MLB Network has ranked Red Sox first-sacker
Mike Napoli as the eighth-best first baseman in baseball. As the chart shows, Napoli finished just
behind former Red Sox prospect
Anthony Rizzo and just
ahead of former Boston first baseman
Adrian Gonzalez. The network ranked Detroit's
Miguel Cabrera as the top player at the position, followed by Arizona's
Paul Goldschmidt and
White Sox first baseman
Jose Abreu. Napoli—who recently underwent radical jaw surgery to relieve a serious sleep apnea condition—should be poised for another big year in
Carmine Hose.
