Fantasy baseball in 2025 is a wonderful world of success and failure. Pain and adulation. The turmoil one must overcome to win the current environment is – significant. We’re here to limit the downside and to accentuate the positive. It’s a goal we believe we can help you reach.
Welcome back to those of you that have been with us before – some of you for numerous years. Many thanks – we really appreciate you.
For those of you joining the Elite Mafia for the first time this season, welcome to you as well. Hopefully you will enjoy our unique brand of analysis this season.
The single most important piece of this product is that it is not just a preseason draft guide. If you’ve purchased the baseball product, you will get full coverage from now through the entire 2025 regular season. Yep, start to finish with us as your copilot.
Things to know…
1 – This is the HOMEPAGE for the Draft Guide. Bookmark this page for future use as it is basically the centerpiece of all the work we will be posting. You won’t have to worry about missing an article if bookmark this page as we will constantly be updating it.
2 – Let’s talk the lifeblood of the product – the rankings. You will be granted access to the rankings. The rankings will continually be updated during the preseason, often on a daily basis.
3 – We will look back at the 2024 season. What did we get right? What did we miss? Can we replicate our year after year success in the Breakout Pitcher of the Year column?
4 – Which players should you target? Which should you avoid? What are the keys to focus on when trying to decide which category a guy falls into? We will take you step-by-step through the process.
5 – Who are the youngsters you need to know about in 2025? Oh yeah, we will have a whole section on rookies.
6 – Which analytical tools are truly helpful, and how does any of that fancy stuff help you in the fantasy game?
7 – You will be given access to our Discord chatrooms. Ask a question and you will get an in-depth response. Have a follow-up question? Ask away, and one of our staff will guide you to the answer you seek.
8 – Returning to the rankings, as you will see below, we are more than just mixed league, AL/NL only rankings for roto leagues. We will touch on points leagues, H2H leagues, even dynasty setups.
9 – Look for our Fantasy Sports Daily show throughout the season at 12 PM EST where we will talk baseball Monday through Friday. You can also watch the show live on YouTube.
RANKINGS
RANKINGS – HITTERS (AL/NL/Mixed – Includes Auction Values)
RANKINGS – PITCHERS (Al/NL/Mixed – Includes Auction Values)
THE DRAFT BOOK – Auction Value, Rankings & The Perfect Draft meet in one package – a pseudo top-whatever list with $ values.
POINTS LEAGUE RANKINGS
CATEGORY RANKINGS FOR HITTERS (AVG-HR-RBI-RUNS-SB)
CATEGORY RANKINGS FOR PITCHERS (W-ERA-WHIP-K-SV)
DEPENDABILITY GRADES
POWER GRADES
SPEED GRADES
SOLDS RANKINGS
RANKINGS, RANKINGS, RANKINGS – All that is good and fun in the world of rankings.
What is the Tiering Model & Why Do You Need to Use It?
Why Overall Rankings Are Useless
The Biggest Questions of the Year Answered
A LOOK BACK AT 2024
PLAYER PROFILES
ROOKIES
The History of Rookie Production
Review Top-50 Rankings Rookies for 2024
Rookie Scouting Reports: Hitters
Rookie Scouting Reports: Pitchers
The Top-50 Rookies for 2025
RESEARCH ARTICLES
How projection models can be flawed
The Troubled History of the 1st Round
The Ideal H2H Setup
Pro vs. Con: H2H vs. Roto
H2H Baseball – How To Win
H2H Players To Target & Avoid
Pitchers and Workloads
Punchouts and Workload
High K, Low BB, High GB, Arms
What is ABA and why does it matter?
SWIP – Why It Matters
I Changed My Pitch Mix
The Stolen Base
K-Rate and BB Rates: Pitchers
K-Rate and BB Rates: Hitters
I Don’t Strike Out & I Hit the Ball Hard
The Home Run
Cheap Power in 2024
Launch Angle Review
BABIP – What You Need to Know
CHATROOM – DISCORD
Ask a question and get an answer within 24 hours! Who we kidding, you know you are nearly certain to get an answer much faster than that.
Here is link to how to sign up.
Here is the actual discord channel.
OPINIONS
What Is Wrong with Fantasy Baseball?
Categories to Add in Fantasy Baseball
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