CXF Fantasy Baseball 2026: Rd5: Montana, DCBild, Krankor, Rd6: Chumps, Gert, Treble, Fenway, Steak, Squint, Dodgers

[Krankor]

Draft Start: March 1st, 2026.

Steak will kickoff the draft with the first overall pick for winning the consolation tournament.

The remaining roster spots after the draft will be filled by the Benchwarmer Waivers after the draft. Draft order will be the inverse of the regular season standings, non-snaking.

IMPORTANT DATES
Keeper Deadline: Feb 15th, 2026
League Draft Date: March 1st, 2026
Time Limit Per Pick: 12 hours
MLB Opening Day 2026: March 25th, 2026

New Teams:
Brooklyn Dodgers: Drbigv03 / TexasGrande
Chumpbusters: NeVets1175
The Surly Goats: Gert
Fenway Monsters: Alexis12rr

12 Hour Time Limit Delays:
Harley: 4.08

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2026 Draft Order:
ROUND ONE
1. Harry Doyle's Tribe (Consolation Winner) - Matt Olson, 1b
2. Chumpbusters - Josh Naylor, 1b
3. The Surly Goats - Kyle Bradish, SP
4. Brockvegas Posse - Brandon Lowe, 2b
5. Fenway Monsters - Kevin Gausman, SP
6. Harry Doyle's Tribe - Edwin Diaz, RP
7. In Cole Blood *PICK FORFEIT LUXURY TAX**
8. Brooklyn Dodgers - George Springer, OF
9. Gotham Harlequins - Hunter Goodman, C
10. Pops - Jac Caglianone, 1b/OF
11. Charros - Michael Harros, OF
12. Kniola City Royals - Jhoan Duran, RP
13. Wolves - Cade Horton, SP
14. Steaming Deuces - Carlos Rodon, SP
15. Random Hero **PICK FORFEIT LUXURY TAX**

COMPENSATORY ROUND
1. Chumpbusters (new manager pick) - Jakob Marsee, OF
2. The Surly Goats (new manager pick) - Gavin Williams, SP
3. Fenway Monsters (new manager pick) - Jose Altuve, 2b/OF
4. Brooklyn Dodgers (new manager pick) - Nico Hoerner, 2b/SS
5. Gotham Harlequins - Michael Busch, 1b
6. Wolves - Matt Chapman, 3b
7. Gotham Harlequins - Sonny Gray, SP
8. Gotham Harlequins - Nathan Eovaldi, SP
9. Fenway Monsters (injury exemption pick for Pablo Lopez) - Aroldis Chapman, RP
10. Pops (injury exemption pick for Sebastian Walcott) - Leo De Vries, SS
11. Chumpbusters (injury exemption pick for Spencer Schwellenbach) - Tatsuya Imai, SP

ROUND TWO
1. Chumpbusters - Agustin Ramirez, C
2. The Surly Goats - Ozzie Albies, 2b
3. Brockvegas Posse - Yandy Diaz, 1b
4. Fenway Monsters - Shane Baz, SP
5. Harry Doyle's Tribe - Willy Adames, SS
6. In Cole Blood - Kazuma Okamoto, 1b/3b
7. Brooklyn Dodgers - David Bednar, RP
8. Gotham Harlequins - Jeremy Pena, SS
9. Pops - Mackenzie Gore, SP
10. Charros - Josh Hader, RP
11. Kniola City Royals - Drake Baldwin, C
12. Wolves - Sal Stewart, 1b
13. Steaming Deuces - Carlos Estevez, RP
14. Random Hero *PICK FORFEIT LUXURY TAX**

ROUND THREE
1. Chumpbusters - Robbie Ray, SP
2. The Surly Goats - Jo Adell, OF
3. Brockvegas Posse - Trevor Rogers, SP
4. Fenway Monsters - Noelvi Marte, 3b/OF
5. Harry Doyle's Tribe - Nick Lodolo, SP
6. In Cole Blood - Willson Contreras, 1b
7. Brooklyn Dodgers - Devin Williams, RP
8. Gotham Harlequins - Jack Flaherty, SP
9. Pops - Max Clark, OF
10. Charros - Christian Walker, 1b
11. Kniola City Royals - Drew Rasmussen, SP
12. Wolves - Matt McLain, 2b
13. Steaming Deuces - Adley Rutschmann, C
14. Random Hero *PICK FORFEIT LUXURY TAX**

ROUND FOUR
1. Chumpbusters - Raisel Iglesias, RP
2. The Surly Goats - Daylen Lile, OF
3. Brockvegas Posse - Emilio Pagan, RP
4. Fenway Monsters - Ranger Suarez, SP
5. Harry Doyle's Tribe - Kenley Jansen, RP
6. In Cole Blood *PICK FORFEIT LUXURY TAX**
7. Brooklyn Dodgers - Sandy Alcantara, SP
8. Gotham Harlequins - Abner Uribe, RP
9. Pops - Shane McClanahan, SP
10. Charros - Andy Pages, OF
11. Kniola City Royals - Tanner Bibee, SP
12. Wolves - Ivan Herrera, C
13. Steaming Deuces - Daniel Palencia, RP
14. Random Hero *PICK FORFEIT LUXURY TAX**

ROUND FIVE
1. Chumpbusters - Kade Anderson, SP
2. The Surly Goats - Cole Emerson, SS
3. Brockvegas Posse - Kris Bubic, SP
4. Fenway Monsters - Trevor Megill, RP
5. Harry Doyle's Tribe - Jeff Hoffman, RP
6. In Cole Blood - Munetaka Murakami, 1b/3b
7. Brooklyn Dodgers - Carter Jensen, C
8. Gotham Harlequins - Matt Wallner, OF
9. Pops - Andrew Abbott, SP
10. Charros - Pete Fairbanks, RP
11. Kniola City Royals - Dennis Santana, RP
12. Wolves
13. Steaming Deuces
14. Random Hero

ROUND SIX
1. Chumpbusters
2. The Surly Goats
3. Brockvegas Posse
4. Fenway Monsters
5. Harry Doyle's Tribe
6. In Cole Blood
7. Brooklyn Dodgers
8. Gotham Harlequins
9. Pops
10. Charros
11. Kniola City Royals
12. Wolves
13. Steaming Deuces
14. Random Hero

ROUND SEVEN
1. Chumpbusters
2. The Surly Goats
3. Brockvegas Posse
4. Fenway Monsters
5. Harry Doyle's Tribe
6. In Cole Blood
7. Brooklyn Dodgers
8. Gotham Harlequins
9. Pops
10. Charros
11. Kniola City Royals
12. Wolves
13. Steaming Deuces
14. Random Hero

ROUND EIGHT
1. Chumpbusters
2. The Surly Goats
3. Brockvegas Posse
4. Fenway Monsters
5. Harry Doyle's Tribe
6. In Cole Blood
7. Brooklyn Dodgers
8. Gotham Harlequins
9. Pops
10. Charros
11. Kniola City Royals
12. Wolves
13. Steaming Deuces
14. Random Hero

ROUND NINE
1. Chumpbusters
2. The Surly Goats
3. Brockvegas Posse
4. Fenway Monsters
5. Harry Doyle's Tribe
6. In Cole Blood
7. Brooklyn Dodgers
8. Gotham Harlequins
9. Pops
10. Charros
11. Kniola City Royals
12. Wolves
13. Steaming Deuces
14. Random Hero

ROUND TEN
1. Chumpbusters
2. The Surly Goats
3. Brockvegas Posse
4. Fenway Monsters
5. Harry Doyle's Tribe
6. In Cole Blood
7. Brooklyn Dodgers
8. Gotham Harlequins
9. Pops
10. Charros
11. Kniola City Royals
12. Wolves
13. Steaming Deuces
14. Random Hero

BENCHWARMER WAIVER ORDER
*Order will be based on the reverse of the regular season standings from 2025. Teams with draft time limit delays will go to the rear.*

2026 Trades involving draft picks:

2026 Injury Exemptions Used:
1. Sebastian Walcott (torn ucl) (pre-draft)
2. Pablo Lopez (torn ucl) (pre-draft)
2. Spencer Schwellenbach (elbow fracture clean up surgery) (pre-draft)

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[Krankor]

It's time to kick things off! Be gone winter, it's almost time for baseball!

First and foremost, get your keepers in. I'll be sending out reminders sometime this week.

KEEPERS:
The keeper limit will be 10 players. Teams keeping less than 10 players, will get compensatory pick(s) in the compensatory round which will occur after round one.

Keeper Luxury Tax:
If a team would like to keep an 11th or 12th player, they can. However they will have to forfeit specific draft picks. If they keep an 11th player, they will forfeit their 1st and 4th. If they keep a 12th, they will also forfeit their 2nd and 3rd, along with their 1st and 4th.

IMPORTANT DATES
Keeper Deadline: Feb 15th, 2026
New League Year Date: Feb 16th, 2026
League Draft Date: March 1st, 2026
Time Limit Per Pick: 12 hours
MLB Opening Day 2026: March 25th, 2026

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Now the new stuff! We have a few changes for this season.

DRAFTING METHOD CHANGE:
First off we currently have 4 open teams. Since we are down to like maybe four board original teams now is a good time to transition our drafting method for the league to be more similar to what most slow draft style leagues use.

The draft will still be 12 hour time limits per pick. Instead of posting your draft pick in this thread as the official method for every draft pick, when it's your turn to draft you will ADD YOUR DRAFT PICK to your team roster on yahoo like you would any other free agent during the season. The yahoo transaction add time stamp will be the official clock we go by for the 12 hour time limits.



If you still would like to post your pick in this thread, that is fine, but the official pick clock will go off of the yahoo transaction time. If you dont add the player on yahoo, I will add them for you BUT you are risking going over your time limit. If you post it here, and go over the time limit because you didn't add the player on yahoo to your roster then you are at risk of someone stealing that pick selection.

Why the draft change? The majority of slow draft leagues use this method. It is usually much more efficient and gets drafts done much quicker. I usually have to send out a hundred plus pm's a draft, not to mention some people I email, then others prefer to get only tagged on the board. All of this just wastes time and causes the draft to take an eternity. The goal is to put paying attention back on the managers and to stay engaged in the draft.

I will still update the draft results in the draft grid that's in post #2 of this thread throughout the draft. We will also get a nice google spread sheet with a draft grid in it also. We're also going to use some in-yahoo features as well like there Commish Note section and the Chat feature.

If anyone makes a draft selection out of order, I will just drop the player back off their roster, in the event you wanted a player that was taken out of order before I have the opportunity to drop the invalid pick, please post that in this thread.

I expect some growing pains with this change, but it's a good opportunity to test it out. Essentially we are going to look at this thread as a supplement for mainly discussion going forward. I'm planning on just updating this thread each season instead of starting a new thread. 80% of each thread is simply draft picks anyway.

Draft will officially begin March 1st.
Draft will be non-snaking.
Draft time limits per pick is 12 hours.
Once you hit a 12 hour time limit, your pick will be skipped and that draft pick is subject to the time limit auto-draft rule, see below for details of what that is.
If you reach two time limit delays during the draft your time limit will be reduced to 6 hours, after a third delay it will be 2 hours for the remainder of the draft.

If you are not going to be around for your pick and want the commish to add your draft pick for your, you must contact the commish with your draft pick request. I have no problem doing that. Just send me a short list and note which rounds its for.

TIME LIMIT AUTO-DRAFT RULES:
If you have hit your 12 hour time limit for your draft pick, and an additional 24 hours have passed without you drafting a player, your draft pick will be auto-drafted to your roster based on the highest yahoo ownership percentage % player that is available. This is subject to change if it is causing your roster to triple up on an infield batting position or it's toward the end of the draft and you still have unfilled position needs. Then the auto-draft player is subject to commish discretion.

If you are habitually not drafting within your time limit, your time limit is subject to taken down to zero hr per pick and your team filled by auto-draft methods.

AVAILABLE TEAM ROSTERS:
We currently have four open teams. Some of the open teams rosters were beyond horrendous. Like we have done in the past, I moved players around between those unowned rosters so that each team has a decent starting point for keepers.

The keepers for these rosters are currently locked for the 2026 season due to this.

New Manager: Alexis12rr
NEW YORK GIANTS
1. Bryce Harper 1b
2. Mookie Betts SS
3. Chris Sale SP
4. Jacob deGrom SP
5. Corey Seager SS
6. Jaren Duran OF
7. William Contreras C
8. Shota Imanaga SP
9. Christian Yelich OF
X. Pablo Lopez SP Injury Exemption Torn UCL

New Manager: NeVets1175
PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS
1. George Kirby SP
2. CJ Abrams SS
3. Maikel Garcia 3b
4. Jesus Luzardo SP
5. Luis Castillo SP
6. Tyler Soderstrom 1b/OF
7. Bubba Chandler SP
8. JJ Wetherholt SS
9. Samuel Basallo C
X. Spencer Schwellenbach SP Injury Exemption for Elbow Surgery

New Manager: Drbigv03 / TexasGrande
BROOKLYN DODGERS
1. Shohei Ohtani SP
2. Shohei Ohtani UTL
3. Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP
4. Pete Alonso 1b
5. Jackson Merrill OF
6. Emmet Sheehan SP
7. Blake Snell SP
8. Geraldo Perdomo SS
9. Isaac Paredes 3b
10. Dylan Crews OF

New Manager: Gert
CLEVELAND SPIDERS
1. Cal Raleigh C
2. Gunnar Henderson SS
3. Alex Bregman 3b
4. Eury Perez SP
5. Freddie Freeman 1b
6. Byron Buxton OF
7. Ryan Pepiot SP
8. Kyle Stowers OF
9. Shane Bieber SP
10. Nick Pivetta SP

We're not looking for simply place holder managers to take a team for a season. We're looking for longterm managers that actually intend on building up a roster to be competitive and have fun. The Brooklyn Dodgers team is not going to be available to any board member, sorry not sorry, that team will be the easiest for me to find a new manager for.

OHTANI / TWO-WAY PLAYER RULE CHANGE:
Since both teams that had Ohtani are out, he has finally been moved to the same roster. Going forward, both Batter and Pitcher version of Ohtani MUST be rostered by the same team. If you trade either Batter or Pitcher Ohtani, you are trading all of the rights to Ohtani. If you drop one portion of Ohtani, he will be re-added to your roster. If one portion of Ohtani keeps being dropped after a final drop warning is posted in this thread, then both Ohtani's will be moved to the 14th place (last place team) based on standings at the time either Pitcher/Batter is dropped. If you are keeping Ohtani as a Keeper, you are required to keep both Pitcher and Batter Ohtani. He will take up two keeper spots, just like the two roster spots he takes up.

There are other two-way players in baseball, but as of the 2026 season, this rule only applies to Shohei Ohtani. If another player emerges, the player ownership rights will be given to the manager that currently rosters a portion of the player. If both Pitcher and Batters of a two-way player are owned, first ownership rights will be offered to which ever manager had the earliest transaction add date and continuous ownership. If a player is added to this list and a manager loses the portion of the player because of it in the off-season, a compensatory round draft pick will be awarded. If the first and then the second manager declines the full ownership of the player, then no compensatory picks will be awarded to either. The two-way player list this rule applies to will be updated at the end of each season. Eventually when his play declines, Ohtani will fall off this list.

2026 Two-Way Player List:
Shohei Ohtani

Why are we doing this now? We are finally doing this since yahoo has combined a two-way NFL player like Travis Hunter, it could be a real possibility that it happens in the near future for baseball. This rule will eliminate any potential future chaos if a combination of Ohtani happens.

TEAM NEGLECT/ABANDONMENT:
What's this? We've always had this rule for bouncing a manager from the league and we've used it this past off-season.

If a team is neglected or abandoned during the season, this is typically obvious in two ways. The team consistently does not fulfill the minimum pitching inning requirements, 32.0 IP / week. The other way is they are leaving players with longterm injuries in their starting lineup, while leaving fully healthy star players on the IL. This doesnt mean having a healthy player on the IL is considered team neglect. That happens quite frequently on fully healthy rosters with no free space, that's fine! Fully healthy players on the IL while other IL players are in the active section of the roster for multiple weeks in a row, not fine. I understand life gets busy, this isn't a quick pull of the rug type scenario.

If a manager does get booted for team abandonment and neglect, usually the commish will assess that roster during the later stages of the fantasy regular season and begin to try and build that team's future keeper assets up for the future benefit of that team and it's future owner.

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Draft:
Draft Start: March 1st, 2026.
Steak will kickoff the draft with the first overall pick for winning the consolation tournament.

The remaining roster spots after the draft will be filled by the Benchwarmer Waivers after the draft. Draft order will be the inverse of the regular season standings, non-snaking.

IMPORTANT DATES
Keeper Deadline: Feb 15th, 2026
New League Year Date: Feb 16th, 2026
League Draft Date: March 1st, 2026
Time Limit Per Pick: 12 hours
MLB Opening Day 2026: March 25th, 2026

2025 League Champ: Krankor
2025 Consolation Winner: Steak

2025 League Thread: https://culturecrossfire.com/forum/threads/16661/

Yahoo League Page: https://baseball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/b1/41763

2026 League Google Spreadsheet:
Emailed on Feb 28th

12 hr time limit delays:
Times reduced to 6 hours per pick after 2nd delay, reduced to 2 hours after 3rd delay for remainder of draft.

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Commish Reminders:
*Google Spreadsheet for Draft

 

[Krankor]

2025 Season Round-Up: Standings & Rosters

End of 2025 Regular Season Standings w/ keepers
1. Krankor "Random Hero" 185-108-15
1. OF Aaron Judge
2. OF Corbin Carroll
3. OF James Wood
4. OF Jackson Chourio
5. 1b Nick Kurtz
6. SS Francisco Lindor
7. SP Cole Ragans
8. SP Chase Burns
9. SP Nolan McLean
10. SS Konnor Griffin
11. C Shea Langeliers
12. RP Mason Miller

2. DCBild "Steaming Deuces" 179-103-26
1. 1b Vlad Guerrero Jr
2. 2b/SS Jackson Holiday
3. 3b Junior Caminero
4. OF Pete Crow-Armstrong
5. 2b Luke Keaschall
6. OF Yordan Alvarez
7. SS Bo Bichette
8. SP Paul Skenes
9. SP Cristopher Sanchez
10. SP Gerrit Cole

3. Montana2Rice1680 "Wolves" 162-129-17
1. Juan Soto
2. Fernando Tatis, Jr.
3. Rafael Devers
4. Jacob Wilson
5. Taylor Ward
6. Framber Valdez
7. Garrett Crochet
8. Ryan Helsley
9. Robert Suarez
+1 Compensatory Pick

4. Chewbie "Kniola City Royals" 160-128-20
1. SS Bobby Witt Jr
2. OF Kyle Schwarber
3. 3b Manny Machado
4. SP Hunter Brown
5. SP Joe Ryan
6. SP Freddy Peralta
7. OF Lawrence Butler
8. OF Randy Arozarena
9. 1b Bryce Eldridge
10. 2b/SS Kevin McGonigle

5. Beaugal "Charros" 157-128-23
1. 2b Bryce Turang
2. SS Elly De La Cruz
3. OF Riley Greene
4. C Will Smith
5. SP Max Fried
6. SP Tyler Glasnow
7. RP Andres Munoz
8. SP Zack Wheeler
9. SP Edward Cabrera
10. SP Trey Yesavage

6. BRC "Pops" 147-136-25
1. Oneil Cruz
2. Julio Rodriguez
3. Colson Montgomery
4. Hunter Greene
5. Jazz Chisholm Jr.
6. Austin Riley
7. Zach Neto
8. Waytt Langford
9. Sebastian Walcott (injury exemption used torn ucl)
10. Jesus Made

7. HarleyQuinn "Gotham Harlequins" 149-138-21
1. 2B Ketel Marte
2. 3B Eugenio Suarez
3. OF Brent Rooker
4. OF Brandon Nimmo
5. OF Alec Burleson
6. SP Matthew Boyd
7. RP Tyler Rogers
+3 Compensatory Picks

8. New Manager 2026: Drbigv03 "Brooklyn Dodgers" 145-137-26
BROOKLYN DODGERS (JET)
1. Shohei Ohtani SP
2. Shohei Ohtani UTL
3. Yoshinobu Yamamoto SP
4. Pete Alonso 1b
5. Jackson Merrill OF
6. Emmet Sheehan SP
7. Blake Snell SP
8. Geraldo Perdomo SS
9. Isaac Paredes 3b
10. Dylan Crews OF

9. Squint "In Cole Blood" 134-147-27
1. C/1b Ben Rice
2. 1b Vinnie Pasquantino
3. 1b/OF Cody Bellinger
4. OF Kyle Tucker
5. OF Josue De Paula
6. SP Bryan Woo
7. SP Logan Gilbert
8. SP Tarik Skubal
9. SP Jackson Jobe
10. SP Quinn Mathews
11. SP Thomas White

10. Steak "Harry Doyle's Tribe" 126-161-21
1. 3B Jose Ramirez
2. OF Ronald Acuna
3. OF Roman Anthony
4. OF Mike Trout
5. SP Logan Webb
6. SP Michael King
7. SP Jacob Misiorowski
8. SP Brandon Woodruff
9. C Salvador Perez
10. 1B Spencer Torkelson

11. New Manager 2026: Alexis12rr "Fenway Monsters" 127-165-16
1. Bryce Harper 1b
2. Mookie Betts SS
3. Chris Sale SP
4. Jacob deGrom SP
5. Corey Seager SS
6. Jaren Duran OF
7. William Contreras C
8. Shota Imanaga SP
9. Christian Yelich OF
x. Pablo Lopez SP (injury exemption used torn UCL)

12. Treble "Brockvegas Posse" 120-168-20
1. C Alejandro Kirk
2. 3B/OF Addison Barger
3. SS Trea Turner
4. SP Spencer Strider
5. SP Dylan Cease
6. RP Cade Smith
7. OF Steven Kwan
8. SP Cam Schlitter
9. RP Bryan Abreu
10. OF Seiya Suzuki

13. New Manager 2026: Gert "The Surly Goats" 110-167-31
1. Cal Raleigh C
2. Gunnar Henderson SS
3. Alex Bregman 3b
4. Eury Perez SP
5. Freddie Freeman 1b
6. Byron Buxton OF
7. Ryan Pepiot SP
8. Kyle Stowers OF
9. Shane Bieber SP
10. Nick Pivetta SP

14. New Manager 2026: NeVets1175 "Chumpbusters" 101-187-20
1. George Kirby SP
2. CJ Abrams SS
3. Maikel Garcia 3b
4. Jesus Luzardo SP
5. Luis Castillo SP
6. Tyler Soderstrom 1b/OF
7. Bubba Chandler SP
8. JJ Wetherholt SS
9. Samuel Basallo C
X. Spencer Schwellenbach SP (injury exemption used elbow fracture debris clean-up surgery 60 day DL)

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[Krankor]

QUICK LINKS / LEAGUE RULES

Manager PM Quick Links
Beaugall

BRC

Chewbie

Dcbild

dirt

HarleyQuinn

Hawk

Jet

Krankor

MontanatoRice1680

OG

Steak

Squint

treble

League Champion History
2025 League Champion: Krankor
2025 Consolation Winner: Steak

2025 Krankor defeats BRC
2024 BRC defeats Steak
2023 Steak defeats BRC
2022 Treble defeats Krankor
2021 Krankor defeats DCBild
2020 Steak defeats Treble [roto]
2019 Steak defeats O.G.
2018 Chewbie defeats Steak
2017 Krankor defeats O.G.
2016 Will Scarlet defeats Steak
2015 Krankor defeats Cartman
2014 Steak defeats Linx
2013 Steak defeats Pinjockey
2012 Steak defeats Pinjockey
2011 Krankor defeats Pinjockey
2010 Roy defeats Steak
2009 Krankor defeats Pinjockey
2008 Roy defeats Pinjockey
2007 Steak defeats Linx



Fantasy Baseball League Rules
*Last Modified 2-1-26*

*Changes for 2026*
*Dates updated for 2026
*Section E: League Year, this was officially written out due to NBA league this year.
*Section K: Drafting method updated, draft order updated
*Section L: Auto-Draft rule added for missed draft picks


A. Teams can select a maximum of 10 keepers of any position. A 11th, and 12th keeper can be kept by paying a Keeper Luxury Tax.

B. Teams can choose to keep less than 10 keepers.

C. All keepers must be turned in by Feb 15th, 2026.

D. If keepers are not submitted by the deadline date, the team is considered open and a replacement manager will be found. Keepers lock on the deadline for all teams. Any remaining players that were listed as not kept after the deadline become free agents for the draft. They are no longer under your team's control.

E. LEAGUE YEAR: The new league year begins the day after the keeper deadline date that keepers lock for the upcoming season. For this season, the new league year begins on February 16th, 2026, the day after the keeper deadline. Once a new league year begins, any unkept players on a roster become free agents and are no longer considered a part of your roster. If keepers for a roster were appointed by the commish, that team/roster's league year begins on that date that the commish set those assigned keepers. If keepers were not submitted by the keeper deadline for a team, they will be assigned by the commish. The commish will assign those keepers within 48 hrs past the keeper deadline.

F. 2026 League Settings:
14 Teams - H2H
Daily - Tomorrow
Free Agent roster moves per week 3
Minimum Innings Pitched: 32.0
Playoff Tie-Breaker: Higher Seed Wins
Playoff Reseeding: Yes

Stat Categories:
R, HR, RBI, SB, AVG, OBP, SLG
W, QS, SV, HLD, K, ERA, WHIP

Rosters:
22 Total Active Spots
Hitting: C, 1b, 2b, 3b, SS, OF, OF OF, Utility
Pitching: SP, SP, SP, RP, RP, P, P
Other: BN, BN, BN, BN, BN, NA, NA, NA, DL, DL, DL

G. If a team keeps less than the maximum number of keepers, TEN, they will receive a compensatory round draft pick for every spot below the maximum.

Keeper Luxury Tax:
If a team would like to keep an 11th or 12th player, they can. However they will have to forfeit certain draft picks. If they keep an 11th player, they will forfeit their 1st and 4th round picks. If they keep a 12th player, they will also forfeit their 2nd and 3rd round picks.

H. A team will NOT receive a compensatory pick if they trade a keeper after the keeper due date deadline. Even if you trade a keeper after the deadline and drop below the 10 keeper max, you will NOT receive a compensatory round pick. Compensatory picks assigned for being under the 10 keeper maximum are assigned immediately following the keeper deadline. Comp picks for this will not be assigned again later on.

I. The compensatory round takes place after Round One in the draft. Compensatory picks are slotted based on worst to best end of regular season standings results. "New Manager" compensatory picks will slot before returning manager compensatory picks for all "first" compensatory picks. If a team has a second compensatory round pick, it is slotted in the same manner after all of the other team's first compensatory round picks are slotted. Compensatory round picks may be given out at the discretion of the commish under other circumstances.

J. Injured/Retired/Unsigned/Suspended keeper exemption. If a manager decides not to keep a player after the keeper deadline takes effect they can cut said player. However, they can not add any other player from their roster as a replacement. Instead, they will be awarded a compensatory pick at the end of the compensatory round. If a manager decides to cut a player during the draft, they will be awarded a pick and its placement at the discretion of the commish. If a player is cut during the draft, that player is ineligible to be drafted by any other team. The player is essentially on waivers and can be added after the draft through waivers. A player can not be cut if he is not seriously injured, retired, unsigned, or suspended. A significant injury is classified as something to cause a player to miss at least half the season. Example, broken leg/arm, acl tear, tommy john surgery.

K. The Draft. The draft is ten rounds, non-snaking, worst regular season record to best for slotting, league champion picks last. Consolation Winner receives the first pick in the draft. This is an extra pick. If the consolation winner leaves the league, than the prize is vacated for that season.

Drafting process. Slow style draft on yahoo. The draft will be 12 hour time limits per pick. When it's your turn to draft, you will ADD YOUR DRAFT PICK TO YOUR TEAM ROSTER ON YAHOO. Add the draft pick player just like you would any other free agent during the season. The yahoo transaction add time stamp will be the official clock we go by for the 12 hour time limits.

L. TIME LIMIT AUTO-DRAFT RULES:
If you have hit your 12 hour time limit for your draft pick, and an additional 24 hours have passed without you drafting a player, your draft pick will be auto-drafted to your roster based on the highest yahoo ownership percentage % player that is available. This is subject to change if it is causing your roster to triple up on an infield batting position or it's toward the end of the draft and you still have unfilled position needs. Then the auto-draft player is subject to commish discretion. If you are habitually not drafting within your time limit, your time limit is subject to taken down to zero hr per pick and your team filled by auto-draft methods.

M. After the draft, the remainder of a team's roster is filled by post draft waivers. The commish will reset the league on yahoo, process the full draft results, then all undrafted players will go on waivers. Those post draft waivers are slotted worst end of regular season record to best, league champion at the end. Teams incurring time limit delays 2 or more during the draft lose their spot and go to the end of the line. After the initial post-draft waiver period passes, the waiver priority numbers are reset to the initial ordering for the regular season. There is no benefit to not use your waiver claim spot after the draft. If you do not fill your roster at all prior to the waivers being reset, your season number will be slotted at the end of the line.

N. Draft picks can be traded at any point during the season, off-season, and during the draft. Trade must be posted in this league thread on this forum and both teams confirming it. If you make a trade involving picks and after the season a team leaves, the traded picks are still in effect.

O. During the draft, a manager has 12 hours to complete a draft pick. The time starts immediately following the previous selection. The added player transaction time on yahoo is the official time stamp we will go by for draft pick time limits.

If a manager picks out of order in the draft, the player they selected will not be deemed a valid pick until it is their actual turn to draft. The invalid draft pick selection will be dropped off their roster by the commish. If the invalid drafted player is still available when it is actually that managers turn, he will be re-added to that team's roster by the commish. This player is fair game to be drafted by other teams until it is an actual valid selection. If a manager drafts out of order twice or more there will be draft penalties. After a team's 2nd time limit delay their time is dropped to 6 hours. After their 3rd delay, their time is dropped to 2 hours the remainder of the draft.

P. After the Fantasy Championship matchup has ended, the in-season trade deadline period will be lifted. Trading can again commence. Managers must post in the Fantasy Baseball thread any trade and both managers involved in the trade must confirm the trade is true before it is validated.

Q. New managers inherit all facets of their team when taking over a team, players, draft pick slot, draft pick trades.

R. OHTANI / TWO-WAY PLAYER:
Both Batter and Pitcher version of Ohtani MUST be rostered by the same team. If you trade either Batter or Pitcher Ohtani, you are trading all of the rights to Ohtani. If you drop one portion of Ohtani, he will be re-added to your roster. If one portion of Ohtani keeps being dropped after a final drop warning is posted in this thread, then both Pitcher and Batter Ohtani's will be moved to the 14th place (last place team) based on standings at the time either Pitcher/Batter is dropped. If you are keeping Ohtani as a Keeper, you are required to keep both Pitcher and Batter Ohtani. He will take up two keeper spots, just like the two roster spots he takes up.

There are other two-way players in baseball, but as of the 2026 season, this rule only applies to Shohei Ohtani. If another player emerges, the player ownership rights will be given to the manager that currently rosters a portion of the player. If both Pitcher and Batters of a two-way player are owned, first ownership rights will be offered to which ever manager had the earliest transaction add date and continuous ownership without dropping. If a player is added to this list and a manager loses the portion of the player because of it in the off-season, a compensatory round draft pick will be awarded. If the first and then the second manager declines the full ownership of the player, then no compensatory picks will be awarded to either. The two-way player list this rule applies to will be updated at the end of each season. Eventually when his play declines, Ohtani will fall off this list.

2026 Two-Way Player List:
Shohei Ohtani

S. Team Neglect & Abandonment.
If a team is left abandoned or neglected during the season. The manager is subject to be replaced. Poor performance is not considered neglect. Leaving an injured player in a starting lineup and fully healthy players on the IL in a league that has daily roster moves for 3 or more weeks is. This does not mean leaving a healthy player on the IL is neglect if you have a fully healthy roster. If your team falls in to general starting lineup neglect, expect to get a message suggesting to make some roster moves. If no moves are made within a week, don't be shocked if you get replaced as the team's manager. This rule is designed to prevent the teams that are left for dead mid-season and their manager never returning.

T. These rules are subject to review and revision after the season is over and prior to the start of drafting at the discretion of the league and the commissioner.

 

[Krankor]

If a mod could pin this thread and unpin the 2025 thread, I would appreciate it.

 

[MontanatoRice1680]

Keepers
Juan Soto
Fernando Tatis, Jr.
Rafael Devers
Jacob Wilson
Taylor Ward
Framber Valdez
Garrett Crochet
Ryan Helsley
Robert Suarez

 

[Krankor]

KRANKOR'S KEEPERS:
1. OF Aaron Judge
2. OF Corbin Carroll
3. OF James Wood
4. OF Jackson Chourio
5. 1b Nick Kurtz
6. SS Francisco Lindor
7. SP Cole Ragans
8. SP Chase Burns
9. SP Nolan McLean
10. SS Konnor Griffin

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Harley's Keepers
1: 2B Ketel Marte
2: 3B Eugenio Suarez
3: OF Brent Rooker
4: OF Brandon Nimmo
5: OF Alec Burleson
6: SP Matthew Boyd
7: RP Tyler Rogers

 

[HarleyQuinn]

"Drafting process. Slow style draft on yahoo. The draft will be 12 hour time limits per pick. When it's your turn to draft, you will ADD YOUR DRAFT PICK TO YOUR TEAM ROSTER ON YAHOO. Add the draft pick player just like you would any other free agent during the season. The yahoo transaction add time stamp will be the official clock we go by for the 12 hour time limits."

In the past I've posted my pick and added the player to my 'Watch List' via the star button. Is how we should be doing it or should we be clicking the + button?

 

[Krankor]

You will just be clicking the + Add Player to your roster like you would a free agent during the season

 

[SteakGrowsOnDmitri]

I really like the drafting of players on Yahoo. Much more convenient, and can be done on the app.

 

[Chewbie]

Keepers:
SS Bobby Witt Jr
OF Kyle Schwarber
3b Manny Machado
SP Hunter Brown
SP Joe Ryan
SP Freddy Peralta
OF Lawrence Butler
OF Randy Arozarena
1b Bryce Eldridge
2b/SS Kevin McGonigle

 

[squint]

C/1b Ben Rice

1b Vinnie Pasquantino

1b/OF Cody Bellinger

OF Kyle Tucker

OF Josue De Paula

SP Bryan Woo

SP Logan Gilbert

SP Tarik Skubal

SP Jackson Jobe

SP Quinn Mathews

SP Thomas White

 

[Krankor]

@squint just confirming that you want to keep an 11th keeper. Your 1st and 4th round picks will be forfeit doing so.

Keeper Luxury Tax:
If a team would like to keep an 11th or 12th player, they can. However they will have to forfeit specific draft picks. If they keep an 11th player, they will forfeit their 1st and 4th. If they keep a 12th, they will also forfeit their 2nd and 3rd, along with their 1st and 4th.

 

[SteakGrowsOnDmitri]

Harry Doyle's Tribe 2026 Keepers:

3B Jose Ramirez

OF Ronald Acuna
OF Roman Anthony
OF Mike Trout

SP Logan Webb
SP Michael King
SP Jacob Misiorowski
SP Brandon Woodruff

C Salvador Perez

1B Spencer Torkelson

 

[Krankor]

Need keepers still from four teams:
@Dcbild
@beaugal
@BRC
@treble

 

[treble]

Sorry for the delay:

Alejandro Kirk
Addison Barger
Trea Turner
Spencer Strider
Dylan Cease
Cade Smith
Steven Kwan
Cam Schlitter
Bryan Abreu
Seiya Suzuki

 

[Krankor]

I'm adding an 11th and 12th keeper for my team and going into the luxury tax. Bye bye my first four rounds of picks.

Added Keepers:
11. C Shea Langeliers
12. RP Mason Miller

 

[BRC]

Oneil Cruz
Julio Rodriguez
Colson Montgomery
Hunter Greene
Jazz Chisholm Jr.
Austin Riley
Zach Neto
Waytt Langford
Sebastian Walcott
Jesus Made

 

[Krankor]

Keepers are locked in and processed on yahoo. We're officially in the 2026 league year now. The player pool is accurate as to who is available for the draft. We'll have some new teams in the coming week or two before the draft.

Draft begins March 1st.

 

[Krankor]

Injury exemption rule in effect for Giants team who has Pablo Lopez as a keeper who tore his ucl and is done for the season.

J. Injured/Retired/Unsigned/Suspended keeper exemption. If a manager decides not to keep a player after the keeper deadline takes effect they can cut said player. However, they can not add any other player from their roster as a replacement. Instead, they will be awarded a compensatory pick at the end of the compensatory round. If a manager decides to cut a player during the draft, they will be awarded a pick and its placement at the discretion of the commish. If a player is cut during the draft, that player is ineligible to be drafted by any other team. The player is essentially on waivers and can be added after the draft through waivers. A player can not be cut if he is not seriously injured, retired, unsigned, or suspended. A significant injury is classified as something to cause a player to miss at least half the season. Example, broken leg/arm, acl tear, tommy john surgery.

 

[squint]

@squint just confirming that you want to keep an 11th keeper. Your 1st and 4th round picks will be forfeit doing so.

Sorry been swamped, but yes I'll keep 11

 

[Krankor]

@BRC

https://www.mlb.com/news/sebastian-walcott-elbow-surgery-2026-season

UCL surgery for SS Sebaatian Walcott. If you want to use the injury exemption for him and cut him you can and get a pick in the Compensatory Round. It's up to you.

J. Injured/Retired/Unsigned/Suspended keeper exemption. If a manager decides not to keep a player after the keeper deadline takes effect they can cut said player. However, they can not add any other player from their roster as a replacement. Instead, they will be awarded a compensatory pick at the end of the compensatory round. If a manager decides to cut a player during the draft, they will be awarded a pick and its placement at the discretion of the commish. If a player is cut during the draft, that player is ineligible to be drafted by any other team. The player is essentially on waivers and can be added after the draft through waivers. A player can not be cut if he is not seriously injured, retired, unsigned, or suspended. A significant injury is classified as something to cause a player to miss at least half the season. Example, broken leg/arm, acl tear, tommy john surgery.

 

[BRC]

Ok, I will drop him. Thanks

 

[Krankor]

Draft begins March 1st!

Saturday morning I'm going to send out an access link to a google sheet for the league. All the same information that is in this thread, just laid out a bit different.

I'm also going to send out a reminder on the drafting method for the season.

Pablo Lopez and Sebastian Walcott both have been dropped due to injury exemptions being used on them.

There is also an injury exemption being used on Spencer Schwellenbach by the new manager of the Athletics so Schwellenbach will be cut also from the keeper list.

 

[Krankor]

We have four new teams this year:

Brooklyn Dodgers: Drbigv03 / TexasGrande
Athletic Chumps: NeVets1175
The Surly Goats: Gert
Fenway Monsters: Alexis12rr

Official Draft Start: March 1st, 2026.

Steak will kickoff the draft with the first overall pick for winning the consolation tournament, time limits will go into effect starting at 8 am CST on March 1st.

Unofficial early drafting is open now at the time of this mesaage, but time limits will not go into effect until 8 am CST on March 1st.

You will have up to 12 hours per pick before your pick can be legally skipped by the next manager. When it's your turn to draft, you will ADD YOUR DRAFT PICK to your team roster on Yahoo like you would any other free agent during the season. The yahoo transaction add time stamp will be the official clock we go by for the 12 hour time limits. A team's times will be reduced to 6 hours per pick after 2nd delay.

Reminder: If you know you are going to be unavailable for an extended period of time. You can contact the league commish a short player request list and I will manually add your draft pick to your team for you.

For older returning league members, if you still would like to post your pick in the league thread, that is fine, but the official draft pick clock will go off of the yahoo transaction time. If you dont add the player on yahoo, I will add them for you BUT you are risking going over your time limit. If you post it only the thread, and go over the time limit because you didn't add the player on yahoo to your team roster, you could be at risk of someone stealing that pick selection.

If anyone makes a draft selection out of order, I will just drop the player back off their roster, in the event you wanted a player that was taken out of order before I have the opportunity to drop the invalid pick, please contact the commish.

TIME LIMIT AUTO-DRAFT RULES:
If you have hit your 12 hour time limit for your draft pick, and an additional 24 hours have passed without you drafting a player, your draft pick will be auto-drafted to your roster based on the highest yahoo ownership percentage % player that is available. This is subject to change if it is causing your roster to triple up on an infield batting position or it's toward the end of the draft and you still have unfilled position needs. Then the auto-draft player is subject to commish discretion. I don't anticipate having to use the Auto-Draft rule, but it's there in case a manager vanishes mid-draft so that team's roster doesn't get put at a major disadvantage right from the get go. If a team is habitually not drafting within it's time limit, their time limit is subject to taken down to zero hr per pick and the team filled by auto-draft methods.

Any remaining roster spots after the draft will be filled by Waivers after the draft. Waiver priority numbers are the draft order, with teams with 12 hr draft delays going to the end of the line.

Good luck everyone and let's have a great draft!

 

[Krankor]

Draft is officially underway and time limits are in effect! HarleyQuinn and the 1.09 pick are currently on the clock.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Picked C Hunter Goodman. @BRC on the clock

I'll try to post when I make my picks in case other owners only check the thread as I don't always check Yahoo myself.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Drafted 1B Michael Busch

@MontanatoRice1680 is on the clock.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Drafted Sonny Gray & Nathan Eovaldi

Fenway's OTC.