Top 10 MLB first basemen for 2022 season

Age During 2022 Season: 29
2021 Statistics: .247/.334/.530 with 27 home runs, 71 RBIs, 47 walks, .864 OPS, 129 OPS+, -7 defensive runs saved, -2 outs above average and a 2.3 fWAR

If you adjust the numbers that Hoskins put up over 107 games a season ago to a 162-game piece, he would have homered 40 times and driven in over 100 runs. If Hoskins stays healthy in 2022 and walks at a pace more in line with his career average, he has a chance to be an All-Star.

Age During 2022 Season: 38
2021 Statistics: .319/.383/.462 with 15 home runs, 81 RBIs, 59 walks, .846 OPS, 131 OPS+, five defensive runs saved, -1 outs above average and a 3.4 fWAR

Gurriel didn't make his Major League Debut until he was 32 years old, but he's accomplished quite a bit in six seasons with the Astros. Most recently, he won the 2021 American League batting title, while also earning a Gold Glove Award.

Age During 2022 Season: 38
2021 Statistics: .266/.375/.563 with 36 home runs, 99 RBIs, 77 walks, .938 OPS, 136 OPS+, four defensive runs saved, zero outs above average and a 3.6 fWAR

Already one of the greatest players in Reds history, Votto continued to add to his Hall of Fame case by homering 25 times and posting a 1.057 OPS after the All-Star Break in 2021. By all accounts, the Reds are going to struggle in 2022, but don't take for granted the final few years of Votto's illustrious career.

Age During 2022 Season: 34
2021 Statistics: .274/.378/.597 with 29 home runs, 59 RBIs, 48 walks, .975 OPS, 160 OPS+, -4 defensive runs saved, two outs above average and a 3.3 fWAR

The Giants will need to replace the production of Buster Posey in their lineup in 2022 after one of the greatest players in franchise history elected to retire in the offseason. Belt was excellent when he played in 2021, but limited to only 97 games. After accepting the qualifying offer in the winter, Belt has ample motivation to have one of the finest seasons of what's been an excellent career.

Age During 2022 Season: 35
2021 Statistics: .261/.351/.481 with 30 home runs, 117 RBIs, 61 walks, .831 OPS, 125 OPS+, -1 defensive runs saved, -1 outs above average and a 2.9 fWAR

Perhaps he'll never make a serious run at winning another American League MVP Award, but Abreu has homered 30 or more times in five seasons in his career, including 2021. Of the seven full seasons Abreu has played with the White Sox, he's driven in 100 or more runs in six of them. The three-time All-Star is an old-school run producer that would thrive in any era.

Age During 2022 Season: 27
2021 Statistics: .262/.344/.519 with 37 home runs, 94 RBIs, 60 walks, .863 OPS, 134 OPS+, five defensive runs saved, two outs above average and a 3.0 fWAR

As part of Steve Cohen's offseason spending spree, the Mets added Starling Marte, Mark Canha and Eduardo Escobar to their lineup, with Robinson Canó set to return from a year-long PED suspension. Alonso will hit in middle of a lineup with World Series hopes, and could top 40 home runs for the second time in his career.

Age During 2022 Season: 34
2021 Statistics: .294/.365/.514 with 31 home runs, 99 RBIs, 67 walks, .879 OPS, 143 OPS+, nine defensive runs saved, six outs above average and a 4.9 fWAR

Goldschmidt is one of the greatest players in the history of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and has continued to leave his mark as one of the better players of this era in his first three seasons as a Cardinal. For what it's worth, the average WAR 7 -- the top seven single-season bWAR totals added up -- of a Hall of Fame first baseman is 42.1. Goldschmidt, a six-time All-Star, has a WAR 7 of 42.2.

Age During 2022 Season: 28
2021 Statistics: .271/.371/.540 with 39 home runs, 111 RBIs, 88 walks, .911 OPS, 153 OPS+, six defensive runs saved, zero outs above average and a 5.0 fWAR

After winning the 2021 World Series, the Braves pivoted from Freddie Freeman -- more on him in a minute -- and traded for Olson, signing him to an eight-year/$168 million deal on the way in the door. During his six season with the Oakland Athletics, Olson won two Gold Glove Awards and twice hit in excess of 35 home runs in a season. He's one of the most complete players at his position, and figures to become one of the most popular players on the Braves, the team he grew up rooting for.

Age During 2022 Season: 32
2021 Statistics: .300/.393/.503 with 31 home runs, 83 RBIs, 85 walks, .896 OPS, 133 OPS+, two defensive runs saved, four outs above average and a 4.5 fWAR

For whatever frustrations that Freeman may have that the Atlanta Braves didn't meet his asking price, the former National League MVP hardly had to settle when he picked his next destination. Even though he won the World Series in his final season with the Braves, Freeman is joining an even better lineup in Los Angeles, becoming teammates with the likes of Mookie Betts, Max Muncy, Trea Turner, Justin Turner, Will Smith, Chris Taylor and Cody Bellinger. Freeman is set up to cement himself as a Hall of Famer over the next six seasons.

Age During 2022 Season: 23
2021 Statistics: .311/.401/.601 with 48 home runs, 111 RBIs, 86 walks, 1.002 OPS, 169 OPS+, two defensive runs saved, -3 outs above average and a 6.7 fWAR

Guerrero stepped out from the shadow of his Hall of Fame father in 2021, putting together one of the most complete offensive seasons in recent memory. Had Guerrero been in the National League, he would have been in the MVP. Had he put up his production in any season other than 2021 -- where Shohei Ohtani essentially broke the MVP as a two-way star -- he would have captured the award. Never mind, Vlad Jr. is only 23, and what we saw in 2021 was probably just the beginning in a run of absurd seasons for the Blue Jays.