Spring training is about to begin, and so too should your preparations for the upcoming fantasy baseball season.
While most drafts are still a few weeks away, nobody wants to be caught unprepared by relying on the preset rankings supplied by whatever site you use and haphazardly scribbled names on a sticky note that you can barely make out.
Consider this your go-to guide for the weeks ahead. We’ll delve into the top 20 players at every position (top 40 for outfielders and starting pitchers, top 10 for designated hitters), identifying sleepers and players to avoid along the way. We’ll also hit on a handful of prospects you’ll want to stash for a midseason boost.
These rankings are based on a standard, five-by-five mixed rotisserie league. While they’re applicable in other types of leagues, you’ll have to adjust the rankings based on the scoring system you’ll be playing under.
For example, one of the leagues I play in has no pitching and only one scoring category—RBI. Speedy leadoff hitters aren’t going to be of much interest under such a format.
You’ll also want to keep in mind average draft position, which comes to us from Roster Resource, a site that crunches the numbers across five different fantasy sites to give us a broader view of where players are actually going. Those numbers are based on a 10-team, five-by-five mixed league.
Let’s get started.