Here’s a look at my fantasy baseball draft day cheat sheet for 2026 drafts. You can see which players I’m targeting in every draft as well as a round-by-round target breakdown to help gauge average draft position (ADP) values. Be sure to use this to build your own fantasy baseball cheat sheet using our cheat sheet creator tool!
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Welsh’s Fantasy Baseball Draft Day Cheat Sheet 2026
My Favorite Targets By Position
Catcher: Ben Rice, Adley Rutschman, Gabriel Moreno, Kyle Teel, Logan O’Hoppe
First Base: Rafael Devers, Vinnie Pasquantino, Michael Busch, Munetaka Murakami, Andrew Vaughn
Second Base: Ketel Marte, Brandon Lowe, Marcus Semien, Brendan Donovan, Caleb Durbin
Third Base: Junior Caminero, Maikel Garcia, Eugenio Suarez, Addison Barger, Max Muncy
Shortstop: Elly De La Cruz, Zach Neto, Jeremy Pena, Dansby Swanson, JJ Wetherholt
Outfield: Julio Rodriguez, Corbin Carroll, Brent Rooker, Roman Anthony, Kyle Stowers, Jakob Marsee, Luis Robert, Lawrence Butler, Chandler Simpson, Mike Trout, Jac Caglianone, Wilyer Abreu
Starting Pitcher: Hunter Brown, Jacob deGrom, Freddy Peralta, Nolan McLean, Chase Burns, Zack Wheeler, Emmet Sheehan, MacKenzie Gore, Bubba Chandler, Drew Rasmussen, Shane Baz, Zac Gallen
Relief Pitcher: Andres Munoz, Devin Williams, Ryan Helsley, Daniel Palencia, Robert Garcia
Targets By Round (12-Team League)
1st: Ronald Acuna, Elly De La Cruz, Julio Rodriguez
2nd: Corbin Carroll, Fernando Tatis, Junior Caminero
3rd: Ketel Marte, Zach Neto, Hunter Brown
4th: Brent Rooker, Rafael Devers, Wyatt Langford
5th: Logan Webb, Jacob deGrom, Roman Anthony
6th: Maikel Garcia, George Kirby, CJ Abrams
7th: Vinnie Pasquantino, Eugenio Suarez, Corey Seager
8th: Alex Bregman, Devin Williams, Nolan McLean
9th: Chase Burns, Jeremy Pena, Eury Perez
10th: Michael Harris, Michael Busch, Spencer Strider
11th-15th: Zack Wheeler, Luis Robert, Jakob Marsee, Lawrence Butler, Michael King, Emmet Sheehan, MacKenzie Gore, Daniel Palencia, Bubba Chandler, Chandler Simpson, Mike Trout
16th-20th: Cade Horton, Munetaka Murakami, Addison Barger, Jac Caglianone, Shane Baz, Zac Gallen, Brendan Donovan, Daylen Lile, Shane McClanahan, Wilyer Abreu
21st-25th: Ryne Nelson, Kevin McGonigle, Bryce Miller, Seranthony Dominguez, Jake Burger, Andrew Vaughn, Robert Garcia, Cody Ponce, Braxton Ashcraft, Jordan Beck
Post-300 ADP: Andrew Painter, Brooks Lee, Nolan Schanuel, Carson Benge, Zebby Matthews, Chad Patrick, Luisangel Acuna
Players To Avoid Near ADP
ADP: 30 Pete Crow-Armstrong (CF – CHC)
ADP: 47 Brice Turang (2B – MIL)
ADP: 57 William Contreras (C,DH – MIL)
ADP: 74 George Springer (LF,CF,RF,DH – TOR)
ADP: 78 Framber Valdez (SP – DET)
ADP: 89 Oneil Cruz (CF – PIT)
ADP: 97 Blake Snell (SP – LAD)
ADP: 112 Jacob Misiorowski (SP – MIL)
ADP: 113 Raisel Iglesias (RP – ATL)
ADP: 126 Trey Yesavage (SP – TOR)
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