by: Grey
The top 40 starters for 2026 fantasy baseball fall roughly in the 75 to 125 overall for those of you who are wondering where we are overall, and, of course, when the rankings are done I will be along with a top 500 overall to show you exactly where we are. Think of this set […]
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by: The Itch
76. Pirates RHP Seth Hernandez | 19 | NA | 2029
I might wind up low on Seth Hernandez despite loving the player. How could you not? He throws a hundred miles an hour with an adult change-up and solid command. Comes down to timeline stuff. Pittsburgh can develop pitching, but they won’t be in any kind of hurry with Hernandez. They have Oneil Cruz and Paul Skenes today. Jared Jones is on the way back and Bubba Chandler is on the way up. Why take a player who’s five years away? It’s certainly defensible because Hernandez is awesome, but it also feels like old thinking in that a front office shouldn’t draft for short-term impact. We have all seen the opposite over the last several years. Amateur baseball has come a long way. Then I think of Jackson Jobe and Andrew Painter, who’ve both been great in the minors at times but have battled injuries throughout their careers. Can’t predict that, of course, but it’s just hard to point to a high school right-hander who has returned a ton of dynasty value. There’s Hunter Greene, but he’s been hurt, too
Please, blog, may I have some more? by: Grey
The royal we already went over all the hitters for 2026 fantasy baseball rankings. That’s not the “royal we” as that term usually implies. It was me writing it alone while wearing a Burger King crown. I refuse to draft a top starter where they are usually drafted. Unlike hitters, you need six starters, depending on […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?It’s Week 3 of our tour through the ADP Riser and Faller landscape. This time, I will look at guys now getting drafted in the 11th through 15th rounds in NFBC 15 team drafts. By “now” I refer to the last 14 drafts, and that includes slow drafts that have not finished, hat tip again […]
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by: B_Don
Shortstop: the best position in fantasy baseball… or is it just the least painful? On this episode of the Razzball Fantasy Baseball Podcast, we dive headfirst into the 2026 SS rankings and ask the real question: does every position kind of stink now, or are we just old and cynical? Along with these questions, we […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? by: Grey
We’re deep, deep, deep, and these guys might not be playable. The top 100 outfielders for 2026 fantasy baseball are your flyers in most leagues, and your 5th and 6th outfielders in deep leagues. Keep in mind, we have NL-Only rankings, and AL-Only rankings. If you have no need for these outfielders in your league, think […]
Please, blog, may I have some more?Happy Monday, Razzball faithful! I’m BACK for another session of Preseason Starting Pitchers that will eventually turn into the Top 100 Starting Pitchers List (I promise!). For this week, I was unsure as to whether or not I’d be able to roll out my Top 10 for 2026. As I said before, I don’t want […]
Please, blog, may I have some more? by: Grey
Giving you a big picture, generalization here: The top 80 outfielders are the end of the outfielders you’re looking at in your 12-team mixed leagues, and tomorrow will be for deeper leagues, so we’re at the beginning of the end of the hitter rankings in the 2026 fantasy baseball rankings. But as you know, a generalization […]
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by: Jeremy Brewer
“Sleepers” is one of fantasy sports’ oldest and best terms, with roots in early-20th-century boxing and horse racing. It’s always been used to describe competitors with hidden upside who surface when it matters most. Last week, our hitter profiles focused on a group of deep sleepers going after pick 325 in early drafts representing the types of players you can stash late while filling out the back end of your roster. This week, we move up the food chain. These hitters will be discussed in draft rooms as we head toward Opening Day, but their prices still lag behind their potential outcomes. The goal here is simple: identify the best mid-round values among players who may be on the verge of a meaningful jump. We’re digging into early ADP data to find hitters whose underlying profiles suggest there’s more coming in 2026 than the market is currently pricing in.
Please, blog, may I have some more? by: The Itch
51. Astros RHP Tatsuya Imai | 27 | NPB | 2026
Imai has been dominant in Japan since 2022 when he was 24 years old with a 2.04 ERA and 1.11 WHIP. 2025 was his best season yet. He recorded a 1.92 ERA and 0.89 WHIP, representing a big leap forward in command. His walk rate of 2.5 per nine innings was a full walk better than his previous career-best mark of 3.6. Imai generates these results on the back of a fastball-slider combination against righties with a splitter against lefties. Houston’s still having a lot of success with pitchers, and I’m betting that continues with Imai. You can move him up this list in deeper leagues or win-now windows.
Please, blog, may I have some more?Failure is a part of fantasy, and no matter how much analysis or knowledge we put into our draft, players are going to underperform what we thought they would. When this happens, we then must decide if the player is worth continuing to play or even roster; maybe we need to cut our losses while we can and find replacements. But underperformance can, and often is, a temporary blip, not something that must be immediately reacted to.
Please, blog, may I have some more?ERA has gone the way of batting average in the modern age of baseball. While it is still somewhat a barometer of true performance, it is really not valuable on the surface. These numbers are easily digestible to the average fan and marketable to show who is good and who is bad. Unfortunately, that is […]
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