2020 FantraxHQ Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit
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Welcome to the 2020 FantraxHQ Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit! Below you will find links to all the content and analysis you could ever need to dominate the 2020 Fantasy Baseball season. We started pumping out the content on the first day of the year and we’ll keep right on going all the way up until Opening Day.
Of course, we’ll have all the rankings, projections, and strategy you may be used to, but we’ll also be including a bunch of fun stuff that might look at Fantasy Baseball in ways you haven’t thought of.
Best yet is that we’ll keep this content updated all the way through. We all love to flip through the Fantasy Baseball mags when they hit the newsstands, but we know that they are outdated the minute they are printed. Our Fantasy Baseball Kit provides all the page-turning enjoyment of a magazine, but the information will never be old.
Enough of the sales pitch (for a free product). On with the show!
2020 FantraxHQ Fantasy Baseball Draft Kit
If the content below is not linked it means it is yet to come. Don’t worry, we’ll be pumping out new stuff right up until Opening Day!
Fantasy Baseball Rankings
- Mixed League Rankings: | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP |
- Mike Kurland’s Ranks, Tiers, and profiles: | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP |
- Eric Cross’ Mixed League Positional Rankings
- Nathan Dokken’s Top 300 for 2020
- NL-Only Rankings for 2020 – Doug “RotoDaddy” Anderson
- Top 500 Dynasty League Rankings – Eric Cross
- H2H Points League Rankings – Mike Florio
- Auction Values and Strategy for 12-Team Leagues – Doug Anderson
Auction Values: Coming in Mid-February
- 12-Team Mixed
- 15-Team Mixed
- 12-Team NL-Only
- 12-Team AL – Only
Fantasy Baseball Sleepers & Busts
Sleepers by Position: C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP | RP |
- High-Upside Pitchers Who Could Be Top-25 SP’s By Year’s End – Doug Anderson
- Outfield Fliers and Upside Plays – Eric Cross
- 5 Pitching Values on Bad Teams – Mike Kurland
- 5 Value Hitters on Bad Teams – Mike Kurland
- 8 Bench Stashes for Deep Leagues – Jorge Montanez
- 8 Draft Values Inside the Top 150 – Mike Kurland
- Using Ground Ball Trends to Spot 2020 Breakout Hitters – Jorge Montanez
- Plate Discipline Trends: 9 Players Ready to Break Out – Jorge Montanez
- Fantasy Baseball’s Unappreciated Hitters – Eric Cross
- Buying into 6 Breakout Hitters – Jorge Montanez
- The All-Redeem Team: Bounce-Back Candidates for 2020 – Jorge Montanez
- Roto Bias: 9 Overvalued Hitters in Points Leagues – Michael Florio
- Looking for Liam: Closers on the Cheap – Mick Ciallela
- Finding Breakout Pitchers Using Stuff – Paul Mammino
- 5 More Breakout Pitchers Based on Stuff and Command – Paul Mammino
- Cleared for Takeoff: Potential Power Breakouts for 2020 – Jorge Montanez
- Using Recency Bias to Spot ADP Values – Mike Kurland
- Post-Hype Pitching Sleepers – Jorge Montanez
- Post-Hype Bats for 2020 Fantasy Baseball – Jorge Montanez
- 5 Players That Could Make Your Season – Andres Chavez
2020’s Top Post-Hype Sleepers: The Bats – Jorge Montanez
Nathan Dokken’s Top Bargains and Biggest Busts for 2020
- Top Bargains: | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP |
- Biggest Busts: | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF | SP |
- Dudes and Don’ts: | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | OF |
Paul Mammino’s Team Target Totals and Category Sleepers
- Hitting the Target: Late-Round AVG Sleepers
- Hitting the Target: Late-Round HR Sleepers
- Hitting the Target: Late-Round RBI Sleepers
- Hitting the Target: Late-Round Runs Sleepers
- Hitting the Target: Late-Round Wins Sleepers
- Hitting the Target: Late-Round WHIP Sleepers
- Hitting the Target: Late-Round ERA Sleepers
- Hitting the Target: Late-Round Strikeout Sleepers
Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy
- 2020 Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy for Roto Leagues – Nathan Dokken
- Basic Fantasy Baseball Auction Strategy for 2020 – Doug Anderson
- Deep League Auction Strategy – Doug Anderson
- Fantasy Baseball Dynasty League Strategy for 2020 – Eric Cross
- 9 Fantasy Baseball Draft Tips for 2020 – Doug Anderson
- Best-Ball Draft Strategy for 2020 – Mick Ciallela
- Draft Strategy for NFBC Style 15-Team Draft and Hold – Doug Anderson
- How to Value Players in Points Leagues – Jorge Montanez
- 7 Deadly Sins of Fantasy Baseball – Mick Ciallela
- Weaponize StatCast to Win Your Drafts Pt. 1 – Paul Mammino
- Weaponize StatCast to Win Your Drafts Pt. 2 – Paul Mammino
- Mick Ciallela’s Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy – Pt. 1 | Pt. 2 | Pt. 3
- Should You Double Down on Aces? – Jorge Montanez
- 50 Hitters Who Gain Value in OBP Leagues – Doug Anderson
- Man vs. ADP: Drafting at the Turn – Mick Ciallela
- Man vs. ADP: Drafting from the Third Slot – Mick Ciallela
- 45 Players with Multi-Position Eligibility to Target in Drafts – Mick Ciallela
- 25 Pitchers Who Gain Value in Quality Starts Leagues – Mick Ciallela
Eric Cross’ Prospect Rankings
AL East: BAL | BOS | NYY | TB | TOR
AL Central: CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN
AL West: HOU | LAA | OAK | SEA | TEX
NL East: ATL | MIA | NYM | PHI | WAS
NL Central: CHC | CIN | MIL | PIT | STL
NL West: ARI | COL | LAD | SD | SF
- Top 250 Prospects for Dynasty Leagues
- Top Infield Prospects for 2020 Re-Draft Leagues
- Top Outfield Prospects for 2020 Re-Draft Leagues
- Top Pitching Prospects for 2020
- Top 100 2019 FYPD/J2 Rankings
Mike Kurland’s Deep Dives
- Buy Back in on Kyle Schwarber
- Don’t Sleep on Anthony Desclafani
- All-In on J.D. Davis for 2020
- The Ascension of Rafael Devers
- Manny Machado’s Disappointing 2019 and 2020 Outlook
- Was That the Real Nicholas Castellanos?
- Max Kepler: A Deep Dive Into the Breakout
Fantasy Baseball Player Debates
- Chris Paddack vs. Lucas Giolito
- Aaron Judge vs. Bryce Haper
- George Springer vs. Yordan Alvarez
- Adalberto Mondesi vs. Bo Bichette
- Jose Ramirez vs. Rafael Devers
- Jack Flaherty vs. Shane Bieber
- Mike Trout vs. Ronald Acuna vs. Christian Yelich
More Fantasy Baseball Fun
- 7 Things That Could Save Your Season – Andres Chavez
- 20 Players Who Can Go 20/20 in 2020 – Mick Ciallela
- Weaponize StatCast to Win Your Drafts – Paul Mammino
- Fantasy Baseball’s Biggest Draft Mistakes – Doug Anderson
- 5 Players Who Could Ruin Your Fantasy Baseball Season – Andres Chavez
- 5 Players Who Could Make You Fantasy Baseball Season – Andres Chavez
- 9 Breakout Pitchers for 2020 – Mick Ciallela
- Why Adalberto Mondesi is Overrated and How to Get Speed Without Him – Eric Cross
- 2019 Second-Half Pitching Performances You Probably Missed – Andres Chavez
- 2019 Second-Half Hitting Performances You Probably Missed – Andres Chavez
- 6 Relief Pitchers With Elite Closer Upside – Eric Cross
- When Do You Draft Chris Sale in 2020? – Mick Ciallela
- Top Relievers for Holds Leagues – Jorge Montanez
- 5 Injury Bounce-Backs for 2020 – Mike Kurland
- Punting a Category: Can in Work in 2020? – Andres Chavez
- How to Value Shohei Ohtani in 2020 – Eric Cross
- 7 Deep League Power Targets for 2020 – Mike Kurland
- Steamer vs. ADP: Top Value Hitters for 2020 – Jorge Montanez
- Dump Trades and the Keeper League Fix – Doug Anderson
- 5 Deep League Steals Sleepers for 2020 – Mike Kurland
- Hunting for Saves: Early NL Bullpen Outlook – Andres Chavez
- Hunting for Saves: Early AL Bullpen Outlook – Andres Chavez
Sabermetrics & Advanced Stats
- Two New Plate Discipline Metrics for Fantasy Baseball – Paul Mammino
These historical articles will help give you a solid idea of how advanced stats can help you succeed in fantasy baseball.
- Quality of Contact and Batted Ball Data
- Applying Metrics to MLB Splits
- Plate Discipline
- ERA Estimators
- Pitcher Evaluation
- Utilizing Brooks Baseball for Pitchers
- Utilizing Brooks Baseball for Hitters
Fantasy Baseball 101
- Fantasy 101: Points Leagues Explained – Andres Chavez
- Fantasy 101: How to Play Rotisserie Baseball – Doug Anderson
More Fantasy Baseball Resources
- Fantasy Baseball Dollar Values for Leagues of All Sizes
- Top Fantasy Baseball Draft Tools for 2020
- Top Forums and Message
- Top Sites for MLB Prospect Analysis
- Boards to Talk Fantasy Baseball
- Top Sites for Advanced Stats and StatCast Data
- Top 25 Sites for Fantasy Baseball Analysis
One thing I’d like to see is a master chart of every team’s lineups (batting order), suitable for printing. I do this on my own since I can’t find it anywhere else.
Could do each league on one printable sheet. Guys who bat 1-4, for instance, bring more value to your team than the rest simply due to their number of at-bats. Seeing this all in one place is a great help when drafting.
Thanks,
dj