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Fantasy baseball draft values for 2026: Why Mick Abel, Jordan Lawlar, more are worth targeting

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Eric Samulski discusses 29 players he loves drafting late in fantasy baseball drafts

Spring training has wound to a close, but there are still a couple of days left to sneak in a fantasy baseball draft. If you, like me, are one of those people who are planning to draft until the bitter end, I wanted to give you one more article highlighting some of my favorite values in fantasy baseball drafts right now. So far, I've written about breakout hitters using Process+ , my favorite bounceback starting pitchers , my favorite bounceback hitters , my favorite late-round starting pitcher targets , my post-hype sleeper hitters , and more.

While this article will feature some of the same players, I wanted something that could serve as a one-stop shop for all my favorite draft picks who I believe are going too late in drafts. With that in mind, all of these players are currently being drafted after pick 200 and are players I am actively targeting enough so that I'm OK jumping ADP by a few rounds. Once you've hit pick 200 in your drafts, at least half of your picks, if not more, will be churned off your roster at some point during the season, so that's the point in a draft where I am more willing to aggressively focus on the players I believe in rather than follow ADP or make the safe choice.

I've separated the section between hitters and pitchers to make it easier to find your value, and I've listed them in ADP order. All ADP is taken from NFBC Online Championship (12-team redraft league) drafts between March 16th and March 23rd (55 drafts). Fantasy Baseball Hitter Draft Values Kevin McGonigle - SS, Detroit Tigers (ADP: 215) At this point, McGonigle is still in Tigers camp and seems to be headed towards being named the Opening Day shortstop.

I know projections are tepid on him, as they are on most prospects, but this is a top-five prospect in baseball who hit . 305/. 408/.

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