Fantasy baseball draft season is well underway, so our experts got together for another mock draft to help get you ready for the season.
This time, the format was that of a 10-team points league, using ESPN's default scoring settings. For those who haven't played before, ESPN head-to-head points leagues award one point per run scored, total base, RBI, walk and stolen base, while subtracting one for each strikeout for hitters. For pitchers, the default scoring awards a point per inning pitched and strikeout, awards five for wins and saves, and deducts one for hits or walks allowed, two for earned runs and five for losses. Managers may only accrue 12 games started per week by their starting pitchers.
This format differs from roto leagues (see our roto mock draft here ) in many ways, as you'll see when surveying the picks below. For one thing, some managers elect to go with closers early, as five points for a save plus points for strikeouts means elite closers can earn lots of points without cutting into their team's starting pitcher limits. You may also notice that stolen base threats don't go quite as early. Without the need to fill every category, players who specialize in steals (or any other category) no longer hold special value.
The experts who took part in this mock draft, in order of pick, were: AJ Mass, Todd Zola, Dan Mullen, Dave Schoenfield, Leo Howell, Eric Karabell, Pierre Becquey, Damian Dabrowski, Tim Heaney and Tristan H. Cockcroft.
Round 1 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (1). Mookie Betts , BOS OF (1) AJ Mass 2 (2). Jose Ramirez , CLE 3B (1) Todd Zola 3 (3). Mike Trout , LAA OF (2) Dan Mullen 4 (4). J.D. Martinez , BOS OF (3) Dave Schoenfield 5 (5). Nolan Arenado , COL 3B (2) Leo Howell 6 (6). Max Scherzer , WSH SP (1) Eric Karabell 7 (7). Chris Sale , BOS SP (2) Pierre Becquey 8 (8). Jacob deGrom , NYM SP (3) Damian Dabrowski 9 (9). Justin Verlander , HOU SP (4) Tim Heaney 10 (10). Aaron Nola , PHI SP (5) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 2 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (11). Alex Bregman , HOU SS (1) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (12). Christian Yelich , MIL OF (4) Tim Heaney 3 (13). Gerrit Cole , HOU SP (6) Damian Dabrowski 4 (14). Francisco Lindor , CLE SS (2) Pierre Becquey 5 (15). Jose Altuve , HOU 2B (1) Eric Karabell 6 (16). Corey Kluber , CLE SP (7) Leo Howell 7 (17). Juan Soto , WSH OF (5) Dave Schoenfield 8 (18). Trea Turner , WSH SS (3) Dan Mullen 9 (19). Edwin Diaz , NYM RP (1) Todd Zola 10 (20). Freddie Freeman , ATL 1B (1) AJ Mass
Round 3 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (21). Trevor Story , COL SS (4) AJ Mass 2 (22). Aroldis Chapman , NYY RP (2) Todd Zola 3 (23). Ronald Acuna Jr ., ATL OF (6) Dan Mullen 4 (24). Kris Bryant , CHC 3B (3) Dave Schoenfield 5 (25). Bryce Harper , PHI OF (7) Leo Howell 6 (26). Manny Machado , SD SS (5) Eric Karabell 7 (27). Charlie Blackmon , COL OF (8) Pierre Becquey 8 (28). Aaron Judge , NYY OF (9) Damian Dabrowski 9 (29). Walker Buehler , LAD SP (8) Tim Heaney 10 (30). Anthony Rendon , WSH 3B (4) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 4 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (31). Blake Treinen , OAK RP (3) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (32). Paul Goldschmidt , STL 1B (2) Tim Heaney 3 (33). Trevor Bauer , CLE SP (9) Damian Dabrowski 4 (34). Anthony Rizzo , CHC 1B (3) Pierre Becquey 5 (35). Javier Baez , CHC SS (6) Eric Karabell 6 (36). Andrew Benintendi , BOS OF (10) Leo Howell 7 (37). Blake Snell , TB SP (10) Dave Schoenfield 8 (38). Patrick Corbin , WSH SP (11) Dan Mullen 9 (39). Joey Votto , CIN 1B (4) Todd Zola 10 (40). Giancarlo Stanton , NYY OF (11) AJ Mass
Round 5 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (41). Whit Merrifield , KC 2B (2) AJ Mass 2 (42). Jean Segura , PHI SS (7) Todd Zola 3 (43). Noah Syndergaard , NYM SP (12) Dan Mullen 4 (44). Xander Bogaerts , BOS SS (8) Dave Schoenfield 5 (45). Rhys Hoskins , PHI OF (12) Leo Howell 6 (46). Carlos Carrasco , CLE SP (13) Eric Karabell 7 (47). Vladimir Guerrero Jr., TOR 3B (5) Pierre Becquey 8 (48). Daniel Murphy , COL 2B (3) Damian Dabrowski 9 (49). Kenley Jansen , LAD RP (4) Tim Heaney 10 (50). Mike Clevinger , CLE SP (14) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 6 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (51). Matt Carpenter , STL 3B (6) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (52). James Paxton , NYY SP (15) Tim Heaney 3 (53). Brad Hand , CLE RP (5) Damian Dabrowski 4 (54). Robinson Cano , NYM 2B (4) Pierre Becquey 5 (55). Mitch Haniger , SEA OF (13) Eric Karabell 6 (56). Khris Davis , OAK DH (1) Leo Howell 7 (57). Cody Bellinger , LAD 1B (5) Dave Schoenfield 8 (58). Matt Chapman , OAK 3B (7) Dan Mullen 9 (59). Michael Brantley , HOU OF (14) Todd Zola 10 (60). Felipe Vazquez , PIT RP (6) AJ Mass
Round 7 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (61). Roberto Osuna , HOU RP (7) AJ Mass 2 (62). Kirby Yates , SD RP (8) Todd Zola 3 (63). Ozzie Albies , ATL 2B (5) Dan Mullen 4 (64). Jameson Taillon , PIT SP (16) Dave Schoenfield 5 (65). Carlos Correa , HOU SS (9) Leo Howell 6 (66). Luis Severino , NYY SP (17) Eric Karabell 7 (67). J.T. Realmuto , PHI C (1) Pierre Becquey 8 (68). George Springer , HOU OF (15) Damian Dabrowski 9 (69). Eugenio Suarez , CIN 3B (8) Tim Heaney 10 (70). Nicholas Castellanos , DET OF (16) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 8 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (71). Sean Doolittle , WSH RP (9) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (72). Craig Kimbrel , FA RP (10) Tim Heaney 3 (73). Raisel Iglesias , CIN RP (11) Damian Dabrowski 4 (74). Zack Greinke , ARI SP (18) Pierre Becquey 5 (75). Nelson Cruz , MIN DH (2) Eric Karabell 6 (76). Gleyber Torres , NYY SS (10) Leo Howell 7 (77). Jose Leclerc , TEX RP (12) Dave Schoenfield 8 (78). Jack Flaherty , STL SP (19) Dan Mullen 9 (79). Buster Posey , SF C (2) Todd Zola 10 (80). Ken Giles , TOR RP (13) AJ Mass
Round 9 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (81). Jose Alvarado , TB RP (14) AJ Mass 2 (82). Stephen Strasburg , WSH SP (20) Todd Zola 3 (83). Carlos Santana , CLE 1B (6) Dan Mullen 4 (84). Josh Hader , MIL RP (15) Dave Schoenfield 5 (85). David Robertson , PHI RP (16) Leo Howell 6 (86). Jose Abreu , CWS 1B (7) Eric Karabell 7 (87). Edwin Encarnacion , SEA 1B (8) Pierre Becquey 8 (88). Michael Conforto , NYM OF (17) Damian Dabrowski 9 (89). Travis Shaw , MIL 2B (6) Tim Heaney 10 (90). Mike Moustakas , MIL 3B (9) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 10 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (91). Marcell Ozuna , STL OF (18) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (92). Corey Seager , LAD SS (11) Tim Heaney 3 (93). Jose Berrios , MIN SP (21) Damian Dabrowski 4 (94). Yasiel Puig , CIN OF (19) Pierre Becquey 5 (95). Corey Knebel , MIL RP (17) Eric Karabell 6 (96). Mike Foltynewicz , ATL SP (22) Leo Howell 7 (97). German Marquez , COL SP (23) Dave Schoenfield 8 (98). Starling Marte , PIT OF (20) Dan Mullen 9 (99). Lorenzo Cain , MIL OF (21) Todd Zola 10 (100). Miles Mikolas , STL SP (24) AJ Mass
Round 11 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (101). Cody Allen , LAA RP (18) AJ Mass 2 (102). David Price , BOS SP (25) Todd Zola 3 (103). Clayton Kershaw , LAD SP (26) Dan Mullen 4 (104). Justin Turner , LAD 3B (10) Dave Schoenfield 5 (105). Jesus Aguilar , MIL 1B (9) Leo Howell 6 (106). Wade Davis , COL RP (19) Eric Karabell 7 (107). Jesse Winker , CIN OF (22) Pierre Becquey 8 (108). Scooter Gennett , CIN 2B (7) Damian Dabrowski 9 (109). Josh Donaldson , ATL 3B (11) Tim Heaney 10 (110). Brian Dozier , WSH 2B (8) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 12 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (111). Andrew Miller , STL RP (20) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (112). Charlie Morton , TB SP (27) Tim Heaney 3 (113). Arodys Vizcaino , ATL RP (21) Damian Dabrowski 4 (114). Zack Wheeler , NYM SP (28) Pierre Becquey 5 (115). Eddie Rosario , MIN OF (23) Eric Karabell 6 (116). Andrew McCutchen , PHI OF (24) Leo Howell 7 (117). Tommy Pham , TB OF (25) Dave Schoenfield 8 (118). Miguel Andujar , NYY 3B (12) Dan Mullen 9 (119). Asdrubal Cabrera , TEX SS (12) Todd Zola 10 (120). Rafael Devers , BOS 3B (13) AJ Mass
Round 13 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (121). Joey Gallo , TEX OF (26) AJ Mass 2 (122). David Peralta , ARI OF (27) Todd Zola 3 (123). Luis Castillo , CIN SP (29) Dan Mullen 4 (124). Nathan Eovaldi , BOS SP (30) Dave Schoenfield 5 (125). Madison Bumgarner , SF SP (31) Leo Howell 6 (126). Will Smith , SF RP (22) Eric Karabell 7 (127). Nick Markakis , ATL OF (28) Pierre Becquey 8 (128). Matt Olson , OAK 1B (10) Damian Dabrowski 9 (129). A.J. Pollock , LAD OF (29) Tim Heaney 10 (130). Jurickson Profar , OAK SS (13) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 14 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (131). Archie Bradley , ARI RP (23) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (132). Jordan Hicks , STL RP (24) Tim Heaney 3 (133). Aaron Hicks , NYY OF (30) Damian Dabrowski 4 (134). Cole Hamels , CHC SP (32) Pierre Becquey 5 (135). Andrelton Simmons , LAA SS (14) Eric Karabell 6 (136). Shane Bieber , CLE SP (33) Leo Howell 7 (137). Willson Contreras , CHC C (3) Dave Schoenfield 8 (138). David Dahl , COL OF (31) Dan Mullen 9 (139). Eduardo Rodriguez , BOS SP (34) Todd Zola 10 (140). Adalberto Mondesi , KC SS (15) AJ Mass
Round 15 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (141). Victor Robles , WSH OF (32) AJ Mass 2 (142). Rick Porcello , BOS SP (35) Todd Zola 3 (143). Matt Barnes , BOS RP (25) Dan Mullen 4 (144). Brandon Nimmo , NYM OF (33) Dave Schoenfield 5 (145). Shane Greene , DET RP (26) Leo Howell 6 (146). Stephen Piscotty , OAK OF (34) Eric Karabell 7 (147). Eduardo Escobar , ARI SS (16) Pierre Becquey 8 (148). Trevor May , MIN RP (27) Damian Dabrowski 9 (149). Byron Buxton , MIN OF (35) Tim Heaney 10 (150). Yasmani Grandal , MIL C (4) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 16 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (151). Justin Upton , LAA OF (36) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (152). Rougned Odor , TEX 2B (9) Tim Heaney 3 (153). Gary Sanchez , NYY C (5) Damian Dabrowski 4 (154). Max Kepler , MIN OF (37) Pierre Becquey 5 (155). Kyle Seager , SEA 3B (14) Eric Karabell 6 (156). Hunter Strickland , SEA RP (28) Leo Howell 7 (157). Robbie Ray , ARI SP (36) Dave Schoenfield 8 (158). Jose Peraza , CIN SS (17) Dan Mullen 9 (159). Masahiro Tanaka , NYY SP (37) Todd Zola 10 (160). Mychal Givens , BAL RP (29) AJ Mass
Round 17 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (161). Andrew Heaney , LAA SP (38) AJ Mass 2 (162). Marcus Semien , OAK SS (18) Todd Zola 3 (163). Kyle Hendricks , CHC SP (39) Dan Mullen 4 (164). Eloy Jimenez, CWS OF (38) Dave Schoenfield 5 (165). Elvis Andrus , TEX SS (19) Leo Howell 6 (166). Chris Archer , PIT SP (40) Eric Karabell 7 (167). Collin McHugh , HOU RP (30) Pierre Becquey 8 (168). Nick Pivetta , PHI SP (41) Damian Dabrowski 9 (169). Seranthony Dominguez , PHI RP (31) Tim Heaney 10 (170). Rich Hill , LAD SP (42) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 18 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (171). Dellin Betances , NYY RP (32) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (172). Ross Stripling , LAD SP (43) Tim Heaney 3 (173). Max Muncy , LAD 3B (15) Damian Dabrowski 4 (174). Wilmer Flores , ARI 1B (11) Pierre Becquey 5 (175). J.A. Happ , NYY SP (44) Eric Karabell 6 (176). Jose Quintana , CHC SP (45) Leo Howell 7 (177). Brandon Morrow , CHC RP (33) Dave Schoenfield 8 (178). Shohei Ohtani , LAA DH (3) Dan Mullen 9 (179). Adam Frazier , PIT 2B (10) Todd Zola 10 (180). Mallex Smith , SEA OF (39) AJ Mass
Round 19 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (181). Wilson Ramos , NYM C (6) AJ Mass 2 (182). Jon Lester , CHC SP (46) Todd Zola 3 (183). Jeremy Jeffress , MIL RP (34) Dan Mullen 4 (184). Jon Gray , COL SP (47) Dave Schoenfield 5 (185). Eric Hosmer , SD 1B (12) Leo Howell 6 (186). Ender Inciarte , ATL OF (40) Eric Karabell 7 (187). Miguel Cabrera , DET 1B (13) Pierre Becquey 8 (188). Jorge Polanco , MIN SS (20) Damian Dabrowski 9 (189). Ian Desmond , COL 1B (14) Tim Heaney 10 (190). Brian Anderson , MIA 3B (16) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 20 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (191). Ketel Marte , ARI SS (21) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (192). Kenta Maeda , LAD SP (48) Tim Heaney 3 (193). Josh Bell , PIT 1B (15) Damian Dabrowski 4 (194). Julio Teheran , ATL SP (49) Pierre Becquey 5 (195). Alex Colome , CWS RP (35) Eric Karabell 6 (196). Corey Dickerson , PIT OF (41) Leo Howell 7 (197). Ryan Pressly , HOU RP (36) Dave Schoenfield 8 (198). Kyle Schwarber , CHC OF (42) Dan Mullen 9 (199). Justin Smoak , TOR 1B (16) Todd Zola 10 (200). Yoan Moncada , CWS 2B (11) AJ Mass
Round 21 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (201). Hunter Renfroe , SD OF (43) AJ Mass 2 (202). Jake Lamb , ARI 3B (17) Todd Zola 3 (203). Jonathan Villar , BAL 2B (12) Dan Mullen 4 (204). Jonathan Schoop , MIN 2B (13) Dave Schoenfield 5 (205). Drew Steckenrider , MIA RP (37) Leo Howell 6 (206). Adam Ottavino , NYY RP (38) Eric Karabell 7 (207). Sean Newcomb , ATL SP (50) Pierre Becquey 8 (208). Nomar Mazara , TEX OF (44) Damian Dabrowski 9 (209). Pedro Strop , CHC RP (39) Tim Heaney 10 (210). Yu Darvish , CHC SP (51) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 22 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (211). Tyler Glasnow , TB RP (40) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (212). Domingo Santana , SEA OF (45) Tim Heaney 3 (213). Jake Bauers , CLE 1B (17) Damian Dabrowski 4 (214). Jake Arrieta , PHI SP (52) Pierre Becquey 5 (215). Yadier Molina , STL C (7) Eric Karabell 6 (216). Jay Bruce , SEA OF (46) Leo Howell 7 (217). Jed Lowrie , NYM 2B (14) Dave Schoenfield 8 (218). Kyle Freeland , COL SP (53) Dan Mullen 9 (219). Tyler Skaggs , LAA SP (54) Todd Zola 10 (220). Carl Edwards Jr ., CHC RP (41) AJ Mass
Round 23 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (221). Brad Boxberger , KC RP (42) AJ Mass 2 (222). Dallas Keuchel , FA SP (55) Todd Zola 3 (223). Greg Holland , ARI RP (43) Dan Mullen 4 (224). Diego Castillo , TB RP (44) Dave Schoenfield 5 (225). Lourdes Gurriel Jr ., TOR SS (22) Leo Howell 6 (226). Shin-Soo Choo , TEX OF (47) Eric Karabell 7 (227). Joey Lucchesi , SD SP (56) Pierre Becquey 8 (228). Brad Peacock , HOU RP (45) Damian Dabrowski 9 (229). Yonny Chirinos , TB RP (46) Tim Heaney 10 (230). Kole Calhoun , LAA OF (48) Tristan H. Cockcroft
Round 24 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (231). Alex Wood , CIN SP (57) Tristan H. Cockcroft 2 (232). Tim Anderson , CWS SS (23) Tim Heaney 3 (233). Jeff McNeil , NYM 2B (15) Damian Dabrowski 4 (234). Yusei Kikuchi, SEA SP (58) Pierre Becquey 5 (235). Jhoulys Chacin , MIL SP (59) Eric Karabell 6 (236). Chris Taylor , LAD SS (24) Leo Howell 7 (237). Adam Eaton , WSH OF (49) Dave Schoenfield 8 (238). Kelvin Herrera , CWS RP (47) Dan Mullen 9 (239). Jackie Bradley Jr ., BOS OF (50) Todd Zola 10 (240). Nick Senzel, CIN 2B (16) AJ Mass
Round 25 Pick (Ovr.), Player, Team Position (Rank) Drafted by 1 (241). Jeurys Familia , NYM RP (48) AJ Mass 2 (242). Joe Musgrove , PIT SP (60) Todd Zola 3 (243). Danny Jansen , TOR C (8) Dan Mullen 4 (244). Josh James , HOU SP (61) Dave Schoenfield 5 (245). Tucker Barnhart , CIN C (9) Leo Howell 6 (246). Matt Strahm , SD RP (49) Eric Karabell 7 (247). Jakob Junis , KC SP (62) Pierre Becquey 8 (248). Marco Gonzales , SEA SP (63) Damian Dabrowski 9 (249). Welington Castillo , CWS C (10) Tim Heaney 10 (250). A.J. Minter , ATL RP (50) Tristan H. Cockcroft
