The 2023 fantasy baseball season will be here before we know it. That means it’s time for you to prepare for your fantasy baseball drafts. Beyond our draft prep articles and mock draft simulator, we will have you covered with 2023 fantasy baseball rankings. You can find our updated 2023 fantasy baseball expert consensus rankings here. With all of this power in your grasp, all that’s left is to determine the best fantasy baseball strategy for you. Of course, we’ll have this department covered as well. Let’s check out a few different fantasy baseball strategies as you prepare for your drafts.
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2023 Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy
How to Approach Early, Middle & Late Rounds
The first rule of fantasy baseball drafts is to acknowledge (and accept) that someone in your league will absolutely, without fail, draft a player you were planning to roster this season. Every cheat sheet you make and every plan you create can go out the window as early as Round 1.
Rather than a specific plan for your draft, you need to establish an approach as to how you want to fill your roster, where the hidden gems are by ADP, and when it’s okay to reach. In a regular snake draft, you cannot irrationally outbid anyone to get your guy. (Ah, the benefits of salary cap leagues.) You need a general understanding of which players you’re drawn to and where to get them.
How you approach the start, middle, and end of your draft is up to you. We will look at them as three separate drafts and offer tips on how to approach each one.
Justin Mason’s Ultimate Fantasy Baseball Draft Strategy
When I was tasked with creating my ultimate draft strategy, I became a little concerned about what I wanted to talk about, considering I typically try and stay as balanced as possible in roto leagues. However, I have been thinking for multiple seasons about a different strategy that could be employed in leagues, and I think this is finally the year that I do it in multiple leagues. Before I can tell what the strategy is, though, I have to give a little history lesson.
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Beyond our fantasy baseball content, be sure to check out our award-winning slate of Fantasy Baseball Tools as you prepare for your draft this season. From our free mock Draft Simulator – which allows you to mock draft against realistic opponents – to our Draft Assistant – that optimizes your picks with expert advice – we’ve got you covered this fantasy baseball draft season.
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