BBFL 2026

[Dave23]

Defending champs - Glass Onions

[CurtOne]

OWNERS  please doublecheck your rosters for illegals before we call ICE!  If one of your guys was a free agent, please release him.  You will lose him sooner or later and others will appreciate your diligence.  You may wish to begin cutting down some of your non-trade likely players to get prepared.  If you haven't checked, the available players in the pool has swelled as most of the players from our contracted teams have been added.  The first forty available have at least 35 first rounders, which is why, perhaps, few are interested in trades. 
YOUR 13 and YOUR MINOR LEAGUE KEEPERS WILL BE DUE ON MARCH 3 AT 3PM CST USA.  no reason to wait until the last minute.  I'm already down to 14.

[CUBluejays]

You also don't have to release players, Fantrax will automatically release players after the deadline.

[brjones]

The first forty available have at least 35 first rounders, which is why, perhaps, few are interested in trades. 

Just an observation about the free agent pool...the two best projected catchers in the draft are Gabriel Moreno and old man JT Realmuto. The earliest ADP for any available catcher is Realmuto at 274.9. Moreno and O'Hoppe are the only other catchers with an ADP earlier than 417.

Catcher is still very weak in the draft, and Will Smith is still available--either for a hitter at another position or an early pick. Since Smith came into the league in 2019, he's virtually tied with Realmuto and Perez for the most points scored by any catcher in the BBFL, and he's leading all catchers in points per game*.

* This assumes I didn't screw something up in Excel; fielding error points from 2019-2024 not included.

[CurtOne]

Of course keepers aren't in yet.  The list of catchers could grow.  Moises is there too.

This could be the most fun draft in a long time.

[method]

? Any way to make minor leaguers searchable? Or am I doing something really wrong?

[CurtOne]

I don't think you can on Fantrax.  I usually bookmark when ESPN or the Athletic post their top 100 prospects. 

[brjones]

There's a setting on Fantrax that hides minor leaguers so they can't be picked up in-season. We have that turned on, probably needs to be turned off ahead of the minor league draft. Then minor leaguers will be searchable.

There is a filter on the Players page of "Minors (MLB) - Taken" that will show you the minor league players that are currently on a BBFL roster. If they're not on that list, I think they'll be available in the MiLB draft (unless they're over the 50 MLB AB/30 MLB IP limit). If you search for a minor leaguer and they don't show up, they're also available in the minor league draft.

[CurtOne]

Yes, I normally leave that to Joe.

[CUBluejays]

Added minor leaguers into the pool.

Br email

[brjones]

Just an observation about the free agent pool...the two best projected catchers in the draft are Gabriel Moreno and old man JT Realmuto. The earliest ADP for any available catcher is Realmuto at 274.9. Moreno and O'Hoppe are the only other catchers with an ADP earlier than 417.

Catcher is still very weak in the draft, and Will Smith is still available--either for a hitter at another position or an early pick. Since Smith came into the league in 2019, he's virtually tied with Realmuto and Perez for the most points scored by any catcher in the BBFL, and he's leading all catchers in points per game*.

Just a follow-up to this...I'd package any other player currently on my Fantrax trade block with Will Smith to get a deal done for a hitter I like, just in case that gets anyone interested in a trade.

[method]

Looking to move caminero for a prospect and high draft pick.

[JR]

Looking to move caminero for a prospect and high draft pick.

method, offer on Fantrax.

[CUBluejays]

Logray's Bag Keepers

Adley Rutschman   C
Byrce Harper   1B
Zach Neto     SS
Issac Paraedes   3B
Corbin Carroll   OF
Cam Smith   OF
Carlos Rodon   SP
Chris Sale           SP
Tarik Skubal   SP
Bubba Chandler   SP
Jeff Hoffman   RP
Trevor Megill   RP
Jhoan Duran   RP
Minors   
Cam Collier   3B
Ledallis De Vries   SS

I'm willing to trade any non keepers for a draft upgrade in the back of the draft if you want to improve your keeper list at a low cost.  Please remember to mark your keepers on Fantrax.

I'll be posting issues to vote on with position adjustments for pitchers and catchers this weekend.

[JR]

Tyler Stephenson, Spencer Horwitz, Mark Vientos, Victor Vodnik, Colt Keith, and Brooks Lee are some of my better guys not making my 13 if anyone has interest for small pick upgrades for any of them.