Prime First Basemen (Cabrera vs. Davis)

This is one of the harder lists of this series. There are so many good first basemen in the game today, and there are some really good ones who I had to leave of the list. Players who just missed the cut include Adrian Gonzalez, Allen Craig, and Prince Fielder.

5. Freddie Freeman - Atlanta Braves

Freeman an RBI machine, and was Atlanta's best hitter last season. They wouldn't have made it to the postseason without him. Freeman is coming of the best season of his career in which he hit .319, drove in 109, and hit 23 homers. 

4. Joey Votto - Cincinnati Reds

Votto is an on-base machine with insane walk totals (135 last season), but has taken a lot of criticism for not swinging enough with runners in scoring position, when his team needs an rbi hit and not just a walk, which resulted in his relatively low RBI total of 73. Still, he remains to be one of the best first basemen in baseball due to his good defense at 1B and consistency at the plate. Last season, Votto hit .305 with 24 homers. 

3. Paul Goldschmidt - Arizona Diamondbacks

Goldschmidt matured into one of the best hitters in baseball last season, finishing second in the NL MVP voting and nearly leading his team to the postseason. Last season, he lead the NL in home runs with 36, and RBI's with an amazing 125. He had a very good walk total of 99 and a solid average of .302. Goldschmidt is also solid defensively, as he won a gold glove at first base last season.

2. Chris Davis - Baltimore Orioles

Davis had a huge breakout season in 2013, leading all of baseball with a remarkable 53 homers and 138 runs batted in.  He is also one of the few power hitters who are able to hit for average, as he hit .286 last season. The only things keeping Davis from being #1 on this list are Miguel Cabrera, a very high strikeout total of 199, and bad defense. 

1. Miguel Cabrera - Detroit Tigers

Since Cabrera is moving back to first base for the 2014 season, that made the decision of who's #1 on this list a lot easier. Cabrera won the AL triple crown and MVP in 2012, and followed that up with another amazing MVP season in 2013. The only thing that kept Cabrera from being the first player to win back-to-back triple crowns was injuries, as his hip, groin, and abdomen bothered him for the last month of the season. But Cabrera is reportedly completely healthy for spring training. In 2013, Cabrera hit .348 which lead the league, and was second to Davis in homers with 44 and RBI's with 137. And at  30 years old, in the middle of his prime, Cabrera has hit 365 homers so far in his career.