We consumers in Western culture don’t like to be told we can’t consume. Your media is all on demand, your packages arrive the next day, and they even show up on Sunday mornings sometimes.
And you can draft fantasy baseball teams in November. That’s what the NFBC has made possible. It might sound like I’m in some sort of partnership with them, but I’m not. I’m just using their data and thinking it’s only right if I point people their way.
Now that I think about it, I probably shouldn’t paywall this dashboard either! I said in the video that it’s for paid subscribers, but that would be me taking somebody else’s stuff and monetizing it for myself. I doubt this individual dashboard would be the main reason anybody starts paying me, but it’s close enough to where I shouldn’t do that. So it’s free for everybody and it will remain that way.
You can check out the 15-minute video for my summary of it. But the dashboard is pretty self-explanatory. But if you don’t know what NFBC is or how those contests work or want to know what kind of stuff I’ll be adding onto that dashboard throughout the winter, I’d give that a watch/listen.
Here you go:
https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/jon.anderson4212/viz/2026NFBCADPDashboard/Main#2
While we’re here, we might as well take a look! Let’s check out every player at each position inside the top 100 in ADP.
Starting Pitcher
Ohtani was the #1 overall player last year even when we knew he wasn’t pitching. In these formats, you have to start Ohtani as a pitcher or a hitter every week, so you can’t have both. But he’ll have a good shot at pushing toward 150 innings pitched next year, and we saw how good he still is at pitching late this year. So he’s the clear #1 player. If he were a pitcher only, I doubt he would even be in the top 15 or so, so it’s not quite right to call him the top option at the position.
Nothing shocking, though. You’ll have to pay a real cost for Jacob deGrom after his injury-free year. He’s at SP11 right now.
Relief Pitcher
This is the position that gets scrambled throughout the offseason. It’s all about the saves in these leagues, so any trade or free agent signing changes things in a hurry.
Catcher
Remember that I’m looking at the top 100 picks for this. That leaves only seven catchers.
The catcher position is wild. We have three guys in the top seven that were largely unknown a year ago. Goodman, Rice, and Agustin Ramirez are all inside the top 100 ADP. And another young guy in Drake Baldwin is next on the list.
First Base
For years, it’s been Vlad/Olson/Freeman/Alonso/Harper at the top. But we have a new top dog at the 1B position with Nick Kurtz taking the top spot. He’s a second-round pick after being in college 1.5 years ago! That’s a big price to pay for a guy with four good months in the bigs. But I doubt I’ll end up hating it. He looks like a legendary power hitter after that rookie season, and the A’s play another season in Sacramento in 2026.
Second Base
You thought it was bad last year! Just three 2Bs make the top 100 picks! After that it’s Turang, Altuve, Hoerner, and Keaschall between 100-150. Ugly stuff! That might end up pushing Jazz into early-second round stuff.
Third Base
It’s a bit ugly here as well! Only six names in the top 100 picks, and there’s a repeat with Jazz being 2B/3B eligible. Ho-hum, just another year for J-Ram being an easy top-ten pick. What a stud.
Shortstop
We are in the era of most of the fantasy studs playing either outfield or shortstop. That’s where the most athleticism is needed, and they turn out to be the most exciting hitters at a disproportionate rate. Lots to like at SS once again.
I guess we’re feeling slightly worse about Elly/Lindor/Gunnar/Trea/Betts than we have in the past couple of years. So the position may have taken a step back at the top. But it’s chalk full of 20-20 dudes with season-changing upside.
Outfield
Five outfielders in the first round. A grouping of exciting young guys in rounds 3-4 (Chourio/Wood/PCA/Langford/Anthony/Merrill). There’s some volatility there.
Plenty of vets here as well with Byron Buxton surging back with that mostly healthy 2025 season, and we have Brent Rooker, Cody Bellinger (a free agent), and Randy Arozarena sliding a bit from last year, but still holding onto top-100 value.
So there you go, another tool in the MLB DW box. Shout out to NFBC! And shout out to you for checking this out.
