Less than one week remains before the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres get the 2024 MLB season going in Korea with the Seoul Series.
That makes this the best time of the year for fantasy baseballers.
This is not only when fantasy managers build their roster through the draft, it's also when they're free to crank up the knob on their optimism setting. You seldom feel better about your roster than you do the moment it's created, so lean into the fun and let your imagination run wild.
Since drafts are coming quickly, though, let's get down to business with a points-league mock first round, a guideline for shaping your early draft strategy and a quick, cheatsheet-style rundown of some of the top sleepers to add and busts to avoid.