If it’s time to head out to your draft and you don’t want to bring your laptop or some cumbersome stack of papers, then we’ve got the perfect solution.
Welcome to Howard Bender's 2019 Ultimate Fantasy Baseball Cheat Sheet!
In an effort to lighten your load and simplify things on draft day, we’ve created the Ultimate Cheat Sheet to serve as a complement the 2019 Fantasy Alarm Draft Guide. It’s concise, organized, easy to follow and helps to answer the primary questions on everyone’s mind once you step into the war room – who do I draft and when do I take them? If you’re in an auction, it also answers the question of how much to bid.
Here’s why the Ultimate Cheat Sheet is the only tool you need to carry with you:
- There are 25 complete rounds in grid form for a total of 300 players. These are Howard Bender's Top 300 for drafting, organized by rounds and expected auction values.
- The Ultimate Cheat Sheet assumes a 12-team baseline for mixed leagues [yes, it is still applicable for 10 and 15-team mixed leagues as well].
- The rankings are based on 5x5 fantasy scoring [Hitting: AVG, HR, RBI, Runs, SB; Pitching: W, K, SV, ERA, WHIP].
- Each round is divided into a top and bottom half.
- Each half-round includes dollar values for those of you in auctions. That way you get a solid range of how much you should be spending on a particular player.
- The Ultimate Cheat Sheet will be continuously updated throughout spring training and will reflect the latest in injury news while also highlighting emerging rookies and players we believe to have upside that will exceed their current values.
- In addition to Howard Bender’s Draft Grid, the Ultimate Cheat Sheet also includes all of Jim Bowden’s Fantasy Baseball Player Rankings, favorite rookies, sleepers and busts
Like we said, it’s the Ultimate Cheat Sheet. It’s all you need. Now it’s time to get on in there and dominate your draft!
Best of luck!
Howard Bender
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**If you already own the Draft Guide, the Ultimate Cheat Sheet is already included. If you are signed in, it will automatically download for you.
Player News
Hunter Goodman hit a two-run homer in a loss Monday to the Rockies.
Goodman got the Rockies back into the game with a two-run homer off Anthony Benda to make it 5-3. The 25-year-old has shown some solid pop with four homers and a .468 slugging percentage over 51 at-bats, but he’s essentially a one-category player for fantasy purposes.
Mookie Betts scored twice and hit a two-run homer in a win over the Rockies on Monday.
Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-5, scored three runs and homered in a 5-3 win over the Rockies on Monday.
Dustin May held the Rockies to one earned run with seven strikeouts to get a win over the Rockies on Monday.
By allowing the run on a Kyle Farmer double, May’s ERA has erupted all the way up to 1.06. His control was the best he’s shown all year, as he didn’t walk anyone and landed 52-of-76 pitches for strikes. May has been impressive to begin 2025, and he doesn’t look like he wants to give up the rotation spot. His next outing comes against the Rangers on Sunday.
Tanner Scott hurled a scoreless ninth inning despite allowing two hits against the Rockies on Monday.
Antonio Senzatela was charged for four runs on nine hits in 4 1/3 innings pitched to get a loss Monday to the Dodgers.
Need to get your batting average up? Make sure you’re in the lineup against Antonio Senzatela. He’s now allowed 36 hits over his four starts, and that’s over only 18 innings. Two of those hits allowed were homers; a two-run shot by Mookie Betts and a solo blast by Shohei Ohtani. Senzatela will either give up 15 hits or throw a no-hitter against the Nationals over the weekend because that’s how this sport works.