Fantasy Baseball Draft Cheat Sheet: Rankings, Strategy & Advice

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Fantasy Baseball Cheat Sheet Advice

Check out players you should target and avoid today based on our expert rankings and consensus Average Draft Position (ADP).

Players to Target

Players our experts like more than their current ADP.

Player Team Positions Rank ADP vs. ADP
Tim Anderson CWS SS 27 39 12
Xander Bogaerts BOS SS 28 40 12
Trevor Story BOS SS 31 38 7
Paul Goldschmidt STL 1B 35 46 11
Byron Buxton MIN CF 38 49 11
Nick Castellanos PHI RF 40 48 8
Francisco Lindor NYM SS 42 51 9
George Springer TOR CF,DH 47 55 8
Kris Bryant COL 1B,3B,LF,CF,RF 54 68 14
Randy Arozarena TB LF,RF 56 64 8
J.D. Martinez BOS LF,RF,DH 60 80 20
Joe Musgrove SD SP 63 74 11
Bryan Reynolds PIT LF,CF 65 85 20
Giancarlo Stanton NYY LF,RF,DH 71 92 21
Christian Yelich MIL LF 72 94 22
Jonathan India CIN 2B 76 90 14
Carlos Rodon SF SP 77 87 10
Justin Verlander HOU SP 80 101 21
Franmil Reyes CLE RF,DH 85 114 29
Mitch Haniger SEA RF,DH 89 98 9
Jared Walsh LAA 1B,RF 91 110 19
Kyle Schwarber PHI 1B,LF 92 107 15
C.J. Cron COL 1B 95 126 31
Max Muncy LAD 1B,2B 97 167 70
Rhys Hoskins PHI 1B 99 125 26

 
Players to Avoid

Players our experts like less than their current ADP.

Player Team Positions Rank ADP vs. ADP
Walker Buehler LAD SP 22 16 -6
Shohei Ohtani LAA SP,DH 29 9 -20
Julio Urias LAD SP 34 26 -8
Cedric Mullins II BAL CF 39 33 -6
Robbie Ray SEA SP 49 41 -8
Nolan Arenado STL 3B 64 53 -11
Logan Webb SF SP 74 62 -12
Jose Berrios TOR SP 81 65 -16
Alex Bregman HOU 3B 82 75 -7
J.T. Realmuto PHI C,1B 83 66 -17
Will Smith LAD C 84 60 -24

 

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And don’t forget all of our rankings, projections, and tools. Check out the full list of advice and help for your fantasy baseball draft below.

Fantasy Baseball Rankings

FantasyPros Staff Rankings

Expert Consensus Rankings

2022 Fantasy Baseball Projections

2022 Fantasy Baseball Resources

Recent News and Takeaways

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