Fantasy Baseball Today 12-Team H2H Categories LIVE Mock Draft! (2/26 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Feb 26, 2026
A live 12-team H2H categories mock draft with pick-by-pick strategy and draft order talk. They debate high-end bats versus aces, pitcher scarcity and when to grab saves. Positional eligibility, late-round upside darts and roster construction tradeoffs get plenty of attention.
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Drafting On The Turn Demands Strategic Reaches
- Picks at the ends of the draft require more willingness to reach because consecutive picks change available tiers.
- The hosts emphasized throwing ADP out the window when drafting on the turn to capitalize on positional fits.
Pocket Aces Pitching Experiment
- Scott drafted Garrett Crochet and Paul Skeens back-to-back to build a pocket aces pitching approach.
- He acknowledged it defies instinct but wanted the category advantage from elite arms in a shallow-hitter, head-to-head format.
Prospect Pedigree Trumps Small-Sample Stats
- Statcast and prospect pedigree can justify drafting young hitters earlier than raw numbers suggest.
- Chris discussed Jackson Chourio's youth and pedigree versus underwhelming Statcast readings as a reason to still draft him high.