | SS | 3B | C

First Baseman Rankings

June	First basemen	Team	2023	May
1	Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	Blue Jays	1	1
DH 1	Shohei Ohtani	Angels	DH 1	DH 1
2	Freddie Freeman	Dodgers	2	2
3	Pete Alonso	Mets	4	4
4	Matt Olson	Braves	3	3
5	Paul Goldschmidt	Cardinals	5	5
DH 2	Bryce Harper	Phillies	DH 2	DH 2
6	Nathaniel Lowe	Rangers	6	6
7	Vinnie Pasquantino	Royals	8	7
8	Anthony Rizzo	Yankees	13	10
9	Ryan Mountcastle	Orioles	10	9
10	Yandy Díaz	Rays	n/a	15
11	C.J. Cron	Rockies	9	8
DH 3	J.D. Martinez	Dodgers	DH 3	DH 3
12	Andrew Vaughn	White Sox	12	11
13	Miguel Vargas	Dodgers	11	13
14	Luis Arraez	Marlins	15	12
15	Alec Bohm	Phillies	n/a	14
16	Rowdy Tellez	Brewers	18	16
17	Ty France	Mariners	19	19
18	Josh Bell	Guardians	14	17
19	Spencer Steer	Reds	n/a	34
20	Josh Naylor	Guardians	20	21
21	Jake Cronenworth	Padres	21	22
22	Isaac Paredes	Rays	32	39
23	Christian Walker	Diamondbacks	25	27
24	Justin Turner	Red Sox	n/a	24
25	Alex Kirilloff	Twins	n/a	n/a
26	DJ LeMahieu	Yankees	24	25
27	Matt Mervis	Cubs	40	31
28	Triston Casas	Red Sox	22	29
29	Joey Gallo	Twins	n/a	26
30	Jose Abreu	Astros	7	18
31	Wil Myers	Reds	17	23
32	Seth Brown	Athletics	26	32
33	Tyler Stephenson	Reds	n/a	28
34	LaMonte Wade Jr.	Giants	41	36
DH 4	Mark Vientos	Mets	DH 15	DH 6
35	Joey Meneses	Nationals	23	30
36	Brandon Drury	Angels	30	38
37	Spencer Torkelson	Tigers	27	33
38	Jared Walsh	Angels	34	35
39	Harold Ramirez	Rays	38	37
40	Brendan Donovan	Cardinals	n/a	n/a
41	Nick Pratto	Royals	56	54
42	Nolan Jones	Rockies	n/a	n/a
43	Darick Hall	Phillies	DH 5	58
44	Ryan Noda	Athletics	49	44
45	Harold Castro	Rockies	29	49
46	Luke Raley	Rays	n/a	48
47	Christian Bethancourt	Rays	43	43
DH 5	Mitch Garver	Rangers	DH 7	DH 4
48	Jose Miranda	Twins	16	20
49	Joey Votto	Reds	35	46
50	Kyle Manzardo	Rays	55	50
51	Gio Urshela	Angels	n/a	40
52	Garrett Cooper	Marlins	33	41
53	Brandon Belt	Blue Jays	37	56
54	Matt Carpenter	Padres	DH 12	51
55	Carlos Santana	Pirates	44	42
56	Trey Mancini	Cubs	28	45
57	Pavin Smith	Diamondbacks	n/a	n/a
58	Owen Miller	Brewers	NR	NR
59	Connor Joe	Pirates	59	52
60	Gabriel Arias	Guardians	n/a	NR
61	Dominic Smith	Nationals	36	55
62	Wilmer Flores	Giants	39	53
DH 6	Nelson Cruz	Padres	DH 6	DH 5
63	Jake Bauers	Yankees	NR	60
64	Brad Miller	Rangers	n/a	n/a
65	Darin Ruf	Brewers	54	NR
66	Gavin Sheets	White Sox	n/a	n/a
67	Eric Hosmer		31	47
DH 7	Kyle Lewis	Diamondbacks	DH 10	DH 7
68	Mike Moustakas	Rockies	45	59
69	Donovan Solano	Twins	53	62
70	Luke Voit	Brewers	47	61
DH 8	Daniel Vogelbach	Mets	DH 17	DH 8

Dropping off: Keston Hiura (57th)

• Jose Abreu finally hit his first homer of the season against the A’s last week, yet he still managed to go just 2-for-19 in six games versus Oakland pitching. It’s really difficult to see anything at all to be encouraged about.

• I’m still not sure exactly what to make of it, but Harold Ramirez is having a fascinating season. Statcast has him as the luckiest player in baseball in terms of home runs, as he’s collected eight against an expected total of 4.6. But it’s not because he’s getting cheap ones by yanking the ball down the line. His longest pulled flyball this year is 344 feet. His second longest is 307 feet. He’s hit five balls over 400 feet, but they’ve all been to center. Last year, when he was pulling the ball in the air more, he hit just one ball 400 feet all season. This year, he’s hitting balls 380 feet to the opposite field and getting homers out of it. Obviously, what Ramirez is doing now is working. What he did last year mostly worked, too. I’d have him higher if not for the fact that he’s sitting every three games in the crowded Tampa Bay lineup.