Welcome to our fantasy baseball draft kit, where we’ll be serving up everything you need in 2024, including award-winning rankings, projections, a customizable cheat sheet, sleepers, busts, bounce-backs, and everything in between.
One change-up we’re throwing at you this season is more collaborative content — taking advantage of the deep knowledge and natural chemistry of our writers. Whether you’re looking for post-hype sleepers, auction strategy or mailbag answers, you’re often going to hear multiple experts voicing their opinions on a particular topic this spring — as they say, two heads are better than one!
We’ll be adding content to this draft kit page throughout the preseason, so be sure to check back regularly. And if you don’t see what you’re looking for, don’t hesitate to drop a request in the comments and we’ll see if we can fulfill it before draft day, or let you know if it’s already in the works. We aim to please!
Alright, enough with the preamble! Play ball!
GO DEEPER
2024 spring training survey: MLB insiders on the players, teams and stories to watch
RANKS, CHEAT SHEETS, AUCTION VALUES, MOCKS
- Our customizable fantasy baseball cheat sheet with personalized rankings
- Jake Ciely’s 2024 fantasy baseball rankings: Top 400 hitters and 250 pitchers
- Jake Ciely’s 2024 auction values
- Derek VanRiper’s Top 300 hitters for 2024
- Eno Sarris’ 2024 SP rankings (March 5 update)
- Greg Jewett’s Top 40 closer ranks (March 14 update)
- Jewett’s Top 75 RPs for SOLDS leagues (March 14 update)
- Closer tiers (E. Sarris/ G. Jewett)
- Points rankings: The Top 310 players (M. Waterloo)
- Dynasty rankings: Top 400 players (C. Welsh)
- Mock draft: Yahoo, 5×5, default league (March 10)
- Mock draft: ESPN, H2H, points league (March 8)
- Early Top 25 closers for 2024, leading off with Edwin Diaz (G. Jewett)
- Player capsules, AL/NL auction values: 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | C | OF | UT
SLEEPERS, ANALYSIS, ROUNDTABLES and MORE!
- WIZSOOZ standouts: Bailey Ober, Kutter Crawford and more (M. Salfino)
- Fantasy v. reality: High stakes leagues expose Vegas win total values (M. Salfino)
- Last-minute prep for the 2024 season, whether you’ve drafted or not (J. Laghezza)
- Bold 2024 predictions for Spencer Torkelson, Chase Silseth, more (J. Laghezza)
- The zeroSP approach: Why you should skip the elite SPs (M. Salfino)
- 2024 sleepers: Jared Kelenic, A.J. Puk and more (March 11 version)
- 2024 sleepers: Ryan Noda, Christopher Sánchez and more (Feb. 20 version)
- Injury report: A Matt McLain mystery, Kevin Gausman concern, more (G. Schulz)
- Injury report: Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga, and more (G. Schulz)
- Fantasy baseball obsessions: Ty France, a Toronto deep sleeper, more (M. Waterloo)
- Deep sleepers: 2 experts, 6 targets outside ADP Top 400 (Laghezza, Arcadipane)
- AL-only and NL-only hitter targets (D. VanRiper, G. McCaffrey)
- $1 hitter targets for mixed league auctions (J. Laghezza, D. Van Riper)
- $1 pitcher targets for mixed league auctions (A. Ronis, G. McCaffrey)
- Talking sleepers: Definition, approach and targets (M. Waterloo, J. Laghezza)
- ADP watch: Opportunity for Ryan Weathers, March risers (A. Ronis, J. Laghezza)
- ADP watch: A.J. Puk ascends, Nathanniel Lowe drops (A. Ronis)
- ADP watch: Cole Ragans rises, Vaughn Grissom falls (M. Waterloo, A. Ronis)
- Roundtable: Players we love to draft, SPs who could level up and more (Staff)
- Overpriced hitters: Elly De La Cruz, Cody Bellinger and more (J. Laghezza)
- Fantasy baseball notebook: Maikel Garcia, Shane Bieber and more (A. Ronis)
- Fantasy baseball notebook: Gerrit Cole out, Dylan Cease dealt, more (D. Martinez)
- Fantasy baseball notebook: New splitters, Mike Trout steals, more (M. Waterloo)
- Fantasy baseball notebook: The Tarik Skubal hype is real, and more (A. Ronis)
- Mailbag: Top 5 SPs, sneaky CI power, SOLDS strategy, more (Waterloo, Jewett)
- Mailbag: Bailey Ober’s upside, Corbin Carroll’s keeper price, more (Martinez, Ronis)
- Mailbag: Eury Pérez vs. Grayson Rodrguez, and more (A. Ronis, A. Arcadipane)
- Dynasty sleepers: Luken Baker and five more (J. Laghezza, A. Ronis)
- Post-hype sleepers: Shane Baz and five more (J. Laghezza, A. Arcadipane)
- Dynasty trade targets: Ke’Bryan Hayes and Brayan Bello (J. Laghezza)
- Fantasy Baseball 101: Rules, strategy, glossary, more (M. Waterloo, A. Ronis)
ENO SARRIS ESSENTIALS
- 10 bold predictions for the 2024 MLB season
- 2024 SP rankings with Stuff+ powered projections (March 5 update)
- 4 pitching prospects who could see MLB time in 2024 (w/ A. Arcadipane)
- What happens to MLB position players in their walk years?
- 2024 SP rankings with Stuff+ powered projections (original 1/29 ranks)
- Closer tiers, plus a bonus tier for preferred sleepers (w/ G. Jewett)
- Deep league hitter targets for the very end of your fantasy baseball draft
- Deep league SP targets for the very end of your fantasy baseball draft
- MLB breakout candidates: Young hitters who could make a leap in 2024
- Five young pitchers with the stuff (and command) to break out in 2024
- Mailbag: Juan Soto in New York, Cincinnati starters and more
GO DEEPER
Fantasy baseball draft prep: Keith Law answers our questions about Wyatt Langford, hidden prospect gems and more
PROSPECT REPORTS — KEITH LAW
- Q&A: Wyatt Langford expectations, hidden prospect gems and more
- MLB 2024 breakout candidates: CJ Abrams, Jordan Walker and more
- Jackson Holliday tops 2024 Top 100 MLB prospects list
- 10 MLB prospects who just missed the Top 100 prospects list
- Baltimore sits atop 2024 MLB farm system rankings
- Top 20 MLB rookies likely to have the biggest 2024 impact
- Top 20 prospects by team: ARI | ATL | BAL | BOS | CHC | CWS | CIN | CLE | COL | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | LAD | MIA | MIL | MIN | NYM | NYY | OAK | PHI | PIT |SD | SF | STL | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | WAS
EXPERT INSIGHT FROM THE ATHLETIC’S MLB WRITERS
- National League division previews: East | Central | West
- American League division previews: East | Central | West
- 2024 All-MLB Breakout Team: Promising players to watch (J. Bowden)
- Spring standouts for each MLB team: 30 players turning heads (J. Bowden)
- MLB insiders: 5 players most likely to get traded this spring (J. Stark)
- 10 young MLB players ready to explode (and help your fantasy team) in 2024 (J. Bowden)
- 40 MLB players I’m most excited to scout in spring training (J. Bowden)
- 2024 MLB Top 40 Free Agent Big Board (T. Britton/A. Gleeman)
- MLB offseason grades: Which teams passed, which teams failed (Staff)
- Pressing questions for all 30 MLB teams entering spring training (Staff)
THIS WEEK ON RATES & BARRELS PODCAST
- Rankings of the future, Jackson Merrill’s ascent (March 11-15)
- Mookie Betts to SS, Noelvi Marte suspension (March 4-8)
- Cody Bellinger to the Cubs, bat tracking data (February 26-March 1)
- Spring training games are underway! (February 19-23)
- Former MLB pitcher Trevor May joins the podcast (February 12-16)
PLAYER PROFILES
- Jackson Chourio: Brewers preach patience with top prospect (T. Kepner)
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto: Who are his closest MLB comps (E. Sarris)
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto: Expectations in Year 1 (F. Ardaya)
- Shota Imanaga: Breaking down his arsenal (E. Sarris)
- Shota Imanaga: Shift in mindset w/ fastball will be key to success (S. Sharma)
- Jung Hoo Lee: A safe bet according to projection systems (A. Baggarly)
- Pete Alonso: Mets slugger looks to improve chase rate (W. Sammons, E. Sarris)
- Justin Steele: Looking to back up his breakout 2023 campaign (S. Sharma)
- Edwin Díaz: Ready to return to the back of the Mets bullpen (T. Britton)
- Chris Sale: Braves are excited he’s on their side (D. O’Brien)
- Hunter Brown/J.P. France: High-use rookies prepare for Year 2 (C. Rome)
- Bryce Miller/Bryan Woo: Profiling M’s fastball-heavy SPs (A. Arcadipane)
- Ethan Salas: Prized prospect on uniquely accelerated path (D. Lin)
- Matt Shaw: Can he be Cubs’ long-term answer at 3B? (S. Sharma)
- Will Warren: NYY prospect ready to prove he deserves a shot (B. Kuty)
- Logan Webb: Why he’s a modern master of efficient dominance (T. Kepner)
- Tristan Beck: Anatomy of a 2024 breakout candidate (A. Arcadipane)
(Top photo of Elly De La Cruz; Corbin Carroll; Spencer Strider: Matthew Grimes Jr.; Dylan Buell; Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
