Given how plentiful power hitting first basemen are around the league, giving Howard a top-three contract seems like overkill.

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Both are first basemen, meaning they play a less demanding position than Cano.

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The weighted on-base average, a sabermetric measure of offensive performance, of each team's first basemen over that span is .356.

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Since 2005 David Wright ranks second among third basemen, behind only A-Rod.

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The production the Angels have gotten from first base, Pujols's primary position, is virtually identical to that of Cardinals first basemen since the start of 2012.

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In a lineup dominated by prospects, the Yankees made five errors, by Turley, shortstop Jayson Nix, third basemen Corban Joseph and Walter Ibarra, and second baseman Jose Pirela.

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