Jorge Polanco had 87 starts as Seattle's designated hitter and 34 at second base in 2025. Vaughn Ridley / Getty Images Jorge Polanco has never logged a major-league inning at first base, where the New ...

Heading into 2026, first base is in a marginally better position than it was a year ago. And that's almost entirely due to one man: Nick Kurtz. First basemen as a whole had just a 107 wRC+ in 2024, ...

Mark Teixeira was the last consistent first baseman the New York Yankees could count on, year in and year out. Ten years have passed since he retired, and he has since traded in his first-base glove ...

My previous prospect rank list pointed out how much catcher talent remains in the minors even with some of the best having recently graduated to the majors. That's not so much the case at first base.

In his dozen seasons in Major League Baseball, Jorge Polanco has occupied first base for exactly one pitch. That moment came as a member of the Mariners last April in San Francisco when the Giants' ...