ESPN fantasy baseball: 2025 all-inclusive draft kit - ESPN

All of your fantasy baseball draft preparation needs collected in one place! Here you'll find rankings, projections, cheat sheets, analysis and strategy. Check back every day for new content through Opening Day of the 2025 season. If this is your first time playing fantasy baseball, might we recommend starting with the basics: The Playbook: How to play fantasy baseball.

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• Inning 1: How to play fantasy baseball

• Inning 2: League Formats: Which is right for you?

• Inning 3: Everything you need to know about salary-cap drafts

• Inning 4: How to create the ultimate cheat sheet

• Inning 5: Roster optimization

• Inning 6: Nine must-follow tips

• Inning 7: Staying ahead of league trends

• Inning 8: Using advanced stats to get ahead

• Inning 9: Mastering the 2025 player pool

• The ESPN+ Cheat Sheet: Sleepers, busts, rookies and more

• Mock draft: Points leagues (3/10)

• Dynasty leagues: The top 300 players

• Mock draft: H2H category leagues (2/26)

• Mock draft: Points leagues (2/13)

• Cockcroft: Points-league rankings

• Karabell: Head-to-head categories/rotisserie rankings

• Cheat sheet central

• Cockcroft: Nine players to avoid (3/20)

• Karabell's Please 'Do Draft' list (3/19)

• Karabell's 'Do NOT Draft' list (3/18)

• Karabell/Cockcroft: The Perfect Draft (3/14)

• Cockcroft: 20 sleeper picks (3/13)

• Roundtable: Top takeaways from March (3/13)

• Cockcroft: Breakout pitchers to draft (3/12)

• Karabell: News or noise (3/10)

• Karabell: Bold predictions for