Fantasy Baseball Draft Advice: Colton Cowser, Ceddanne Rafaela, Ryan Mountcastle (2024)

Spring Training battles are always interesting to watch and some of these have been settled since the date of our original writing on March 6th, 2024. We still have some unsigned free agents that could play major factors in altering the lineups or rotations of these teams, but some of these spring battles have already been decided in the last two weeks, so here is the update as of March 17th, 2024. We are going to start off by kicking it around the NL West, because everyone always likes to start with the AL East. Here are all the battles to watch. Below we dive into a few notable names.

Updated MLB Spring Training Battles (2024 Fantasy Baseball)

Baltimore Orioles:

Position Battle: The Ryans (Ryan O’Hearn and Ryan Mountcastle) vs. Rookies (1B & DH) – CHANGE VS. Colton Cowser

League Size: 12 Team

Update: Colton Cowser is a man on fire. Dude deserves a job at this point and should get one. If the Orioles deny him a roster spot, it would just be sad.

Cowser is hitting .379/.514.793 with 4 homers and a steal.

Ryan O’Hearn is hitting .267/.371/.300 with nothing.

Ryan Mountcastle is hitting .259/.259/.333 with nothing.

Boston Red Sox:

Position Battle: Ceddanne Rafaela vs. Wilyer Abreu (Starting CF)

League Size: 15 Team

Update: Rafaela is destroying this competition and has already earned this starting job.

Rafalea: .256/.326/.564 with 3 homers and 2 steals.

Abreu: .128/277/.333 with 2 homers and 0 steals.

Rafaela is also better defensively.

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