2019 Fantasy baseball draft guide: Rankings, projections, draft prep from proven model, experts

With less than a month before 2019 MLB Opening Day, Fantasy Baseball drafts are in full swing. It was a wild MLB offseason with Bryce Harper and Manny Machado among the superstars who have changed teams. And with big names on the move, prospects set to make their mark and sleepers, breakouts and busts emerging, having the best 2019 Fantasy Baseball draft guide can be the difference between winning and losing your league. The team at SportsLine has put together one of the industry’s most comprehensive 2019 Fantasy Baseball drafts kits featuring Fantasy Baseball rankings, auction values, prospect rankings, tiers, season-long projections and everything else you need to dominate your league. 

This 2019 Fantasy Baseball draft guide features unmatched insight and analysis from award-winning Fantasy Baseball experts Scott White, Heath Cummings and Chris Towers. They’ve combined their decades of experience with the powerful projection model from SportsLine that has simulated the 2019 MLB season 10,000 times. It has crushed experts in every sport, nailed numerous sleepers, breakouts and busts last season, and is now locked in on 2019. All that data is in one spot, providing the most in-depth draft kit imaginable, and you can only see it at SportsLine. 

We can tell you their 2019 Fantasy Baseball rankings say Nationals shortstop Trea Turner is a top-10 overall player.

Turner hit .271 with 19 home runs last season and he might see even fewer pitches to hit this year with Harper now in Philadelphia. But SportsLine’s team is high on him, saying he has top-five upside, primarily because of his speed. 

“You can count the number of players who stole 40 bases on one hand, and still have fingers left to throw up a ‘peace’ sign,” White told SportsLine. “Turner’s pace slowed down in 2018, but that was mostly a result of batting order: When he hit leadoff, Turner ran at a 60-attempts-per-150-games pace; in all other spots, he was at a 45-attempt pace. Turner was just the No. 28 hitter in 2018, but if he starts running at his previous pace again, he could be a top-five player.” 

One player SportsLine’s team is warning about: Houston pitcher Justin Verlander, who is ranked outside he top 20 overall despite his dazzling 16-9 record and 2.52 ERA in 2018. He’s one of the 2019 Fantasy Baseball busts to avoid. 

“He’ll be 36 on Opening Day,” White said. “And the downside of all those 200-inning seasons is Verlander has a lot of pitches logged on that arm. And thanks to deep playoff runs, he’s added 54 additional innings over the last two seasons. You have to buy in until he finally stops producing, but you also can’t forget this adage: ‘Father Time is undefeated.'” 

SportsLine has also made the call on which top 2019 MLB prospects are set to explode, including a player who “was basically Ted Williams in the minors last year.” 

So how do you crush your 2019 Fantasy Baseball drafts? And which can’t-miss prospect needs to be on your roster? Visit SportsLine now to get the complete 2019 Fantasy Baseball draft guide that includes rankings, auction values, tiers, prospects rankings and much more, all from a team of award-wining experts and a proven projection model.