Welcome To The 2025 Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide! Here’s Why You Need It.
The 2025 MLB season is right around the corner and that means it’s time for fantasy baseball.
First off, I would like to both welcome and thank you for your choice to join the Fantasy Alarm #FAmily by purchasing our Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide. We have a lengthy track record of delivering the finest in fantasy baseball coverage and pride ourselves on helping deliver championships time and time again. As always, we will not disappoint this year.
Winning a fantasy baseball championship is all about tenacity and resilience. Yes, scouting players and understanding matchups are major factors as well, but just like what we’ve seen from Major League Baseball itself over the last five years, if you don’t commit to the game, you don’t stand a chance.
MLB endured a 70-game Covid-shortened season in 2020, a major labor dispute, juiced baseball and numerous rules changes, only to deliver a phenomenal 2024 season that culminated with one of the greatest teams assembled hoisting the World Series trophy in the end. Those of us who hoisted a fantasy baseball championship trophy last year battled just as hard and enjoyed a well-deserved celebration as well.
But that was yesterday and we’re now talking about today – the 2025 season. Your resilience and tenacity will be tested once again. We’ll help you with the scouting and the strategies. It’s up to you to commit to the game. Your first step has been taken by subscribing to Fantasy Alarm, so let’s get to what our Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide will deliver.
We are still very much a “living” draft guide, so you will see updates throughout the spring, right up to 2025 Opening Day.
We also still have all the standards that make our draft guide the best in the industry:
- Fantasy Baseball Player Rankings
- Fantasy Baseball Projections
- Fantasy Baseball Sleepers & Busts
- Top Rookies to Target
- Fantasy Baseball Player Profiles
- Fantasy Baseball Mock Drafts
- The Ultimate Fantasy Baseball Cheat Sheet for Drafts
- Front Office Insights Podcast with GM Jim Bowden
- League-specific, winning fantasy baseball draft strategies for all formats including Standard Roto, Head-to-Head Points & Categories, Best Ball and High-Stakes Draft-and-Hold
But, as always, our focus is turned heavily towards answering the two most important questions you have: Who do I draft this year and when do I draft them? We’ll deliver all the answers you need to win. As the saying goes, “before anything else, preparation is the key to success.” To win your fantasy baseball leagues, the 2025 MLB Fantasy Baseball Draft Guide from Fantasy Alarm is that key.
Enjoy!
Howard Bender
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Daulton Varsho picked up three hits, three RBI and a homer in a win over the Angels on Thursday.
Varsho has only played in seven games this year, but they’ve been seven good ones. He’s homered three times already, and his slugging percentage is a remarkable — and entirely unsustainable — .727 over 22 at-bats. Varsho has been a mediocre offensive player in his two seasons with the Blue Jays, but it’s possible at the age of 28 he’s having a breakout campaign. Far from a guarantee, but possible.
Taylor Ward hit a two-run homer in a loss to the Blue Jays on Thursday.
Ward, 31, gave the Angels a 2-0 lead with a two-run homer off Chris Bassitt in the first inning. He’s now gone deep in two of his last three games, and it ‘improves’ his slash to .181/.224/.391. Ward has been one of the most hot/cold players players in the sport over the last few years, so fantasy managers who can afford to make some roster moves may want to look at Ward while the going is good.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. picked up three hits and scored twice in an 8-5 win over the Angels on Thursday.
Guerrero also drew a walk. It gives the first baseman multiple hits in back-to-back games, and it’s the third time in May that he’s reached that mark. That’s helped raise his average from .268 to .295, and the only thing fantasy managers can be disappointed with is his .432 slugging percentage. That number should continue to climb as the season unfolds, but Vladdy Jr. has had some inconsistent seasons when it comes to power production.
Chad Green picked up his first save of 2025 with a scoreless ninth against the Angels on Thursday.
Green got the save after Jeff Hoffman worked in back-to-back games — and struggled — in the first two contests against the Angels. He struck out two and looked the part while needing just nine pitches to get through the inning. Hoffman should remain the closer, but Green is on his tail if the struggles were to continue.
Chris Bassitt allowed five runs — four earned — while working six-plus innings against the Angels on Thursday while picking up a win.
Bassitt allowed three runs over the first two innings on a pair of homers, but settled down over his next four frames. He came out to work the seventh, but ended up being charged for two more runs after leaving the contest. The 36-year-old veteran has forged a 3.35 ERA and outstanding 49/8 K/BB ratio over the first quarter of the season, but this wasn’t him at his best. He’ll get the Rays next week if the rotation order stays the same for Toronto.
José Soriano allowed three runs over five innings while not factoring in the decision Thursday against the Blue Jays.
Soriano left with a 4-3 lead, but it was erased quickly after his departure. The 26-year-old was not exactly dominant in his outing with eight hits allowed and four free passes, but he did strike out six to help balance things out a smidgen. Soriano takes an even ERA of 4.00 into a scheduled start against the Padres in San Diego on Tuesday. There should be better options for that one.