What Eric Karabell was looking for in his MLB fantasy draft (0:55)Eric Karabell breaks down his strategy in his MLB points league fantasy draft. (0:55)
ESPN FantasyMar 17, 2026, 08:34 AM ETCloseFollow on XMultiple Authors
Opening Day is quickly approaching, and if you haven’t yet held your league’s draft, the clock is ticking. Fear not, though, as the ESPN fantasy baseball crew is ready to show you the results of its final mock draft of the season, using ESPN standard head-to-head points league scoring and roster settings.
Default rosters include 16 starters: seven pitchers of any kind along with a C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, three outfielders and a utility player (can be any position, and is also the only slot to allow a DH-only player). There are also three bench spots.
Hitters score one point for every base reached via hits (total bases), as well as each walk, run, RBI and stolen base, and lose one point when they strike out. Pitchers earn a point for every out they record (three per inning) and an extra point for a strikeout, as well as two points for a win or a hold. Saves are worth five points each. Pitchers lose two points per run allowed, one point per baserunner (hit or walk) and two points for a loss.
This draft was held on Monday and included fantasy writers Eric Karabell, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Todd Zola and Derek Carty, fantasy editors Pierre Becquey, Sachin Chandan, Joe Kaiser and AJ Mass, MLB editor Dan Mullen and fantasy product manager Shaun McPartlin.
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1. Shohei Ohtani DH1 (SP) — Karabell 2. Juan Soto OF1 — Carty 3. Aaron Judge OF2 — Cockcroft 4. Paul Skenes SP1 — Mullen 5. Jose Ramirez 3B1 — Becquey 6. Tarik Skubal SP2 — Chandan 7. Bobby Witt Jr. SS1 — Mass 8. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 1B1 — Zola 9. Kyle Tucker OF3 — Kaiser 10. Ronald Acuna Jr. OF4 — McPartlin
11. Garrett Crochet SP3 — McPartlin 12. Cal Raleigh C1 — Kaiser 13. Ketel Marte 2B1 — Zola 14. Junior Caminero 3B2 — Mass 15. Corbin Carroll OF5 — Chandan 16. Yordan Alvarez DH2 (OF) — Becquey 17. Fernando Tatis Jr. OF6 — Mullen 18. Kyle Schwarber DH3 — Cockcroft 19. Cristopher Sanchez SP4 — Carty 20. Logan Webb SP5 — Karabell
21. Manny Machado 3B3 — Karabell 22. Julio Rodriguez OF7 — Carty 23. Gunnar Henderson SS2 — Cockcroft 24. Francisco Lindor SS3 — Mullen 25. Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP6 — Becquey 26. William Contreras C2 — Chandan 27. Logan Gilbert SP7 — Mass 28. Mookie Betts SS4 — Zola 29. Bryan Woo SP8 — Kaiser 30. Max Fried SP9 — McPartlin
31. Nico Hoerner 2B2 — McPartlin 32. Alex Bregman 3B4 — Kaiser 33. Vinnie Pasquantino 1B2 — Zola 34. Brent Rooker DH4 (OF) — Mass 35. Chris Sale SP10 — Chandan 36. Geraldo Perdomo SS5 — Becquey 37. Hunter Brown SP11 — Mullen 38. Jackson Chourio OF8 — Cockcroft 39. Elly De La Cruz SS6 — Carty 40. Cody Bellinger OF9 — Karabell
41. Mason Miller RP1 — Karabell 42. Austin Riley 3B5 — Carty 43. Edwin Diaz RP2 — Cockcroft 44. Freddy Peralta SP12 — Mullen 45. Steven Kwan OF10 — Becquey 46. Framber Valdez SP13 — Chandan 47. Cole Ragans SP14 — Mass 48. Jesus Luzardo SP15 — Zola 49. Nick Kurtz 1B3 — Kaiser 50. Jacob deGrom SP16 — McPartlin
51. Roman Anthony OF11 — McPartlin 52. Jarren Duran OF12 — Kaiser 53. Cade Smith RP3 — Zola 54. Spencer Strider SP17 — Mass 55. Jose Altuve 2B3 (OF) — Chandan 56. Brice Turang 2B4 — Becquey 57. Pete Crow-Armstrong OF13 — Mullen 58. Ben Rice 1B4 (C) — Cockcroft 59. Dylan Cease SP18 — Carty 60. Matt Olson 1B5 — Karabell
61. Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B5 (3B) — Karabell 62. Devin Williams RP4 — Carty 63. George Kirby SP19 — Cockcroft 64. Wyatt Langford OF14 — Mullen 65. Kevin Gausman SP20 — Becquey 66. Jackson Merrill OF15 — Chandan 67. Andres Munoz RP5 — Mass 68. George Springer DH5 (OF) — Zola 69. Trea Turner SS7 — Kaiser 70. Joe Ryan SP21 — McPartlin
71. Shea Langeliers C3 — McPartlin 72. Rafael Devers DH6 (1B) — Kaiser 73. Eugenio Suarez 3B6 — Zola 74. Freddie Freeman 1B6 — Mass 75. Nick Pivetta SP22 — Chandan 76. Luis Castillo SP23 — Becquey 77. Zack Wheeler SP24 — Mullen 78. Jhoan Duran RP6 — Cockcroft 79. Will Smith C4 — Carty 80. Sonny Gray SP25 — Karabell
81. Aroldis Chapman RP7 — Karabell 82. Maikel Garcia 3B7 — Carty 83. Pete Alonso 1B7 — Cockcroft 84. Blake Snell SP26 — Mullen 85. James Wood OF16 — Becquey 86. Bryce Harper 1B8 — Chandan 87. David Bednar RP8 — Mass 88. Ian Happ OF17 — Zola 89. Kyle Bradish SP27 — Kaiser 90. Eury Perez SP28 — McPartlin
91. Josh Naylor 1B9 — McPartlin 92. Ryan Pepiot SP29 — Kaiser 93. Brandon Nimmo OF18 — Zola 94. Luke Keaschall 2B6 — Mass 95. Christian Yelich DH7 — Chandan 96. Seiya Suzuki DH8 (OF) — Becquey 97. Corey Seager SS8 — Mullen 98. Ozzie Albies 2B7 — Cockcroft 99. Chase Burns SP30 — Carty 100. Nathan Eovaldi SP31 — Karabell
101. Randy Arozarena OF19 — Karabell 102. Yandy Diaz DH9 (1B) — Carty 103. Taylor Ward OF20 — Cockcroft 104. Drake Baldwin C5 — Mullen 105. Salvador Perez C6 (1B) — Becquey 106. Matt Chapman 3B8 — Chandan 107. Bo Bichette SS9 — Mass 108. Daniel Palencia RP9 — Zola 109. Riley Greene OF21 — Kaiser 110. Tyler Soderstrom OF22 (1B) — McPartlin
111. Isaac Paredes 3B9 — McPartlin 112. Jacob Misiorowski SP32 — Kaiser 113. Pete Fairbanks RP10 — Zola 114. Jakob Marsee OF23 — Mass 115. Jacob Wilson SS10 — Chandan 116. MacKenzie Gore SP33 — Becquey 117. Gleyber Torres 2B8 — Mullen 118. Emilio Pagan RP11 — Cockcroft 119. Emmet Sheehan SP34 — Carty 120. Raisel Iglesias RP12 — Karabell
121. Willy Adames SS11 — Karabell 122. Alec Burleson OF24 (1B) — Carty 123. Brandon Woodruff SP35 — Cockcroft 124. Caleb Durbin 3B10 — Mullen 125. Griffin Jax RP13 — Becquey 126. Tanner Bibee SP36 — Chandan 127. Teoscar Hernandez OF25 — Mass 128. Trevor Megill RP14 — Zola 129. Zac Gallen SP37 — Kaiser 130. Zach Neto SS12 — McPartlin
131. Ranger Suarez SP38 — McPartlin 132. Trey Yesavage SP39 — Kaiser 133. Abner Uribe RP15 — Zola 134. Sandy Alcantara SP40 — Mass 135. Cam Schlittler SP41 — Chandan 136. Luis Arraez 1B10 — Becquey 137. Tyler Glasnow SP42 — Mullen 138. Nolan McLean SP43 — Cockcroft 139. Ryan Helsley RP16 — Carty 140. Byron Buxton OF26 — Karabell
141. Drew Rasmussen SP44 — Karabell 142. Jeff Hoffman RP17 — Carty 143. Matthew Boyd SP45 — Cockcroft 144. Michael Busch 1B11 — Mullen 145. Christian Walker 1B12 — Becquey 146. Michael King SP46 — Chandan 147. Bubba Chandler SP47 — Mass 148. Kenley Jansen RP18 — Zola 149. Will Warren SP48 — Kaiser 150. Carlos Estevez RP19 — McPartlin
151. Kyle Stowers OF27 — McPartlin 152. Jose Soriano SP49 — Kaiser 153. Bryan Abreu RP20 — Zola 154. Mike Trout DH10 (OF) — Mass 155. Oneil Cruz OF28 — Chandan 156. Josh Hader RP21 — Becquey 157. Jeremy Pena SS13 — Mullen 158. Kazuma Okamoto 3B11 — Cockcroft 159. Marcus Semien 2B9 — Carty 160. Sal Frelick OF29 — Karabell
161. Nick Lodolo SP50 — Karabell 162. Kodai Senga SP51 — Carty 163. Robbie Ray SP52 — Cockcroft 164. JJ Wetherholt SS14 (2B) — Mullen 165. Gavin Williams SP53 — Becquey 166. Adley Rutschman C7 — Chandan 167. Konnor Griffin SS15 — Mass 168. Robert Suarez RP22 — Zola 169. Bryson Stott 2B10 — Kaiser 170. Samuel Basallo C8 — McPartlin
171. Gerrit Cole SP54 — McPartlin 172. Andrew Abbott SP55 — Kaiser 173. Ryan Walker RP23 — Zola 174. Tatsuya Imai SP56 — Mass 175. CJ Abrams SS16 — Chandan 176. Kevin McGonigle SS17 — Becquey 177. Daulton Varsho OF30 — Mullen 178. Shane Baz SP57 — Cockcroft 179. Shota Imanaga SP58 — Carty 180. Aaron Nola SP59 — Karabell
181. Yainer Diaz C9 — Karabell 182. Logan Henderson SP60 — Carty 183. Agustin Ramirez C10 — Cockcroft 184. Edward Cabrera SP61 — Mullen 185. Jeff McNeil 2B11 (OF) — Becquey 186. Hunter Goodman C11 — Chandan 187. Harry Ford C12 — Mass 188. Alejandro Kirk C13 — Zola 189. Ernie Clement 3B12 (2B/SS) — Kaiser 190. Andy Pages OF31 — McPartlin
Team rosters are presented in first-round pick order. Primary position is used. If a player qualifies at more than one position, all positions, they are included in parentheses. Pick is displayed as [Round.Pick].
C1 Yainer Diaz [Pick: 19.1] 1B1 Matt Olson [Pick: 6.10] 3B1 Manny Machado [Pick: 3.1] 2B1 Jazz Chisholm Jr. (3B) [Pick: 7.1] SS1 Willy Adames [Pick: 13.1] OF1 Cody Bellinger [Pick: 4.10] OF2 Randy Arozarena [Pick: 11.1] OF3 Byron Buxton [Pick: 14.10] OF4 Sal Frelick [Pick: 16.10] DH1 Shohei Ohtani (SP) [Pick: 1.1] SP1 Logan Webb [Pick: 2.10] SP2 Sonny Gray [Pick: 8.10] SP3 Nathan Eovaldi [Pick: 10.10] SP4 Drew Rasmussen [Pick: 15.1] SP5 Nick Lodolo [Pick: 17.1] SP6 Aaron Nola [Pick: 18.10] RP1 Mason Miller [Pick: 5.1] RP2 Aroldis Chapman [Pick: 9.1] RP3 Raisel Iglesias [Pick: 12.10]
C1 Will Smith [Pick: 8.9] 3B1 Austin Riley [Pick: 5.2] 3B2 Maikel Garcia [Pick: 9.2] 2B1 Marcus Semien [Pick: 16.9] SS1 Elly De La Cruz [Pick: 4.9] OF1 Juan Soto [Pick: 1.2] OF2 Julio Rodriguez [Pick: 3.2] OF3 Alec Burleson (1B) [Pick: 13.2] DH1 Yandy Diaz (1B) [Pick: 11.2] SP1 Cristopher Sanchez [Pick: 2.9] SP2 Dylan Cease [Pick: 6.9] SP3 Chase Burns [Pick: 10.9] SP4 Emmet Sheehan [Pick: 12.9] SP5 Kodai Senga [Pick: 17.2] SP6 Shota Imanaga [Pick: 18.9] SP7 Logan Henderson [Pick: 19.2] RP1 Devin Williams [Pick: 7.2] RP2 Ryan Helsley [Pick: 14.9] RP3 Jeff Hoffman [Pick: 15.2]
C1 Agustin Ramirez [Pick: 19.3] 1B1 Ben Rice (C) [Pick: 6.8] 1B2 Pete Alonso [Pick: 9.3] 3B1 Kazuma Okamoto [Pick: 16.8] 2B1 Ozzie Albies [Pick: 10.8] SS1 Gunnar Henderson [Pick: 3.3] OF1 Aaron Judge [Pick: 1.3] OF2 Jackson Chourio [Pick: 4.8] OF3 Taylor Ward [Pick: 11.3] DH1 Kyle Schwarber [Pick: 2.8] SP1 George Kirby [Pick: 7.3] SP2 Brandon Woodruff [Pick: 13.3] SP3 Nolan McLean [Pick: 14.8] SP4 Matthew Boyd [Pick: 15.3] SP5 Robbie Ray [Pick: 17.3] SP6 Shane Baz [Pick: 18.8] RP1 Edwin Diaz [Pick: 5.3] RP2 Jhoan Duran [Pick: 8.8] RP3 Emilio Pagan [Pick: 12.8]