It’s time to start the long journey toward that coveted 2025 fantasy baseball trophy! But before you take the first step onto that road, you have to assemble that winning team — and the Yahoo Fantasy baseball draft kit can help you build the best squad possible! Whether mock drafting or preparing for the real thing, we’ve got you covered.
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This page will serve as a one-stop shop for all our great draft content from our loaded team of analysts — Scott Pianowski, Dalton Del Don, Andy Behrens and Fred Zinkie. You’ll find rankings, position previews, mock drafts and much more below.
Keep it locked here as we’ll continue to update this page with content daily all the way up until Opening Day.
Still unsure about playing fantasy baseball this year? Don’t worry — you can make it just as fun and exciting (and easy to manage) as football. New to playing or just need a refresher, our 101 guide will get you up to speed.
Otherwise, it comes down to this simple fact — consider this your cheat sheet to a championship-winning team.
Navigate with our table of contents
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Draft rankings
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Positional previews
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Strategy
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Mock drafts
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Sleepers and breakouts
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Fades
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Deeper dives
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Additional analysis
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Roundtable discussion
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Yahoo Fantasy Plus
📊 Fantasy Baseball Draft Rankings
The basis of all fantasy draft prep — rankings. Check out our overall list of players, or you can examine one position at a time.
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Top-250 players
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Catcher
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First base
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Second base
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Shortstop
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Third base
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Outfield
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Starting pitcher
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Relief pitcher
Downloadable Draft Cheat Sheets
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Top 250 players
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Positional rankings
Scott Pianowski’s Shuffle Up Tiered Rankings
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Catchers
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Middle Infielders
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Corner Infielders
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Outfielders
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Starting Pitchers
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Relievers
Andy Behrens’ closer tiers for 2025
Two players — and one entire pitching staff — that are almost impossible to rank
📝 Positional Previews
What to expect from every position in 2025 and some key draft targets — check out our rundown for each of your roster spots!
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Catchers
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First Basemen
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Second Basemen
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Shortstops
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Third Basemen
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Outfielders
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Starting Pitchers
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Relief Pitchers
🏆 Your Blueprint to a 2025 Championship
Every season, we will deliver your roadmap to a winning draft and an (hopefully) eventual trophy-hoisting season. Scott Pianowski lays it all out for you — click here or on the image above to open up his pack of fantasy baseball goodies:
Additional strategy
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Top fantasy baseball draft strategies for 2025
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Points Leagues: How to win at Yahoo’s new default format
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Predictions for draft season trends
📈 Mock Drafts and ADP Analysis 📉
Our analysts will mock throughout the draft season — who should go after Shohei Ohtani at No. 1 overall?
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Mock Draft 1.0 (12 teams, Round 1)
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Mock Draft 2.0 (12 teams, full draft)
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Why Shohei Ohtani shouldn’t be fantasy’s top pick
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Who could be the No. 1 pitcher this season? Here are 6 candidates
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These ADPs look off: Pitchers | Hitters
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Category specialists to target after pick No. 50
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Yahoo Fantasy Baseball ADP
Top-five players in Yahoo ADP
😴 Sleepers and Breakouts 🚀
It’s tough to build a winning team without hitting on at least a few sleepers, a few breakout players. Here are some key diamonds in the rough.
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30 MLB teams, 30 sources for draft sleepers
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Buy The Dip: 2025 Post-Hype Sleepers
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Top prospects to consider in 2025
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Sleepers at every position: Infield | Outfield | Pitchers
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9 sleeper pitchers available after pick 200
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9 sleeper hitters who will shatter their ADPs
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8 breakout candidates to target in late in drafts
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Players we’re most excited to draft
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5 unheralded hitters who could help you with batting average
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Underrated pitchers to draft late
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Overlooked hitters to target
⛔️ Fades
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30 MLB teams, 30 big-name players to fade at their ADPs
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Infield bust candidates
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It’s not easy fading these stars, but someone’s gotta do it
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Why the Dodgers aren’t the fantasy juggernaut you think they are
🤿 Deeper dives
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Expected Statcast Stats: Hitters | Pitchers
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Hitter parks that will affect fantasy values | Pitcher parks to keep in mind
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3 stadium changes that will have a major fantasy impact
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Eye-opening surprises from key player projections
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These 2024 Numbers Do Lie
🧐 Additional Analysis
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These are the most polarizing pitchers in drafts | Polarizing hitters
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7 candidates for a bounce-back season in 2025
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Why big, beefy sluggers matter again in 2025
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These 5 risky pitchers may be worth it
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Fantasy storylines to follow in spring training
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Don’t forget these 2024 strong finishes
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MLB offseason review
🎥 Roundtable discussion and tips
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Tips for winning your fantasy baseball draft
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Breakout candidates: Who is poised to take a leap?
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Bold fantasy baseball predictions for this season
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How early should you build your pitching staff?
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Why Paul Goldschmidt tops list of draft values
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Will Shohei Ohtani be a fantasy letdown in 2025?
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Why fantasy managers should avoid Mike Trout
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Which rookies and prospects should you target?
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Is Jacob deGrom too big of a fantasy risk?
⚾️ Yahoo Fantasy Plus
In case you haven’t heard the exciting news, Yahoo Fantasy Plus has some major upgrades for this fantasy baseball season, giving subscribers new tools with deeper insights for a competitive edge.
Among the improvements, you can access new, detailed maximum and minimum projections in points leagues to better predict a number of things when it comes to your draft prep. Our analysts are breaking down some of the data to offer a sample of Yahoo Fantasy Plus has to offer.
Yahoo Fantasy Plus modeling identifies boom-or bust candidates
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Infielders
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Outfielders
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Pitchers
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