{"id":498906,"date":"2026-02-25T16:34:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/498906\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:34:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:34:06","slug":"the-2026-espn-fantasy-baseball-draft-guide-rankings-tips-stats-strategy-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/498906\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2026 ESPN Fantasy Baseball draft guide: Rankings, tips, stats, strategy and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feb 13, 2026, 08:06 AM ET<\/p>\n

Whether you are trying fantasy baseball<\/a> for the first time or are an experienced vet, the 2026 ESPN fantasy baseball draft guide has everything you need to help you crush your drafts.<\/p>\n

From rankings and mock drafts to sleepers, breakouts and who you should — or should not — draft, we’ve got you covered from every angle, all in one convenient place.<\/p>\n

This draft guide will be updated frequently, so keep checking in for more insight, analysis, and projections.<\/p>\n

Other resources: Sign up!<\/a> | Projections<\/a> | Rankings<\/a> | Depth charts<\/a> | Eligibility Rules<\/a><\/p>\n

Rankings, cheat sheets<\/p>\n

ESPN expert rankings: Points leagues<\/a> | Head-to-head categories\/rotisserie<\/a><\/p>\n

Cheat sheet central: Printable PDFs to take to your draft<\/a><\/p>\n

Dynasty rankings: Top 300 players for 2026 and beyond (Coming soon!)<\/p>\n

Fantasy baseball 101<\/p>\n

A lapsed fan’s guide to fantasy baseball in 2026<\/a>
Haven’t been paying attention this offseason? Eric Karabell catches you up<\/p>\n

Nine tips to help you win your league<\/a>
Tristan H. Cockcroft with strategies and angles that will make you a more competitive player<\/p>\n

Everything you need to play, draft and run a league<\/a>
Tristan H. Cockcroft with advice for newcomers and returning players alike<\/p>\n

Tools of the trade: How to use the ESPN fantasy app to your advantage<\/a>
Tips for newcomers on how to best use the tools available in ESPN’s fantasy baseball game<\/p>\n

Advice and expert intel<\/p>\n

News or noise<\/a>: What’s the fantasy baseball impact from news around MLB?
Hearing a lot of buzz, but don’t know what to make of it? Here’s where you should turn<\/p>\n

Mock draft No. 1 (ESPN points leagues)<\/a>
Round-by-round picks and a roster snapshot of all 10 teams from our Feb. 10 mock<\/p>\n

Park factors: What is the true fantasy impact of where MLB teams call home?<\/a>
Todd Zola breaks down what makes MLB stadiums favor pitching versus hitting<\/p>\n

Fantasy baseball’s $100 man<\/a>: Why you need to break the bank for Ohtani
Tristan H. Cockcroft discusses how much should you bid on fantasy’s top player<\/p>\n

Top players to watch this spring<\/a>: Acuna, Strider lead list
Eric Karabell outlines players in interesting new situations most likely to have fantasy impact in 2026<\/p>\n

What to expect from Murakami, Okamoto, Imai and others<\/a>
Todd Zola dives into the statistics to set expectations<\/p>\n

Hot stove: fantasy impact of offseason trades and signings<\/a>
Expectations for all of the players who have changed teams this winter<\/p>\n

MLB betting info: World Series odds<\/a> | AL futures<\/a> | NL futures<\/a><\/p>\n

Prospect watch<\/p>\n

Karabell’s top-10 prospects to consider drafting for 2026 leagues<\/a>
A gaggle of shortstops leads the list of alluring fantasy newcomers<\/p>\n

Ten names to know from the Arizona Fall League<\/a>
Check out Eric Karabell’s eye-witness account of AFL action<\/p>\n

Download the ESPN Fantasy Sports app, have every player at your fingertips.
Available on the App Store<\/a> and Google Play<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Looking back on 2025<\/p>\n

Which pitchers are MVPs, LVPs of 2025?<\/a>
The best and the worst fantasy hurlers from last season<\/p>\n

Which hitters are MVPs, LVPs of 2025?<\/a>
Some of the top bats that surprised, for better or worse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb 13, 2026, 08:06 AM ET Whether you are trying fantasy baseball for the first time or are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-498906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}