Most Accurate Fantasy Baseball Draft Projections (2024)

It can be helpful to get an early sense of where the experts stand in terms of initial fantasy baseball projections. Our consensus fantasy baseball projections include some of the most accurate experts in the fantasy baseball community. Let’s take a look at some of their fantasy baseball projections below. And you can create customized consensus fantasy baseball projections using the most accurate experts here.

2024 Fantasy Baseball Draft Projections

Hitters

Player	Team	Positions	AB	R	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Ronald Acuna Jr.	ATL	RF	573	127	37	98	52	0.314	0.396	0.576	0.972
Bobby Witt Jr.	KC	SS	610	99	29	91	42	0.279	0.324	0.498	0.822
Julio Rodriguez	SEA	CF	604	101	32	94	33	0.28	0.336	0.504	0.84
Mookie Betts	LAD	2B,RF	577	114	33	97	14	0.283	0.373	0.527	0.9
Corbin Carroll	ARI	CF,LF,RF	572	102	23	80	43	0.276	0.347	0.48	0.827
Kyle Tucker	HOU	RF	573	97	31	105	26	0.282	0.362	0.52	0.882
Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	RF	582	104	35	97	29	0.274	0.345	0.519	0.864
Freddie Freeman	LAD	1B	586	107	26	96	14	0.305	0.383	0.513	0.897
Juan Soto	NYY	LF	529	108	37	102	11	0.279	0.422	0.543	0.965
Shohei Ohtani	LAD	DH,SP	539	105	39	107	20	0.277	0.377	0.569	0.946
Aaron Judge	NYY	DH,RF	519	105	45	111	7	0.275	0.39	0.581	0.971
Trea Turner	PHI	SS	614	97	23	84	29	0.282	0.332	0.465	0.797
Jose Ramirez	CLE	3B,DH	579	93	27	95	25	0.279	0.357	0.5	0.857
Matt Olson	ATL	1B	566	102	41	113	1	0.267	0.365	0.538	0.903
Yordan Alvarez	HOU	DH,LF	508	98	38	108	1	0.298	0.39	0.593	0.983
Bryce Harper	PHI	1B,DH	527	94	29	92	13	0.284	0.388	0.52	0.908
Austin Riley	ATL	3B	595	99	37	105	2	0.279	0.342	0.524	0.866
Rafael Devers	BOS	3B	584	96	35	103	4	0.283	0.351	0.529	0.879
Ozzie Albies	ATL	2B	589	95	28	93	14	0.274	0.326	0.485	0.811
Francisco Lindor	NYM	SS	582	93	27	88	21	0.254	0.326	0.449	0.774
Marcus Semien	TEX	2B	610	100	27	86	15	0.265	0.332	0.464	0.796
Pete Alonso	NYM	1B	566	89	41	110	4	0.249	0.327	0.509	0.836
Corey Seager	TEX	SS	508	87	30	90	2	0.296	0.365	0.542	0.907
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	TOR	1B,DH	582	92	32	100	6	0.284	0.358	0.507	0.865
Luis Robert Jr.	CWS	CF	568	86	32	90	19	0.269	0.311	0.499	0.81
Michael Harris II	ATL	CF	555	86	22	80	24	0.286	0.328	0.476	0.804
Gunnar Henderson	BAL	3B,SS	550	90	26	85	12	0.261	0.338	0.476	0.814
Bo Bichette	TOR	SS	602	88	23	86	12	0.292	0.332	0.473	0.805
Jose Altuve	HOU	2B	557	99	25	76	14	0.276	0.349	0.468	0.817
Randy Arozarena	TB	LF	560	89	24	81	26	0.26	0.337	0.447	0.784
Elly De La Cruz	CIN	3B,SS	526	83	21	72	36	0.248	0.309	0.442	0.751
Adolis Garcia	TEX	RF	566	87	32	95	13	0.243	0.304	0.468	0.772
Manny Machado	SD	3B,DH	565	84	30	96	7	0.269	0.337	0.48	0.816
CJ Abrams	WSH	SS	571	82	16	63	38	0.254	0.293	0.406	0.699
Mike Trout	LAA	CF	494	88	34	90	3	0.264	0.358	0.529	0.887
Paul Goldschmidt	STL	1B,DH	572	91	26	87	8	0.268	0.356	0.461	0.817
Royce Lewis	MIN	3B	512	78	26	84	13	0.269	0.329	0.479	0.808
Nolan Jones	COL	LF,RF	520	82	24	81	16	0.268	0.355	0.475	0.83
Cody Bellinger	CHC	1B,CF	537	81	23	82	17	0.262	0.323	0.452	0.776
Adley Rutschman	BAL	C,DH	518	81	18	70	3	0.27	0.365	0.443	0.808
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	CF	512	79	26	77	29	0.248	0.308	0.455	0.763
Christian Yelich	MIL	DH,LF	548.00	91	18	71	22	0.261	0.358	0.422	0.781
Nico Hoerner	CHC	2B,SS	584	82	10	64	32	0.281	0.332	0.394	0.726
Oneil Cruz	PIT	SS	525	82	24	74	23	0.247	0.318	0.443	0.761
Kyle Schwarber	PHI	DH,LF	550	99	41	98	4	0.222	0.343	0.487	0.83
Alex Bregman	HOU	3B	562	92	23	88	2	0.265	0.36	0.453	0.813
Matt McLain	CIN	2B,SS	527	84	23	76	20	0.257	0.331	0.459	0.79
Gleyber Torres	NYY	2B	560	83	24	80	13	0.27	0.338	0.453	0.792
Christian Walker	ARI	1B	566	81	28	92	6	0.254	0.328	0.462	0.789
J.T. Realmuto	PHI	C	463	66	19	68	15	0.256	0.312	0.446	0.757

Pitchers

Player	Team	Positions	IP	K	W	SV	ERA	WHIP
Spencer Strider	ATL	SP	179.2	256	15	0	3.28	1.07
Corbin Burnes	BAL	SP	188	200	12	0	3.57	1.16
Zack Wheeler	PHI	SP	189.8	195	13	0	3.51	1.14
Luis Castillo	SEA	SP	189.4	202	13	0	3.56	1.16
George Kirby	SEA	SP	185.6	173	13	0	3.58	1.11
Pablo Lopez	MIN	SP	185.2	204	12	0	3.59	1.15
Kevin Gausman	TOR	SP	184.3	212	13	0	3.47	1.15
Zac Gallen	ARI	SP	188.9	191	13	0	3.68	1.18
Yoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	SP	171.7	178	13	0	3.69	1.11
Logan Webb	SF	SP	194.3	173	13	0	3.41	1.18
Tyler Glasnow	LAD	SP	142.7	181	11	0	3.5	1.12
Tarik Skubal	DET	SP	153.6	175	10	0	3.41	1.12
Aaron Nola	PHI	SP	189.3	199	13	0	3.83	1.13
Josh Hader	HOU	RP	60.2	87	3	33	3.16	1.13
Freddy Peralta	MIL	SP	163.7	195	11	0	3.7	1.15
Edwin Diaz	NYM	RP	61.1	94	3	34	2.81	1.03
Framber Valdez	HOU	SP	190.9	189	14	0	3.42	1.22
Max Fried	ATL	SP	168.7	161	14	0	3.4	1.18
Emmanuel Clase	CLE	RP	66.7	67	4	34	3.03	1.11
Logan Gilbert	SEA	SP	185.5	181	12	0	3.82	1.16
Grayson Rodriguez	BAL	SP	163.6	176	10	0	3.76	1.21
Blake Snell	SF	SP	160.2	203	11	0	3.59	1.27
Zach Eflin	TB	SP	168.7	163	12	0	3.59	1.12
Camilo Doval	SF	RP	65.6	80	4	34	3.36	1.23
Bobby Miller	LAD	SP	148.7	146	11	0	3.86	1.19
Jesus Luzardo	MIA	SP	168.8	193	10	0	3.81	1.22
Raisel Iglesias	ATL	RP	63.5	76	4	31	3.38	1.12
Joe Ryan	MIN	SP	168.5	186	11	0	3.99	1.14
Jhoan Duran	MIN	RP	57.7	77	3	27	2.85	1.12
Justin Steele	CHC	SP	172.7	166	11	0	3.69	1.25
Joe Musgrove	SD	SP	161.4	158	11	0	3.65	1.17
Cole Ragans	KC	SP,RP	162.7	172	10	0	3.94	1.3
Alexis Diaz	CIN	RP	67	82	4	31	3.93	1.27
Jordan Romano	TOR	RP	62.2	74	4	32	3.51	1.19
David Bednar	PIT	RP	64	76	3	31	3.36	1.16
Andres Munoz	SEA	RP	60.2	82	4	28	2.99	1.12
Paul Sewald	ARI	RP	62.7	75	3	29	3.75	1.19
Dylan Cease	SD	SP	173.3	203	10	0	3.96	1.29
Tanner Bibee	CLE	SP	162.8	160	10	0	3.93	1.23
Evan Phillips	LAD	RP	64.3	73	4	29	3.43	1.14
Pete Fairbanks	TB	RP	57	79	4	29	2.99	1.11
Ryan Helsley	STL	RP	61.10	80	4	27	3.23	1.16
Sonny Gray	STL	SP	164.1	154	10	0	3.68	1.24
Gerrit Cole	NYY	SP	114	128	8	0	3.55	1.1
Clay Holmes	NYY	RP	65.1	69	4	31	3.43	1.24
Chris Bassitt	TOR	SP	188.5	168	12	0	4.05	1.23
Eury Perez	MIA	SP	121.5	139	7	0	3.89	1.19
Tanner Scott	MIA	RP	67	89	4	26	3.23	1.21
Chris Sale	ATL	SP	139.4	165	10	0	3.8	1.17
Shane Bieber	CLE	SP	174	166	10	0	3.78	1.21

What is Fantasy Baseball?

Fantasy baseball is an online game where participants act as managers of virtual baseball teams based on real-life Major League Baseball (MLB) players. The performance of these players in actual games determines the results in the fantasy league. It’s a blend of skill, strategy, and a little bit of luck, akin to the real-world decisions team managers must make.

Basic Strategy for Fantasy Baseball Success

1. Understand Your League’s Format and Scoring

Before drafting your team, it’s essential to understand the scoring system and rules of your specific league, as this will influence your drafting and management strategy. Knowing whether you’re in a points-based, category-based, or head-to-head league will guide you in selecting players whose strengths align with the scoring system.

2. Drafting Your Team Wisely

A solid draft is the foundation of a successful season. Here are a few tips for the drafting phase:

Balanced Team: Ensure you have a balanced team with a mix of power hitters, average hitters, speedsters, starting pitchers, and relievers.
Position Scarcity: Be aware of the depth of talent at each position. Some positions, like shortstop, may have fewer high-quality players, making it beneficial to draft a top player at that position early.
High-Floor Players: Early in the draft, focus on players with a proven track record of consistency.
Upside Picks: In the later rounds, look for “upside” players. These are athletes who have the potential to outperform their draft position.

3. In-Season Management

Stay Active: Constantly look for ways to improve your team through waivers, trades, and free-agent pickups.
Mind the Matchups: Pay attention to player matchups, platoon splits, and ballparks. Starting a pitcher in a hitter-friendly park, for example, can be risky.
Injury Management: Stay on top of player injuries and have backups ready for your key players.