It's the last Fantasy baseball draft weekend before the start of the 2020 MLB season, and you might be cramming to get ready. We had three whole extra months to prepare, but that's alright, we're not here to judge. We're here to help you build a winning team in what promises to be the wildest season in years.
That's why we've put together this Draft Day Cheat Sheet, with all of our content to help you prepare for the draft and then dominate it. Here, the many works of the Fantasy Baseball Today team — Scott White, Chris Towers, and Frank Stampfl — are available for your research purposes. It's the perfect one-stop shop for developing your plan for victory.
Draft Day Essentials
Fantasy Baseball Today Draft Kit (downloadable and printable)
Fantasy Baseball Today Podcast (new episodes five days a week)
Scott White's Draft Manifesto: SPs, SBs all that matter anymore
Advanced Stats Primer for Hitters
Advanced Stats Primer for Pitchers
Rankings and auction values
Rotisserie (and H2H categories)
SportsLine's Optimal Rankings Cheat Sheets
Rankings comparison: Scott vs. Frank
Rankings Breakdown: 1-10 | 11-20 | 21-30 | 31-40 | 41-50 | 51-60 | 61-70 | 71-80 | 81-90 | 91-100 | 101-110 | 111-120 | 121-130 | 131-140 | 141-150 | 151-160 | 161-170 | 171-180 | 181-190 | 191-200
Tiers (v. 5.0)
C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP
Tiers by category, not position
Sleepers, Breakouts and Busts
White: Sleepers 2.0 | Breakouts 2.0 | Busts 2.0 | Deep Sleepers | Post-Hype Sleepers | All-Scott White Team | Players Scott Keeps Drafting
Towers: Sleepers from every range | Breakouts: Next year's early rounders | Busts: Early-round risks | Post-Hype Pitchers | Post-Hype Hitters | Bounce-Back Candidates | Late SP targets | All-Chris Towers Team | One-Season Wonders
Stampfl: Sleepers 2.0 | Breakouts 1.0 | Busts 2.0 | All-Frank Stampfl Team | "Do Not Draft" Team
ACES results for 2020 help identify sleepers, busts
Mock Drafts
12-Team: H2H points | H2H categories | Rotisserie
10-Team: H2H points | H2H categories | Rotisserie | AL H2H | NL H2H
Dynasty: Rotisserie startup | H2H points startup | Prospects-only Roto | Prospects-only H2H
Auctions: Mixed Roto | H2H points | AL-only Roto | NL-only Roto
Shutdown/Reopening Analysis
Winners and losers for 60-game season
MLB rule changes, schedule fallout
Expanded roster breakdown | Top prospects
NL designate hitter candidates
16 playing time questions for "Summer Camp"
Strategy Guides
| 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP
Scott White's auction tips and guidelines
Chris Towers' Roto category targets: Hitters | Pitchers
White: Rating every player's chances of being dropped the first month
White: Players with the biggest gap in H2H and Roto value
Stampfl: Platoons situations and splits that need to improve
SportsLine's Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide
ADP Review
Scott White looks at average draft position to determine reaches and bargains
Prospect Hunting
Top questions about the top 100 prospects
Prospects-Only Draft: 180 deep
20 Lesser-Known Prospects for Dynasty Leagues
Prospect Profiles: Wander Franco | Luis Robert | Jesus Luzardo | Gavin Lux | Jo Adell | MacKenzie Gore | Casey Mize | Dylan Carlson | Carter Kieboom | Alex Kirilloff | Alec Bohm | Jarred Kelenic | Andrew Vaughn
More For Dynasty Leagues
- Dynasty Top 150
- Top dynasty targets based on polling
- The story of the Scott White Dynasty League and how you can have your own
Fun With Numbers
- White: 48 revealing stats from 2019
- White: Winners/losers based on xERA
- Stampfl: Eight noteworthy Statcast stats
Advanced Scouting
- Towers: Biggest questions for the top 12
- Stampfl: Ranking closers by job security
- White: 32 boom-or-bust players
- Towers: Adjustments needed for these pitchers
- Towers: Adjustments needed for these hitters
- Towers: Risk/Reward of Vladimir Guerrero
- Towers: Is Luis Robert worth the risk?
- Towers: Pirates rotation has upside
- Stampfl: Pitchers who changed their pitch selection
- Stampfl: Disappearing acts from 2019
- Stampfl: Forgotten first halves from 2019
Finding Upside
Chris Towers scopes out under-the-radar contenders for top billing at each position
- Catcher | First base | Second base | Third base | Shortstop | Outfield | Starting pitcher
- Bonus: Low-end pitchers with ace upside
The 27 Biggest Questions
Just For Fun
- White: Recounting 20 years of playing Fantasy Baseball
- Reviewing Scott White's Tout Wars team
- White: Ranking all 30 teams from most to least interesting
- White: Best, worst scenarios for all 30 teams
- White: The most pivotal player for all 30 teams
- White: Fantasy Baseball superlatives by audience survey
- White: 32 things you missed once football started
- White: Should we downgrade Astros hitters?
