6 Fantasy Baseball Draft Targets: OBP/Points Leagues (2026)

When looking for hitting targets in a fantasy baseball points league, always favor on-base percentage (OBP) over batting average. Hits, walks, and hit by pitches all improve a player’s OBP. Those are also the same ways that batters accumulate points.

A lot of top players also have the top OBPs. The top 10 qualified batters in OBPs include eight names that are off the board in the first 30 picks, according to FantasyPros’ average draft position (ADP). Those players are targets in every league.

OBP/Points Leagues Targets

While each of the six names below will be taken in a traditional format, they are hitters to target for OBP/points leagues.

Kyle Schwarber (OF – PHI)

While Kyle Schwarber’s batting average has improved over the past few seasons, his OBP has always been stellar. The past two seasons, Schwarber has gotten his batting average to at least .240. It’s a welcome upgrade from his first few seasons in Philadelphia, when he struggled to stay above the Mendoza line.

Fantasy managers in OBP leagues have never been concerned with Schwarber. He has posted double-digit walk rates every season of his career, which has helped him to consistently post OBPs 100 points higher than his batting averages.

Yandy Diaz (1B – TB)

Yandy Diaz is one of the safest bets for batting average at first base, but he is even better in OBP leagues. Last season was in many ways a career season for Diaz. He finished with career-best marks in home runs and (25) RBI (83). That came with a .300 batting average, which was the highest mark amongst qualified first basemen.

Diaz also posted a .366 OBP, which was top-five at the position. It’s a strong mark, but we’ve seen him post OBP marks above .400 before. If he can get back to that level, he’s an elite option in OBP/points leagues.

Max Muncy (3B – LAD)

A visit to the eye doctor turned around Max Muncy’s season. At the end of April, Muncy was batting .194 with a .309 OBP. Around that time, he visited the eye doctor and turned his season around with glasses.

From May until the end of the season, Muncy batted .264 with a .403 OBP. That was only over 71 games, as he went on the injured list (IL) a couple of times. Muncy has consistently posted walk rates of around 15%, which has helped him to maintain high OBPs.

Mike Trout (OF – LAA)

While Mike Trout’s average isn’t what it used to be, his OBP is still stellar. Early in his career, Trout was a force in batting average leagues as well as on-base percentage leagues. He’s had six seasons where he batted over .300.

Whether due to injuries or general aging, Trout’s batting averages have been .220 and .232 over the past two seasons. He’s still been able to maintain OBPs of .325 and .359 in those seasons due to his walk rates. Trout has posted a double-digit walk rate since his rookie season in 2011.

Isaac Paredes (3B – HOU)

A consistently high walk-rate has always kept Isaac Paredes more valuable in OBP leagues. Paredes posted the best batting average of his career in 2025 at .254. He only played in 102 games, as he missed nearly two months with a hamstring injury.

While 2025 was the best batting average of his career, it was the third consecutive season that he had an OBP around 100 points higher than his batting average. Last season, he recorded a .352 OBP, which was actually the second time in the past three seasons that he posted that exact on-base percentage.

Trent Grisham (OF – NYY)

Trent Grisham is back with the New York Yankees after a career season in 2025. Grisham set career bests in runs, home runs and RBI last season. The home run total of 34 was especially notable as he doubled his previous career high.

Grisham’s .235 batting average wasn’t the best of his career, but it was far better than the three straight seasons of sub-.200 batting averages he posted the previous three seasons. Even when he struggled with batting average, Grisham was consistently able to post OBPs 100 points higher due to his walk rates. That was also a career-best mark last season at 14.1%, which pushed his OBP to .348.