After starting the offseason with a few normal 12-team fantasy baseball mock drafts, we’re changing it up here with a 10-team, AL-only mock draft. This cuts out pretty much half the player pool, which drastically changes your approach to the draft with NL players not being available.
Fantasy Baseball Mock Draft: 10-Team, AL-Only (2024)
Here is a pick-by-pick look at how this mock draft went. The full results can be viewed here.
- 1.02: Juan Soto (OF – NYY)
- 2.09: Adley Rutschman (C – BAL)
- 3.02: George Kirby (SP – SEA)
- 4.09: Royce Lewis (3B – MIN)
- 5.02: Chris Bassitt (SP – TOR)
- 6.09: J.P. Crawford (SS – SEA)
- 7.02: Steven Kwan (OF – CLE)
- 8.09: Max Kepler (OF – MIN)
- 9.02: Clay Holmes (RP – NYY)
- 10.09: Jordan Montgomery (SP – FA)
- 11.02: Alex Lange (RP – DET)
- 12.09: Kerry Carpenter (OF – DET)
- 13.02: Justin Turner (1B – TOR)
- 14.09: Bryce Miller (SP – SEA)
- 15.02: DJ LeMahieu (1B, 2B, 3B – NYY)
- 16.09: Reese Olson (SP – DET)
- 17.02: Hunter Renfroe (1B, RF – KC)
- 18.09: Clarke Schmidt (SP – NYY)
- 19.02: Leody Taveras (OF – TEX)
- 20.09: Tyler Wells (SP – BAL)
Overview
I received a 94 out of 100 draft grade with this team, which I will certainly take. This was my first mock of the offseason doing AL-only, so I do believe it could have been better.
In normal drafts with the whole player pool available, I tend to try and not stack too many players on the same team but it is nearly impossible in a draft with only AL players available.
In AL-only leagues, it is important to know which positions are the deepest and which positions are the shallowest to know what to attack early in drafts. The more mock drafts you do, the better understanding you can get of which positions are the deepest and shallowest.
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