Opening Day is quickly approaching and if you haven’t yet held your league’s draft, the clock is ticking. Fear not, though, as the crew is ready to show you the results of its final fantasy baseball mock draft of the season, using ESPN standard head-to-head points league scoring and .
Default rosters include 16 starters: seven pitchers of any kind along with a C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, three outfielders and a utility player (can be any position, and is also the only slot to allow a DH-only player). There are also three bench spots.
Hitters score one point for every base reached via hits (total bases), as well as each walk, run, RBI and stolen base, and lose one point when they strike out. Pitchers earn a point for every out they record (three per inning) and an extra point for a strikeout, as well as two points for a win or a hold. Saves are worth five points each. Pitchers lose two points per run allowed, one point per baserunner (hit or walk) and two points for a loss.
This draft was held on Monday, March 16 and included fantasy writers Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Todd Zola and Derek Carty, fantasy editors Pierre Becquey, Sachin Chandan, Joe Kaiser and AJ Mass, MLB editor Dan Mullen and fantasy product manager Shaun McPartlin.
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While you’re probably going to have to draft . in Round 1 if you want him, the next tier of five shortstops are likely to all be snatched up between Rounds 3-4. Expect a run followed by a lengthy wait for those who miss out.
and were first rounders here, but if you miss out one one of these aces, don’t feel that you have to grab your first starting pitcher as soon as possible. Zola took his first SP () in Round 5 and Cockcroft waited until Round 7 to grab (projected to be SP17) to anchor his staff.
You can wait on catcher. Yes, is likely to be taken off the board relatively quickly, but if you’re not locked into any particular favorite, there’s no crime in being patient. Only four backstops were off the board at the end of Round 10 and only six by the time Round 17 got underway
Know your league’s tendencies. In our mock, there was no need to rush to grab rookies. Once we were down to our final bench spots, that’s when prospects like , , and finally got the call. However, if you know that your fellow managers are itching to grab one of these “shiny new toys,” you may want to pounce a bit earlier.
1. DH1 (SP) — Karabell
2. OF1 — Carty
3. OF2 — Cockcroft
4. SP1 — Mullen
5. 3B1 — Becquey
6. SP2 — Chandan
7. SS1 — Mass
8. 1B1 — Zola
9. OF3 — Kaiser
10. OF4 — McPartlin
11. SP3 — McPartlin
12. C1 — Kaiser
13. 2B1 — Zola
14. 3B2 — Mass
15. OF5 — Chandan
16. DH2 (OF) — Becquey
17. OF6 — Mullen
18. DH3 — Cockcroft
19. SP4 — Carty
20. SP5 — Karabell
21. 3B3 — Karabell
22. OF7 — Carty
23. SS2 — Cockcroft
24. SS3 — Mullen
25. SP6 — Becquey
26. C2 — Chandan
27. SP7 — Mass
28. SS4 — Zola
29. SP8 — Kaiser
30. SP9 — McPartlin
31. 2B2 — McPartlin
32. 3B4 — Kaiser
33. 1B2 — Zola
34. DH4 (OF) — Mass
35. SP10 — Chandan
36. SS5 — Becquey
37. SP11 — Mullen
38. OF8 — Cockcroft
39. SS6 — Carty
40. OF9 — Karabell
41. RP1 — Karabell
42. 3B5 — Carty
43. RP2 — Cockcroft
44. SP12 — Mullen
45. OF10 — Becquey
46. SP13 — Chandan
47. SP14 — Mass
48. SP15 — Zola
49. 1B3 — Kaiser
50. SP16 — McPartlin
51. OF11 — McPartlin
52. OF12 — Kaiser
53. RP3 — Zola
54. SP17 — Mass
55. 2B3 (OF) — Chandan
56. 2B4 — Becquey
57. OF13 — Mullen
58. 1B4 (C) — Cockcroft
59. SP18 — Carty
60. 1B5 — Karabell
61. 2B5 (3B) — Karabell
62. RP4 — Carty
63. SP19 — Cockcroft
64. OF14 — Mullen
65. SP20 — Becquey
66. OF15 — Chandan
67. RP5 — Mass
68. DH5 (OF) — Zola
69. SS7 — Kaiser
70. SP21 — McPartlin
71. C3 — McPartlin
72. DH6 (1B) — Kaiser
73. 3B6 — Zola
74. 1B6 — Mass
75. SP22 — Chandan
76. SP23 — Becquey
77. SP24 — Mullen
78. RP6 — Cockcroft
79. C4 — Carty
80. SP25 — Karabell
81. RP7 — Karabell
82. 3B7 — Carty
83. 1B7 — Cockcroft
84. SP26 — Mullen
85. OF16 — Becquey
86. 1B8 — Chandan
87. RP8 — Mass
88. OF17 — Zola
89. SP27 — Kaiser
90. SP28 — McPartlin
91. 1B9 — McPartlin
92. SP29 — Kaiser
93. OF18 — Zola
94. 2B6 — Mass
95. DH7 — Chandan
96. DH8 (OF) — Becquey
97. SS8 — Mullen
98. 2B7 — Cockcroft
99. SP30 — Carty
100. SP31 — Karabell
101. OF19 — Karabell
102. DH9 (1B) — Carty
103. OF20 — Cockcroft
104. C5 — Mullen
105. C6 (1B) — Becquey
106. 3B8 — Chandan
107. SS9 — Mass
108. RP9 — Zola
109. OF21 — Kaiser
110. OF22 (1B) — McPartlin
111. 3B9 — McPartlin
112. SP32 — Kaiser
113. RP10 — Zola
114. OF23 — Mass
115. SS10 — Chandan
116. SP33 — Becquey
117. 2B8 — Mullen
118. RP11 — Cockcroft
119. SP34 — Carty
120. RP12 — Karabell
121. SS11 — Karabell
122. OF24 (1B) — Carty
123. SP35 — Cockcroft
124. 3B10 — Mullen
125. RP13 — Becquey
126. SP36 — Chandan
127. OF25 — Mass
128. RP14 — Zola
129. SP37 — Kaiser
130. SS12 — McPartlin
131. SP38 — McPartlin
132. SP39 — Kaiser
133. RP15 — Zola
134. SP40 — Mass
135. SP41 — Chandan
136. 1B10 — Becquey
137. SP42 — Mullen
138. SP43 — Cockcroft
139. RP16 — Carty
140. OF26 — Karabell
141. SP44 — Karabell
142. RP17 — Carty
143. SP45 — Cockcroft
144. 1B11 — Mullen
145. 1B12 — Becquey
146. SP46 — Chandan
147. SP47 — Mass
148. RP18 — Zola
149. SP48 — Kaiser
150. RP19 — McPartlin
151. OF27 — McPartlin
152. SP49 — Kaiser
153. RP20 — Zola
154. DH10 (OF) — Mass
155. OF28 — Chandan
156. RP21 — Becquey
157. SS13 — Mullen
158. 3B11 — Cockcroft
159. 2B9 — Carty
160. OF29 — Karabell
161. SP50 — Karabell
162. SP51 — Carty
163. SP52 — Cockcroft
164. SS14 (2B) — Mullen
165. SP53 — Becquey
166. C7 — Chandan
167. SS15 — Mass
168. RP22 — Zola
169. 2B10 — Kaiser
170. C8 — McPartlin
171. SP54 — McPartlin
172. SP55 — Kaiser
173. RP23 — Zola
174. SP56 — Mass
175. SS16 — Chandan
176. SS17 — Becquey
177. OF30 — Mullen
178. SP57 — Cockcroft
179. SP58 — Carty
180. SP59 — Karabell
181. C9 — Karabell
182. SP60 — Carty
183. C10 — Cockcroft
184. SP61 — Mullen
185. 2B11 (OF) — Becquey
186. C11 — Chandan
187. C12 — Mass
188. C13 — Zola
189. 3B12 (2B/SS) — Kaiser
190. OF31 — McPartlin
Team rosters are presented in first-round pick order. Primary position is used. If a player qualifies at more than one position, all positions, they are included in parentheses. Pick is displayed as [Round.Pick].
C1 [Pick: 19.1]
1B1 [Pick: 6.10]
3B1 [Pick: 3.1]
2B1 (3B) [Pick: 7.1]
SS1 [Pick: 13.1]
OF1 [Pick: 4.10]
OF2 [Pick: 11.1]
OF3 [Pick: 14.10]
OF4 [Pick: 16.10]
DH1 (SP) [Pick: 1.1]
SP1 [Pick: 2.10]
SP2 [Pick: 8.10]
SP3 [Pick: 10.10]
SP4 [Pick: 15.1]
SP5 [Pick: 17.1]
SP6 [Pick: 18.10]
RP1 [Pick: 5.1]
RP2 [Pick: 9.1]
RP3 [Pick: 12.10]
C1 [Pick: 8.9]
3B1 [Pick: 5.2]
3B2 [Pick: 9.2]
2B1 [Pick: 16.9]
SS1 [Pick: 4.9]
OF1 [Pick: 1.2]
OF2 [Pick: 3.2]
OF3 (1B) [Pick: 13.2]
DH1 (1B) [Pick: 11.2]
SP1 [Pick: 2.9]
SP2 [Pick: 6.9]
SP3 [Pick: 10.9]
SP4 [Pick: 12.9]
SP5 [Pick: 17.2]
SP6 [Pick: 18.9]
SP7 [Pick: 19.2]
RP1 [Pick: 7.2]
RP2 [Pick: 14.9]
RP3 [Pick: 15.2]
C1 [Pick: 19.3]
1B1 (C) [Pick: 6.8]
1B2 [Pick: 9.3]
3B1 [Pick: 16.8]
2B1 [Pick: 10.8]
SS1 [Pick: 3.3]
OF1 [Pick: 1.3]
OF2 [Pick: 4.8]
OF3 [Pick: 11.3]
DH1 [Pick: 2.8]
SP1 [Pick: 7.3]
SP2 [Pick: 13.3]
SP3 [Pick: 14.8]
SP4 [Pick: 15.3]
SP5 [Pick: 17.3]
SP6 [Pick: 18.8]
RP1 [Pick: 5.3]
RP2 [Pick: 8.8]
RP3 [Pick: 12.8]
C1 [Pick: 11.4]
1B1 [Pick: 15.4]
3B1 [Pick: 13.4]
2B1 [Pick: 12.7]
SS1 [Pick: 3.4]
SS2 [Pick: 10.7]
SS3 [Pick: 16.7]
SS4 (2B) [Pick: 17.4]
OF1 [Pick: 2.7]
OF2 [Pick: 6.7]
OF3 [Pick: 7.4]
OF4 [Pick: 18.7]
SP1 [Pick: 1.4]
SP2 [Pick: 4.7]
SP3 [Pick: 5.4]
SP4 [Pick: 8.7]
SP5 [Pick: 9.4]
SP6 [Pick: 14.7]
SP7 [Pick: 19.4]
C1 (1B) [Pick: 11.5]
1B1 [Pick: 14.6]
1B2 [Pick: 15.5]
3B1 [Pick: 1.5]
2B1 [Pick: 6.6]
2B2 (OF) [Pick: 19.5]
SS1 [Pick: 4.6]
SS2 [Pick: 18.6]
OF1 [Pick: 5.5]
OF2 [Pick: 9.5]
DH1 (OF) [Pick: 2.6]
DH2 (OF) [Pick: 10.6]
SP1 [Pick: 3.5]
SP2 [Pick: 7.5]
SP3 [Pick: 8.6]
SP4 [Pick: 12.6]
SP5 [Pick: 17.5]
RP1 [Pick: 13.5]
RP2 [Pick: 16.6]
C1 [Pick: 3.6]
C2 [Pick: 17.6]
C3 [Pick: 19.6]
1B1 [Pick: 9.6]
3B1 [Pick: 11.6]
2B1 (OF) [Pick: 6.5]
SS1 [Pick: 12.5]
SS2 [Pick: 18.5]
OF1 [Pick: 2.5]
OF2 [Pick: 7.6]
OF3 [Pick: 16.5]
DH1 [Pick: 10.5]
SP1 [Pick: 1.6]
SP2 [Pick: 4.5]
SP3 [Pick: 5.6]
SP4 [Pick: 8.5]
SP5 [Pick: 13.6]
SP6 [Pick: 14.5]
SP7 [Pick: 15.6]
C1 [Pick: 19.7]
1B1 [Pick: 8.4]
3B1 [Pick: 2.4]
2B1 [Pick: 10.4]
SS1 [Pick: 1.7]
SS2 [Pick: 11.7]
SS3 [Pick: 17.7]
OF1 [Pick: 12.4]
OF2 [Pick: 13.7]
DH1 (OF) [Pick: 4.4]
DH2 (OF) [Pick: 16.4]
SP1 [Pick: 3.7]
SP2 [Pick: 5.7]
SP3 [Pick: 6.4]
SP4 [Pick: 14.4]
SP5 [Pick: 15.7]
SP6 [Pick: 18.4]
RP1 [Pick: 7.7]
RP2 [Pick: 9.7]
C1 [Pick: 19.8]
1B1 [Pick: 1.8]
1B2 [Pick: 4.3]
3B1 [Pick: 8.3]
2B1 [Pick: 2.3]
SS1 [Pick: 3.8]
OF1 [Pick: 9.8]
OF2 [Pick: 10.3]
DH1 (OF) [Pick: 7.8]
SP1 [Pick: 5.8]
RP1 [Pick: 6.3]
RP2 [Pick: 11.8]
RP3 [Pick: 12.3]
RP4 [Pick: 13.8]
RP5 [Pick: 14.3]
RP6 [Pick: 15.8]
RP7 [Pick: 16.3]
RP8 [Pick: 17.8]
RP9 [Pick: 18.3]
C1 [Pick: 2.2]
1B1 [Pick: 5.9]
3B1 [Pick: 4.2]
3B2 (2B/SS) [Pick: 19.9]
2B1 [Pick: 17.9]
SS1 [Pick: 7.9]
OF1 [Pick: 1.9]
OF2 [Pick: 6.2]
OF3 [Pick: 11.9]
DH1 (1B) [Pick: 8.2]
SP1 [Pick: 3.9]
SP2 [Pick: 9.9]
SP3 [Pick: 10.2]
SP4 [Pick: 12.2]
SP5 [Pick: 13.9]
SP6 [Pick: 14.2]
SP7 [Pick: 15.9]
SP8 [Pick: 16.2]
SP9 [Pick: 18.2]
C1 [Pick: 8.1]
C2 [Pick: 17.10]
1B1 [Pick: 10.1]
3B1 [Pick: 12.1]
2B1 [Pick: 4.1]
SS1 [Pick: 13.10]
OF1 [Pick: 1.10]
OF2 [Pick: 6.1]
OF3 (1B) [Pick: 11.10]
OF4 [Pick: 16.1]
OF5 [Pick: 19.10]
SP1 [Pick: 2.1]
SP2 [Pick: 3.10]
SP3 [Pick: 5.10]
SP4 [Pick: 7.10]
SP5 [Pick: 9.10]
SP6 [Pick: 14.1]
SP7 [Pick: 18.1]
RP1 [Pick: 15.10]
