This season is very similar to last season in the sense that the first baseman is not at all in question. The only difference is instead of the wily veteran Adrian Gonzalez manning 1B we have a youngster in Cody Bellinger.
Cody is fresh off his Rookie of the Year campaign and is hoping to avoid the dreaded sophomore slump. Since his swing was exposed on the biggest stage of the year last season, he will come into 2018 with plenty left to prove. He will be looking to fix that hole in his swing and just grow overall as a player in his second year on the big league roster.